Cathy Haase, a native New Yorker and actress,

has landed major roles in vehicles running the

filmmaking gamut from Berlin avant-garde

to Hollywood action. She is at home in a

variety of roles, such as the stripper Danny

Lee in a gritty adaptation of Jim Thompson’s

The Kill-Off, the wisecracking bartender in

Another 48 Hrs., or the stoic pioneer of The

Ballad of Little Jo. A complete list of her films

can be found on IMDb.com.

As a faculty member of the School of

Visual Arts in New York City, she teaches her

course, Acting for Film, to young filmmakers.

She teaches workshops privately or through

hosting theaters in New York, Vermont,

and Europe. She is a lifetime member of the

prestigious Actors Studio, where she has also taught sense-memory

workshops. She resides in Manhattan and is married to artist and scientific

illustrator Steve Thurston. Acting for Film is her first book.