Catherine McCormack was born on 1 January 1972 n Alton Hampshire England. She is an English actress.

Her first notable role was as the character Murron in the multiple Academy Award-winning movie Braveheart, which also starred and was directed by Mel Gibson.

Her screen debut, however, was as the lead in the Anna Campion directed film Loaded. After the success of Braveheart, McCormack had starring roles in Nils Gaup's Northstar and Marshall Herskovitz's Dangerous Beauty. She has also appeared in David Leland's Land Girls and has played the leading role of Hannah in Davy Kane's This Year's Love, which also starred Kathy Burke.

She also starred in Spy Game, opposite Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. Most recently she starred in most recently in 28 Weeks Later (2007).

Filmography

• 28 Weeks Later (2007)
• The Moon and the Stars (2007)
• "Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire" (1 episode, 2006)
• Renaissance (2006)
• Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes (2006)
• A Sound of Thunder (2005)
• Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore (2005)
• Strings (2004)
• Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004)
• Spy Game (2001)
• Armadillo (2001)
• The Tailor of Panama (2001)
• Born Romantic (2000)
• The Weight of Water (2000)
• A Rumor of Angels (2000)
• Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
• The Debtors (1999)
• "Love in the 21st Century" (1 episode, 1999)
• This Year's Love (1999)
• Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
• Dangerous Beauty (1998)
• The Land Girls (1998)
• Deacon Brodie (1997)
• Tashunga (1996)
• Braveheart (1995)
• "Wycliffe" (1 episode, 1994)
• Loaded (1994)