# KaDee Strickland
**KaDee Strickland** (born Katherine Dee Strickland, 1975) is an American actress best known for playing Dr. Charlotte King on the ABC medical drama *Private Practice* from 2007 to 2013, and for film roles in the horror releases *[Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid](https://www.edgepedia.org/anacondas-the-hunt-for-the-blood-orchid)* and *The Grudge* (both 2004)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834380/). She was born in Blackshear, Georgia, and raised in nearby Patterson[2](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/strickland-kadee-1975) • [3](https://www.sidewalkstv.com/interview-kadee-strickland-and-emmanuelle-chriqui-shut-eye/).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name / birth | Katherine Dee Strickland, born 1975 in Blackshear, Georgia (some sources cite 1977)[2](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/strickland-kadee-1975) |
| Signature role | Dr. Charlotte King on *Private Practice*, 2007–2013, 111 episodes[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834380/) |
| Award | 2011 PRISM Award for Best Female Performance in a Drama Series, for portraying a victim of sexual assault on *Private Practice*[4](https://filmrise.com/uploads/press-kits/THE-TIME-CAPSULE-Production-Notes.pdf) |
| Other lead TV roles | Linda Haverford on Hulu's *Shut Eye* (20 episodes); Christy Crawford on ABC's *Secrets and Lies*; Debbie Landry on Freeform's *Cruel Summer* season 2[5](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/40796/kadee-strickland) • [6](https://www.glamour.com/story/kadee-strickland-secrets-and-lies) |
| Marriage | Married actor Jason Behr on November 10, 2006; they met while filming *The Grudge*[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834380/) • [7](https://www.worklayers.co.uk/reads/2026/05/28/who-is-kadee-strickland-career-age-recent-projects.html) |
| Training | Graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia[2](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/strickland-kadee-1975) |
## Early life and training
Strickland grew up in rural south Georgia, where her father, Dee, was a high school football coach, principal, and Pierce County school superintendent, and her mother, Susan, was a nurse[2](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/strickland-kadee-1975) • [8](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kadee-strickland/). She did not plan on an acting career while growing up, but a late-Saturday-night diet of horror films and a one-act play audition in high school, which she entered for fun and won a part in, changed her direction[8](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kadee-strickland/).
She left Patterson to study at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, performing on stage while landing small parts in major films: Visitor #5 in *The Sixth Sense* (1999), a cute coed in *The Sterling Chase* (1999), and Bonnie Gilcrest in *Girl, Interrupted* (1999)[8](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kadee-strickland/). After graduation she moved to New York, and after nine episodes of the soap opera *All My Children* she was able to quit her waitress job[8](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kadee-strickland/).
## Film career
**2004 breakthrough.** Strickland's film career accelerated in 2004 with three releases in one year: *The Stepford Wives*, *Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid*, in which she played the lead role of Sam Rogers, and *The Grudge*, in which she played Susan, an American nurse in Japan whose disappearance sets the plot in motion[2](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/strickland-kadee-1975) • [9](https://horror.com/php/article-607-1.html). She earned a Teen Choice Award nomination for choice movie scary scene in 2005 for *The Grudge*[2](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/strickland-kadee-1975). In interviews she noted that playing Sam Rogers let her use her natural Southern accent in a genre film, where Southern women were rarely written as intelligent or capable[9](https://horror.com/php/article-607-1.html).
Later film work included *Fever Pitch* (2005) as Robin, Tyler Perry's *The Family That Preys*, *The Flock* with [Richard Gere](https://www.edgepedia.org/richard-gere), and *American Gangster* (2007) as Sheilah Dickerson, opposite [Russell Crowe](https://www.edgepedia.org/russell-crowe)[2](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/strickland-kadee-1975) • [4](https://filmrise.com/uploads/press-kits/THE-TIME-CAPSULE-Production-Notes.pdf). More recently she starred opposite [Nicolas Cage](https://www.edgepedia.org/nicolas-cage) in the independent film *Grand Isle* and played the lead role of Maggie in the science-fiction romance *The Time Capsule* (2022)[4](https://filmrise.com/uploads/press-kits/THE-TIME-CAPSULE-Production-Notes.pdf).
