Kate Hennig is a Canadian actress and playwright,[1] currently the associate artistic director of the Shaw Festival.
[3] In 2002, Hennig was awarded a master's degree from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
[6] Although predominantly a stage actress, she also received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1993 for her performance in Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould,[7] and has appeared in the films Mrs. Winterbourne and The Claim, and the television series Bomb Girls, Saving Hope and L.M.
As a playwright, she has written the plays The Last Wife, The Virgin Trial, and Mother's Daughter.
She moved back Toronto from Calgary in 2001, after her run as Sally Bowles in Cabaret ended.