Kate Hennig

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Kate Hennig
Born1961 or 1962 (age 63–64)
Harlow, Ontario, Canada
OccupationPlaywright and actress
Alma materRoyal 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]

Early life and education

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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

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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

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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

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Film

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

Television

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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

Theatre

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Year Title Role(s) Company/Theatre Notes Ref.
1988 Taming of the Shrew Widow Stratford Festival
1991 Carousel Mrs. Mullins Stratford Festival
1991 Hamlet Player Queen Stratford Festival
1993 Ratbag Stratford Festival Dora Award-winning performance [3]
2001 Cabaret Sally Bowles Theatre Calgary [3]
2003 The Danish Play Agnete Ottosen Nightwood Theatre Dora Award-winning performance [5]
2003 Last Romantics Necessary Angel [12]
2003 The Good Life Necessary Angel Staged reading [13]
2007 The Penelopiad National Arts Centre
2007 White Christmas Martha Watson Sony Centre [14]
2008 Anyone Can Whistle [15]
2008 Blue Note Nightswimming [16]
2009 Billy Elliot Mrs. Wilkinson Broadway [3]
2011 Billy Elliot Mrs. Wilkinson Mirvish Productions Dora Award-winning performance[17] [18]
2012 A Man and Some Women Rose Shaw Festival [19]
2013 Romeo and Juliet Nurse Stratford Festival
2013 Fiddler on the Roof Golde Stratford Festival [20]
2014 A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur Bodey Shaw Festival [21]
2014 Rifles Señora Carrar Praxis/Next Stage [22]
2015 Little Death Claire Koffler Centre/Why Not Theatre/Riser Project [23]
2016 Breath of Kings Mistress Quickly and Gower Stratford 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 Bracknell Shaw Festival [28]
2022 Gaslight (adapted from Angel Street) Elizabeth Stratford Festival [29]
2023 Gypsy Momma Rose Shaw Festival [30]

Plays

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References

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