Kate Gilligan was born in Brooklyn, New York and understood from an
early age that acting would be her life. She took lessons from
childhood culminating in a BFA from Ithaca College. She has since
worked onstage and in television.
Gilligan has the polished beauty, presence and diction of a television
anchor and so has been cast in that role several times, including a
guest appearance on
Louie (2010) in
which she demonstrated considerable comic skill as a deranged reporter
in a dream sequence. Gilligan lives in Los Angeles with her husband,
fellow actor
Steve Campbell.