## Television
**Private Practice.** Strickland's defining television role is Dr. Charlotte King, a role she played across 111 episodes of the [Shonda Rhimes](https://www.edgepedia.org/shonda-rhimes) medical drama *[Private Practice](https://www.edgepedia.org/private-practice-tv-series)* from 2007 to 2013[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834380/). Charlotte, the founder of the Pacific Wellness Clinic, was written as a sharp, assertive figure who evolved over the series from a tough, somewhat antagonistic presence into a more vulnerable one as she navigated trauma, her relationship with Dr. Cooper Freedman ([Paul Adelstein](https://www.edgepedia.org/paul-adelstein)), and motherhood[10](https://soc.up.edu.ph/35-bold/files?ID=wqP91-8285&title=kadee-strickland-private-practice.pdf). For her performance as a victim of sexual assault, Strickland received a 2011 PRISM Award for Best Female Performance in a Drama Series[4](https://filmrise.com/uploads/press-kits/THE-TIME-CAPSULE-Production-Notes.pdf).
**Later series leads.** After *Private Practice* ended, Strickland starred as Christy Crawford, the wife of [Ryan Phillippe](https://www.edgepedia.org/ryan-phillippe)'s character, in the first season of ABC's *Secrets and Lies*, opposite [Juliette Lewis](https://www.edgepedia.org/juliette-lewis)[6](https://www.glamour.com/story/kadee-strickland-secrets-and-lies). She then took the role of Linda Haverford on Hulu's *Shut Eye*, a drama about the fraudulent world of working mediums, co-starring [Jeffrey Donovan](https://www.edgepedia.org/jeffrey-donovan); she prepared by visiting numerous fortune tellers and described the part as frightening in a creative rather than literal sense[11](https://observer.com/2017/12/interview-kadee-strickland-on-hulus-shut-eye-season-2-cliffhangers/). In 2023 she played Debbie Landry, mother of the central character Megan, in the second season of Freeform's *Cruel Summer*, where she appeared alongside Paul Adelstein and Griffin Gluck, her former *Private Practice* family[5](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/40796/kadee-strickland) • [12](https://www.detpress.com/storage/uploads/1D/CA/1DCA0ABB-CCEE-3FBB-1EA5-68F54162F437/press-release-6-1248361.pdf).
She also shot the CBS pilot *Doubt* in New York in 2015, playing Sadie, a defense lawyer romantically involved with a client, in a cast that included [Teddy Sears](https://www.edgepedia.org/teddy-sears), Laverne Cox, Dulé Hill, and [Elliott Gould](https://www.edgepedia.org/elliott-gould)[6](https://www.glamour.com/story/kadee-strickland-secrets-and-lies).
## Personal life
Strickland married actor [Jason Behr](https://www.edgepedia.org/jason-behr) on November 10, 2006; the two met while making *The Grudge*, in which Behr also appeared[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834380/) • [7](https://www.worklayers.co.uk/reads/2026/05/28/who-is-kadee-strickland-career-age-recent-projects.html). They have one child[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834380/).
## References
1. [KaDee Strickland, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834380/)
2. [Strickland, KaDee 1975(?)-, Encyclopedia.com](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/strickland-kadee-1975)
3. [Interview: KaDee Strickland and Emmanuelle Chriqui (Shut Eye), Sidewalks TV](https://www.sidewalkstv.com/interview-kadee-strickland-and-emmanuelle-chriqui-shut-eye/)
4. [The Time Capsule Production Notes, FilmRise](https://filmrise.com/uploads/press-kits/THE-TIME-CAPSULE-Production-Notes.pdf)
5. [KaDee Strickland, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/40796/kadee-strickland)
6. [Catching Up With KaDee Strickland About Life After Private Practice, Glamour](https://www.glamour.com/story/kadee-strickland-secrets-and-lies)
7. [Who is KaDee Strickland? Career Age & Recent Projects, Worklayers](https://www.worklayers.co.uk/reads/2026/05/28/who-is-kadee-strickland-career-age-recent-projects.html)
8. [KaDee Strickland, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kadee-strickland/)
9. [KaDee Strickland: "The Grudge" Interview, Horror.com](https://horror.com/php/article-607-1.html)
10. [Kadee Strickland Private Practice (study guide)](https://soc.up.edu.ph/35-bold/files?ID=wqP91-8285&title=kadee-strickland-private-practice.pdf)
11. [KaDee Strickland on Why She Was Terrified of Taking 'Shut Eye' Role, Observer](https://observer.com/2017/12/interview-kadee-strickland-on-hulus-shut-eye-season-2-cliffhangers/)
12. [Cruel Summer season 2 press release, Detpress/Freeform](https://www.detpress.com/storage/uploads/1D/CA/1DCA0ABB-CCEE-3FBB-1EA5-68F54162F437/press-release-6-1248361.pdf)
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