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'''Katrina Law''' (born '''Joyce Houseknecht''')<ref name="ProofLawisJoyce">{{cite news|url=https://www.inquirer.com/south-jersey/kenneth-houseknecht-kim-anderson-deptford-20260720.html|title=Kenneth Houseknecht murdered his 12-year-old Deptford neighbor 38 years ago. A new recording sheds light on the killing|last=Wajda|first=Philip J.|newspaper=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=July 20, 2026|access-date=July 20, 2026}}</ref> is an American actress. She is known for playing the roles of Mira on the [[Starz (TV channel)|Starz]] television series ''[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]'' and ''[[Spartacus: Vengeance]]'', [[Nyssa al Ghul]] on [[The CW]] television series ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]'', Karen Beach on the [[Sony Crackle]] series ''[[The Oath (American TV series)|The Oath]]'', Quinn Liu on the [[CBS]] series ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]'', and Jessica Knight on the [[CBS]] series ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''.
'''Katrina Law''' (born '''Joyce Houseknecht''')<ref name="ProofLawisJoyce">{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260721115925/https://www.inquirer.com/south-jersey/kenneth-houseknecht-kim-anderson-deptford-20260720.html|archive-date=July 21, 2026|url=https://www.inquirer.com/south-jersey/kenneth-houseknecht-kim-anderson-deptford-20260720.html|title=Kenneth Houseknecht murdered his 12-year-old Deptford neighbor 38 years ago. A new recording sheds light on the killing|last=Wajda|first=Philip J.|newspaper=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=July 20, 2026|access-date=July 20, 2026}}</ref> is an American actress. She is known for playing the roles of Mira on the [[Starz (TV channel)|Starz]] television series ''[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]'' and ''[[Spartacus: Vengeance]]'', [[Nyssa al Ghul]] on [[The CW]] television series ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]'', Karen Beach on the [[Sony Crackle]] series ''[[The Oath (American TV series)|The Oath]]'', Quinn Liu on the [[CBS]] series ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]'', and Jessica Knight on the [[CBS]] series ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==

Revision as of 12:04, 21 July 2026

Katrina Law
Law in 2017
Bornbetween April 1976 and April 1977[1]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materStockton University (BA)[2]
OccupationActress
Years active2000–presenM
Spouse
Keith Andreen
​
​
(m. 2013; sep. 2025)​
[1][3][4]
Children1

Katrina Law (born Joyce Houseknecht)[1] is an American actress. She is known for playing the roles of Mira on the Starz television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Spartacus: Vengeance, Nyssa al Ghul on The CW television series Arrow, Karen Beach on the Sony Crackle series The Oath, Quinn Liu on the CBS series Hawaii Five-0, and Jessica Knight on the CBS series NCIS.

Early life and education

Law was born in Philadelphia[5] and grew up in Deptford Township, New Jersey.[6] Her mother is Taiwanese and her father is of German and Italian descent.[5] In 1995, she was crowned Miss New Jersey Teen USA.[1][7] She graduated from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey with a B.A. in Performing Arts (Theatre Performance) in 1999.[8]

Career

Law worked alongside director Adrian Picardi with producers Eric Ro and Don Le, to create a low budget web series called The Resistance.[9] Picardi was the series' official creator and director. The show was later picked up by Starz which led to Law's casting in Spartacus: Blood and Sand in 2009.[10] In 2011, Law completed an action-oriented project called 3 Minutes with director Ross Ching, producers Don Le and George Wang, starring Harry Shum Jr., Stephen "tWitch" Boss (the runner up on season 4 of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance), and herself.[7][11]

Law in 2014

From 2014 to 2020, she had a recurring role on The CW television series Arrow as Nyssa al Ghul, the daughter of the notorious leader of the League of Assassins, Ra's al Ghul.[12][13]

