Kate Hennig

Kate Hennig is a Canadian actress and playwright,[1] currently the associate artistic director of the Shaw Festival.[2]

She was a shortlisted Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for Best Actress in a Play (Large Theatre) in 2003 for The Danish Play,[3] and won the Dora for Best Actress in a Musical in 2011 for Billy Elliot.[4] Although predominantly a stage actress, she also received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1993 for her performance in Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould,[5] and has appeared in the films Mrs. Winterbourne and The Claim, and the television series Bomb Girls, Saving Hope and L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables.

As a playwright, she has written the plays The Last Wife, The Virgin Trial, and Mother's Daughter.[6] She was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2017 Governor General's Awards for The Virgin Trial.[7]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1993 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Chambermaid
1996 Mrs. Winterbourne Sophie
2000 The Claim Vauneen

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1988 The Taming of the Shrew Widow TV film
1989 The Comedy of Errors Luce TV film
1994 The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story Nurse TV film
1995 Heritage Minutes Mrs. Chmiliar Episode: "Myrnam Hospital"
1996 Lives of Girls & Women Fern Doherty TV film
1996 Losing Chase Katherine TV film
1996 Talk to Me Stacy TV film
1997 When Secrets Kill Mary Martin TV film
1998 Goosebumps Crystal's Mom Episodes: "Cry of the Cat: Parts 1 & 2"
1999 Murder in a Small Town Mary TV film
2000 A Taste of Shakespeare Puck Episode: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
2003 Jasper, Texas White Mother TV film
2009 Flashpoint Brenda Episode: "Remote Control"
2012–2013 Bomb Girls Adele Witham Recurring role
2015 Saving Hope Margot Kay Episode: "All Down the Line"
2016 L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables Rachel Lynde TV film
2017 L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars Rachel Lynde TV film
2017 L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew Rachel Lynde TV film

References
  1. Staff (August 18, 2010). "Toronto native Kate Hennig bringing 'Billy Elliot' role to home city". Guelph Mercury. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  2. Yeo, Debra (May 17, 2017). "Kate Hennig becomes associate artistic director of Shaw Festival". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  3. "Divining Dora: Our theatre critic assesses the shoo-ins and ruins for this year's awards". National Post. June 21, 2003.
  4. Ouzounian, Richard (June 28, 2011). "Blasted picks up five Dora Awards". Toronto Star. p. E5. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  5. "Genies telecast from Montreal; Francois Girard's Gould pic garners seven nominations". Montreal Gazette. October 20, 1993. p. 20.
  6. Fricker, Karen (June 30, 2017). "A gripping, complex Tudor queen whodunit". Toronto Star. p. E8. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  7. "Finalists named for 2017 Governor General's Literary Awards". Montreal Gazette. October 4, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2019.


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