Mae Whitman

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Mae Whitman

Birth Name	Mae Margaret Whitman
Born	June 9, 1988 (age 18)
in	Los Angeles, California

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Occupation	Actress/Film Actress/Voice Actress

Gender	Female










Notable Credit(s)	American Dragon: Jake Long as Rose Arrested Development as Ann Veal Avatar: The Last Airbender as Katara Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- Kingdom Hearts II as Yuffie Kisaragi Grey's Anatomy as Heather Douglas

Agent	Cunningham, Escott, Slevin, and Doherty

Mae Margaret Whitman (born June 9, 1988) is an American actress. Most well-known for playing the titular role of Grace in State Of Grace, she guest starred on the TV show Arrested Development, where she played the role of Ann Veal, George Michael Bluth's girlfriend. She is also the voice of Katara in the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender and American Dragon: Jake Long as Rose/Huntsgirl.

[edit] Biography

Whitman started her career with a voice over for a Tyson Chicken commercial, a role her mother, Pat Musick, had also auditioned for.

At the age of four, Whitman made her film debut, acting alongside Meg Ryan in When a Man Loves a Woman. She played Ryan's daughter in the movie. She has had a role in Independence Day as the President's daughter and in Hope Floats, with Sandra Bullock.

Mae attended Ribét Academy, a private preparatory school, in Los Angeles.

She guest starred in the episode The One Where Rachel Quits of the sitcom Friends in 1996, as well as guest starring on ABC's Grey's Anatomy in 2007 as 17 year old Heather, who suffers from severe curvature of the spine.

In 2006, Whitman joined the cast of Thief for FX Networks, playing the step-daughter of Nick Atwater (Andre Braugher). During the same year, she played the role of Yuffie Kisaragi in the Square-Enix/Disney video game Kingdom Hearts II and the third-person shooter RPG Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-.