Katheryn Winnick Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a 2009 Gotham Independent Film Award as a member of the cast of "Cold Souls․"
• Was nominated for a 2014 Shaw Media Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
• Graduated from York University with a degree in kinesiology
• Started out acting in the 1999 teen sitcom "Student Bodies․"
• Began studying martial arts at age seven, obtaining her first Black Belt at the age of 13
• As a native Ukrainian speaker, she did not learn to speak English until she was eight years old
• Opened her first martial arts school at the age of 16
• Was certified as a bodyguard by the International Bodyguard and Security Services Association