Katherine Bailess

Katherine Bailess is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for playing the role of Erica Marsh on the CW's hit show One Tree Hill, Life and Death Brigade member Stephanie on Gilmore Girls, and Kyle Hart on the VH1 series Hit the Floor.

Katherine Bailess
Born	Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Alma mater	Marymount Manhattan College
Occupations	Actress dancer singer-songwriter
Years active	2001–present

Early life

Bailess was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Natalie and Bobby Bailess. Her father is an attorney and a former linebacker for the Ole Miss Rebels football team at the University of Mississippi. She began training classically in dance at age four. She also participated in competitive gymnastics and cheerleading throughout her childhood. At age 11, Bailess performed on the televised Miss Mississippi Pageant as a dancer, and continued to perform for the pageant for seven years. She won scholarships to study dance at both the Broadway Dance Center in New York City and Ann Reinking's Broadway Theater Project in Florida. She was a debutante.^[1] After college, Bailess went on to study at the William Esper Studio's two-year intensive program.^[2]

Career

Bailess starred in the 2003 film From Justin to Kelly, playing the role of Alexa, and in Universal’s 2004 film Bring It On Again,^[3] playing the role of Colleen Lipman. Her TV credits include recurring roles on the popular WB shows Gilmore Girls and One Tree Hill. Kat also recurred on Fox’s The Loop, Sordid Lives the Series and guest starred on NCIS. Bailess starred in the YouTube comedic series Shit Southern Women Say written and directed by Julia Fowler.^[4]

Bailess played the role of Kyle Hart in the VH1 scripted series Hit the Floor.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Bootlegger	Angie	Short
	Yoga/Pilates Workout System	Herself	Video
2003	From Justin to Kelly	Alexa
2004	Bring It On Again	Colleen Lipman	Video
2006	Jackass Number Two	Dancer	Uncredited
	Sea of Fear	Kate
2010	Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale	Stephanie	Also Producer
	Below The Beltway	Hope P.
2012	Stone Markers	Newscaster
	Macedo: Caught	Dancer	Short
	Prick	Hot Blonde
2013	2 Dead 2 Kill	Anna Falactic
2017	A Very Sordid Wedding	Greta
2019	The Naughty List	Keegan Collier	completed

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Gilmore Girls	Girl	1 Episode
		Stephanie
2005	One Tree Hill	Erica Marsh	6 Episodes
2006	NCIS	Madison	1 Episode
2007	The Loop	Wende	2 Episodes
	The 15th Annual Movieguide Awards	Herself	Television movie
2008	New Now Next Awards		Television special
	Sordid Lives: The Series	Nurse Waring	3 Episodes
2012	Class with Chadwick Chubb	Sexy Female Detective	Television movie
2013–2018	Hit the Floor	Kyle Hart	Main
2013	Do Something Awards	Herself	Television special
	AfterBuzz TV		Panelist
2014	Anger Management	Susie	1 Episode
2015	VH1 Big in 2015 with Entertainment Weekly	Herself	Television special
2016	The Playboy Morning Show		1 Episode
	Noches con Platanito
	TMI Hollywood	Host-Various
	Bones	Kelsey Whitney
	Home & Family	Herself	2 Episodes
2016–2017	Another Blackout	Marcy	2 Episodes
2018	Deadly Matrimony	Sara Ross	Television movie
2020	Dashing on December	Willa	Television movie

References

1. "Instagram". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
2. "William Esper : Notable Alumni". esperstudio.com. 2020.
3. "One to Watch: Katherine Bailess". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. June 15, 2003. p. 7 D. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Sh%t Southern Women Say, Episode 1". YouTube. 31 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

External links

• Katherine Bailess Official Website
• Katherine Bailess at IMDb
• Katherine Bailess Archived 2014-08-21 at the Wayback Machine as Kyle Hart on VH1's Hit the Floor (TV series)