Katharine Isabelle
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Katherine Isobel Murray better known by her screen name Katharine Isabelle, is a Canadian
actress, best known for her portrayal of Ginger in Ginger Snaps, and as Gibb in Freddy vs. Jason
.
and Cold Front and an episode of MacGyver
. Isabelle later had the lead role in Ginger Snaps. She won Best Supporting Actress in a mini-series for The Englishman's Boy
in the 2008 Gemini Awards.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
actress, best known for her portrayal of Ginger in Ginger Snaps, and as Gibb in Freddy vs. Jason
Freddy vs. Jason
Freddy vs. Jason is a 2003 American slasher film directed by Ronny Yu. The film is a crossover between the A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th franchises...
.
Biography
Isabelle is the daughter of Graeme and Gail Murray, Graeme created special effects for the TV series The X Files. Isabelle's brother is actor, writer and director Joshua Murray. Isabelle broke into acting at an early age with parts in the films CousinsCousins (film)
Cousins is a 1989 remake of a French film , with Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young, William Petersen, Lloyd Bridges, and Keith Coogan.-Plot summary:...
and Cold Front and an episode of MacGyver
MacGyver
MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the executive producers. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the United States and various other networks abroad from 1985 to 1992. The series was filmed in Los Angeles...
. Isabelle later had the lead role in Ginger Snaps. She won Best Supporting Actress in a mini-series for The Englishman's Boy
The Englishman's Boy
The Englishman's Boy is a novel by Guy Vanderhaeghe, published in 1996 by McClelland and Stewart. It won the Governor General's Award for English language fiction in 1996, and was a nominee for the Giller Prize...
in the 2008 Gemini Awards.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989 | Cousins Cousins (film) Cousins is a 1989 remake of a French film , with Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young, William Petersen, Lloyd Bridges, and Keith Coogan.-Plot summary:... |
Chloe Hardy | |
1989 | Cold Front | Katie McKenzie | |
1989 | Winnie Jamison | ||
1989 | Immediate Family Immediate Family (film) Immediate Family is a 1989 drama film directed by Jonathan Kaplan. It stars Glenn Close and James Woods as a married childless couple who want a baby... |
Birthday Girl Carrie | |
1992 | Knight Moves Knight Moves Knight Moves is a 1992 American thriller film, directed by Carl Schenkel and written by Brad Mirman, about a chess grandmaster who is accused of several grisly murders.-Synopsis:... |
Erica Sanderson | |
1996 | Salt Water Moose | Josephine 'Jo' Parnell | |
1998 | Disturbing Behavior Disturbing Behavior Disturbing Behavior is a 1998 thriller science fiction film starring James Marsden, Katie Holmes, and Nick Stahl. The film was released on July 24, 1998. The plot follows a group of high school outcasts who are horrified by their "Blue Ribbon" classmates... |
Lindsay Clark | |
2000 | Snow Day | Marla | |
2000 | Ginger Snaps | Ginger | |
2001 | Erin | ||
2001 | Josie and the Pussycats Josie and the Pussycats (film) Josie and the Pussycats is a 2001 comedy film released by Universal Studios and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Directed and co-written by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan, the film is loosely based upon the Archie comic of the same name... |
Laughing Girl | |
2001 | Bones | Tia | |
2001 | Turning Paige Turning Paige Turning Paige is a 2001 Canadian drama film directed by Robert Cuffley. The film focuses on the life of Paige and her family a she comes to terms with tragedy in the family's past... |
Paige Fleming | |
2002 | Insomnia Insomnia (2002 film) Insomnia is an American psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank. The film, released on 24 May 2002, is a remake of the 1997 Norwegian film of the same name.-Plot:... |
Tanya Francke | |
