Kate Drummond Last updated April 10, 2025 Canadian actress
Kate Drummond
Kate Drummond in 2013
Born (1975-10-21 ) October 21, 1975 (age 49) Occupation(s) Actress, producer, director, screenwriter Years active 2006–present
Kate Drummond (born October 21, 1975) [ 1] is a Canadian film, television, theatre and voice actress ; film producer, director and screenwriter. Kate starred as Nikki Bender alongside Brooke Shields in Hallmark Movies & Mysteries 's Flower Shop Mystery TV movie series, she played Agent Lucado in the television series Wynonna Earp (2016–2017), as Authority Phydra in Utopia Falls (2020), and won best lead performance in a TV movie at the Canadian Screen Awards , for playing Claire Porter in Nowhere - Secrets of a Small Town (2019). In 2022, she starred alongside Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson in The Man from Toronto .
Early life Kate Drummond was born on October 21, 1975 [ 1] in Woodstock , Ontario , Canada; [ 2] and raised in Sarnia , Ontario. [ 2] Her father was a police officer and her mother worked at a milk factory, before both switched to real estate while Kate was at primary school. [ 2] After graduating from St. Patrick's Catholic High School [ 3] in Sarnia , Drummond attended McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario , [ 4] obtaining Bachelor's degrees in 1998 in Kinesiology and Education . [ 4]
Kate worked as a full-time elementary school teacher for the Ottawa Catholic School Board [ 4] for 12 years, before taking her first acting class at the age of 30, where she realised her "creative expression". [ 5] Kate attended acting classes for 5 years, acting only in local theatre before deciding to leave teaching in 2006 and start her acting career. [ 1] [ 5]
Recognition In March 2020, Drummond featured as a role model in an article of Women of Influence [ 11] 2015 Drummond played a small role as a neighbour in a scene with Jacob Tremblay in the award winning 2015 film Room . [ 3] 2016 Drummond wrote and directed the 2016 film Go Fish which was awarded Best Feature (Narrative) by the Muskoka Independent Film Festival. [ 12] In 2020, Kate Drummond was nominated for and won Best lead performance in a TV movie , for Nowhere to be Found by the Canadian Screen Awards . [ 13] The same film was nominated for Best Movie , Best Writing and Best Photography . [ 4] Following the 2020 nomination, Drummond was reported to say “It’s truly an incredible honour, to those who think you may be too old to pursue a dream: It is never too late.” [ 4] Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 Breathe Michelle Short film 2008 Scrambled Mom Short film 2009 Death Rally Killer Short film 2010 The Kate Logan Affair RCMP Officer #2 2012 House at the End of the Street Nurse Uncredited 2013 The Informant Officer Campbell NYPD 2014 An Apartment Rachel Short film 2015 Working Mom Claire 2015 Room Neighbour 2015 Dealer Incentives Miss Anderson Short film 2016 It's About Time Sarah Short film 2016 Go Fish Writer and Director Forest City Film Festival - Best Feature Film 2016 Offbeat Sarah Short film 2016 Out There Luna Short film 2016 5 Films About Technology Em Short film 2017 Adam's Testament Katherine Gable 2018 Frat Pack Fun Fanny 2018 County Time Taylor Short film 2019 The Last of Ian Campbell Maggie Campbell Short film 2020 Healing Hearts Carol Campbell 2020 Life in Memories Tonya Torem Short film 2021 The Novice Coach Edwards 2022 The Man from Toronto Agent Lawrence [ 10] 2023 Just a Friend Sarah Short film
Television movies Year Title Role Notes 2006 The Rival Woman at Bar TV movie; uncredited 2006 Proof of Lies Restaurant Patron TV movie 2007 Custody Dog Walker TV movie 2007 Like Mother, Like Daughter Girl on Campus TV movie; uncredited 2007 Demons from Her Past Cafe Patron TV movie; uncredited 2009 My Neighbor's Secret Coroner's Assistant TV movie 2010 The Perfect Teacher Gretchen Keller TV movie 2011 Metal Tornado Wendy TV movie 2011 No Surrender Jody TV movie 2012 Fugitive at 17 Nurse TV movie 2013 Clara's Deadly Secret Jane Jenkins TV movie 2013 A Sister's Revenge Jennifer TV movie 2015 Lead with Your Heart Sienna Halvorson TV movie 2015 Open House Samantha Contessa TV short 