In 2019, Law was cast as co-lead in the CBS pilot Alive, as medical examiner Elizabeth Lavenza, whose husband Mark Escher (Ryan Phillipe) is brought back to life by the mysterious Dr Frankenstein (Aaron Staton).[14] Later that year she joined the cast of CBS's Hawaii Five-0 for the series' tenth season.[15][16] In March 2021, Law was cast in the eighteenth season of NCIS in the role of Jessica Knight.[17] She appeared in the final two episodes of the season with the potential to become a series regular if the series is renewed for a nineteenth season;[18] it was later confirmed that Law would become a series regular beginning with the nineteenth season.[19] In January 2022, it was announced that Law's NCIS character would crossover to NCIS: Hawaiʻi for an episode.[20]

Personal life

Law married actor Keith Andreen in January 2013. In December 2018, she gave birth to their daughter.[21] Law filed for divorce on August 11, 2025.[1]

Law has an older brother, Kenneth Houseknecht, who in April 1988, at age 14, murdered a neighbor girl who as 12 years old. In July 2026 Law testified via Zoom on her brother's behalf in his attempt to be released from prison.[1][22]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Lucky Numbers Teen Girl also known as Lucky Number (Japan: English title)
2001 Bottomfeeders Ursula
2002 Emmett's Mark Francine also known as Killing Emmett Young (video title)
2005 Choker Santo also known as Disturbance (DVD box title)
2006 All In Dealer No. 1
2007 A New Tomorrow Katherine Schatz
2008 Stiletto Biker Chick No. 2 Direct-to-video film; also known as Velvet Spider (Japan: English title)
2009 Alpha Males Experiment Jenna originally titled Knuckle Draggers
2010 The Grind Jemma
2011 3 Minutes Female Hunter Short film
2015 Death Valley Annie Gunn [23]
2015 Checkmate Katana
2017 Darkness Rising Izzy
2024 Werewolves Dr. Amy Chen [24]
TBA Mafiosa Alex Johnson produced in 2010, but not released

