Katherine Louise Diana Amess is an English actress and model. She is the host of British television commercials and has had several film and television roles.
Amess competed in several British beauty pageants and won the title of Miss Essex 2008 for the Miss Earth 2008 contest. In the same year she also became a finalist for the Miss England competition. She has appeared in a host of television commercials including for Nintendo, Premier Inn and News of the World. She appeared as Paris Hilton in two national commercials. She has appeared on various television shows in the UK including Funny Cuts on E4 and Dream Team. In 2013, Amess signed on to play a lead in the musical parodyMiserable Lesbians in New York and Edinburgh. The show was adapted from the Oscar-winning Les Misérables and attracted global attention due to the issues of homosexual marriage and sex equality it raised. Amess reprised her role of Courgette from an earlier 2013 short-film version in support of homosexual rights of Miserable Lesbians for the "Toscars" at the famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre which saw the film sweep the boards, winning 8 out of 10 awards presented by Eric Roberts. She publicly criticised her father's stance on same-sex marriage after producing that film. She was cast as Lulu in William Friedkin's version of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party at The Geffen Playhouse alongside Tim Roth, Steven Berkoff, David O'Hara, Frances Barber and Nick Ullett. She went on to play Ulcie in the closing week of Rolin Jones' These Paper Bullets at the same theatre in 2015. Amess played Brenda Dixon in Ray Cooney's Cash on Delivery, alongside Cooney himself in December 2015. The performance received positive reviews: "The ensemble under Cooney's keen direction are all great Katie Amess as Norman's innocent, confused fiancee Brenda. There is not a flaw, not a missed cue. No one stands above anyone else. Cooney as director has gleaned a perfect sense of timing from the entire cast". "The equally looks-blessed Meire, Arcilla, and Amess prove themselves all three expert comediennes Amess's delightful but dim Brenda match the male costars every step of the way". In 2016, she appeared in the film '. In 2017, she played Kendall Nagel in Bull on CBS and Sandy Weeks in ' Season 2 also on CBS.
