Katie Lowes

Katie Lowes is an American actress and theater director best known for playing Quinn Perkins on the ABC drama Scandal. A New York native, Lowes was raised in Port Washington on Long Island and later attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she earned a bachelor’s degree.

Lowes began her career in theater, performing in stage productions and working a series of day jobs while auditioning. After moving to Los Angeles, she and several friends cofounded the IAMA Theatre Company, which became a significant outlet for her early creative work. She booked her first screen role in 2004 with a part on Rescue Me followed by steady television guest spots on shows such as As the World Turns, The Sopranos and NCIS.

Lowes’ breakout came in 2012 when she was cast as Quinn Perkins on Scandal, a role she held for the show’s seven-season run. Lowes later appeared in the Netflix miniseries Inventing Anna as well as the sitcom How We Roll and NBC’s This Is Us.

In 2025, she joined the cast of Netflix’s The Hunting Wives, based on the novel by May Cobb.

Lowes married actor Adam Shapiro in 2012. They share two children: son Albee (born in 2017) and daughter Vera (born in 2020).