2003 | Freddy vs. Jason Freddy vs. Jason Freddy vs. Jason is a 2003 American slasher film directed by Ronny Yu. The film is a crossover between the A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th franchises... |
Gibb | |
2003 | Falling Angels Falling Angels (film) Falling Angels is a 2003 independent film by Scott Smith, based on the novel of the same name by Barbara Gowdy and adapted for the screen by poet and author Esta Spalding. It is the second feature film by Scott Smith, writer, producer and director of Rollercoaster... |
Lou Field | |
2003 | On the Corner | Stacey Lee | |
2004 | Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed is a 2003 Canadian horror sequel to Ginger Snaps, written by Megan Martin and directed by Brett Sullivan... |
Ginger Fitzgerald | |
2004 | Spooky House | Mona | |
2004 | Ginger Snaps Back Ginger Snaps Back Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning is the prequel to Ginger Snaps and Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed. The final part of the Ginger Snaps trilogy takes place in 19th century Canada, following the exploits of the antecedents of the Fitzgerald sisters of the two previous movies: Ginger and Brigitte , who... |
Ginger | |
2004 | Show Me Show Me (film) Show Me is a 2004 Canadian psychological thriller written and directed by Cassandra Nicolaou, starring Michelle Nolden, Kett Turton and Katharine Isabelle.-Cast:* Michelle Nolden - Sarah* Kett Turton - Jackson* Katharine Isabelle - Jenna... |
Jenna | |
2006 | Everything's Gone Green Everything's Gone Green (film) Everything's Gone Green is a 2006 Canadian comedy film directed by Paul Fox and written by Douglas Coupland. It was produced by Radke Films and True West Films... |
Heather | |
2009 | Favourite People List | Denise Moynahan | Short film |
2009 | Rampage Rampage (2009 film) Rampage is a 2009 mass murder thriller film directed by Uwe Boll and starring Brendan Fletcher, Michael Paré, Shaun Sipos, Lynda Boyd and Robert Clarke. Also appearing were Matt Frewer, Katharine Isabelle and Michaela Mann... |
Beauty Staff #2 | |
2010 | Frankie and Alice Frankie and Alice Frankie & Alice is a 2010 Canadian drama film directed by Geoffrey Sax starring Halle Berry. Filming began in Vancouver, British Columbia, in November 2008 and ended in January 2009. To qualify for awards season, the film opened in a limited release on December 10, 2010 while a wide release was... |
Paige | |
2011 | American Mary | Mary Mason | Pre-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989 | MacGyver MacGyver MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the executive producers. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the United States and various other networks abroad from 1985 to 1992. The series was filmed in Los Angeles... |
Violet | Episode: "The Madonna" |
1990 | Last Train Home | Sarah Bradshaw | TV movie |
1990 | Neon Rider Neon Rider Neon Rider is a Canadian drama television series which first aired between 1990 and 1995. Created by Winston Rekert and Danny Virtue, the show was about the titular character, a man named Michael Terry who quits his job as a therapist to become a mentor for troubled kids which he brings to his... |
Maxine 'Max' Forrest | Episode: "Running Man" |
1990 | Burning Bridges | Emily Morgan | TV movie |
1991 | Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | Virginia O'Hanlon | TV movie |
1992 | Mink | Episode: "Zero Hour" | |
1995 | Children of the Dust Children of the Dust (TV miniseries) Children of the Dust is a TV miniseries that aired on February 26 and 28, 1995 on CBS, featuring an ensemble cast led by Academy Award winning actor Sidney Poitier... |
Young Rachel | TV miniseries |
1995 | Lonesome Dove: The Series | Francis Maitland | Episode: "Rebellion" |
1996 | Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc is a 1996 made for cable movie starring William Shatner and Jonathan Jackson. It was produced for Showtime Networks under their family division, and first aired September 1996... |
Fiona | TV movie |
1996 | Goosebumps Goosebumps (TV series) Goosebumps is a Canadian children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books.-Networks:... |
