Kat Cunning
Actor · Born November 12, 1989 (36) · Gresham, Oregon, USA
(Kat Cunningham) is an actor, recording artist, and choreographer. The non-binary artist and SUNY Purchase Dance Conservatory graduate made their television debut in season 2 and 3 of HBO's The Deuce starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, playing Franco's love interest, Christina Fuego, and co-stars in the Netflix Y.A. show Trinkets written by Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith (legally blonde, 10 things I hate about you) as Sabine. Most recently, they joined JLo and Owen Wilson in Marry Me and Sofia Carson in Netflix's Purple Hearts. They began their dramatic career on Broadway playing Emilie in Les Liaison Dangereuses with Janet Mcteer and Liev Schreiber, as well as Lila in the Broadway production of Cirque Du Soleil's, Paramour, for which Kat co-wrote Lila's score to suit their singular voice. They hold the Damn! Series 'Best Supporting Actor Award' for Pepper and the Salt Sea, and the Traildance Film Festival 'Best Actor Award' for playing Zoe in Nothing Serious. Their music career recently surmounted in a sold-out North American Tour opening for LP and they collaborated with Juno Calypso in Refinery 29's "29 Rooms". Says the New York Times, of Cunningham; ...the sultry-voiced Katrina Cunningham brings an exquisite, indie-siren quality..."
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Biography from IMDb.
- November 12, 1989 (36)
- Gresham, Oregon, USA
- Actor
- 14 on Motif · 15 credits in all
What are Kat Cunning's films like?
Across their 7 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Ideas.
Genres
Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Motif score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.
- Allyas Nora in Purple Hearts (2022)
- Mentoras Sara in One Big Happy Family (2025)
- Heroas Claire in Star People (2025)
- Allyas Clare Hollingsworth in Line of Fire (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kat Cunning's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 14 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Kat Cunning's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
15 credits, 14 with a Motif page.
Line of Fire(2026)
Motif score: 36th percentile of all shows
Bad Karaoke (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2026)
American Hostage(2026)
Motif score: 57th percentile of all shows
One Big Happy Family(2025)
Motif score: 56th percentile of all films
Star People(2025)
Motif score: 30th percentile of all films
On Swift Horses(2024)
Motif score: 50th percentile of all films
The Mistress(2022)
Motif score: 6th percentile of all films
Purple Hearts(2022)
Motif score: 68th percentile of all films
Rap Sh!t(2022)
Motif score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Marry Me(2022)
Motif score: 45th percentile of all films
The Plot Against America(2020)
Motif score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Trinkets(2019)
Motif score: 58th percentile of all shows
FBI(2018)
Motif score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Station 19(2018)
Motif score: 75th percentile of all shows
The Deuce(2017)
Motif score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 86th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 14 titles from 2017 to 2026.
How do Kat Cunning's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Panned1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.