---
name: "Mary Kate Schellhardt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mary-kate-schellhardt"
fi1m_id: "mary-kate-schellhardt"
imdb_id: "nm0770788"
tmdb_id: 8184
wikidata_id: "Q517602"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 November 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:03:13.124629+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mary Kate Schellhardt

## Identity

Mary Kate Schellhardt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mary-kate-schellhardt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mary-kate-schellhardt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0770788
- **TMDB ID:** 8184
- **Wikidata ID:** Q517602
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kate_Schellhardt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517602, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0770788/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8184

Actor. Born 1 November 1978 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 November 1978, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kate_Schellhardt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517602, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0770788/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8184

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Apollo 13*](https://film.one/film/apollo-13.md) (84)

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## Biography

Mary Kate Schellhardt is an American actress born on 1 November 1978 in Chicago, Illinois. She trained at the Piven Theatre Workshop in Chicago and was discovered at the age of 13 during a nationwide casting search for the role of Ellen Grape in *What's Eating Gilbert Grape* (1993).

She played Barbara Lovell in *Apollo 13* (1995) and Nadine in *Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home* (1995), filming these during her final years of high school while also appearing in school plays. She graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, in 1997 and earned a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama.

After university, Schellhardt moved to Los Angeles and has taken guest roles in television series including *House* (2007), *Scrubs* (2006), *Private Practice* (2009) and *New Girl* (2016).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Apollo 13* (1995), Fi1m 84, as Barbara Lovell — [page](https://film.one/film/apollo-13.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *New Girl* (2011), series, as Betsy — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *Infection: The Invasion Begins* (2010), as Reporter
- *Jack Rio* (2008), as Jamie McNeil / Jill Madison
- *Mr. Blue Sky* (2007), as Bonnie Tailor
- *Private Practice* (2007), series, as Laurie
- *Windfall* (2006), series, as Julia
- *House* (2004), series, as Attractive Fellow — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *Scrubs* (2001), series, as Carol
- *The Great Mom Swap* (1995), as Terry Venessi
- *Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home* (1995), as Nadine
- *Apollo 13* (1995), as Barbara Lovell — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/apollo-13.md)
- *What's Eating Gilbert Grape* (1993), as Ellen Grape

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