Kate Hewlett

Kate is a writer, actor, and songwriter currently living in The Hammer (aka Hamilton, Canada). In addition to her role as a writer/co-executive producer on Malory Towers (BBC), Backstage (Disney), and Overlord and the Underwoods (CBC), Kate has written on Corner Gas Animated, The L.A. Complex, Big Top Academy, Seed, and InSecurity.  In 2013, Kate’s stage play, The Swearing Jar, was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award. The film adaptation (which premiered at TIFF in 2022) received nominations for a Writer’s Guild Award, as well as three 2023 Canadian Screen Awards, winning one. Kate wrote and acted in the acclaimed BravoFACT She Said Lenny, which received the Worldwide Short Film Festival’s screenplay award and a spot on Bravo’s Top Ten Short Films.  As an actor, Kate is a Canadian Screen Award nominee for her role as Clara in Louse Penny’s Still Life (CBC). She played lead roles in The Parker Andersons (BYU), Amelia Parker (BYU), and The Stanley Dynamic (YTV), as well as recurring roles on The Girlfriend Experience, Remedy, Degrassi, Run the Burbs, 11 Cameras. As Jeannie Miller in four episodes of Stargate Atlantis, Kate played the sister of her real-life brother, David Hewlett.  Kate is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Queen’s University, the Tarragon Playwrights’ Unit, and the Canadian Film Centre’s Prime Time Television Program. She currently has two projects in development: one with AMC Studios and one with Diana Frances and Buffalo Gal Pictures. In addition to her frequent role as TV mom…Kate is a dog mom, cat mom and human child mom.