Caterina Scorsone
- Actress
Caterina Scorsone has been a professional actress since the age of
eight, when she was a regular on the daytime children's program
Mr. Dressup (1967) for Canada's
CBC. A veteran of series television, her other series credits include
Shock Treatment (2004),
Once a Thief (1996) and
Power Play (1998), which garnered
her a nomination for a Gemini Award, the Canadian equivalent of the
Emmy. She starred with Vivica A. Fox in "Missing" (aka 1-800-Missing (2003)) (2003-6). She has also appeared in episodes of
The Border (2008) and The Guard (2008). Scorsone's TV movies include
My Horrible Year! (2001),
directed by Eric Stoltz;
Common Ground (1990);
Rated X (2000), directed by
Emilio Estevez;
The Devil's Arithmetic (1999);
and
Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Families (1998).
Her feature film credits include
The Third Miracle (1999) with
Ed Harris and
Anne Heche;
Borderline Normal (2001) and
Strike! (2002). Born and raised in
Toronto, Canada, Scorsone is the middle child in a family of five
siblings that includes two older twin sisters and a younger brother and
sister. She got her first taste of acting in the family living room,
where her older sister would play director and all the other kids were
in the cast. She completed the final credits in her studies toward an
Arts and Science BA at the University of Toronto while filming Missing.
