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Shadowhunters alumna Katherine McNamara has signed with Independent Artist Group for representation.

McNamara is maybe best known for her starring role as Clary Fray on all three seasons of Freeform’s Shadowhunters, based on the bestselling The Mortal Instruments novels. She most recently starred as the title character of Abby Walker in CW’s Walker: Independence and in Charlie Day’s directorial debut film Fool’s Paradise starring Day, Ken Jeong, Kate Beckinsale and Adrien Brody.

McNamara also starred in the CW’s Arrow as Mia Smoak Queen (aka Blackstar/ Green Arrow). She
was recently seen in Paramount+ miniseries The Stand, opposite James Marsden, Whoopi Goldberg and Alexander Skarsgaard, as well as the independent feature Finding You opposite Vanessa Redgrave. She originated the role of Sonya in the second Maze Runner film The Scorch Trials, and she reprised the role in Maze Runner: The Death Cure alongside Dylan O’Brien and Kaya Scodelario for 20th Century Fox. She also starred in and executive produced the independent film Untitled Horror Movie, which was shot entirely during the Covid lockdown with writing, pre-production and the filming process taking place remotely, Pic also starred Kat Penn, Claire Holt and Aisha Tyler.

McNamara began her career on Broadway at the age of 13 as Fredrika in A Little Night Music, starring opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury as well as Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch. She has also been cast in a number of Equity workshops/readings, including Pan, which was created by Jeffery Sellers, Alex Lacamoire, and Rajiv Joseph and the In the Heights creative team, as well as Little Dancer, the musical directed by Susan Stroman. McNamara made her big screen debut in Warner Bros.’ New Year’s Eve, directed by the late Garry Marshall.

Also a singer-songwriter who plays guitar and piano, McNamara wrote and performed “Making a Monster Out of Me” which can be heard in episode 1 of “The Stand.” She also released “Ember” (2017), featured in Shadowhunters Season 2 finale which hit the top 100 of iTunes the week of its release.

McNamara continues to be repped by Atlas Artists and Jackoway Tyerman.

Kat made her first event since June last night for the Humanitarian Awards at Kimpton La Peer Hotel in West Hollywood, California. Kat has a new look with going back to her red hair again, for a new role mabye thats coming up or just a change? I guess we will find out soon. HQ photos from the event are in the gallery now.

Kat has been announce for next years UK convention The Ultimates: Amalgam for Starfury. Kat did there con back in 2022 that I was at and I guess she had a amazing time there to come back. The event will take place on June 14th – 16th 2024, at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Birmingham and is for all things DC & Marvel. So far the other two gueats are Brec Bassinger and Nicole Maines so far. The tickies are some of the best price’s you can get with a normal being £130 and gold being £210 and yes I have gold my self and you can get your own Here and no news for a long time on Kat’s price but she was £40 photoshoto and £20 auto last time so about that again and she is a Regular Guest so you get 1 auto for free from here. Can’t wait to meet Kat again next year.

During the Enter The Shadow World (#ETSW) convention (July 8th to July 9th 2023), an event organized by Dream It Conventions and dedicated to Shadowhunters, we had the opportunity to speak with Katherine McNamara. She shared with us some memories from conventions and talked about the Shadow family.

Actor Katherine McNamara is the featured guest on this week’s episode of Hollywood at Home, the podcast that brings the back-story to the front of the house. In this episode, McNamara discusses her new movie Fool’s Paradise, portraying Mia Smoak in the DC Universe, her stunt experience, her love of ComicCon, wearing a corset for Walker: Independence, and more.

After 5 years after Kat filming the movie Fool’s Paradise it at last has been release on digital/Blu-Ray and DVD. Kat plays Terry who is a talent agent who talks to Latte Pronto in a very little part near the end of the movie and I mean little part she is in it for about 3 minute’s. You can pick up the movie for $15 Here and HQ screen captures are up in the gallery from it.

Alberto Rosende (Simon Lewis) and Katherine McNamara (Clary Fairchild) talks about the cast of #shadowhunters and describes them in one emoji !

See if Katherine McNamara and Dominic Sherwood (Shadowhunters) really know each other through our friendship test interview !

