Katie Walder

Katie Elizabeth Walder is the youngest of 5 children 2 brothers and two sisters She started acting at a young age in musicals and plays in school and did some print work as a young teen in such magazines as Teen and YM She went on to study theatre in college and upon moving to NYC after graduation started working professionally in theatre with notable Broadway directors such as Michael Greif original director for Rent Keith Reddin and Daniel Aukin Katie soon moved to Los Angeles and quickly landed a recurring role on the 4th Season of Gilmore Girls 2000 as Janet Billings the quirkytoughathletic college roommate of Rory She has been working steadily in film TV ever since Along with Gilmore Girls Walder is best known for her recurring roles on How I Met Your Mother as Shannon and Mad Men as Sherry She has appeared in over 40 television shows including New Girl Franklin Bash Fairly Legal The Good Wife Supernatural and Rules of Engagement In 2007 she played Tori Zachs girlfriend in the awardwinning independent film Shelter In 2014 she starred in the horror film Come Back to Me