Kate Hennig

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Kate Hennig
Born1961or1962(age 61–62)
Harlow, Ontario, Canada
OccupationPlaywright and actress
Alma mater Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Spouse
Ian Prinsloo
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(divorced)​
Website
www.katehennig.com

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

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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. [3]

In 2002, Hennig was awarded a master's degree from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. [4]

Career

She was a shortlisted Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for Best Actress in a Play (Large Theatre) in 2003 for The Danish Play, [5] and won the Dora for Best Actress in a Musical in 2011 for Billy Elliot . [6] 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 , [7] 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. [8] She was nominated for Outstanding New Play at the 2017 Dora Mavor Moore Awards [9] and shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2017 Governor General's Awards for The Virgin Trial. [10]

In 2019, Hennig directed Holiday Inn at the Shaw Festival. [11]

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. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Chambermaid
1996 Mrs. Winterbourne Sophie
2000 The Claim Vauneen

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988The Taming of the ShrewWidowTV film
1989The Comedy of ErrorsLuceTV film
1994 The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story NurseTV film
1995 Heritage Minutes Mrs. ChmiliarEpisode: "Myrnam Hospital"
1996Lives of Girls & WomenFern DohertyTV film
1996 Losing Chase KatherineTV film
1996 Talk to Me StacyTV film
1997When Secrets KillMary MartinTV film
1998 Goosebumps Crystal's MomEpisodes: "Cry of the Cat: Parts 1 & 2"
1999 Murder in a Small Town MaryTV film
2000A Taste of ShakespearePuckEpisode: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
2003 Jasper, Texas White MotherTV film
2009 Flashpoint BrendaEpisode: "Remote Control"
2012–2013 Bomb Girls Adele WithamRecurring role
2015 Saving Hope Margot KayEpisode: "All Down the Line"
2016 L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables Rachel LyndeTV film
2017L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables: The Good StarsRachel LyndeTV film
2017L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables: Fire & DewRachel LyndeTV film

Theatre

YearTitleRole(s)Company/TheatreNotesRef.
1988 Taming of the Shrew Widow Stratford Festival
1991 Carousel Mrs. MullinsStratford Festival
1991 Hamlet Player QueenStratford Festival
1993RatbagStratford Festival Dora Award-winning performance [3]
2001 Cabaret Sally Bowles Theatre Calgary [3]
2003The Danish PlayAgnete Ottosen Nightwood Theatre Dora Award-winning performance [5]
2003Last RomanticsNecessary Angel [12]
2003The Good LifeNecessary AngelStaged reading [13]
2007 The Penelopiad National Arts Centre
2007 White Christmas Martha Watson Sony Centre [14]
2008 Anyone Can Whistle [15]
2008Blue NoteNightswimming [16]
2009 Billy Elliot Mrs. Wilkinson Broadway [3]
2011Billy ElliotMrs. Wilkinson Mirvish Productions Dora Award-winning performance [17] [18]
2012A Man and Some WomenRoseShaw Festival [19]
2013 Romeo and Juliet Nurse Stratford Festival
2013 Fiddler on the Roof GoldeStratford Festival [20]
2014 A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur Bodey Shaw Festival [21]
2014RiflesSeñora CarrarPraxis/Next Stage [22]
2015Little DeathClaireKoffler Centre/Why Not Theatre/Riser Project [23]
2016Breath of KingsMistress Quickly and GowerStratford Festival [24]
2016 Hedda Gabler Julia [25]
2017 The Audience Margaret Thatcher Mirvish/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre [26]
2019 A Doll's House, Part 2 Anne-Marie Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre [27]
2022 The Importance of Being Ernest Lady BracknellShaw Festival [28]
2022Gaslight (adapted from Angel Street )ElizabethStratford Festival [29]
2023 Gypsy Momma RoseShaw Festival [30]

Plays

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