Kate Trotter (born February 5, 1953) is a Canadian film, television and stage actress.

Career

Trotter has over 100 credits in film and television. She won a

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for Guest Actress in a Dramatic Series in 2003 for '' Blue Murder''."A love affair with the open road". ''

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'', May 7, 2004. Her stage roles have included

Miss Havisham Miss Havisham is a character in Charles Dickens's 1861 novel ''Great Expectations''. She is a wealthy spinster, once jilted at the altar, who insists on wearing her wedding dress for the rest of her life. She lives in a ruined mansion with her ...

in ''

Great Expectations ''Great Expectations'' is the thirteenth novel by English author Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. The novel is a bildungsroman and depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It is Dickens' second novel, after ''Dav ...

'', Madge Kendal in ''

The Elephant Man Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890) was an English man known for his severe physical deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "The Elephant Man", and then went to live at the London Hospital, ...

'', Alma in '' Summer and Smoke'',"Kate's Way"
. ''FYI News'', October 16, 2007.

Juliet Juliet Capulet () is the female protagonist in William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet''. A 13-year-old girl, Juliet is the only daughter of the patriarch of the House of Capulet. She falls in love with the male protagonist Ro ...

in ''

Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

'', Hermione in ''

The Winter's Tale ''The Winter's Tale'' is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, many modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some criti ...

'', Katie in ''Quiet in the Land'' and Ann Whitfield in ''

Man and Superman ''Man and Superman'' is a four-act drama written by George Bernard Shaw in 1903, in response to a call for Shaw to write a play based on the Don Juan theme. ''Man and Superman'' opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London on 21 May 1905 as a fou ...

''. She is a three-time

Dora Mavor Moore Award The Dora Mavor Moore Awards (also known as the Dora Awards or the Doras) are awards presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA), honouring theatre, dance and opera productions in Toronto. Named after Dora Mavor Moor ...

winner for her stage roles. In addition to her own acting, Trotter has also taught acting at

George Brown College The George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology is a public, fully accredited college (Canada), college of applied arts and technology with three campuses in downtown Toronto (Ontario, Canada). Like many other colleges in Ontario, George ...

and the Armstrong Studio, and works as a professional communication coach."Clarity in the courtroom: Latin is out and easy-to-read rulings are in as justices go to writing school". ''

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'', August 6, 2011. She also worked as a voice actress, providing her voice for Queen Nehelenia in the original English dub of the fourth season of the ''

Sailor Moon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's Shōjo manga, ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from 1991 to 1997; the 60 individual chapters (later reorganized into ...

'' anime in 2000.

Personal life

She was briefly married to theatre director

Guy Sprung Guy Sprung (born on April 17, 1947, in Ottawa, Canada) is a film and theatre director. He lives in the Mile End area of Montreal and was the artistic director of Infinitheatre for 22 years. He retired and was succeeded by Zach Fraser in March 202 ...

in the 1980s.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Kate Trotter
1953 births Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian stage actresses Actresses from Toronto Living people 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses {{Canada-screen-actor-1950s-stub