Katherine Wallace

Katherine Wallace
Born	Sydney, Australia
Alma mater	Stella Adler Studio of Acting
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007 - present

Katherine Wallace is an Australian actor best known for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Encounter, and Home and Away.

Early life

Wallace was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. She attended Manly Selective Campus at Northern Beaches Secondary College. While attending high school, she began her professional training at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. She graduated in 2007 and was named on the State Distinguished Achievers List for Drama.^[1]

Career

Wallace made her professional film debut opposite AFI Award winner Annie Byron in the Screen Australia film Glory.^[2][3] In 2010, she relocated to New York City to train at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting on a work-study scholarship.^[4]

Much of her work has focused on human rights and social justice issues, including Late Tuesday, a film by New Zealand-born director and cinematographer Jenna Eriksen that sought to expose the prevalence of sexual violence against young women;^[5] the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Shakespeare Benefit in New York City, the anti-bullying number of Really Don't Care at the Teen Choice Awards 2014 opposite Demi Lovato and Cher Lloyd;^[6] aerial performances in One Billion Rising by Eve Ensler, the largest mass action in history to combat violence against women, opposite award-winning actress Mercy Malick;^[7] and an appearance in the PSA 'One In A Million', directed and co-written by Emmy Award winner Suzanne Luna and produced by Emmy Award nominee Johanna Stein, which aimed to raise awareness about domestic violence and abuse.^[8]

She was instrumental in launching the Stella Adler Outreach Program, led by Tommy Demenkoff, for teenagers in addiction recovery at the Phoenix House Academy of Los Angeles in 2015,^[9][10] and has been recognized as an Australian artist of exceptional talent by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust.^[11]

Filmography

Film

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Television

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External links

• Katherine Wallace on IMDb

References