Kat Merton | Episode: "It Came from Beneath the Sink" |
1996 | Titanic Titanic (TV miniseries) Titanic is a made-for-TV movie that premièred on CBS in 1996. Titanic follows several characters on board the RMS Titanic when she sinks on her maiden voyage in 1912. The miniseries was directed by Robert Lieberman. The original music score was composed by Lennie Niehaus... |
Ophelia Jack | TV miniseries |
1997 | Madison Madison (TV series) Madison is a Canadian teen drama television series that premiered on Global Television Network on September 21, 1993. The first season of the series was filmed between 1991 and 1993 and released in 1992 and 1993 to classrooms as a learning aid under the title of Working It Out at... |
Allysia Long | 4 episodes |
1997 | Married to a Stranger Married to a Stranger Married to a Stranger is a TV movie starring Jaclyn Smith and Kim Coates. It premiered on The Family Channel in 1997. It was directed by Sidney J... |
Lacey Potter | TV movie |
1998 | Lisa Baiocchi | Episode: "Schizogeny Schizogeny "Schizogeny" is an episode of the popular American science fiction television series The X-Files.- Plot :In Coats Grove, Michigan, Bobby Rich, a sixteen-year-old boy, is berated by his stepfather, Phil, for not finishing his lawn work outside the house. Bobby picks up a shovel and instructs his... " |
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1998 | Voyage of Terror | Aly Tauber | TV movie |
1998 | Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. Seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes.... |
Audrey | Episode: "Little Sister: Part 2" Episode: "Little Sister: Part 3" |
1998 | First Wave | Elizabeth | Episode: "Book of Shadows" |
1999 | First Wave | Denise | Episode: "The Channel" |
1999 | Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. Seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes.... |
Madeline Marquetti | Episode: "A Cinderella Story: Part 1" Episode: "A Cinderella Story: Part 2" |
1999 | Malika | Episode: "In Dreams" | |
2000 | Josie Hogan | Episode: "Good Harvest" | |
2001 | Taurez | Episode: "Wired" | |
2001 | Melissa | Episode: "Smackdown" | |
2001 | Night Visions Night Visions Night Visions is an American television anthology series created in the style of The Twilight Zone. Each 43 minute episode was made up of two 21 to 22 minutes stories that dealt with themes of the supernatural or simply explored the dark side of human nature. Henry Rollins was the uncredited host... |
Vicki | Episode: "Rest Stop" |
2002 | Tammy Sinclair | Episode: "Dark Child" | |
2002 | Mentors | Anne Sullivan | Episode: "Breakthrough" |
2002 | Due East | Reba | TV movie |
2002 | Kayla | TV movie | |
2002 | John Doe John Doe (TV series) John Doe is an American science fiction drama television series that aired on Fox during the 2002–2003 TV season.-Synopsis:"I woke up in an island off the coast of Seattle. I didn't know how I got there ... or who I was. But I did seem to know everything else. There were things about me I didn't... |
Shayne Pickford | Episode: "Blood Lines" |
2002 | Carrie Carrie (2002 film) Carrie is a 2002 horror television film based on the novel Carrie by Stephen King, originally intended as a pilot for a TV series in which Carrie moves to Florida to help others with telekinetic problems, which never materialized... |
Tina Blake | TV movie |
2003 | Smallville Smallville Smallville is the hometown of Superman in comic books published by DC Comics. While growing up in Smallville, the young Clark Kent attended Smallville High with best friends Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan and Pete Ross... |
Sara Conroy | Episode: "Slumber" |
2004 | Petrel | Episode: "Stormy Peterel" | |
2004 | Elyse | TV movie | |
2004 | Amber Reilly | TV movie | |
2004 | Earthsea | Yarrow | TV movie |
2005 | Young Blades Young Blades Young Blades is an historical fantasy television series that aired on PAX from January to June 2005, lasting only thirteen episodes before cancellation... |
Celeste La Rue | Episode: "To Heir is Human" |
