Katherine Wallace

This article is about the actress. For the journalist, see Kathryn Wallace. For the environmentalist, see Cath Wallace.
Katherine Wallace

Katherine Wallace in Sydney, Australia 2009
Born Katherine Elizabeth Wallace
25 April 1990 (age 25)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alma mater Stella Adler Studio of Acting
Occupation Actress
Years active 2006 - present

Katherine Wallace (born 25 April 1990) is an award winning Australian actress. She is known for her high-profile work in film, television and theatre addressing human rights and social justice.

Early life

Katherine Wallace [1] was born on 25 April 1990 in the Sydney suburb of Mona Vale. As a child, she would put on shows on the dining room table, making her younger brother sit underneath, while she performed with multiple props and costumes.[2] She then began taking drama classes at the age of six and made her stage debut in Roald Dahl's The Twits.

At the age of 11, she became a strict vegetarian and a lifelong advocate for animal rights.[3][4]

She attended primary school in Sydney at Mona Vale Primary School. For her secondary education, she attended Manly Selective Campus at Northern Beaches Secondary College, a selective government high school for which admission is based entirely on academic excellence through the Selective High Schools Test. She graduated in 2007 and was named on the state's HSC Distinguished Achievers List for Drama.[5]

Katherine began her professional training while still in high school, through classes at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, The Australian Film and Television Academy, Impro Australia and workshops in the Stella Adler technique.

Career

Katherine appeared in numerous theatre and film productions in Australia, before moving to the United States in 2010, including iconic Australian plays The Golden Age by Louis Nowra, Bombshells by Joanna Murray-Smith, Blackrock by Nick Enright, A Man With Five Children by Nick Enright, and the internationally renowned Short + Sweet Festival at Sydney's premier stages in the Seymour Centre. She also performed across Sydney with the Impro Australia troupe Scared Scriptless at the Enmore Theatre, the New Theatre, the Zenith Theatre, the Roxbury Hotel, and the Harold Park Hotel.

She appeared in her first leading film role opposite AFI Award winning actress Annie Byron (Fran, Wolf Creek 2, Muriel's Wedding) in Glory, which was funded by Screen Australia,[6] the Australian Film Commission, and Metro Screen. [7] She began working consistently on screen, appearing in a national commercial for the iconic Australian brand Arnotts, in Marvel's X-Men Origins: Wolverine alongside Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber, in the role of Grace Carmody on Australia's second-longest running drama series Home and Away, and in the critical role of Celine in the Arkitype Presents film Late Tuesday. She also appeared in the art installation series "Cockatoos Head: Frenzy" by award-winning photographer and video artist Rafaela Pandolfini. [8]

In 2010, she successfully auditioned for the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and moved to New York to train full-time in the Conservatory program. She was recognized as an internationally emerging artist of exceptional talent and awarded an arts grant by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust. [9] In 2012, she traveled to Zambia during the summer and volunteered with children in UNHCR's Meheba Refugee Settlement. [10] In 2013, she appeared in the Bold Talent Aiding Charities Fashion Show in the Fashion District of Chelsea, which raised over $10,000 for the organization K.I.D.S. and garnered coverage from the Fox News Network. [11] She then graduated from the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in 2013 and relocated to Los Angeles, where she immediately signed with an agent. [12]

Katherine has sustained a successful international career in work addressing human rights and social justice, in collaboration with notable celebrities and high profile artists. She performed alongside Demi Lovato and Cher Lloyd in the anti-bullying performance of Really Don't Care at the Teen Choice Awards 2014; in Eve Ensler's One Billion Rising with the performance troupe Levitere in 2015 and 2016, alongside award-winning actress Mercy Malick, speakers Frances Fisher, Sufe Bradshaw, Gethin Anthony, Don Most, G. Hannelius, and Akil I LuQman, and the international flash mob dance choreographed by Debbie Allen; in the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Shakespeare Benefit in 2011 and 2012; in the world premiere of the ethnodrama Call This Number, which earned critical acclaim in The Los Angeles Times, [13] OC Weekly [14] and the OC Register; [15] and in the feminist play Vinegar Tom, directed by award-winning director Kathy Gail MacGowan. [16]

In 2015, she appeared on Hellevator from Blumhouse Productions, produced by Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Jason Blum (Whiplash, The Normal Heart, Insidious).[17] She also co-wrote, co-produced and starred in the lead role of the original comedy series Sessions With My Parents. [18]

