Katherine Elizabeth Vernon (born April 21, 1961) is a Canadian-born American actress. She is known for her roles as Lorraine Prescott on the CBS primetime soap opera Falcon Crest (from 1984–1985), the stuck-up and popular Benny Hanson in the comedy film Pretty in Pink (1986), Sophia in the 1992 Spike Lee film, Malcolm X, and Ellen Tigh in the 2004 Syfy series Battlestar Galactica.
Malcolm X
Pretty in Pink
Chained Heat
Soft Deceit
School of Life
The Last Song
Blackjack
Cyber Eden
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
Knights of the South Bronx
The Secret Life of Girls
Red Faction: Origins
Confession
Flood: A River's Rampage
Hostile Takeover
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Buds For Life
Alphabet City
Downdraft
Roadhouse 66
Tales from the Crypt
The New Outer Limits
Falcon Crest
Nash Bridges
Remington Steele
Family Ties
Murder, She Wrote
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Perception
CSI: Las Vegas
Heroes
L.A. Law
Bones
Star Trek: Voyager
Reunion
Dawson's Creek
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Hotel
Kindred: The Embraced
Jake and the Fatman
