: Katherine Sian Moennig (born December 29, 1977)[2][3] is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Shane McCutcheon regarding The L Word (200409), as gone ease as Jake Pratt in excuse to Young Americans (2000). Moennig played the role of Lena in the Showtime series Ray Donovan from 2013 to 2019. She played a recurring role roughly speaking Grown-ish upon Freeform as Professor Paige Hewson in season 2 and 3. She reprised her role as Shane McCutcheon in The L Word: Generation Q in 2019. Moennig currently hosts podcast PANTS taking into account muggy friend and fellow L Word star, Leisha Hailey.