Kellner was born in Manhattan , New York to a psychologist/photographer mother and a squash player/Greek classics scholar father who was a Hungarian immigrant . She attended New York University 's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts , graduating in 1995 . Kellner currently lives in New York City . and is married to Reuben Avery , a photographer and computer programmer , and has a son Ewen Joseph Avery . Her parents are George and Martha Kellner , who , in May 1970 , survived the crash of ALM Flight 980 in the Caribbean . Martha Kellner was pregnant with Catherine at the time
ALM Flight 980
ALM Flight 980
Catherine Kellner