Portrait of Katherine Hughes

Katherine Hughes

Acting

Biography

Katherine Hughes is a writer, director, and actor from New York currently based in Los Angeles. She has spent the last decade working on sets as an actress while learning vital lessons from a long list of filmmakers who have served as mentors and inspired her own work behind the camera. Her first short Yellow Belt Fury was featured on Short of the Week in late 2021 and has led to many exciting opportunities as an emerging director including securing financing for upcoming projects, writing assignments with major studios, and a development deal for her first feature. Katherine is currently studying gender and film at UCLA. Katherine is greatly influenced by the rhythmic energy and world-building of Edgar Wright along with the dark comedy and feminine gore from writers like Diablo Cody. She is dedicated to achieving her goal of directing high-concept film and episodic television in addition to collaborating with established brands and artists.

Born: April 6, 1995

Place of Birth: New York, New York, U.S.A.

Filmography

2025
2022
Echo 3

as Reese Keller

2022
Academy

as 66 - Brenna

2022
Tangled

as Katherine Brooks

2020
2019
Ambition

as Jude

2018
My Dead Ex

as Charley

2017
Monsoon

as Sarah

2017
Say You Will

as Ellie Vaughn

2016
Dirty 30

as Kinsey

2014
Men, Women & Children

as Brooke Benton

2014
Kingdom

as Kayla

2014
Surviving Family

as Lily Fulton

2013
The Goldbergs

as Jean Jacobs

2012
Roadie

as Young Nikki