Kate Nauta grew up in Woodburn, Oregon, where she lived until 2000. Luc Besson cast Nauta as 'Lola' in Transporter 2 and also used two of her songs on the soundtrack. She then starred In The Game Plan opposite Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and the indie feature The Good Guy opposite Alexis Bledel, Bryan Greenberg and Andrew McCarthy.
At 17 she was the US winner of the Elite Model Look contest. She has modeled for Versace, L'Oreal, DKNY, and Abercrombie & Fitch Co to name a few. Nauta also sings and writes lyrics and has worked on her music with Lenny Kravitz.