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Katie Carpenter | |
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| Born | California, U.S.A. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, costume designer, film producer |
| Years active | 2013–present |
Katie Carpenter is an American actress, costume designer, and film producer. [1] [2] [3]
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Katie Carpenter | |
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| Born | California, U.S.A. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, costume designer, film producer |
| Years active | 2013–present |
Katie Carpenter is an American actress, costume designer, and film producer. [1] [2] [3]
Carpenter is a graduate of Catawba College, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre, Class of 2013, and gained experience in acting and wardrobe design. [3] [4] After first working professionally in Charlotte, North Carolina, she was cast in a film in Atlanta, Georgia and moved there to continue her career. [5] [3]
As an actress she is best known for her role as the flirty Stacey in Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House , and in recurring appearances as the Sewing Witch in The CW's Legacies . [2] She has also appeared in Netflix's House of Cards , Lifetime's Devious Maids , and guest-starred on NBC's Gone. [2] In 2018 she made her formal theatrical debut in Tyler Perry's Acrimony as Carly. [2] She has also produced and starred in her own SAG Comedy Web series [2] and designed a music video for Jencarlos entitled Dure, Dure that took place on a 90’s soap opera set. [5]
When not acting, Carpenter produces films as co-founder of Going Cheek Productions, a production company she started with collaborator Kevin Welch to provide more filmmaking opportunities to women, [6] designs commercials and feature films, or works as a costumer on television shows and films, including Black Lightning , Legacies , MacGyver , Welcome to Pine Grove , and Doom Patrol . [5]
Carpenter won a performance scholarship to attend Catawba College. [5] [4] During the summer of 2013, she won the Best Actress award in the Greensboro, N.C. 48 Hour Film Project. [4] In 2020, she won the Women in Film and Television Atlanta (WIFTA) Short Film Showcase 2020 Southern Shorts Award for "Best Directing" for co-directing (with Jenna Kanell) the post-apocalyptic short film Deathless. [2] [7]