J.P. Manoux grew up on the beaches of Santa Barbara, California, the oldest of seven. He was involved in children's theater productions and took tap-dancing lessons before attending the Thacher School in Ojai, California. Curiously, that tiny boarding school would provide no less than three doctors for NBC's long running hospital drama ER (1994) (Noah Wyle and Leland Orser, the other two). As college applications approached, Manoux's drama teacher recommended the undergraduate theater department at Northwestern University.
凯特·沃什 (Kate Walsh) 凭借出演美剧《实习医生格雷》(Grey's Anatomy) 中的妇产科医生Addison Montgomery Shepherd (脑科医生Derek Shepherd的妻子) 而知名度大增。后来，凯特·沃什 (Kate Walsh) 离开《实习医生格雷》(Grey's Anatomy) 剧组 (偶尔还会有客串演出)，开始在《实习医生格l蕾》的衍生剧《私人诊所》(Private Practice) 中担任女主角Addison Montgome医生。 大学是The University of Arizona。她首先在Piven Theatre Workshop开始她的事业。 她第一个主要的电视表演在The Drew Carey Show
