Early Life
Katic was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, to Serbian parents named Petar and Rada, who both emigrated from Croatia. In describing her ethnicity, she has stated her parents are Serbs from Croatia. Her father is from Vrlika, and her mother is from the surrounding area of Sinj. Katic later moved with her family to Aurora, Illinois. She spent the following years moving back and forth between Canada and the United States. After graduating from West Aurora High School in 1996, she studied acting at Chicago's Goodman School of Drama. She has four brothers and one sister.
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