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Cait Cortelyou

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Cait Cortelyou
Cait Cortelyou created, produced, and stars in this multiple award-winning feature film, based on the remarkable true story of the "Jane Collective," a group of young women in the late 1960s who formed an underground abortion referral service. Also starring Emmy Award nominee Alison Wright, Cody Horn, Ben Rappaport, Sarah Steele, Sarah Ramos, Chloe Levine, Megan Channell, David Fierro, Saycon Sengbloh, and more. Directed by Rachel Carey, with cinematography by Caitlin Machak.
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Cait Cortelyou began acting at the age of 8, when she joined a Shakespeare troupe run by a pair of psychologists in her hometown of Madison, Wisconsin. Her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, while her father has Scotch-Irish ancestry. She is a descendant of Jacques Cortelyou, who created the first map of New York City.

Given her modern sensibilities combined with vintage looks, Cait has appeared in numerous period pieces, including Steven Soderbergh's The Knick (2014) set in 1900, the Off-Broadway hit "Sleep No More" set in 1939, and the independent feature film Ask for Jane (2018) set in the late 1960's, which Cait also created and produced, and which opened in theaters across the country in May of 2019. She also appeared as Delilah in the special fashion week episode of Bull (2016).

Cait earned her Bachelors degree from Barnard College of Columbia University, where she studied acting with Juilliard professors and graduated with honors over a year early. Cait is also an alum of the National Theater Institute at the Tony Award-winning O'Neill Theater Center in Connecticut, and has studied with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford. She trained under acclaimed acting coach Anthony Abeson for two years, with improv coach Micah Sherman for one year, and studied Yat Malmgren character analysis and movement psychology with UK-based instructor Giles Foreman.
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      • 3 wins total

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    Known for

    Sophie von Haselberg, Sarah Ramos, Sarah Steele, Cody Horn, and Cait Cortelyou in Ask for Jane (2018)
    Ask for Jane
    6.0
    • Rose
    • 2018
    Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Woman
    Michael Weatherly and Darrin Hickok in The Necklace (2016)
    Bull
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Delilah(as Cait Johnston)
    Jack Amiel, Michael Angarano, Michael Begler, David Fierro, Eric Johnson, Clive Owen, Molly Price, Reg Rogers, Perry Yung, Juliet Rylance, Eve Hewson, Zuzanna Szadkowski, André Holland, Maya Kazan, Leila Jean Davis, Melissa O'Donnell, Ying Ying Li, and Morgan Assante in The Knick (2014)
    The Knick
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Nurse Monk(as Caitlin Johnston)

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    Actress



    • Buhurt (2024)
      Buhurt
      Short
      • Rachel
      • 2024
    • Pivot
      Short
      • Raya
      • 2024
    • Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
      The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Woman
      • 2022
    • Pop Culture Popped
      TV Series
      • Cait (as Cait Johnston)
      • 2018
    • Sophie von Haselberg, Sarah Ramos, Sarah Steele, Cody Horn, and Cait Cortelyou in Ask for Jane (2018)
      Ask for Jane
      6.0
      • Rose
      • 2018
    • Ollie & Molly Can't Get Arrested (2018)
      Ollie & Molly Can't Get Arrested
      TV Series
      • Random Tourist 1
      • 2018
    • Michael Weatherly and Darrin Hickok in The Necklace (2016)
      Bull
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Delilah (as Cait Johnston)
      • 2017
    • I Am Rebel (2016)
      I Am Rebel
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Thelma (as Cait Johnston)
      • 2016
    • Criminally Challenged
      Short
      • Alison (as Caitlin Johnston)
      • 2016
    • Tara Gadomski, Cait Cortelyou, and Penny Middleton in A Ladies' Guide to Making Conversation More Interesting (2015)
      A Ladies' Guide to Making Conversation More Interesting
      TV Series
      • Miriam (as Caitlin Johnston)
      • 2015–2016
    • The Fragrance Thief (2015)
      The Fragrance Thief
      Short
      • Fragrance (as Caitlin Johnston)
      • 2015
    • Melody Bates, Pete LePage, Matt Hurley, J.Stephen Brantley, Cait Cortelyou, Blaze Mancillas, Linus Gelber, and David Bennett in Occupy Elm Street (2015)
      Occupy Elm Street
      Short
      • Brunette (as Caitlin Johnston)
      • 2015
    • In Retrospect (2015)
      In Retrospect
      TV Series
      • Dancer (as Caitlin Johnston)
      • 2015
    • Neighbors (2014)
      Neighbors
      7.6
      Short
      • Melanie (as Caitlin Johnston)
      • 2014
    • Jack Amiel, Michael Angarano, Michael Begler, David Fierro, Eric Johnson, Clive Owen, Molly Price, Reg Rogers, Perry Yung, Juliet Rylance, Eve Hewson, Zuzanna Szadkowski, André Holland, Maya Kazan, Leila Jean Davis, Melissa O'Donnell, Ying Ying Li, and Morgan Assante in The Knick (2014)
      The Knick
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Nurse Monk (as Caitlin Johnston)
      • 2014

    Producer



    • Guards
      • producer
      • Post-production
      • Short



    • Pop Culture Popped
      TV Series
      • producer (as Cait Johnston)
      • 2018
    • Sophie von Haselberg, Sarah Ramos, Sarah Steele, Cody Horn, and Cait Cortelyou in Ask for Jane (2018)
      Ask for Jane
      6.0
      • producer (as Cait Johnston)
      • 2018
    • Tara Gadomski, Cait Cortelyou, and Penny Middleton in A Ladies' Guide to Making Conversation More Interesting (2015)
      A Ladies' Guide to Making Conversation More Interesting
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • co-producer (as Caitlin Johnston)
      • 2015–2016

    Writer



    • Pop Culture Popped
      TV Series
      • Writer (as Cait Johnston)
      • 2018
    • Sophie von Haselberg, Sarah Ramos, Sarah Steele, Cody Horn, and Cait Cortelyou in Ask for Jane (2018)
      Ask for Jane
      6.0
      • original idea
      • 2018
    • Katrina Medoff and Sojourner Brown in That Very Evening (2018)
      That Very Evening
      9.1
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • Criminally Challenged
      Short
      • Writer (as Caitlin Johnston)
      • 2016
    • Tara Gadomski, Cait Cortelyou, and Penny Middleton in A Ladies' Guide to Making Conversation More Interesting (2015)
      A Ladies' Guide to Making Conversation More Interesting
      TV Series
      • co-writer
      • writer (as Caitlin Johnston)
      • 2015

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    Cait Cortelyou does the Bob Ross Challenge with Mashable
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    Cait Cortelyou does the Bob Ross Challenge with Mashable

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    • Alternative names
      • Caitlin Johnston
    • Height
      • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)

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    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Female

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      Has a cat named Stevens, after the musical artist.
    • Trademarks
        Quirky and charming, often likened to the title character in the French film "Amelie (2001)"

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