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Biography
Kathleen "Bird" York is an actress, screenwriter and Oscar nominated songwriter-recording artist. As a screenwriter, York has written projects for John Wells Warner Brothers , Sony Pictures|Sony , Paramount Pictures|Paramount and has just completed a one hour pilot for Fox Television Studios . She is a recent alumni of the prestigious Showrunners Training Program facilitated by the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
York achieved global recognition with her song " In the Deep ", (co-written with Michael Becker) which appears on her album Wicked Little High and was written for the 2004 film Crash (2004 film)|Crash . " In the Deep " was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song with York performing the song live at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006. Her self titled debut record was released in February 1999.
As an actress, York has starred in over a hundred film and television projects. York starred as a young Naomi Judd in Love Can Build a Bridge , the four hour NBC miniseries about Judd's life (the second highest rated event on NBC that year). Other credits include six seasons of the multi Emmy Award winning series The West Wing as Andrea Wyatt , Northern Lights (1997 film)|Northern Lights with Diane Keaton, "Cold Feet" with Tom Waits, "A Season In Purgatory" opposite Patrick Dempsey, "Nightjohn" opposite Beau Bridges, and Oscar winner Crash (2004 film)|Crash . Independent film credits include Cries of Silence , The Big Day , '' Ball Don't Lie . York was a series regular in the ABC series Vengeance Unlimited as well as Aaron's Way'' for NBC. Recurring roles include Stephen Bochco's Murder One , The O.C and Desperate Housewives . She appeared on the cult hit Curb Your Enthusiasm as Larry David's masseuse "Summer" in the show's second season . Fall 2010 she will be seen in the NBC drama Chase (2010 TV series)|Chase and A& E's The Glades .
Other music credits include the main theme song in Sony Pictures Seven Pounds , the televised concert Where Music Meets Film along with Joss Stone, Lindsay Buckingham and Babyface as well as featured song placements in House (TV series)|House , 2010 season of American Idol , Nip/Tuck , CSI: NY , In Justice , Jake 2.0 and Everwood . She was the featured musical artist for the 2001 season of the CBS TV series Family Law (TV series)|Family Law writing and producing songs for numerous episodes.
Her latest EP Have No Fear was released on December 19, 2008 and a completed full record will be released in early 2010.Update after|2010|11|25 The song 'In The Deep' was used as the background music in the trailer for the programme 'Ocean Giants', which screened on BBC 1 in the UK at 9pm on Sunday 14th August,
Discography
Have No Fear ( Blissed Out Records 2008)
Bird York (album)|Bird York ( Blissed Out Records 1999)
The Velvet Hour ( Blissed Out Records 2005)
Wicked little high|Wicked Little High ( EMI 2006)
External links
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002558.html? categoryid=2522& cs=1 Variety: Multihyphenate has knack for running show
http://www.birdyork.com Official page
IMDb name|id=0948723|name=Kathleen York
http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article? article_id=3140 Paste Magazine spotlight - 7/25 Band/Artist of the Week
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