Katherine Healy
American figure skater and ballet dancer
Katherine Healy (born January 26, 1969) is an American former principal ballerina and actress who also had a professional performing career in figure skating.
Early life
Healy was born in New York City.
Her parents loved ice skating, and Healy began to join them at age three.
Healy's true aspiration, however, was not to be a figure skater, but to pursue a career as professional ballet dancer. She began taking ballet at six years old with her sister, who was eight.
Healy was inspired to take ballet lessons after seeing the Rudolph Nureyev film I Am a Dancer.
Her mother had previously been a dancer and choreographer.
She trained in George Balanchine's School of American Ballet for five years.
At age ten, she lived in Brooklyn Heights and attended St. Ann's Episcopal School.
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