Kate Hewlett

Kate Hewlett is a writer, actor and songwriter who lives in 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's TV writing credits include: Corner Gas Animated, The L.A. Complex, Big Top Academy, Seed and InSecurity. Kate is co-writing a comedy for AMC Studios with longtime friend and comedic genius Andrew Musselman. Kate's stage play, The Swearing Jar, was nominated for a Governor General's Literary Award, and the film adaptation (which premiered at TIFF in 2022) was nominated for three 2023 Canadian Screen Awards. 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 in 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, Run the Burbs, 11 Cameras and Stargate Atlantis, where she played the sister of her real life brother David Hewlett's character. 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. Kate works regularly as an actor.