Kate Hennig is a Canadian actress and playwright, currently the associate artistic director of the Shaw Festival.
Early life and education Hennig was born in Harlow, Ontario near London. Her father was a Lutheran minister. She and her family moved to Edmonton when Hennig was 7. Hennig attended York University briefly before dropping out.
In 2002, Hennig was awarded a master's degree from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
Career She was a shortlisted Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for Best Actress in a Play (Large Theatre) in 2003 for The Danish Play, and won the Dora for Best Actress in a Musical in 2011 for Billy Elliot. 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, 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. She was nominated for Outstanding New Play at the 2017 Dora Mavor Moore Awards and shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2017 Governor General's Awards for The Virgin Trial.
In 2019, Hennig directed Holiday Inn at the Shaw Festival.
Personal life Hennig married and later divorced Ian Prinsloo. She moved back Toronto from Calgary in 2001, after her run as Sally Bowles in Cabaret ended.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1993Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn GouldChambermaid1996Mrs. WinterbourneSophie2000Vauneen
Television Year Title Role Notes1988WidowTV film1989LuceTV film1994NurseTV film1995Heritage MinutesMrs. ChmiliarEpisode: "Myrnam Hospital"1996Lives of Girls & WomenFern DohertyTV film1996Losing ChaseKatherineTV film1996Talk to MeStacyTV film1997When Secrets KillMary MartinTV film1998GoosebumpsCrystal's MomEpisodes: "Cry of the Cat: Parts 1 & 2"1999Murder in a Small TownMaryTV film2000PuckEpisode: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"2003Jasper, TexasWhite MotherTV film2009FlashpointBrendaEpisode: "Remote Control"2012–2013Bomb GirlsAdele WithamRecurring role2015Saving HopeMargot KayEpisode: "All Down the Line"2016L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green GablesRachel LyndeTV film2017L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables: The Good StarsRachel LyndeTV film2017L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables: Fire & DewRachel LyndeTV film
Theatre Year Title Role(s)Company/Theatre Notes Ref.1988Taming of the ShrewWidowStratford Festival1991CarouselMrs. MullinsStratford Festival1991HamletPlayer QueenStratford Festival1993RatbagStratford FestivalDora Award-winning performance2001CabaretSally BowlesTheatre Calgary2003 The Danish PlayAgnete OttosenNightwood TheatreDora Award-winning performance2003Last RomanticsNecessary Angel2003 The Good LifeNecessary AngelStaged reading2007 The PenelopiadNational Arts Centre2007White ChristmasMartha WatsonSony Centre2008Anyone Can Whistle2008Blue NoteNightswimming2009Billy ElliotMrs. WilkinsonBroadway2011Billy ElliotMrs. WilkinsonMirvish ProductionsDora Award-winning performance2012 A Man and Some WomenRoseShaw Festival2013Romeo and JulietNurseStratford Festival2013Fiddler on the RoofGoldeStratford Festival2014 A Lovely Sunday for Creve CoeurBodeyShaw Festival2014RiflesSeñora CarrarPraxis/Next Stage2015Little DeathClaireKoffler Centre/Why Not Theatre/Riser Project2016Breath of KingsMistress Quickly and GowerStratford Festival2016Hedda GablerJulia2017 The AudienceMargaret ThatcherMirvish/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre2019 A Doll's House, Part 2Anne-MarieRoyal Manitoba Theatre Centre2022 The Importance of Being ErnestLady BracknellShaw Festival2022Gaslight (adapted from Angel Street)ElizabethShaw Festival2023GypsyMomma RoseShaw Festival
Plays The Eleventh David More Waterworks, later titled Drowning Out of Water The Queenmaker Trilogy: The Last Wife The Virgin Trial Mother’s Daughter Cyrano de Bergerac (translation and adaptation) Wilde Tales
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