Kate Miner

Kate Miner, also known as Kate Lang Johnson, is an American actress and musician. She is widely recognized for her television roles and appearances in various feature films.

Miner earned major television recognition as a main cast member on the American series Shameless, playing the love interest of Phillip Gallagher during seasons nine through eleven. She was also a lead cast member in the NBC miniseries Persons Unknown and joined the main cast for season three of the USA Network series Necessary Roughness. Additionally, she secured lead roles in two television pilots: ABC Family's Phys. Ed and NBC's Holding Patterns, though neither project was picked up as a full series.

Her prominent film work includes roles such as Will Ferrell's mistress in the 2012 comedy feature The Campaign and Marlon Wayans' assistant in the 2016 comedy spoof Fifty Shades of Black. Miner's other feature film credits include Fired Up, A Leading Man, Street, and the independent horror film Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.

Throughout her acting career, Miner has accumulated numerous guest-starring and recurring roles on television. Her credits include appearances on popular shows such as Grey's Anatomy, Disjointed, Two and a Half Men, Scandal, CSI: NY, The Deep End, Boston Public, Malcolm in the Middle, Drake & Josh, CSI: Miami, Quintuplets, Summerland, Ugly Betty, ER, Life, Hellcats, and Secret Girlfriend.

In addition to acting, Miner is active in the music industry. In 2012, she married musician Justin Miner, her college sweetheart. She contributes vocals, keys, mandolin, and harmonica to their band, named Miner, which performed on season three of the television show Hart of Dixie. As a songwriting duo, Miner and her husband have composed music featured in the feature film Project Almanac as well as episodes of Elementary, House of Lies, and Hart of Dixie.

Miner expanded her musical endeavors in 2018 by forming a new project called Winslow alongside bandmate Briana Lane. The duo signed with Kobalt under AWAL Records and released an EP. Their song "Origami Tiger" was subsequently featured on the soundtrack for the feature film Luce, starring Octavia Spencer and Naomi Watts.