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Meet Katherine LaNasa, who plays Dana in The Pitt and just won a Critics’ Choice Television Award

STORYIshani Sarkar
Katherine LaNasa just won a Critics’ Choice Award for her role in The Pitt. Photos: AP, Reuters
Katherine LaNasa just won a Critics’ Choice Award for her role in The Pitt. Photos: AP, Reuters
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The Emmy winner from the HBO Max show starring Noah Wyle, drew inspiration for her role from a ‘really kick-ass’ aunt and battled cancer right before auditioning

The highly awaited second season of medical drama The Pitt, starring Noah Wyle, has landed on HBO Max. Our favourite doctors are clocking in at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Centre’s ER for what will certainly be another white-knuckle shift, with each episode covering roughly an hour.
The first season was not only extremely popular but also critically acclaimed, winning several awards including an Emmy and, more recently, a Critics’ Choice Television Award for best drama series.
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Wyle, who plays Dr Michael Robinavitch and co-executive produces the show, and Katherine LaNasa, whose character Dana Evans is a charge nurse, won the same awards in the best actor and best supporting actress categories. Needless to say, fans are overjoyed to see both characters on their screens again.

Shawn Hatosy, Katherine LaNasa, Noah Wyle and Patrick Ball pose with the best drama series award for The Pitt during the 31st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, on January 4. Photo: Reuters
Shawn Hatosy, Katherine LaNasa, Noah Wyle and Patrick Ball pose with the best drama series award for The Pitt during the 31st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, on January 4. Photo: Reuters

Interestingly, Wyle and LaNasa previously co-starred in another beloved medical show, ER, where the former played medical student John Carter, and the latter was Janet Wilco in one episode.

So, what else do we know about Katherine LaNasa, whom you may have also seen in shows like Truth Be Told, Dynasty and Imposters?

What is her background?

Katherine LaNasa at the Los Angeles Premiere of HBO Max’s The Pitt at DGA Theater Complex in Los Angeles, on January 7. Photo: Getty Images/AFP
Katherine LaNasa at the Los Angeles Premiere of HBO Max’s The Pitt at DGA Theater Complex in Los Angeles, on January 7. Photo: Getty Images/AFP

LaNasa, 59, hails from Louisiana, where she was born and spent most of her childhood. Her father served as a flight surgeon in Vietnam, and her mother studied nursing, per The New York Times.

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