In 2016, Katherine will appear in the music video One In A Million, a PSA to raise awareness about domestic violence and abuse. The music video is directed by Emmy Award winner Suzanne Luna (The Ellen Show) and produced by Emmy Award nominee Johanna Stein (Wander Over Yonder). The original song is co-written by Grammy Award winner Danny Weinkauf (They Might Be Giants) and Emmy Award winner Suzanne Luna.[19] She will also appear in the feature films Gehenna with Doug Jones (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, Adaptation), False Memory Syndrome opposite Jordan Hinson (ABC's Kevin From Work), and in the new comedy series Swedish Dicks alongside Anthony LaPaglia (Empire Records, Without A Trace, Frasier) and Peter Stormare (Fargo, Prison Break, The Big Lebowski). [20]

Katherine is an Outreach Ambassador for the Stella Adler Studio in the theatre program for adolescents in recovery at Phoenix House Academy.[21]

Filmography [22]

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Glory Young Glory Short Film
2007 The Masque of the Red Death Party Guest Short Film
2008 Yes, Please Ambrosia Short Film
2009 Round and Round Girl 2 Short Film
2009 Late Tuesday Celine Short Film
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Mutant
2010 Cockatoos Headdress: Frenzy Dancer Short Film
2013 Bold Talent Aiding Charities Fashion Show Model TV Movie
2014 Chimera The Goth Customer Short Film
2015 How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse Zombie
2015 True Comedian Sassy Best Friend
2016 My Valentine 2 Aerialist Music Video
2016 Gehenna: Where Death Lives Claire
2016 False Memory Syndrome Agnes

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Snobs Surfer Episode: #1.2
2005 Blue Water High Surfer 2 episodes
2010 Home and Away Grace Carmody 3 episodes
2014 Teen Choice Awards 2014 Dancer TV Special
2015 How To Make A Reality Star The Librarian Episode: "The Casting Call"
2015 Hellevator Creepy Girl / Shadow Girl Episode: "Pilot"
2015 Sessions With My Parents Nicki 10 episodes
2016 Swedish Dicks Sheila Episode: #1.9

References

  1. ↑ "Official Website". Katherine Wallace. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Five Minutes With... Katherine Wallace". Five Minutes With... The Actors Resource. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Katherine Wallace - Trivia". IMDb. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Wallace, Katherine. "A Mayor For a Mare: Carriage Horses and the NYC Mayoral Election". SuperVegan. SuperVegan. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Distinguished Achievers List 2007 Higher School Certificate". Board of Studies NSW. NSW Government. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Screen Australia". Screen Australia: Glory (2007). Screen Australia. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Creative Explosion in the West: 2009 Creative Arts Festival" (PDF). Creative Explosion in the West: 2009 Creative Arts Festival. School of Communication Arts, University of Western Sydney. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "IMDb Pro Katherine Wallace". Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "IPCT Report 2010-11 - Ian Potter Cultural Trust" (PDF). Ian Potter Cultural Trust. Ian Potter Cultural Trust. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "Aussie Actress Brings Books to Zambia". Better World Books. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Bold Talent Aiding Charities Spring 2013 Fashion Show". Conscious Magazine. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "Five Minutes With... Katherine Wallace". Five Minutes With... The Actors Resource. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "Play based on homicide victims' families to debut at Chapman University". The Los Angeles Times. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "Call This Number, Play About Real Murder Victims and Families, Premieres Tonight". OC Weekly. OC Weekly. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  15. ↑ "Struppa: Criminal justice, through the eyes of victims' families". OC Register. OC Register. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  16. ↑ "Rising Star: Katherine Wallace". FilmInk. FilmInk Magazine. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  17. ↑ "Katherine Wallace in 'Hellevator'". Celebrity Images. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  18. ↑ "LA based Aussies launch web series: Sessions With My Parents". InsideFilm. InsideFilm Magazine. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  19. ↑ "Katherine Wallace in upcoming PSA". InsideFilm. InsideFilm Magazine. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  20. ↑ "IMDb Katherine Wallace". Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  21. ↑ "Community Collaborations Phoenix House Academy". Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  22. ↑ "IMDb". Katherine Wallace IMDb. IMDb. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

External Links

Katherine Wallace Website

Katherine Wallace at the Internet Movie Database

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