Katie Cleary (born September 21, 1981 from the North Shore of Chicago) is an only child who was raised by her mother. Cleary's strength, confidence and drive cme from her mom's hard work, love and determination as a parent. Cleary says, if it wasn't for her mother's love and ambition to do what she is doing today.
Every since Cleary was a young girl, Cleary dreamed of becoming an actress in Hollywood. After years of balancing High School and modeling in Chicago, Cleary entered a liberal arts college in Wisconsin with a track scholarship. Cleary finished college with a business and marketing degree while working as a model part time.
Cleary has always been very independent and driven to accomplish her goals and dreams in life. In the summer of 2004 after graduation, Cleary took a real estate position in Chicago. In the interim, she enrolled in acting classes and worked on a few movie sets while going to auditions. This was a very busy and enlightening time; Cleary juggled all these activites as her knowledge of the film industry grew exponentially.
One of her many accomplishments was bringing together ten humane societies and organizing a fundraiser by herself, which raised a huge amount of money to help support animal rescue and abuse centers. Cleary's passion has always been to help rescue animals that have been abused or unwanted and she often visits sanctuaries and volunteers her services. Cleary's goal is to one day start her own rescue center for unwanted and abused exotic and domestic animals.
You may recognize Cleary from season one of the hit television show America's Next Top Model. Recently, she worked on such movies as The Break Up and the Lake House, which were filmed in her hometown. Cleary has also hosted shows on the TV Guide channel including Ripe Live and co-hosted the show Get Out, appearing on HDTV. Recently, Cleary appeared on Larry King Live and talked about her own life before and after DOND and how it all got started.
In September 2007, Cleary appeared in a commercial for Chandon Champagne.
Shows appeared[]
- America's Next Top Model
- Deal or No Deal
- 1 vs. 100
- Fake or Real (2009 Pilot)