Kat Reynolds is an award-winning, multi-hyphenate artist who was born in Nassau, Bahamas and raised in Canada after she and her family moved to Guelph, Ontario, when she was 5 years old. Describing her as ‘singing and dancing from the womb’, Kat’s parents were always extremely supportive of her dreams of being a performer and drove her to many dance classes, music lessons and community theatre rehearsals throughout her whole childhood.
When Kat learned that pursuing performance as a viable career path was possible, she decided to study theatre for her secondary education and moved to Toronto to attend The Randolph Academy. Afterward, she immediately started working professionally on stages across North America, including the Shaw Festival, the Stratford Festival, and a stint on Broadway.
She then landed in Vancouver, where she continued her career on stage, performing in several productions at The Vancouver Arts Club and also branching out to begin working on camera in episodic television and Made For TV Movies. Fascinated by the film industry, Kat then began to explore work behind the camera, directing, writing and producing several award-winning shorts. Her film education has come through working with and learning from incredible filmmakers in the Vancouver Indie Film Community, along with hands-on mentorship from artist development programs such as the VIFF Catalyst Program, GEMS Emerging TV Producer Program and Women In The Director’s Chair Career Advancement Module.
Most recently, in the film world, Kat directed a short film and social commentary thriller called ‘Gone Viral’ with The Crazy 8s Film Making Competition. And, coming up, you can catch her live on stage this summer playing Deloris in Sister Act The Musical at TUTS Vancouver.
Kat continues to pursue performance and storytelling on stage, on screen and also in front of a mic as a standup comic, always seeking to entertain, inspire and evoke complex emotions and joy from her audiences.
-Written by Liam Begley, husband
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Which hood are you in?
I live in East Vancouver just off of Commercial Drive!
What do you do?
I’m an actor, writer, director and filmmaker. I mostly work in film and television as an actor on screen in TV series and Hallmark movies and as a filmmaker in the indie film space, writing and directing. This summer I’ll be back on stage, performing live in a musical!
What are you currently working on?
I’m currently in rehearsal for Sister Act The Musical, playing Deloris with Theatre Under The Stars!
Where can we find your work?
You can catch Sister Act in Stanley Park this summer, we open July 7th! You can also see what I’ve got going on in the film world on my Instagram @misskatreynolds and follow my podcast where I chat all things filmmaking @bookedandbusy_film
