Katherine Agnes "Kate" Kavanagh is Anastasia Steele's best friend and roommate.

Through Ana's narration, we learn that:

• Kate is vivacious, confident, feminine, and strong-willed
• When Kate starts to ask you questions, it is impossible to get her to stop; Ana nicknames this the "Katherine Kavanagh Inquisition"

• Kate has strawberry-blonde hair, green eyes, and a curvaceous body; Ana says that Kate is so beautiful that it makes men "tongue-tied"

She gets into a relationship with Elliot Grey, whom she meets at a bar while celebrating the end of finals week with Ana, José, and Levi. In Fifty Shades Freed, Elliot proposes to Kate during their Aspen vacation in front of all their friends. Kate and Elliot eventually have a daughter named Ava Grey

BioEdit

Kate and Ana met as freshmen at Washington State University Vancouver, and have been roommates for four years. Kate is Ana's polar opposite: Ana is introverted, tomboyish, dreads shopping, and feels like a misfit; Kate is outgoing, feminine, fashionable, and makes friends easily. Kate comes from a wealthy family; her father, whom Christian respects for his "shrewd" and "rational" business sense, is the founder of Kavanagh Media. She has an older brother named Ethan.

Kate is an aspiring journalist, and was the editor of WSUV's student newspaper. After graduating from WSUV, she has an internship lined up at the Seattle Times. Kate gave the valedictorian speech at their graduation, implying that Kate's grades are as good or better than Ana's (who had a 4.0 GPA).

In the BooksEdit

Kate badgers Christian's PR department for an interview; Christian is impressed with Kate's tenacity and agrees to meet with her. Kate comes down with the flu on the day of the interview and has to send Ana to do the interview for her.

Kate encourages Ana's budding relationship with Christian at first, but becomes suspicious of him when Ana starts acting uncharacteristically moody. Christian and Kate clash when she confronts him for making Ana cry; from that point on, they intensely dislike each other, but act civil for Ana's sake. Kate is one of the few people to point out when Christian's behavior around Ana seems controlling or dangerous. Ana forgets that she left a printed copy of Christian's BDSM contract in a coat pocket hanging on her bedroom door. When Kate discovers the contract, she is livid, and confronts Christian and Ana. By that point, Christian and Ana had agreed to a "vanilla" relationship, but Kate was still afraid that Christian was harming Ana in some way.

RelationshipsEdit

Kate has more experience with sex and relationships than Ana at the start of Fifty Shades of Grey. Kate lost her virginity in high school, after going to prom; she says the sex was awful, she was drunk, and that she wasn't emotionally ready. Her only serious boyfriend has been Elliot Grey, whom she eventually marries and has a daughter with.