Katie Cockrell
Katie Cockrell
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Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA she started to dance at the early age of four. At the age of nine the two twin sisters danced with Ballet West on "The Nutcracker" and continued on several other plays including "Cinderella". Following their graduation with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communication from the University of Utah they were featured in the television fantasy filmReturn to Halloweentown (2006) withKeone Young. To pursue an acting career they studied Shakespeare at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and appeared in a version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
So far, Katie and Kellie Cockrell appeared in over thirty national and regional commercials for projects such as Mountain America Credit Union and Playstation. They also appeared at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards and theNickelodeaon's Kids Choice Awards 2011.
As dancer and actress, Katie Cockrell worked on the family featureHigh School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008, withRobert Curtis Brown), the television musicalThe American Mall (2008, withAutumn Reeser), the comedyThe Jerk Theory (2009), the television movieCamp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010), the short comedyYour Ad Here (2011), the comedyJack and Jill (2011), and episodes ofAmerica's Got Talent (2010),Dr. Phil (2011),Free Agents (2011, withMichael Buchman Silver), andCSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2012).
More recently, Cockrell worked on the comedyFeels So Good (2013, withStephen Root) and the dramaStaten Island Summer (2014). On both projects she worked with her twin sister.