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Third Watch Ani Bailey Episode: "Man Enough"
2002 Reba Morgan Brooks Episode: "The King and I"
2003 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out Kate Television movie
2006 If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now N/A Television movie
2007 The Rookie: CTU Kate Wyman Web series (spin-off of 24); main role (season 3), 6 episodes
2009 Chuck Alexis Episode: "Chuck Versus the Beefcake"
2010 Spartacus: Blood and Sand Mira Recurring role, 5 episodes
2010 Legend of the Seeker Garren the Mord Sith Episodes: "Walter", "Extinction", and "Tears"
2010 The Resistance Lana Web series; main role, 8 episodes
2012 Spartacus: Vengeance Mira Main role, 10 episodes
2012 CSI: Miami "Assassin" Episode: "Law and Disorder"
2013 Chosen Amber 2 episodes
2013 Snow Bride Greta Kaine Television movie (Hallmark Channel)[5]
2014–2020 Arrow Nyssa al Ghul Recurring role, 20 episodes
2015 12 Gifts of Christmas Anna Parisi Television movie (Hallmark Channel)[25]
2015 Guilt Natalie Original television pilot (unaired)[26]
2016 Legends of Tomorrow Nyssa al Ghul Episode: "River of Time"
2017 Training Day Detective Rebecca Lee Main role[27]
2018–2019 The Oath Karen Beach Main role[28]
2018–2020 Sacred Lies Miss Bailey Recurring role[29]
2019–2020 Hawaii Five-0 Quinn Liu Main role (season 10)[15]
2020 Magnum P.I. Quinn Liu Episode: "Desperate Measures"
2020 Christmas with the Darlings Jessica Lew Television movie (Hallmark Channel)
2021–present NCIS Jessica Knight Guest role (season 18[17][18]); main role (season 19[19]–present)
2022 NCIS: Hawaiʻi Jessica Knight Guest role, 2 episodes[30]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Wajda, Philip J. (July 20, 2026). "Kenneth Houseknecht murdered his 12-year-old Deptford neighbor 38 years ago. A new recording sheds light on the killing". Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2026-07-21. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
  2. ↑ "Katrina Law as Anna on 12 Gifts of Christmas". Hallmark Channel. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  3. ↑ Blackwelder, Carson; Jones, Sarah (August 12, 2025). "NCIS Actress Katrina Law Files for Divorce From Husband Keith Andreen After 12 Years of Marriage". People. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
  4. ↑ "ANDREEN, KATRINA JOYCE VS ANDREEN, KEITH ERIK". Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. August 11, 2025. Retrieved 2026-05-24. Click "Search for case by litigant's name", Click "Continue" at the bottom, Click "Continue as guest" (or make an account), Enter Andreen and Keith in the name search fields, Pay the fee and when it lists several of his cases, select Case number: 25STFL07881
  5. 1 2 3 "Katrina Law : Greta Kaine". Hallmark Channel. Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  6. ↑ Katalinas, Theresa (June 15, 2013). "Local Actress Has 'Remorse' in Horror Movie". West Deptford Patch. Retrieved 2016-04-30. Remorse stars Deptford native Katrina Law of the recent Spartacus TV series...
  7. 1 2 "The official website of Katrina Law". misskatrinalaw.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  8. ↑ "Where are they now?". Stockton University. 2018.
  9. ↑ "Starz Digital Media's 'The Resistance' Moves to SyFy". Comicbookbin.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  10. ↑ Gallagher, Brian (April 16, 2010). "EXCLUSIVE: Katrina Law Discusses 'Spartacus: Blood and Sand'". MovieWeb. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  11. ↑ "Harry Shum Jr. in 3 minutes teaser trailer #2". Angry Asian Man. January 3, 2011. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  12. ↑ Abrams, Natalie (November 19, 2013). "Exclusive: Arrow Casts Spartacus Alum as Daughter of Ra's al Ghul". TV Guide. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  13. ↑ Highfill, Samantha (November 20, 2013). "Katrina Law joins 'Arrow' as Nyssa al Ghul". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  14. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (March 19, 2019). "Ryan Phillippe To Headline CBS' Frankenstein Pilot 'Alive', Katrina Law & Aaron Staton Also Star". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  15. 1 2 Petski, Denise (August 14, 2019). "'Hawaii Five-O': Katrina Law Set As New Series Regular For Season 10 Of CBS Drama". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  16. ↑ Cohn, Paulette (September 27, 2019). "Hawaii Five-0's EP Peter Lenkov on the Season 10 Premiere and Saying Goodbye To One of Its Own". Parade. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  17. 1 2 Iannucci, Rebecca (March 10, 2021). "Katrina Law Joins NCIS as Potential Series Regular for Season 19". TVLine. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  18. 1 2 Petski, Denise (March 10, 2021). "'NCIS': Katrina Law Joins CBS Series As Recurring". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  19. 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie (June 22, 2021). "'NCIS' Adds Gary Cole & Katrina Law For Season 19 As Mark Harmon Scales Back & Emily Wickersham Exits CBS Drama". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  20. ↑ Mitovich, Matt Webb (January 3, 2022). "NCIS/NCIS: Hawai'i Crossover Set for March: Who's Making the Trip?". TVLine. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  21. ↑ Jirak, Jamie (December 28, 2018). "Arrow's Katrina Law Gives Birth to a Girl". Comic Book. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  22. ↑ Wajda, Philip J. (April 18, 2009). "Old wounds still open Anniversary of shocking murder of girl". Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
  23. ↑ Barton, Steve (August 6, 2015). "Death Valley Trailer Premiere Takes Us Into the Badlands". Dread Central. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  24. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (June 11, 2024). "Frank Grillo Horror-Thriller 'Werewolves' Set For December U.S. Release Via Briarcliff & The Solution". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  25. ↑ "12 Gifts of Christmas, Hallmark Channel". Hallmark Channel. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  26. ↑ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (August 17, 2015). "'Arrow's' Katrina Law & Billy Zane to Star in ABC Family Drama Pilot 'Guilt'". Variety. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  27. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (March 2, 2016). "'Training Day': Katrina Law Joins Cast Of CBS Drama Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  28. ↑ Petski, Denise (July 7, 2017). "'The Oath': Katrina Law Cast As Female Lead In Crackle Drama Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  29. ↑ Petski, Denise (April 2, 2018). "'Sacred Lies': Toby Huss Cast As Series Regular, Katrina Law & Leah Gibson To Recur on Facebook Drama Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  30. ↑ "'NCIS': Wilmer Valderrama and Katrina Law Headed to Hawaii for Crossover Event". January 3, 2022.
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