Greenwood, Kathryn 1962– (Katherine Greenwood, Kathy Greenwood)

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Greenwood, Kathryn 1962- (Katherine Greenwood, Kathy Greenwood)

PERSONAL

Born March 21, 1962, in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada; married John Dolan; children: Josephine, Phoebe. Education: Graduated from the Agincourt Collegiate Institute; studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Career:

Actress. Women Fully Clothed (comedy troupe), member; appeared with The Second City, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; previously worked in a drugstore.

Awards, Honors:

Gemini Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a continuing leading dramatic role, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1999, for Wind at My Back; Canadian Comedy Award, best female improviser, 2000.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(As Katherine Greenwood) Young matron, This Is My Life, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992.

(Uncredited) Nurse in hospital room with Heather, New Nightmare (also known as Wes Craven's "New Nightmare"), New Line Cinema, 1994.

Ginny Hurdicure, Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (also known as Brain Candy, Kids in the Hall: La pilule du bonheur, and La pilule du bonheur), Paramount, 1996.

Kathy, House, 1996.

Superstarlet A.D., 2000.

Kids in the Hall: Tour of Duty, Razor & Tie Direct, 2002.

Katie, Flip Phone (short), 2003.

Anne: Journey to Green Gables, 2004.

Flight attendant, The Man (also known as Cool & Fool—Mein Partnr mit der groben schanuze), New Line Cinema, 2005.

Nancy, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, Fox-Walden, forthcoming.

Television Appearances; Series:

Squawk Box, 1994.

Grace Bailey, Wind at My Back, CBC, 1996-2001.

Frieda, George and Martha, HBO and HBO Family, 1999.

Herself, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, ABC, 2000-2005.

Herself, The Sitcom IsNot To Be Repeated, 2001.

The Broad Side, CBC, 2001.

Voice of Dr. Seltzer, JoJo's Circus (animated), Disney Channel, 2003-2005.

Laura Macdonald, XPM, CBC, 2004.

Various characters, Listen Missy, 2004.

(As Katherine Greenwood) Voice of Sela Salmon, Maple Shorts! (animated), 2005.

Voice, Captain Flamingo (animated), 2006.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Sylvia Bonner, Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (also known as Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story), NBC, 1993.

Lucasta Utensil, I Was a Rat (also known as Un bon petit rat), BBC, 2001.

Voice of Debbie Sue Ashanti-Melendez, The Wrong Coast, AMC, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

(As Kathy Greenwood) SWAT team member, Hostage for a Day, Fox, 1994.

Kim Corbett, The Pooch and the Pauper, ABC, 1999.

Denise Stanton, Switching Goals, ABC, 1999.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Herself (with Pretty Funny Female Improv), The 2000 Canadian Comedy Awards (also known as The CCAs), Comedy Network, 2000.

Herself, Women Fully Clothed: All Dressed Up and Places to Go, 2000.

The 6th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Jacky Kepler, "Believe the Children," Street Legal, CBC, 1993.

Allaah, "Love Letters," Maniac Mansion, Family Channel, 1993.

(Uncredited) "Midnight Minus One," Robocop (also known as RoboCop: The Series), syndicated, 1994.

Ms. Walker, "The Phantom of the Auditorium," Goosebumps (also known as Ultimate Goosebumps), Fox, 1995.

Judy, "Bowling," The High Life, HBO, 1996.

Margo, "Trial Marriage," Once a Thief (also known as John Woo's "Once a Thief"), syndicated, 1997.

Herself, "The Best of ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?,’" Whose Line Is It Anyway?, ABC, 2000.

Kathryn, "Drew Live II," The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 2000.

Hollywood Squares (also known as H2 and H2: Hollywood Squares), syndicated, 2000.

Open Mike with Mike Bullard (also known as Open Mike and The Mike Bullard Show), Global, 2003.

Various characters, Royal Canadian Air Farce (also known as Air Farce), CBC, 2002, 2003.

Ronnie, "Wax Lion," Wonderfalls, Fox, 2004.

Various characters, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC, 2004.

Lila, Queer as Folk (also known as Q.A.F. and Queer as Folk USA), Showtime, 2005.

Sister Gregory "Sister Song" Pechiccino, "Sister Song," Getting Along Famously, 2006.

Whitney Johnson, "The House of Jane," The Jane Show, 2007.

Stage Appearances:

Women Fully Clothed, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2005.

Also appeared in Not To Be Repeated; Our Favourite Thing.

WRITINGS

Television Episodes:

This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC, 1992.

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