Katharine Isabelle

Katharine Isabelle

Infobox actor
name = Katharine Isabelle


caption =
birthdate = birth date and age|1981|11|10 [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410622/]
location = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
birthname = Katherine Murray
othername = Katharine Isobel
spouse =
children =
occupation = Actor
yearsactive = 1988–present
website =

Katharine Isabelle (born November 10, 1981) [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410622/] is a Canadian actress. Best known for her portrayal of Ginger in "Ginger Snaps", she has appeared in many Canadian and American movies as well as TV series episodes from an early age.

Personal life

Isabelle was born Katherine Isobel Murray in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her father, Graeme Murray, is an art director & production designer for film and television who has won two Emmys for his work on "The X-Files". Her mother, Gail Murray, is an amateur Vancouver writer/producer. Former child actor and journalist Joshua Murray is her brother.

Isabelle and her "Ginger Snaps" co-star Emily Perkins were born in the same hospital, went to the same pre-school, elementary and private schools, and are at the same agency. fact|date=November 2007

Career

Isabelle's career began in 1988, in the movie "Cousins" (1989), starring Ted Danson and Isabella Rossellini. Though not a box office hit, her most successful work to date is "Ginger Snaps" (2000) in which she co-starred with Emily Perkins. The work she is most proud ofFact|date=October 2008 was in the 2001 indie movie "Turning Paige", alongside Nicholas Campbell. The film, despite critical acclaimFact|date=October 2008, went without commercial release. 2002 included supporting roles in the remake of "Carrie" (TVM) as Tina Blake, and a minor role in "Insomnia". In 2003, further supporting roles in the minor indy "On The Corner" (no commercial release), and in the form of Gibb in "Freddy vs. Jason", which Isabelle disliked, making her disappointment with the movie known before its release. [ [http://www.darkhorizons.com/2003/freddy/jason-n.htm Dark Horizons - The ca (2002)] ] At the end of the year there was a major role in "Falling Angels" (no commercial release). 2004 brought the supporting role of Amber in "The Life" (TVM), followed by a lead role in "The Last Casino" (TVM), and in the (limited release) indy thriller "Show Me". Making a belated addition to the original in 2004 were the "Ginger Snaps" sequels: ' (in which Isabelle took a minor role) and ', made back-to-back on a limited budget.

Her reticence didn't extend to refusing Al Pacino's ("Insomnia") advice regarding stage work. Isabelle made her theatre debut in Toronto in September 2004 with Marcello Cabezas and Jason Lewis in a critically poorly received adaptation of Kenneth Lonergan's "This Is Our Youth".

2006 included "Eight Days To Live" (TVM) and "Engaged To Kill" (TVM), neither of which were well received by critics. 2007 following in much the same vein with two small guest appearances in Supernatural, and supporting roles in two (unreleased) TV movies.

Filmography

Year shown beside title refers to year of production, not year shown.

Films

External links

*imdb name|id=0410622|name=Katharine Isabelle

References


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