Katie McGuinness
Katie McGuinness
Katie McGuinness (born December 29, 1984) is a British - American Theatre, Film and Television actress, voice over artist. She is in the news being a cast member of Netflix television (TV) series Hollywood (2020). [1]
Early Life
Katie McGuinness former name was Katie Evans. She was brought up in a small village of Rotherfield Peppard, United Kingdom. She took McGuinness surname which is her mothers maiden name. Her family moved to Somerset afterwards. [2]
Education
Katie went study in drama school in London and she graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. [2]
Career
Katie has been active in acting for more than 10 years now.
She is vastly experienced actress in all three genres.
Theatre Artist
She started performing on the stage since her college days.
She has appeared in over 25 plays so far.
Her popular plays are The Drowned Man, London 50 Hour Improv, The Stepmother [10] many more.
She has performed at many well known theatres like Royal National Theatre, London, Arcola Theatre, The Orange Tree, Theatre 503, Royal Lyceum Theatre many more. [3]
Katie has done tiny pub productions, big theater productions.
She has been associated with the Punchdrunk Theater Company and has acted in their plays.
Movies
Katie started her movie journey in 2007 with Indian movie Bombil and Beatrice. She has acted in many movies since then.
TV Series
Katie started her acting in TV series in 2004 with BBC's He Knew He Was Right. She has gained a lot of popularity for her roles in the TV Series The Borgias and Roots (2016). She is vastly experienced in playing different roles and has acted in over ten TV Serials so far.
| Name of the Series | Role | Year | Note/Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| He Knew He Was Rright | Jenny | 2004 | |
| Dirty Filthy Love | Alison | 2004 | |
| M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team | Becky Hamilton | 2005 | |
| Hotel Babylon | Naomi Stern | 2005 | |
| The Borgias | Beatrice | 2012 | |
| Inspector Lewis | Samantha Earnshaw | 2012 | |
| Doctors | Hannah Stanuski / Hannah Gilbert | 2009-13 | |
| Stan Lee's Lucky Man | Kelly Harrington | 2016 | |
| Roots | Elizabeth Waller | 2016 | [18] |
| Hollywood | Vivian Leigh | 2020 | [13] |
| Snowpiercer | Josie Wellstead | 2020 | Pre-Production |
Hollywood (Netflix)
Katie McGuinness is in the news for appearing in the Netflix Mini Series, Hollywood. The movie is about the struggle and journey of aspiring actors in the Golden Era of Hollywood (1910-1960). [13] Katie is portraying character of famous and winner British actress Vivien Leigh. The TV series is released on Netflix on May 1st, 2020. [4]
Voice Artist
Katie has been associated with many video games as a voice artist.
She has given her voice to more than five fictitious characters so far and remains a popular voice in the video games.She
got popularity her voice for the character of Kiera in The Video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.[9]
| Name | Character | Release | Note/Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xenoblade Chronicles | Tyrea | 2010 | |
| Assassin's Creed III | Gillian McCarthey | 2012 | |
| Soul Sacrifice | Additional Voices | 2013 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | Kiera | 2015 | [9] |
Personal Life
She lives in New York.
She is active on social media but she has kept her Instagram account private.
Awards & Nominations
Katie was nominated for Best Vocal Ensemble award in a Video Game in Behind the Voice Actors Awards category at BTVA Video Game Voice Acting Award 2016 for the Video game The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt.