# Kate Drummond

Kate Drummond (born October 21, 1975) is a Canadian film, television, theatre and voice actress; film producer, director and screenwriter. Kate starred as Nikki Bender alongside Brooke Shields in Hallmark Movies & Mysteries's Flower Shop Mystery TV movie series, she played Agent Lucado in the television series Wynonna Earp (2016 - 2017), as Authority Phydra in Utopia Falls (2020), and won best lead performance in a TV movie at the Canadian Screen Awards, for playing Claire Porter in Nowhere - Secrets of a Small Town (2019). In 2022, she starred alongside Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson in The Man from Toronto (2022 film).

## Early life

Kate Drummond was born on October 21, 1975 in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada; and raised in Sarnia, Ontario. Her father was a police officer and her mother worked at a milk factory, before both switched to real estate while Kate was at primary school. After graduating from St. Patrick's Catholic High School in Sarnia, Drummond attended McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, obtaining Bachelor's degrees in 1998 in Kinesiology and Education.
Kate worked as a full-time elementary school teacher for the Ottawa Catholic School Board for 12 years, before taking her first acting class at the age of 30, where she realised her "creative expression". Kate attended acting classes for 5 years, acting only in local theatre before deciding to leave teaching in 2006 and start her acting career.

## Career

Drummond played a leading role as Nikki Bender alongside Brooke Shields in Hallmark Movies & Mysteries's Flower Shop Mystery TV movie series, where her character and Shields' are best friends running a flower shop.
In 2016, Drummond landed a recurring role as Agent Lucado in seven episodes of the television series Wynonna Earp. In 2020, Kate played the role of Authority Phydra in Utopia Falls TV series.
In 2022, She appeared as Agent Lawrencein the Netflix dark comedy movie The Man from Toronto, alongside Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson.
Kate has also performed voices in several video games, she plays the lead character Anna Grimsdottir (Grim) in the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist (2013), and Assassin's Creed Odyssey in 2018 (see image).

## Recognition

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

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Breathe | Michelle | Short film |
| 2008 | Scrambled | Mom | Short film |
| 2009 | Death Rally | Killer | Short film |
| 2010 | The Kate Logan Affair | RCMP Officer #2 | |
| 2012 | House at the End of the Street | Nurse | Uncredited |
| 2013 | The Informant | Officer Campbell NYPD | |
| 2014 | An Apartment | Rachel | Short film |
| 2015 | Working Mom | Claire | |
| 2015 | Room | Neighbour | |
| 2015 | Dealer Incentives | Miss Anderson | Short film |
| 2016 | It's About Time | Sarah | Short film |
| 2016 | Go Fish | Writer and Director | Forest City Film Festival - Best Feature Film |
| 2016 | Offbeat | Sarah | Short film |
| 2016 | Out There | Luna | Short film |
| 2016 | 5 Films About Technology | Em | Short film |
| 2017 | Adam's Testament | Katherine Gable | |
| 2018 | Frat Pack | Fun Fanny | |
| 2018 | County Time | Taylor | Short film |
| 2019 | The Last of Ian Campbell | Maggie Campbell | Short film |
| 2020 | Healing Hearts | Carol Campbell | |
| 2020 | Life in Memories | Tonya Torem | Short film |
| 2021 | The Novice | Coach Edwards | |
| 2022 | The Man from Toronto | Agent Lawrence | |
| 2023 | Just a Friend | Sarah | Short film |

### Television movies

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | The Rival | Woman at Bar | TV movie; uncredited |
| 2006 | Proof of Lies | Restaurant Patron | 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 |
| 2009 | My Neighbor's Secret | Coroner's Assistant | TV movie |
| 2010 | The Perfect Teacher | Gretchen Keller | TV movie |
| 2011 | Metal Tornado | Wendy | TV movie |
| 2011 | No Surrender | Jody | TV movie |
| 2012 | Fugitive at 17 | Nurse | TV movie |
| 2013 | Clara's Deadly Secret | Jane Jenkins | TV movie |
| 2013 | A Sister's Revenge | Jennifer | TV movie |
| 2015 | Lead with Your Heart | Sienna Halvorson | TV movie |
| 2015 | Open House | Samantha Contessa | TV short |
| 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 |
| 2017 | Love on Ice | Leslie Adams | TV movie |
| 2019 | A Dangerous Test (TV movie) | Amanda Fletcher | Lead role |
| 2019 | Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story | Mrs. Cooper | TV movie |
| 2019 | Nowhere - Secrets of a Small Town | Claire Porter - Lead role | TV movie (Nominated for best Actress - and won) |
| 2020 | Deadly Jealousy: The Killer Cousin | Amanda Fletcher | TV movie |
| 2022 | My Mom Made Me Do It | Frida | TV movie |
| 2023 | Christmas Island | Helen Sharpe | TV Movie Hallmark |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | Sweet Tarts Takeaway | Sue | 8 episodes |
| 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" |
| 2014 | Beauty & the Beast | Agent Mallory | 1 Episode: "Cat and Mouse" |
| 2015 | Open House | Samantha Contessa | TV short |
| 2015 | Good Witch | Annie | 1 Episode: "Do the Right Thing" |
| 2016 | Degrassi: Next Class | Hunter's Doctor | 1 Episode: "TurntUp" |
| 2016 | Damien | Joann | 1 Episode: "Seven Curses" |
| 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" |
| 2019 | First Person (TV series) | Robyn | 1 episode - My Father's Dignity |
| 2020 | Utopia Falls | Authority Phydra | 10 episodes |
| 2021 | Ghostwriter (TV series) | (2020 reboot) | 3 episodes |
| 2017-2021 | Heartland | Paula Westfield | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | Five Days at Memorial | Lily | 1 episode |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist | Anna Grimsdottir | Voice and motion capture performance |
| 2016 | Tom Clancy's The Division | Dr. Jessica Kandel | Voice |
| 2017 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands | Several characters | Voices |
| 2018 | Assassin's Creed Odyssey | Persephone (mocap) + other Characters | Voices |
| 2019 | Tom Clancy's The Division 2 | Amanda Weekes + other Characters | Voices |
| 2020 | Immortals Fenyx Rising | - | Voices |
| 2021 | Far Cry 6 | Performer | Voices |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2017 | Forest City Film Festival | Best Feature Film (shared with Brett Heard) | Go Fish | Won |
| 2019 | Mammoth Film Festival Awards | Summit Award - Achievement in Filmmaking | Nowhere - Secrets of a Small Town | Won |
| 2020 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Lead Performance, TV Movie | Nowhere - Secrets of a Small Town | Won |
| 2024 | Hollywood North Film Awards | Best Supporting Performer (Canadian Short Film) | Just a Friend | Nominated |
| 2024 | Hollywood North Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Just a Friend | Won |