Catherine was born in London, but moved to California with her Iranian mother at age 2. Her mother still acts as her personal assistant. She went to UCLA to study biology, but dropped out to become a model in Japan. She moved back into acting with a Mexican commercial for Amex and then followed that up in Death Becomes Her (1992), where she also met her future husband, Adam Beason, who was director Robert Zemeckis's assistant. The couple currently live near L.A. with their daughter Gemma.

Credits include: Continuum, Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled, Dirty Love, The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption and The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

Credits include: Messages Deleted, Barbie Mariposa and her Butterfly Fairy Friends, Barbie in Rock 'N Royals, Storm Hawks and Dragons: Fire & Ice

Credits include: Maximum Conviction, FTL, Ice Sculpture Christmas, Bored on Board Onboard and Back to the Finale: Part II

Credits include: 2 Hearts, The Unspoken, Seeds of Yesterday, Love on the Slopes and Parasite Lost

Credits include: Zapped, A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish, The Unspoken, The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco and Incredible Crew

Credits include: Chaos Theory, Perfect High, Playthings, In Her Mother's Footsteps and Mr. Young

Credits include: Home for Christmas Day, Til Death Do You Part and There's No Place Like Home

Credits include: Somewhere Between, Turncoat, Home for Christmas Day and Rufus