Katherine LaNasa

Born: 01 December 1966

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Years Active: 1989-present

Katherine LaNasa (born December 1, 1966) is an American actress. Since 2025, she has portrayed Nurse Dana Evans in the HBO Max medical drama The Pitt (2025–present), for which she earned a Primetime Emmy Award, a Critics' Choice Award, and an Actor Award.

LaNasa starred in films Jayne Mansfield's Car, The Campaign, and The Frozen Ground. On television, LaNasa has had leading roles in the sitcom Three Sisters (2001–2002), the legal drama Truth Be Told (2019–2023), and the musical series Katy Keene (2020). She appeared in recurring roles on Judging Amy, Two and a Half Men, Big Love, and Longmire, and starred in the short-lived dramas Love Monkey (2006), Deception (2013), Satisfaction (2014–2015) and Imposters (2017–2018).

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Baton Rouge, LaNasa is the daughter of surgeon Dr. James J. LaNasa Jr. She began dancing at the age of 12, and at the age of 14, she was admitted to the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. After an apprenticeship with Milwaukee Ballet, LaNasa danced with Salt Lake City's Ballet West and the Karole Armitage Ballet.