Kate Beahan (born 12 October 1974) is an Australian film actress.
Beahan was born in Perth. She appeared mostly in movies and TV series in Australia. Her best-known American film role was playing Sister Willow Woodward in the 2006 horror remake The Wicker Man opposite Nicolas Cage.
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Early life
Beahan was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia. Her father, Michael Beahan, was an Australian Labor Party Senator from Western Australia from 1987 to 1996.
She attended the University of Western Australia.
Career
Beahan began her career appearing in theater productions in Perth and later, Sydney. She made her feature film debut in Strange Planet (1999), followed by a role in Chopper.
After relocating to the United States, Beahan was cast in lead roles in the thriller Flightplan (2005) opposite Jodie Foster, and opposite Nicolas Cage in Neil LaBute's The Wicker Man (2006), a remake of the 1973 British film of the same name. Subsequent roles included the psychological thriller The Return (2006) starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, and the independent drama One of Our Own (2007).
Beahan subsequently had supporting roles in the Australian films Burning Man (2011) and Goldstone (2016).
