Katherine Willis parents: Meet Emmanuel Van Willis & Kathleen Perkins Willis

An American actress and producer, Katherine Willis is best known for playing Friday Night Lights’ Joanne Street, Diana Lord in Tell Me Your Secrets, and Myrtle Hale in Killers of the Flower Moon.

She received a theatrical Talent Award Scholarship and attended Brigham Young University to study theater and cinema. Her majority of studio film and television credits come from Austin, Texas, where she made her home in 1994.

She then gained notoriety for her portrayal of Joanne Street in the NBC television series Friday Night Lights. She also appeared in a Prison Break episode as a guest star. In four episodes of The Lying Game in the 2010s, she reprised her role as Nancy Rogers.

Katherine Willis parents: Meet Emmanuel Van Willis & Kathleen Perkins Willis

Emmanuel Von Willis is the father and Kathleen Paerkins Willis is the mother of Katherine Willis. Her father was an art teacher in high school who eventually changed to become a psychotherapist. Prison Break featured Katherine as a guest star. She kept performing throughout the 2010s, appearing in 4 episodes of The Lying Game as Nancy Rogers. In the ABC series Resurrection, she later played Kimberly.