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Katherine Waterston

Katherine Waterston

Actor, also producer · Born March 3, 1980 (46) · London, England, UK

Screen Actors Guild Award nominee · 1 other major award body

Katherine Boyer Waterston is a British-American actress who has starred in films like Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Steve Jobs (2015). The daughter of actor Sam Waterston and model Lynn Louisa Woodruff, she studied acting at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Waterston made her film debut in 2007 with roles in Michael Clayton and The Babysitters.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 3, 1980 (46)
From
London, England, UK
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
46 on MovieCove · 57 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 1% in 30 days

What are Katherine Waterston's films like?

Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 11th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
27%
Self
26%
Survival
15%
Power
12%
Morality
12%
Ideas
5%
Society
5%
Friendship6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 34 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 9 · Dark 17

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 17 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 7

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 17 · Intense 12

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 17 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 5

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 20 · Full focus 7

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 7 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 12

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 16 · Open-ended 11 · Ambiguous 7

Roles they play

12 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 4 of 12 analyzed roles.

Ally
4 of 12
Hero
4 of 12
Herald
2 of 12
Shapeshifter
1 of 12
Threshold guardian
1 of 12
Show the 12 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
23
Melancholic
17
Contemplative
14
Dread
11
Hopeful
7
Other
27

How their films linger

Bittersweet19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 12 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet17
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous11

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Katherine Waterston's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 46 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Katherine Waterston's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

57 credits, 46 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The Uprising(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Fackham Hall(2025)

    as Lady Davenport

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Park Avenue(2025)

    as Charlotte

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Fear Street: Prom Queen(2025)

    as Nancy Falconer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The Agency(2024)

    Show 20 episodes · as Naomi Ford

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • The Franchise(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as Quinn Walker

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Afraid(2024)

    as Meredith

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The End We Start From(2023)

    as O

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Asphalt City(2023)

    as Nancy

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • Babylon(2022)

    as Estelle

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore(2022)

    as Porpentina 'Tina' Goldstein

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Slow Horses(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Alison Dunn

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • House Comes with a Bird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Ruth

  • The World to Come(2020)

    as Abigail

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Third Day: Autumn(2020)

    as Jess

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Third Day(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Jess

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • Perry Mason(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · as Ginny Aimes

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Amundsen(2019)

    as Bess Magids

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • State Like Sleep(2018)

    as Katherine

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald(2018)

    as Tina Goldstein

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Mid90s(2018)

    as Dabney

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Current War(2017)

    as Marguerite Westinghouse

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Logan Lucky(2017)

    as Sylvia Harrison

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Alien: Covenant - Phobos(2017)

    as Daniels

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Alien: Covenant(2017)

    as Daniels

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Alien: Covenant – Crew Messages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Daniels

  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them(2016)

    as Porpentina 'Tina' Goldstein

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Steve Jobs(2015)

    as Chrisann Brennan

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Manhattan Romance(2014)

    as Carla

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Outlaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Trapeze Artist

  • Sleeping with Other People(2015)

    as Emma

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • And It Was Good(2015)

    Producer

  • Queen of Earth(2015)

    as Virginia Lowell

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Enter Nowhere(2011)

    as Samantha

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Inherent Vice(2014)

    as Shasta Fay Hepworth

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her(2013)

    as Charlie

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Are You Joking?(2014)

    as Lisa

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Night Moves(2013)

    as Anne

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Glass Chin(2014)

    as Patricia Petals O'Neal

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Take Care(2014)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Almost in Love(2011)

    as Lulu

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Factory(2012)

    as Lauren

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Ástarsaga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Solange

  • The Letter(2012)

    as Julie

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Robot & Frank(2012)

    as Shopgirl

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Being Flynn(2012)

    as Sarah

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Eat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Claire

  • Taking Woodstock(2009)

    as Penny

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Good Dick(2008)

    as Katherine

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Babysitters(2007)

    as Shirley Lyner

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Michael Clayton(2007)

    as Third Year

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Orchids (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Beatrice

  • The Invisible Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Girl at Pound

  • Angels in the Asylum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Mary

  • Floodplain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Fluidic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Tell

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 57 titles, 54 of them dated from 2005 to 2026; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

$816M worldwide

Highest rated

Mid90s (2018)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

The Uprising (2026)

Film career

MilestoneAward win
20052026

Peak 2016 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 14 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting55 of 57: 55 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score58thProducing1 of 57: 1 only producing, 0 with another roleOther crew1 of 57: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s6 · acting2010s30 · 28 acting · 2 crew2020s18 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 10% of 30 roles
08131823

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

1 major award from 2 major nominations, 2015–2023.

WinNomination
  1. 2023
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  2. 2015
    • Independent Spirit Award, won

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Katherine Waterston's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of the 40 of 41 with a score; across their 33 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Midcredits score across 45 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th16
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 45 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser22
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · actor

Park Avenue (2025)

84th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Mid90s (2018)

Midcredits 92nd · 82% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 32 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Katherine Waterston's work okay for kids?

Across up to 24 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore21 titles32–86 · median 46 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity24 titles12–61 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity21 titles15–85 · median 60 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs20 titles19–63 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense21 titles19–77 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Katherine Waterston work with?

People who share at least 2 of Katherine Waterston's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Fassbender shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles