Kate Drummond
Kate Drummond (born October 21, 1975) is a Canadian film, television, theatre and voice actress; film producer, director and screenwriter. Kate starred as Nikki Bender alongside Brooke Shields in Hallmark Channel'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 for playing Claire Porter in Nowhere - Secrets of a Small Town (2019).
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Career
- 3 Recognition
- 4 Filmography
- 4.1 Film
- 4.2 Television movies
- 4.3 Television series
- 4.4 Video games
- 5 Awards and nominations
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Early life
Kate Drummond was born and raised in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada; her father was a police officer and her mother worked at a milk factory. After graduating from St. Patrick's Catholic High School in Sarnia, Drummond attended the McMaster University in Ontario, obtaining Bachelor's degrees in 1998 in Kinesiology and Education.
Kate worked as a full-time elementary school teacher for the Ottawa Catholic School Board for 12 years, before taking her first acting cl* at the age of 30, where she realised her "creative expression". Kate attended acting cl*es for 5 years, acting only in local theatre before deciding to leave teaching in 2006 and start her acting career.
Career
Drummond played a leading role as Nikki Bender alongside Brooke Shields in Hallmark Channel's Flower Shop Mystery TV movie series, where her character and Shields' are best friends running a flower shop. In 2016, Drummond landed a recurring role as Agent Lucado in seven episodes of the television series Wynonna Earp. In 2020, Kate played the role of Authority Phydra in Utopia Falls TV series.
Kate has also performed voices in several video games.
Recognition
- In March 2020, Drummond featured as a role model in an article of Women of Influence
- 2015 Drummond played a small role as a neighbour in a scene with Jacob Tremblay in the award winning 2015 film Room.
- 2016 Drummond wrote and directed the 2016 film Go Fish which was awarded Best Feature (Narrative) by the Muskoka Independent Film Festival.
- 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. The same film was nominated for Best Movie, Best Writing and Best Photography. 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.”
Filmography
Film
Television movies
Television series
Video games
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- Official website
- Kate Drummond at IMDb