
Katie Walder
Katie Elizabeth Walder is the youngest of 5 children - 2 brothers and two sisters. She started acting at a young age in musicals and plays in school, and did some print work as a young teen in such magazines as Teen and YM. She went on to study theatre in college, and upon moving to NYC after graduation, started working professionally in theatre with notable Broadway directors such as Michael Greif (original director for "Rent"), Keith Reddin and Daniel Aukin. Katie soon moved to Los Angeles and quickly landed a recurring role on the 4th Season of Gilmore Girls (2000) as "Janet Billings", the quirky/tough/athletic college roommate of Rory. She has been working steadily in film & TV ever since. Along with Gilmore Girls, Walder is best known for her recurring roles on How I Met Your Mother as Shannon and Mad Men as Sherry. She has appeared in over 40 television shows, including New Girl, Franklin & Bash, Fairly Legal, The Good Wife, Supernatural, and Rules of Engagement. In 2007, she played Tori (Zach's girlfriend) in the award-winning independent film "Shelter." In 2014, she starred in the horror film "Come Back to Me."
Acting
- 2016Lethal WeaponDenise Barnes1 ep.
- 2011New GirlCheryl2 ep.
- 2011NTSF:SD:SUV::Reporter1 ep.
- 2009Trust MeJacy1 ep.
- 2007Saving GracePatty1 ep.
- 2007Mad MenSherry2 ep.
- 2007Rules of EngagementClaire1 ep.
- 2006The New Adventures of Old ChristineHannah1 ep.
- 2005How I Met Your MotherShannon3 ep.
- 2000Gilmore GirlsJanet Billings8 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2023Station 19Nancy1 ep.
- 2023S.W.A.T.Stacey1 ep.
- 2019How to Get Away with MurderKelly Bryce1 ep.
- 2017ScorpionJane Addison1 ep.
- 2017Lethal WeaponDenise Barnes1 ep.
- 2013Mad MenSherry2 ep.
- 2006How I Met Your MotherShannon3 ep.
- 2011New GirlCheryl2 ep.
- 2012GrimmElisha1 ep.
- 2012The MentalistNancy Sterling1 ep.
- 2012Franklin & BashKerry Dutton1 ep.
- 2012Fairly LegalBeth Shepperd1 ep.
- 2011NTSF:SD:SUV::Reporter1 ep.
- 2011SupernaturalFate / Atropos1 ep.
- 2010The New Adventures of Old ChristineHannah1 ep.
- 2009The Good WifeJennifer Lewis1 ep.
- 2009Trust MeJacy1 ep.
- 2007Rules of EngagementClaire1 ep.
- 2007Saving GracePatty1 ep.
- 2007HustleJanet1 ep.
- 2006Without a TraceClaire Norton1 ep.
- 2006CSI: MiamiMelinda Carson1 ep.
- 2003Gilmore GirlsJanet Billings8 ep.
- 2005Cold CaseBeth Adams (1978)1 ep.
- 2002Law & Order: Special Victims UnitCarey Thorne1 ep.