Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Katherine "Kate" Kendall spent most of her early life in the South. In 1990, she went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts to study acting. She won the Charles Jellinger Award in 1992. She took on challenging roles in Carol Churchill's "Top Girls" and Marsha Norman's "Getting Out." In 1995, she moved to Los Angeles and studied with Sharon Chatten and Jeffery Tambor. Her most memorable roles have been as Lisa in Doug Liman's "Swingers" (1996), Jason Preistly's "mate for life" in "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1996), and Blythe Danner's daughter in Marcus Speigel's "Farmhouse," aka "Eye of the Storm," (1998). In 2001, she lived and worked in China for nine months on a series called "Flatland" produced by Albert S. Ruddy ("Million Dollar Baby"). Here, working with Dennis Hopper, she became inspired to pursue photography, which she continues to this day. Kendall also produced, choreographed, designed, and acted in a musical that her best friend, Heather Reed (Murmurs) wrote and directed called, "Dear Bernard." It ran in Los Angeles in the spring and summer of 2004 to rave reviews.