1883magazine – Katherine McNamara fell into the acting world backward. Performing professionally wasn’t even on the radar for her. The plan was always to be an economist, finding beauty in trends, patterns, mathematics, and how they inform our worldview. But the best-laid plans tend to be the ones that can (occasionally) go astray in the best way. So, when she stepped onto the stage as a ballerina for a community theatre production, suffice it to say: she was addicted. The energy, the storytelling, the collaboration, the feeling of coming together and creating art was something she couldn’t let go of. It was pure magic.

Always looking for the next step in her evolution, McNamara continued to find the next big thing. And then the next big thing, and then the next. Constantly on the go, continuously wanting to learn and improve her craft, she absorbs all she can from those around her. From fellow actors to directors, to the crew, and all the people in between, everyone has something to offer. Every gig is a new opportunity for growth.

A self-proclaimed nerd, her enthusiasm and adoration of all things nerdy is infectious. Genuinely a fan of fandom and fans themselves, McNamara has seen firsthand the positivity and power of her fellow nerds. The sense of community, lifelong friendships, and the unadulterated love for the stories that shape us. From Shadowhunters, Arrow, and Walker Independence, McNamara has walked in so many shoes, leaving a bit of herself with every role and taking a little something away, too. As her creative journey continues in front of and behind the camera, one thing is clear: she has a very long and fruitful career ahead.

In conversation with 1883 Magazine’s Dana Reboe, Katherine McNamara chats about her love of storytelling, the positivity of fandom, and more.

Let’s start with an easy one — how did you first get into acting?
I always say I fell into this world backward. I grew up wanting to be an economist. I love math. I learned that numbers, equations, and puzzles can be used to explain world-changing trends in society — the way we live, and how lives interact with each other. It blew my mind. My life plan was going into developmental economics. I also did ballet as a hobby and I ran into a family friend who was directing a community theatre production. She needed a dancer and I was the kid who would try anything [laughter]. I remember so clearly being on stage opening night of that show. It was one of those rare moments of just certainty and clarity that one has in one’s life. I knew at that moment I was going to tell stories and that I never wanted to do anything else for the rest of my life.

So, that was your ‘lightbulb’ moment?
It was as though it hit me like a brick wall [laughs]. I stopped in my tracks and I remember feeling this magic. This collaboration of all these different artists with all these different creative influences talents and skills coming together to create this world to tell this story out of nothing, you know? It was something special to bring a story to life out of the darkness and into the light. We all connect through stories and there was something about that that I never wanted to let go of.

Across your filmography, do you have a favourite scene that you’ve filmed and why?
There are several that come to mind. I love a challenge and I love putting my all and every single ounce of my being into my work. There are moments that I live for. This is something that Dom Sherwood and I did on Shadowhunters together for years. We talked about this a lot when we do conventions and people ask us this question. It was the season finale of season two, there’s this big moment that happens that we’ve been building and building and building toward. It’s the climax in the third book. It was my favourite sequence, and I wanted to get it right. I give all the credit to our crew as well because they gave us the space to get it right. It was the middle of the night. We’d been fighting all day. They just set up the cameras and just kind of let us go. Dom’s character was dying, and I was trying to save them. I was crying for ten hours. It was a lot. We found every colour and facet and every way that we could to do that scene justice. Everyone felt so satisfied creatively. There’s nothing else I could have done, there’s nothing more I could have given. It was great.

After the first event of Big Slick Celebrity Weekend the weekend the next one was for Celebrity Softball game with Heidi Gardner, Becky Ann Baker, Sarah Tiana, Jake Tapper, Aisling Bea, Patrick Mahomes, Rashida Olayiwola, Taylor Williams, Jason Sudeikis, Ginger Gonzaga, Joe Lo Truglio, Ezra Potash, Logan Mize, Harrison Butker David Cook, Anthony Hill, Kevin Rahm, Punkie Johnson, David Dastmalchian, Blake Vogt, Sluggerrr. Creed Humphrey, Adeev Potash, Seth Herzog, Ginger Gonzaga. Kevin Pollak, Richard Christy, Finn Wolfhard, Weird Al Yankovic, Dylan Baker, Samm Levine, Baron Corbin, Will Forte, Philip Bowen, Eric Stonestreet, Sarah Chalke, Rob Riggle, Jeremy Guthrie and Chris Daughtry. Full photos are in the gallery now.