2006 | Stargate SG-1 Stargate SG-1 Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich... |
Valencia | Episode: "Camelot" |
2006 | Eight Days To Live Eight Days To Live Eight Days To Live is a 2006 TV film produced by CTV about a mother who organizes a search and rescue for her son who drives off the road in the Northern Fraser Valley of British Columbia.-Cast:*Dustin Milligan as Joe Spring*Tegan Moss as Becca Spring... |
Lucinda | TV movie |
2006 | Engaged to Kill | Maddy Lord | TV movie |
2006 | Reunion Reunion (TV series) Reunion is an American television series that aired on FOX in late 2005. The series was intended to chronicle 20 years in the lives of a group of six high school friends from Bedford, New York, with each episode following one year in the lives of the six, beginning with their high school graduation... |
Courtney | Episode: "1998" |
2006 | Rapid Fire | Amber | TV movie |
2007 | Supernatural Supernatural (TV series) Supernatural is an American supernatural and horror television series created by Eric Kripke, which debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB, and is now part of The CW's lineup. Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, the series follows the brothers as they... |
Ava Wilson | Episode: "Hunted" Episode: "All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 1 All Hell Breaks Loose (Supernatural) "All Hell Breaks Loose" is the joint title for the two-part second season finale of the CW television series Supernatural. It consists of the twenty-first and twenty-second episodes of the second season. "Part One" was first broadcast on May 10, 2007, and the second part aired the following week... " |
2008 | Psych Psych Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts... |
Sigrid | Episode: "Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion" |
2008 | Ogre | Jessica | TV movie |
2008 | Norma Carlyle | TV miniseries | |
2008 | Another Cinderella Story Another Cinderella Story Another Cinderella Story is a 2008 romantic comedy directed by Damon Santostefano and starring Selena Gomez and Drew Seeley. The film was released direct-to-DVD by Warner Premiere on September 16, 2008. It was released on DVD in the UK on October 27, 2008... |
Bree | Video |
2008 | Sanctuary | Sophie | Episode: "Nubbins" |
2008 | Mail Order Bride Mail Order Bride (2008 film) Mail Order Bride is a Hallmark Channel television movie set in the time of the Old West. It premiered on November 8, 2008, and stars Daphne Zuniga.-Plot:... |
Jen | TV movie |
2009 | Heartland Heartland (Canadian TV series) Heartland is a Canadian television drama series which debuted on CBC Television on October 14, 2007. The series is loosely based on the Heartland books by Lauren Brooke.... |
Mindy Fanshaw | Episode: "Starstruck!" |
2009 | Marci Salvatore | Episode: "Leaving Los Angeles" | |
2009 | Killer Hair Killer Hair Killer Hair is a Lifetime Movie Network film, aired in 2009, about a fashion journalist, Lacey Smithsonian-no relation to the museum-investigating a series of murders at her friends hair salon in Washington, DC... |
Cherise | TV movie |
2009 | Hostile Makeover | Cherise Smithsonian | TV movie |
2009 | Paulette Reubin | Episode: "The Bully" | |
2009 | Cindy Lewis | Episode: "Pilot" | |
2009 | Beyond Sherwood Forest | Alina | TV movie |
2010 | Sins of the Mother | Ivy | TV movie |
2010 | Hard Ride to Hell | Kerry | Video |
2010 | 30 Days of Night: Dark Days 30 Days of Night: Dark Days 30 Days of Night: Dark Days is a 2010 American horror film based on the comic book miniseries of the same name. It was directed by and written by Ben Ketai, alongside co-writer Steve Niles. It is a sequel to the 2007 film, 30 Days of Night... |
Stacey | Video |
2010 | Smoke Screen | Wife | TV movie |
2011 | Health Nutz | Jennifer | Episode: "The Local Hero" Episode: "The Sponsor" |
2011 | Endgame Endgame (TV series) Endgame is a Canadian drama television series that premiered on the Showcase Television network on Monday, March 14, 2011. The series is developed and produced by Thunderbird Films... |
Danni | 13 episodes |