Kate Drummond

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Kate Drummond
File:Kate Drummond in 2013.png
Kate Drummond in 2013
Born (1975-10-21) October 21, 1975 (age 49)
Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.
Occupation 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]

Career

Drummond played a leading role as Nikki Bender alongside Brooke Shields in Hallmark Movies & Mysteries's Flower Shop Mystery TV movie series, where her character and Shields' are best friends running a flower shop.[6][7]

In 2016, Drummond landed a recurring role as Agent Lucado in seven episodes of the television series Wynonna Earp.[8][9] In 2020, Kate played the role of Authority Phydra in Utopia Falls TV series.[4]

In 2022, She appeared as Agent Lawrencein the Netflix dark comedy movie The Man from Toronto, alongside Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson.[10]

Kate has also performed voices in several video games,[3] she plays the lead character Anna Grimsdottir (Grim) in the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist (2013), and Assassin's Creed Odyssey in 2018 (see image).

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]

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 (TV movie) Amanda Fletcher Lead role
2019 Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story Mrs. Cooper TV movie
2019 Nowhere - Secrets of a Small Town Claire Porter - Lead role 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

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 (TV series) Robyn 1 episode - My Father's Dignity
2020 Utopia Falls Authority Phydra 10 episodes
2021 Ghostwriter (TV series) (2020 reboot) 3 episodes
2017-2021 Heartland Paula Westfield 3 episodes
2022 Five Days at Memorial Lily 1 episode

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist Anna Grimsdottir [2] Voice and motion capture performance
2016 Tom Clancy's The Division Dr. Jessica Kandel Voice
2017 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Several characters Voices
2018 Assassin's Creed Odyssey Persephone (mocap) + other Characters Voices
2019 Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Amanda Weekes + other Characters Voices
2020 Immortals Fenyx Rising - Voices
2021 Far Cry 6 Performer Voices

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]

References

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