Kathleen York

Kathleen "Bird" York is an American actress, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter recording artist. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "In the Deep" from the 2004 film Crash.

York left home when she was 15 years old, following her parents' deaths. After completing high school she attended Columbia College.

Acting since her teens, York is most known for her work recurring as Andrea Wyatt in NBC's The West Wing, the Dominick Dunne miniseries A Season in Purgatory, and received critical acclaim for her starring role as Naomi Judd in the NBC miniseries, Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge. Her film credits include Nightcrawler, Crash, Cries of Silence, The Big Day, I Love You to Death, Flashback, and Cold Feet.

Series regular roles include In the Dark, Vengeance Unlimited, Aaron's Way and The Client List and recurring roles in How to Get Away with Murder, Jane the Virgin, Outcast, Murder One, The O.C. and Desperate Housewives. Guest star appearances include True Blood, Curb Your Enthusiasm, All Rise, Longmire, House, and Revenge.

As a screenwriter, York has developed television projects for Sony, Warner Brothers, Fox Television Studios and Fox Broadcasting Network and is an alumnus of The Showrunners Training Program.

York uses the name Bird York for her recorded music. She has rejected long-term roles on television, giving priority to her musical work. Her recordings include the Wicked Little High compact disc, on which she sings and plays acoustic and electric guitars and other instruments. That CD includes her song "In the Deep", which was nominated for an Academy Award.