kat purgal

actor. writer. circuser.

Kat is an actor, writer, and circuser based in Los Angeles. She is first generation American, born and raised in Northern Virginia by immigrant parents. She attended Emerson College in Boston. 

She is an actor-alum of the Sundance Director’s Lab. Her written work has been featured on Funny Or Die and WhoHaha and she has recently completed the selective “Women In Film” Mentorship Program. 

She has produced, written, and directed 30+ sketch videos for the sketch teams Tiny Muscles, Tan In Winter and her own banner. When she’s not chasing around her twin toddlers, she trains on aerial hoop and trapeze at Cirque School Los Angeles.

the latest.

Kat plays an NPR Reporter, Emily Chang in James Patterson's Zero Tolerance Audible series, starring
​Hilary Swank.

Kat will play Carrie in episode 6 of the Apple TV+ series, Shrinking.

Check out Kat as Veronica Nix in episode 5 of the 2nd season of CSI: Vegas.

See Kat ​in episode 7 of the television remake of American Gigolo.