2016 Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted Nikki Bender TV movie [ 6] [ 7] 2016 Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped In The Bud Nikki Bender TV movie [ 6] [ 7] 2016 Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's The Word Nikki Bender TV movie [ 6] [ 7] 2017 Love on Ice Leslie Adams TV movie 2019 A Dangerous Test Amanda Fletcher Lead role 2019 Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story Mrs. Cooper TV movie 2019 Nowhere - Secrets of a Small Town Claire Porter TV movie (Nominated for best Actress - and won) [ 4] [ 13] 2020 Deadly Jealousy: The Killer Cousin Amanda Fletcher TV movie 2022 My Mom Made Me Do It Frida TV movie 2023 Christmas Island Helen Sharpe TV movie
Television series Year Title Role Notes 2011 Sweet Tarts Takeaway Sue 8 episodes 2013 Covert Affairs CNN Correspondent 1 Episode: "Dig for Fire" 2013 CAT. 8 Beverly Hillcroft TV miniseries; 2 episodes 2013 Being Human Shelley 1 Episode: "It's a Shame About Ray" 2014 Beauty & the Beast Agent Mallory 1 Episode: "Cat and Mouse" 2015 Open House Samantha Contessa TV short 2015 Good Witch Annie 1 Episode: "Do the Right Thing" 2016 Degrassi: Next Class Hunter's Doctor 1 Episode: "TurntUp" 2016 Damien Joann 1 Episode: "Seven Curses" 2017 Dark Matter Sajen 1 Episode: "The Dwarf Star Conspiracy" 2016–2017 Wynonna Earp Agent Lucado 7 episodes 2017 Saving Hope Joan Kilbride 1 Episode: "Tested and Tried" 2019 First Person Robyn 1 episode - My Father's Dignity 2020 Utopia Falls Authority Phydra 10 episodes 2021 Ghostwriter 3 episodes 2017-2021 Heartland Paula Westfield 3 episodes 2022 Five Days at Memorial Lily 1 episode
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2017 Forest City Film Festival Best Feature Film (shared with Brett Heard) Go Fish Won [ 14] [ 12] 2019 Mammoth Film Festival Awards Summit Award - Achievement in Filmmaking Nowhere - Secrets of a Small Town Won [ 14] [ 15] 2020 Canadian Screen Awards Best Lead Performance, TV Movie Nowhere - Secrets of a Small Town Won [ 14] [ 13] 2024 Hollywood North Film Awards Best Supporting Performer (Canadian Short Film) Just a Friend Nominated [ 14] 2024 Hollywood North Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Just a Friend Won [ 14]
References 1 2 3 "Kate Drummond" . northernstars.ca. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2017 . 1 2 3 4 "Kate Drummond – The Tale of Grim" . successcircuit.com. January 25, 2015. Archived from the original on January 25, 2015. 1 2 3 "Sarnia raised actress had small part in award winning movie" . theobserver.ca. 2016. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Mac grad nominated for Canadian Screen Award" . mcmaster.ca. 2020. 1 2 "Kate Drummond Talks Her New Show Utopia Falls, Wynonna Earp and Chasing Dreams" . geekgirlauthority.com. 2020. 1 2 3 4 News Release (January 18, 2016). "Canadian actor Kate Drummond co-stars in Brooke Shields' new Hallmark Movie & Mysteries detective series 'Flower Shop Mysteries' . Pennant Media Group (PMG) . Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2017 . 1 2 3 4 "Kate Drummond : Nikki" . Hallmark Movies & Mysteries . Crown Media . 2016. ↑ David, Greg (June 21, 2016). "TV Eh B Cs podcast 48 – Secret Agent Kate" . TV, eh? . Retrieved September 8, 2018 . ↑ Steinberg, Lisa (June 30, 2017). "Kate Drummond – Wynonna Earp" . Starry Constellation Magazine . Retrieved September 8, 2018 . 1 2 "Kevin Hart And Woody Harrelson's Man From Toronto Moves From Sony To Netflix" . slashfilm.com. April 14, 2022. ↑ "Meet Kate Drummond: elementary school teacher turned actor currently starring in HULU's Utopia Falls" . Women of Influence. 2020. 1 2 "MIFF 2016" . My Muskoka 150 . Rosseau Culture and Arts Project. 2016. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017 . 1 2 3 "2020 Canadian Screen Awards Winners" . globalnews.ca. May 26, 2020. 1 2 3 4 5 "Kate Drummond Awards" . imdb.com (Index source only) . Retrieved January 26, 2022 . ↑ "2nd Annual Mammoth Film Festival Awards Gala Winners" . goodnerdbadnerd.com . February 13, 2019. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2019 . This page is based on this
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