Anecdotes

She beat out more than 100 other actresses for the role of Kate Beckett on Castle (2009).

She won a PRISM award in the mental health category for her portrayal of Kate Beckett's post-traumatic stress disorder in Kill Shot (2011).

Stana speaks Serbian, French, English, and Italian. She can also speak in accents of British, Irish, Eastern European, Italian, Spanish, Greek, and South African.

Much like her character Kate Beckett on Castle (2009), Katic is an avid reader. She also has a strong interest in environmental issues, archery, and music.

Stana holds dual citizenship in the United States and Canada.

Her husband, Kris Brkljac (m. 2015), made a cameo appearance in the Castle (2009) episode Death Gone Crazy (2013).

Stana wrote the lyrics for "Hey Blue Eyes," which she sang for fans at the 51st Zlin Film Festival in 2011.

Founded the nonprofit Alternative Travel Project in 2010.

Is the oldest of six siblings.

Was a relative unknown when she got the lead role in Truth About Kerry (2010) in 2004. Because it went unreleased for so long, by the time the film was screened at film festivals in 2010, she had already become a recognizable name for her role on Castle (2009).

Her hometown is Hamilton, Ontario, located about an hour from Toronto.

Ranked #50 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.

Attended The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago.

Cool Boys (2015) was the first episode of Castle (2009) in which she did not appear.

Her birthday is the day after her wedding anniversary.

Her first name is pronounced "STA-nah.".

Emily Byrne in Absentia (2017) is her first leading role since the end of Castle (2009). She filmed The Rendezvous (2016) and Sister Cities (2016) while Castle (2009) was still on the air, and her part in Lost in Florence (2017) is a supporting role, not the lead.

Revealed on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) on May 4, 2009, that she has four brothers and used to cut their hair.

Crossfire (2016), the series finale of Castle (2009), aired a couple of weeks after she turned 38. Flowers for Your Grave (2009), the series premiere, aired a couple of weeks before Nathan Fillion turned 38.

Despite relatively high billing in the opening credits of Dédoublement (2011), she has only about five minutes of screen time.

Has played real people in two films: Beat poet Lenore Kandel in Big Sur (2013) and rock singer Genya Ravan in CBGB (2013).

Though she played their commanding officer on Castle (2009), she is younger than both Jon Huertas and Seamus Dever.

Is a fan of the BBC TV series Peaky Blinders (2013) and Cillian Murphy's antihero Thomas Shelby.

Two years before she began solving murders as Kate Beckett on Castle (2009), she played a woman suspected of committing a murder in the CSI: Miami (2002) episode Deep Freeze (2007).

Born on the same date as Pablo Schreiber.