In the period they were released, Strickland was referred to as “the pride of Patterson” and the horror fandom’s “newest scream queen”, though her performances in both films received mixed critical reviews. in 2005, Strickland garnered positive critical comment for the romantic comedy Fever Pitch, and in 2007, she was a cast regular in the television show The Wedding Bells and subsequently was added to the cast of Private Practice. KaDee’s birthname is Katherine Dee; her parents combined the K in Katherine with her father’s name to make KaDee. She was raised in Patterson, Georgia, which she said is a “one-stoplight town”, and she had a job picking tobacco on a local farm for eight years. During her childhood, she was well-known locally as a member of the Strickland family and for her extracurricular activities and achievements (she was the Homecoming Queen in elementary, middle and high school, the student council president and a cheerleader).
