Cate Bottiglione has been working as an actor, acting teacher, and private acting coach in NYC for over 10 years.  Originally from Washington, D.C., she is very active in the current Off-Off and Off Broadway scene as an actor and producer.

Cate holds a degree in Theatre and Performance, with a Minor in Communications from Catholic University- training under such professors as: Dr. Gitta Honegger from Yale School of Drama and Mr. Andrei Malaev Babel of the Moscow Vakhtangov Theater.  She also has a certificate from the British American Drama Academy, Oxford, England, and trained for 3 years with The Actor's Institute in NYC.  She has attended master class workshops with: The Shakespeare Theatre at the Lansburgh in Washington, D.C., HB Studios, Alum of The Actor's Studio, as well as participated in Anne Bogart Viewpoints work, to name a few.

As a member of the Screen Actor's Guild, she can been seen in the fore and background of many feature films, as well as being the spokesperson for national products in various commercials.

She has been faculty at the Playhouse Junior School since 1998, is a member of the board of Collective:Unconsicous Theatre in Tribeca, and has been seen on a few of these stages: The Cell Theatre, The Ohio Theater, Manhattan Theatre Source, The Bowery Poetry Club, East 4th Street Theater, The Secret Theatre, and many others. 

Cate continues the teaching tradition that Kat Drinane Davis taught to her, as "Miss D" was Cate's Drama Director in high school.  The fundamentals still remain after all these years!