Katie Cleary

ABOUT KATIE CLEARY

Model and actress who originally found fame through her appearance on the first season of the reality modeling series America's Next Top Model. She later worked as a model on the game show Deal or No Deal and appeared as an actress on television series like Heckle U and Chuck.

She was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She went to a liberal arts college in Wisconsin on a track scholarship while working part-time as a model.

She is known for her animal rights activism, having founded the organization Peace 4 Animals and producing the award-winning 2014 animal issues documentary Give Me Shelter.

Her ex-husband Andrew Stern committed suicide in 2014.

She appeared with show winner Adrianne Curry on the first season of America's Next Top Model.