Quick Facts
Biography
Katie Elizabeth Walder (born October 13, 1982, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actress.
Career
Walder is best known for her recurring roles on Gilmore Girls as Janet Billings, How I Met Your Mother as Shannon, and Mad Men as Sherry. She has appeared in over 40 television shows, including New Girl, Franklin & Bash, Fairly Legal, The Good Wife, Supernatural and Rules of Engagement. In 2007 she played Trevor Wright's girlfriend in the award-winning independent film Shelter. In 2014 she co-starred in the horror film Come Back to Me.
Walder got her start in New York City, performing in stage roles with Broadway directors including Michael Greif, Keith Reddin and Daniel Aukin. She will soon be seen in the Paramount-owned comedy short Billy Glimmer opposite Ben Stiller.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | McBride: Semper Fi | Kaia Rourke | TV movie |
| 2007 | Shelter | Tori | |
| 2007 | Safe Harbour | Vanessa Bowles | Direct-to-video |
| 2007 | The Neighbor | Nancy | |
| 2008 | Bitter Brew | Brittany | TV movie |
| 2008 | Extreme Movie | Drunk Girl | |
| 2009 | Always and Forever | Lindsey | TV movie |
| 2011 | Intervention: Cinderella | Cinderella | Short film Also executive producer and writer |
| 2012 | Cupid | Trina | TV movie |
| 2014 | Come Back to Me | Sarah |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Carey Thorne | Episode: "Prodigy" |
| 2003-2005 | Gilmore Girls | Janet Billings | 10 episodes |
| 2004 | Cracking Up | Female Student | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2005 | Cold Case | Beth Adams | Episode: "Blank Generation" |
| 2006 | CSI: Miami | Melinda Carson | Episode: "Shock" |
| 2006 | Without a Trace | Claire Norton | Episode: "All for One" |
| 2006-2014 | How I Met Your Mother | Shannon | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | Hustle | Janet | Episode: "As One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, One Flew In" |
| 2007 | Saving Grace | Patty | Episode: "A Language of Angels" |
| 2007 | Rules of Engagement | Claire | Episode: "Bag Ladies" |
| 2009 | Trust Me | Jacy | Episode: "What's the Rush?" |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Jennifer Lewis | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2010 | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Hannah | Episode: "A Whale of a Tale" |
| 2010 | Chase | Charlene Hughes | Episode: "Repo" |
| 2011 | Mad Love | White Whale | Episode: "The Spy Who Loved Me" |
| 2011 | Supernatural | Atropos/Fate | Episode: "My Heart Will Go On" |
| 2011 | NTSF:SD:SUV:: | Reporter | Episode: "Cause for ConCERN" |
| 2011 | Man Up! | Sheri | Episode: "Wingmen" |
| 2011-2013 | New Girl | Cheryl | 2 episodes "Bad In Bed" & "Bachelorette Party" |
| 2012 | Fairly Legal | Beth Shepperd | Episode: "Shattered" |
| 2012 | Franklin & Bash | Carrie Dutton | Episode: "Jango and Rossi" |
| 2012 | The Mentalist | Nancy Sterling | Episode: "Not One Red Cent" |
| 2012 | Grimm | Elisha | Episode: "To Protect and Serve Man" |
| 2013-2015 | Mad Men | Sherry | 2 Episodes |
| 2013 | Bad Teacher | Brie | Pilot |
| 2015 | Kroll Show | Barb | |
| 2016 | Square Roots | Ruth | Pilot |