Katherine Dee "KaDee" Strickland (born December 14, 1975)
[Altamura, Mike. "Enchanting Southerner with Passion to Burn". EZ Entertainment. October 2004. Retrieved June 13, 2005.] is an American
actress currently known for her role as
Charlotte King on the
ABC drama
Private Practice.
Well known in her hometown of
Patterson, Georgia, when she was a child, she began acting during high school. Strickland studied the profession in
Philadelphia and
New York City, where she obtained mostly small roles in film, television and theater projects, among them
The Sixth Sense (1999). Her participation in the 2003
Hollywood films
Anything Else and
Something's Gotta Give led to her receiving significant parts in the horror pictures
Anacondas and
The Grudge (both 2004). In the period they were released, Strickland was referred to as "the pride of Patterson"
and the horror fandom's "newest
scream queen",
[ though her performances in both films received mixed critical reviews.]
