| Katy Selverstone | |
| Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Years Active: | 1992–2012 |
Katy Selverstone (born in New York City) is an American actress. She is primarily known for her work on The Drew Carey Show as Lisa Robbins, Drew Carey's girlfriend in the first and second seasons.[1]
Selverstone was born in New York City, New York, on February 4, 1966. She attended Scranton Central High School (Scranton, Pennsylvania) and Carnegie Mellon University and earned a BFA in acting.
Selverstone has worked on such high-profile television series as NYPD Blue, CSI and As The World Turns and has appeared in the films Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and South of Pico.[2] She portrayed FBI agent Nancy Floyd in The Path to 9/11.[3] She received the Grand Jury choice for Best Actress in a Feature for her role as "Una" in Laura Nix's film short The Politics of Fur.[4]
Her other work includes playing Darlene, the receptionist at Gramercy Press, a fictional publishing company used in Network MCI commercials in 1994 and 1995. Selverstone also appeared on The L Word, Nip/Tuck and Seinfeld in the episode "The Face Painter" as Siena, George Costanza's girlfriend. Her character becomes George's fiancée in a deleted scene from "The Face Painter".[5]
In 2000, Selverstone appeared on Broadway in Arthur Miller's play The Ride Down Mt. Morgan with actor Patrick Stewart for which she received a Fany award for Outstanding Broadway Debut.[6] [7]
She has been noted for looking very similar to Jodie Foster.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Letters from a Killer | FBI agent Singleton | ||
| 2002 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Younger Caro | ||
| 2002 | The Politics of Fur | Una | ||
| 2007 | South of Pico | Maureen |
| Year | Title | Role | Episode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Angela Frandina | A Many Splendored Thing | ||
| 1994 | Loving | Susie | Episode #1 | |
| 1995 | Seinfeld | Siena | The Face Painter | |
| 1996 | The Drew Carey Show | Lisa Robbins | 16 Episodes | |
| 1996 | Chicago Sons | Kristen | A Foursome Is Not Necessarily a Good Thing | |
| 1997 | Valerie Tulli | 3 Episodes | ||
| 1998 | L.A. Doctors | Leslie Weiss | Classic Evan | |
| 1998 | Holding the Baby | Roxanne | The Gay Divorcee | |
| 1998 | Dawson's Creek | Pam the Bride | A Perfect Wedding | |
| 2000 | Emily Shore | Entitled | ||
| 2000 | Strong Medicine | Patty Roland | Side Effects | |
| 2000 | Grounded for Life | Abby | Eddie's Dead | |
| 2000 | It's Like, You Know... | Pamela Merriweather | Trading Places | |
| 2000 | Emeril | Christy | Fifteen Minutes | |
| 2003 | NYPD Blue | Adrian Caffee | 2 Episodes | |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck | Devon Greco | Cara Fitzgerald | |
| 2004 | The Handler | Rhonda Ledingham | Give Daddy Some Sugar | |
| 2004 | Amber Hamshaw | Ch-Ch-Changes | ||
| 2005 | The L Word | Phoebe Sparkle | Land Ahoy | |
| 2005 | Michelle Day | Vengeance | ||
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Fran Vaughn | Homecoming | |
| 2006 | Medium | Marilyn Downey | Raising Cain | |
| 2006 | Without a Trace | Nadine Jameson | The Road Home | |
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11 | Nancy Floyd | 2 Episodes | |
| 2006 | Twenty Good Years | Kristin | Sorry, Wrong Ship | |
| 2010 | Law & Order | Emily Shore | 2 Episodes | |
| 2010 | As the World Turns | Francoise Pacaud | 4 Episodes | |
| 2012 | Leverage | Eleanor Gault | The Frame-Up Job |