As an actress, Katharine McPhee has starred in various TV shows and movies. Click here for the latest news on Katharine’s projects or browse through her filmography below, which includes Smash, Country Comfort, Scorpion, The House Bunny, and more.
TV Shows
Country Comfort: Season 1 (2021)
Role: Bailey
Stars: Katharine McPhee, Eddie Cibrian, Ricardo Hurtado
Genre: Family Sitcom, Musical
Plot: After hitting the skids in her career, an aspiring country singer finds new life as a nanny for a handsome widower and his five charming children.
Scorpion: Season 4 (2017)
Role: Paige Dineen
Stars: Elyes Gabel, Katharine McPhee, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jadyn Wong, Ari Stidham, and Robert Patrick
Genre: Drama, Action
Plot: Scorpion is a quirky adrenaline rush that follows an eccentric genius and his network of nerdy prodigies. They operate as a think tank to deal with the complex threats of the modern age, but these socially awkward misfits can’t seem to get out of their own way when it comes to life outside the lab.
Scorpion: Season 3 (2016)
Role: Paige Dineen
Stars: Elyes Gabel, Katharine McPhee, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jadyn Wong, Ari Stidham, and Robert Patrick
Genre: Drama, Action
Plot: Scorpion is a quirky adrenaline rush that follows an eccentric genius and his network of nerdy prodigies. They operate as a think tank to deal with the complex threats of the modern age, but these socially awkward misfits can’t seem to get out of their own way when it comes to life outside the lab.
Scorpion: Season 2 (2015)
Role: Paige Dineen
Stars: Elyes Gabel, Katharine McPhee, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jadyn Wong, Ari Stidham, and Robert Patrick
Genre: Drama, Action
Plot: Scorpion is a quirky adrenaline rush that follows an eccentric genius and his network of nerdy prodigies. They operate as a think tank to deal with the complex threats of the modern age, but these socially awkward misfits can’t seem to get out of their own way when it comes to life outside the lab.
Scorpion: Season 1 (2014)
Role: Paige Dineen
Stars: Elyes Gabel, Katharine McPhee, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jadyn Wong, Ari Stidham, and Robert Patrick
Genre: Drama, Action
Plot: Scorpion is a quirky adrenaline rush that follows an eccentric genius and his network of nerdy prodigies. They operate as a think tank to deal with the complex threats of the modern age, but these socially awkward misfits can’t seem to get out of their own way when it comes to life outside the lab.
Smash: Season 2 (2013)
Role: Karen Cartwright
Showrunner: Josh Safran
Stars: Debra Messing, Jack Davenport, Katharine McPhee, Christian Borle, Megan Hilty, Jeremy Jordan, Anjelica Huston
Genre: Drama, Musical
Plot: Broadway-bound musical Bombshell has competition on its heels in the form of Hit List. As tension mounts on the road to Broadway, new romances are formed, loyalties are betrayed, and rivalries are reignited, all leading up to theater’s biggest night — The Tony Awards.
Smash: Season 1 (2012)
Role: Karen Cartwright
Showrunner: Theresa Rebeck
Stars: Debra Messing, Jack Davenport, Katharine McPhee, Christian Borle, Megan Hilty, Anjelica Huston
Genre: Drama, Musical
Plot: Talented newcomer Karen Cartwright is up for the role of a lifetime in a new Broadway musical Bombshell based on the iconic Marilyn Monroe. The only thing standing in her way is Ivy Lynn, a seasoned theater veteran who is determined to land the part herself and will stop at nothing to realize her own dreams of fame.
Movies
The Tiger Rising (2022)
Role: Caroline Horton
Director: Ray Giarratana
Writers: Kate DiCamillo, Ray Giarratana
Stars: Christian Convery, Madalen Mills, Dennis Quaid, Queen Latifah, Katharine McPhee
Genre: Adventure
Plot: A young boy finds a tiger caged in the woods near where he lives. Together, they plan to head toward its home-to-be.
Bayou Caviar (2018)
Role: Shelly
Director: Cuba Gooding Jr.
Writers: Eitan Gorlin, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Famke Janssen, Richard Dreyfuss, Lia Marie Johnson, Katharine McPhee
Genre: Drama
Plot: A former boxing champion dreams of reclaiming glory from his dull life as a bouncer. Instead, he finds himself pulled into the criminal underworld when he witnesses a murder.
You May Not Kiss the Bride (2011)
Role: Masha Nikitin
Director: Rob Hedden
Writers: Rob Hedden (screenplay)
Stars: Dave Annable, Katharine McPhee, Rob Schneider, Mena Suvari
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Plot: An unassuming pet photographer is thrown into serious action, adventure and romance when he’s forced to marry a Croatian bride and spend his honeymoon at a remote tropical resort where she is kidnapped.
Shark Night 3D (2011)
Role: Beth
Director: David R. Ellis
Writers: Will Hayes, Jesse Studenberg
Stars: Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Chris Carmack, Katharine McPhee
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Plot: A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to shark attacks.
The House Bunny (2008)
Role: Harmony
Director: Fred Wolf
Writers: Karen McCullah, Kirsten Smith
Stars: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Kat Dennings, Katharine McPhee, Rumer Willis
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Plot: After Playboy bunny Shelley is kicked out of the playboy mansion, she finds a job as the house mother for a sorority full of socially awkward girls.
TV Movies
The Lost Wife of Robert Durst (2017)
Role: Kathie Durst
Director: Yves Simoneau
Writer: Bettina Gilois
Stars: Katharine McPhee, Daniel Gillies
Genre: Drama
Plot: Young and wide-eyed Kathie falls in love with charming, yet quirky real estate scion Robert Durst only to find their marriage turning stranger, darker and more disturbing as time passes. But when Kathie disappears in 1982, her family and friends are deeply disturbed that her disappearance isn’t taken seriously by police.
In My Dreams (2014)
Role: Natalie Russo
Director: Kenny Leon
Writer: Teena Booth
Stars: Katharine McPhee, Mike Vogel, JoBeth Williams, Jessalyn Wanlim
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Plot: After Natalie and Nick each throw a penny into the local fountain (fabled for bringing lovers together), they start having dreams about each other, during which they fall in love and long to be together. The problem is, how do they find the person of their dreams–literally–in real, waking life?
Cameos
Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding (2011)
Role: Sara
Director: Bruce Beresford
Writer: Christina Mengert, Joseph Muszynski
Stars: Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Joseph Dunn, Ann Osmond, Teri Gibson
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Plot: An uptight NYC lawyer takes her two teenagers to her hippie mother’s farmhouse upstate for a family vacation.
Crazy (2008)
Role: Paramount Girl
Director: Rick Bieber
Writer: Rick Bieber, Jason Ehlers, Brent Boyd
Stars: Waylon Payne, Ali Larter, Lane Garrison, Scott Michael Campbell
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Plot: Inspired by the life of Hank Garland, CRAZY is the story of a legendary guitar player who emerged from Nashville in the 1950’s.