Katherine Kelly Lang Bio
(Episode #1-present)
Film and television actress Katherine Kelly Lang stars as “Brooke Logan”, whose life on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL has been a roller coaster of unrequited love since 1987. Brooke has emerged as the show's quintessential heroine, always in turmoil and forever chasing after true love.
Lang is one of three children in a show business family. Her parents are Keith Wegeman, an Olympic long jump skier who went on to play television's Jolly Green Giant, and Judith Lang, a film, television and commercial actress. Her grandfather was Charles Lang, a famed motion picture cinematographer.
Lang graduated from Beverly Hills High School where she concentrated more on becoming a jockey or training for the Olympics than studying to be an actress. She took only a few drama classes in school, but fate guided her into her acting career. It began on the set of Skate Town USA when the producers took one look at Lang and cast her as the lead's girlfriend. She signed with an agent and soon she was appearing on Happy Days, Masquerade, Magnum P.I. and several Last Precinct shows. Lang also appeared in the Showtime mini series Training Camp...First and Ten.
Having her first taste of daytime came when she was cast as “Gretchen” on The Young and the Restless, Lang also appeared in Discovery Bay produced by former day timer Ellen Wheeler and co-starring Tom Eplin. Not one to leave any genre untried, Lang also starred in a horror film, The Nightstalker, which received very favorable reviews. Lang has been featured in Disney Channel’s Mr. Boogedy, feature film ‘Til the End of the Night, and in all of the Beach Boys' music videos epitomizing her as the modern California Girl!
Lang guest starred in several episodes of the syndicated series Lonesome Dove, where she played a tough gunslinger determined to avenge her brother's murder. She also appeared in the original Showtime movie Flashframe.
With a love for sports and the outdoors, Lang spends her days off she enjoys playing tennis, wind surfing, mountain bike riding or horseback riding. She owns several horses and competes in 25-mile and 50-mile cross country endurance races. At the special invitation of the Sheik of Qatar, she placed third in the International Desert Marathon in 1996. She competes throughout Southern California in races sponsored by the American Federation of Endurance Racing. She also enjoys jogging, taking dance classes (ballet and jazz) and studying voice.
Lang resides in Los Angeles with her husband Alex D'Andrea, sons Jeremy and Julian and daughter Zoe Katrina.
