Kate Drummond

Kate Drummond 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 seven episodes of the television series Wynonna Earp.

Kate Drummond
Born (1975-10-21) October 21, 1975
Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.
OccupationActress, producer, director, screenwriter
Years active2006–present

Early life

Kate Drummond was born and raised in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada; her father was a police officer and her mum worked at a milk factory.[1] After graduating from St. Patrick's High School[2] in Ottawa, Drummond attended the McMaster University in Ontario,[3] obtaining Bachelor's degrees in 1998 in Kinesiology and Education.[4][3]

Kate worked as a full-time elementary school teacher for the Ottawa Catholic School Board[3] 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.[6][5]

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.[7][8] In 2016, Drummond landed a recurring role as Agent Lucado in seven episodes of the television series Wynonna Earp.[9][10] In 2020, Kate played the role of Authority Phydra in Utopia Falls TV series.[3]

Kate has also performed voices in several video games.[2]

Nominations and awards
  • Drummond played a small role as a neighbour in a scene with Jacob Tremblay in the award winning 2015 film Room.[2]
  • Drummond wrote and directed the 2016 film Go Fish which was awarded Best Feature (Narrative) by the Muskoka Independent Film Festival.[11]
  • In 2020, Kate Drummond was nominated for 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.[3] 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.” [3]
  • In March 2020, Drummond featured as a role model in an article of Women of Influence[12]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2020 Healing Hearts Carol Campbell
2020 The Novice Coach Edwards
2020 Life in Memories Tonya Torem Short film
2018 Frat Pack Fun Fanny
2018 County Time Taylor Short film
2017 Adam's Testament Katherine Gable
2016 It's About Time Sarah Short film
2016 Offbeat Sarah Short film
2016 Out There Luna Short film
2016 5 Films About Technology Em Short film
2015 Working Mom Claire
2015 Room Neighbour
2015 Dealer Incentives Miss Anderson Short film
2014 An Apartment Rachel Short film
2013 The Informant Officer Campbell NYPD
2012 House at the End of the Street Nurse Uncredited
2010 The Kate Logan Affair RCMP Officer #2
2009 Death Rally Killer Short film
2008 Scrambled Mom Short film
2007 Breathe Michelle Short film

Television Movies
Year Title Role Notes
2019 A Dangerous Test (TV Movie) Amanda Fletcher Lead role
2019 Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story Mrs. Cooper TV Movie
2019 Nowhere to be Found (Secrets of a small town) Claire Porter TV movie (Nominated for best Actress)[3]
2017 Love on Ice Leslie Adams TV movie
2016 Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted Nikki Bender TV movie
2016 Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped In The Bud Nikki Bender TV movie
2016 Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's The Word Nikki Bender TV movie
2015 Lead with Your Heart Sienna Halvorson TV movie
2015 Open House Samantha Contessa TV short
2013 Clara's Deadly Secret Jane Jenkins TV movie
2013 A Sister's Revenge Jennifer TV movie
2012 Fugitive at 17 Nurse TV movie
2011 Metal Tornado Wendy TV movie
2011 No Surrender Jody TV movie
2010 The Perfect Teacher Gretchen Keller TV movie
2009 My Neighbor's Secret Coroner's Assistant 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
2006 The Rival Woman at Bar TV movie; uncredited
2006 Proof of Lies Restaurant Patron TV movie

Television Series
Year Title Role Notes
2020 Utopia Falls Authority Phydra 10 episodes
2019 Ghostwriter (TV series) (2019 reboot) 3 episodes
2019 First Person (TV series) Robyn 1 episode - My Father's Dignity
2017-2018 Heartland Paula Westfield 2 episodes
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"
2016 Degrassi: Next Class Hunter's Doctor 1 Episode: "TurntUp"
2016 Damien Joann 1 Episode: "Seven Curses"
2015 Open House Samantha Contessa TV short
2015 Good Witch Annie 1 Episode: "Do the Right Thing"
2014 Beauty & the Beast Agent Mallory 1 Episode: "Cat and Mouse"
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"
2011 Sweet Tarts Takeaway Sue 8 episodes

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2019 Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Amanda Weekes + other Characters Voices
2018 Assassin's Creed Odyssey Persephone (mocap) + other Characters Voices
2017 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Several characters Voices
2016 Tom Clancy's The Division Dr. Jessica Kandel Voice
2013 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist Anna Grimsdottir Voice and motion capture performance
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gollark: It does all sciences except space - very slowly - and has a reasonably large mall... but only a 30MW steam power setup.
gollark: I just managed to totally kill my base's power grid by using robots!

References
  1. "Kate Drummond – The Tale of Grim". successcircuit.com. 2017.
  2. "Sarnia raised actress had small part in award winning movie". theobserver.ca. 2016.
  3. "Mac grad nominated for Canadian Screen Award". mcmaster.ca. 2020.
  4. "Kate Drummond Biography". katedrummond.com. 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  5. "Kate Drummond Talks Her New Show Utopia Falls, Wynonna Earp and Chasing Dreams". geekgirlauthority.com. 2020.
  6. "Kate Drummond". northernstars.ca. 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  7. News Release (2016). "Canadian actor Kate Drummond co-stars in Brooke Shields' new Hallmark Movie & Mysteries detective series 'Flower Shop Mysteries', premiering on January 17, 2016". Pennant Media Group (PMG).
  8. "Kate Drummond : Nikki". Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. Crown Media. 2016.
  9. David, Greg (June 21, 2016). "TV Eh B Cs podcast 48 – Secret Agent Kate". TV, eh?. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  10. Steinberg, Lisa (June 30, 2017). "Kate Drummond – Wynonna Earp". Starry Constellation Magazine. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  11. "MIFF 2016". My Muskoka 150. Rosseau Culture and Arts Project. 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  12. "Meet Kate Drummond: elementary school teacher turned actor currently starring in HULU's Utopia Falls". Women of Influence. 2020.
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