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Katharine Isabelle
Canadian actress

Katharine Isabelle

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Canadian actress
A.K.A.
Katherine Murray Katherine Isobel Murray
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Gender
Female
Place of birth
Vancouver, Canada
Age
43 years
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1.651 m
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Biography

Katharine Isabelle (born November 2, 1981) is a Canadian actress. She has been described as a scream queen due to her roles in various horror films. She started her acting career in 1989, playing a cameo role in the television series MacGyver. She gained fame for the role of Ginger Fitzgerald in the films Ginger Snaps, Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed, and Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning.

In 2007, in the United States, an article was published in which all the current "scream queens" were listed; Katharine Isabelle was one of the people on the list.

Personal life

Katharine Isobel Murray was born on November 2, 1981 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Her parents are Graeme Murray, a production designer who has won two Emmy Awards for work on The X-Files, and Gail Johnson Murray, a writer and producer. Her half-brother (by father) is Joshua Murray, a director and former actor.

Despite acting in a large number of gory films and television productions, Isabelle is uneasy with the sight of real blood.

Career

Isabelle has been credited under several stage names during the course of her career.

She began her acting career at the age of eight as Katie Murray, playing an episodic role in the television series MacGyver in 1989. Then she continued to act in small episodic roles in television series and films such as: Cold Front, Immediate Family, The Last Winter, Burning Bridges, Children of the Dust, Salt Water Moose, and Married to a Stranger.

Isabelle has worked with her half-brother Joshua Murray in Cold Front and The Last Winter . In 1998, she worked with her father Graeme Murray on an episode of The X-Files titled "Schizogeny".

In 1998, there were big changes in Isabelle's career when she played Lindsay Clark in the film Disturbing Behavior, where Katie Holmes, James Marsden, and Nick Stahl became her film partners.

She first found fame with the role of Ginger Fitzgerald in the film Ginger Snaps, directed by John Fawcett; actress Emily Perkins became her co-star in the film. Casting took place in Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Isabelle auditioned on the same day as Perkins at their agency in Vancouver, reading to one another off-camera. Screenwriter Karen Walton said that they were exactly as she had pictured the characters when their taped auditions had arrived.

The film tells how during the filming of an amateur horror film, the two sisters find themselves in the clutches of a huge monster, from the bites of one of the sisters on the body, there are strange wounds that heal quickly and suspiciously. From this point on, real problems begin for young heroines, the progress of development of which the viewer follows with intense attention.

What Culture said:

Obsessed with death and morbidity, and afraid of adulthood, Ginger Fitzgerald, portrayed by Katharine Isabelle of American Mary fame, only gets worse when she€™s bitten by a lycanthrope and the transformation into a wolf begins. She gradually becomes aggressive and over-sexualised, loses her relationship with her sister, grows pointy teeth and sprouts hair in really weird places. She even grows a tail that she actually attempts to cut off. It takes a big set of cojones to try to cut off any body part. Ultimately though, the film is interesting because it examines the dichotomy between Ginger€™s humanity and her animalistic side.

Jessica Roakes of The Toast also mentions the metaphorical nature of the character saying "Ginger’s body has betrayed her by menstruating. This is a key tenant of the body-horror genre — the monstrous comes not just from the outside, but from within the human body, from infection or perversion or unwanted biological functions. In Ginger’s case, it is her metamorphosis from girl to woman that renders her monstrous."

The actress also portrayed Ginger in the sequels Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004) and Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning.

Two years later, Katharine Isabelle became famous due to her participation in the film Insomnia.

In this detective thriller directed by Christopher Nolan, the actress played along with the star cast of Hollywood actors such as: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, and others. In 2012, Isabelle starred in the horror film twins Jen and Sylvia Soska American Mary. American Mary premiered at the London FrightFest Film Festival on 27 August 2012. It received a limited theatrical run in the U.S. on 31 May 2013 and became available on video on demand on 16 May 2013. This role brought her many awards at various horror film festivals, including the "Fangoria Chainsaw Awards".

In 2008, Isabelle received the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for her role in the critically acclaimed The Englishman's Boy.

Creative union with the gothic sisters did not end there. In 2014, Katharine played a major role in their 2006 horror sequel, See No Evil 2. Unfortunately, this project has not found the same recognition as the original. Later, the actress played a major role in the thriller Primate. In 2015, the film 88 starred with Katharine Isabelle, after she played a cameo role in the film The Girl in the Photographs.

Also, the actress played a small role in the short film Iteration 1 and one of the main roles in the action film Countdown in 2016. In 2019, Isabelle was cast as Vera Stone in the Netflix horror-drama series, The Order.

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryNominated workResult
Gemini Awards2008Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a
Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
The Englishman's BoyWon
2011Best Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesEndgameNominated
Fantastic Fest2012Special Mention in Horror FeaturesAmerican MaryWon
Screamfest Horror Film Festival2012Festival Trophy Award for Best ActressAmerican MaryWon
Toronto After Dark Film Festival2012Special Award for Best ActressAmerican MaryWon
Fright Meter Awards2012Best ActressAmerican MaryWon
2014Best Supporting ActressSee No Evil 2Nominated
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards2012Best Leading ActressAmerican MaryWon
Leo Awards2013Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Motion PictureLawrence & HollomanNominated
Best Guest Performance by a Female in a Dramatic SeriesMotiveWon
2014Best actressPrimaryNominated
Austin Fantastic Fest2012Best actressAmerican MaryWon
Canadian Filmmakers' Festival2016Best ComedienneHow to Plan an Orgy
in a Small Town
Won
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