Katharine Isabelle
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{{Infobox actor
| name = Katharine Isabelle
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| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1982|03|10}}
| location = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]
| birthname = Katherine Murray
| othername = Katharine Isobel
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| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1988–present
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'''Katharine Isabelle''' (born [[10 March]], [[1982]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Actor|actress]]. Best known for her portrayal of Ginger in ''[[Ginger Snaps (film)|Ginger Snaps]]'', she has appeared in Canadian and American movies as well as TV series episodes from an early age.
==Personal life==
Isabelle was born '''Katherine Isobel Murray''' in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. Her father, Graeme Murray, is an [[art director]] & [[production designer]] for film and television who has won two [[Emmy Award|Emmy]]s for his work on ''[[The X-Files]]''. Her mother, Gail Murray, is an amateur Vancouver writer/producer. Former child actor and journalist [[Joshua Murray]] is her brother.
Isabelle and her ''[[Ginger Snaps (film)|Ginger Snaps]]'' co-star [[Emily Perkins]] were born in the same hospital, went to the same pre-school, elementary and private schools, and are at the same agency. {{fact|date=November 2007}}
==Career==
Isabelle's career began in 1988, in the movie ''[[Cousins (film)|Cousins]]'' (1989), starring [[Ted Danson]] and [[Isabella Rossellini]]. Though not a box office hit, her most successful work by far is ''[[Ginger Snaps (film)|Ginger Snaps]]'' (2000) in which she co-starred with [[Emily Perkins]]; but tour de force to date, (and the work she is most proud of) was in the 2001 indie movie ''Turning Paige'', alongside [[Nicholas Campbell]]. The film, despite critical acclaim, went without commercial release.
2002 included supporting roles in the remake of ''[[Carrie (2002 film)|Carrie]]'' (TVM) as Tina Blake, and a minor role in ''[[Insomnia (2002 film)|Insomnia]]''. In 2003, further supporting roles in the minor indy ''On The Corner'' (no commercial release), and in the form of Gibb in ''[[Freddy vs. Jason]]'', which Isabelle disliked, making her disappointment with the movie known before its release.<ref>[http://www.darkhorizons.com/2003/freddy/jason-n.htm Dark Horizons - The ca (2002)]</ref> At the end of the year there was a major role in ''Falling Angels'' (no commercial release). 2004 brought the supporting role of Amber in the earnest ''[[The Life (2004 film)|The Life]]'' (TVM), followed by a lead role in ''[[The Last Casino]]'' (TVM), and in the (limited release) indy thriller ''[[Show Me]]''. Making a belated addition to the original in 2004 were the ''Ginger Snaps'' sequels: ''[[Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed]]'' (in which Isabelle took a minor role) and ''[[Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning]]'', made back-to-back on a limited budget. Isabelle had to be cajoled into participating in them.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} Her reticence would prove well founded as ''GS2'' bombed at the box office, and ''GS Back'' went straight to video.
Her reticence didn't extend to refusing Al Pacino's (''[[Insomnia (2002 film)|Insomnia]]'') advice regarding stage work. Isabelle would make her theatre debut in [[Toronto]] in September 2004 with Marcello Cabezas and Jason Lewis in a critically poorly received adaptation of [[Kenneth Lonergan]]'s ''This Is Our Youth''.
2006 included ''[[Eight Days To Live]]'' (TVM) and ''[[Engaged To Kill]]'' (TVM), relatively minor works, neither of which would be well received by critics; 2007 following in much the same vein with two small guest appearances in [[Supernatural (TV series)| Supernatural]], and supporting roles in two (unreleased) TV movies.
==Filmography==
Year shown beside title refers to year of production, not year shown.
===Films===
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| [[2008 in film|2008]] || ''[[Another Cinderella Story]]'' || Bree ||
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| [[2005 in film|2005]] || ''[[Everything's Gone Green (film)|Everything's Gone Green]]'' || Heather || 9th
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| [[2004 in film|2004]] || ''[[Earthsea]]'' || Yarrow || 19th
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|rowspan="3"| [[2003 in film|2003]] || ''[[Show Me]]'' || Jenna || 5th
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| ''[[Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning]]'' || Ginger Fitzgerald || Lead
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| ''[[Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed]]'' || Ginger Fitzgerald || 6th
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[2002 in film|2002]] || ''[[On The Corner (film)|On The Corner]]'' || Stacey Lee || 5th
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| ''[[Falling Angels]]'' || Lou Field || 3rd
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| ''[[Freddy vs. Jason]]'' || Gibb || 8th
|-
| [[2001 in film|2001]] || ''[[Insomnia (2002 film)|Insomnia]]'' || Tanya Francke || 19th
|-
|rowspan="4"| [[2000 in film|2000]] || ''[[Turning Paige]]'' || Paige Fleming || 2nd
|-
| ''[[Bones (film)|Bones]]'' || Tia Peet || 10th
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| ''[[Josie and the Pussycats (film)| Josie and the Pussycats]]'' || Laughing Girl || 17th
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| ''[[A Shot In The Face]]'' || Erin || 2nd
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1999 in film|1999]] || ''[[Ginger Snaps (film)|Ginger Snaps]]'' || Ginger Fitzgerald || 2nd
|-
| ''[[Snow Day (film)|Snow Day]]'' || Marla || 22nd
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| [[1998 in film|1998]] || ''[[Spooky House]]'' || Mona || 9th
|-
| [[1997 in film|1997]] || ''[[Disturbing Behavior]]'' || Lindsay Clark || 9th
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| [[1995 in film|1995]] || ''[[Salt Water Moose]]'' || Josephine 'Jo' Parnell || 2nd (as Katharine Isobel)
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| [[1992 in film|1992]] || ''[[Knight Moves]]'' || Erica Sanderson || 12th (as Katherine Isobel)
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| [[1989 in film|1989]] || ''[[The Last Winter]]'' || Winnie Jamieson || 6th (as Kate Murray)
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|rowspan="3"| [[1988 in film|1988]] || ''[[Immediate Family (film)|Immediate Family]]'' || Birthday Girl Carrie || 23rd (as Katie Murray)
|-
| ''[[Cold Front (film)|Cold Front]]'' || Katie McKenzie || 8th (as Katie Murray)
|-
| ''[[Cousins (film)|Cousins]]'' || Chloe Hardy || 10th (as Katie Murray)
|}
===TV movies===
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! Year !!width=38%| Title !!width=38%| Role !!width=23%| Place in Final Credits
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| [[2006 in television|2006]] || ''[[Ogre (film)|Ogre]]'' || Jessica || 4th
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|rowspan="2"| [[2005 in television|2005]] || ''[[Engaged To Kill]]'' || Maddy Lord || 4th
|-
| ''[[Eight Days To Live]]'' || Lucinda || 9th
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[2004 in television|2004]] || ''[[Rapid Fire (2004 film)|Rapid Fire]]'' || Amber || 7th
|-
| ''[[Legend of Earthsea]]'' || Yarrow || 19th
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[2003 in television|2003]] || ''[[The Life (2003 film)|The Life]]'' || Amber Reilly || 9th
|-
| ''[[The Last Casino]]'' || Elyse || 2nd
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[2002 in television|2002]] || ''[[Carrie (2002 film)|Carrie]]'' || Tina Blake || 10th
|-
| ''[[The Secret Life of Zoey]]'' || Kayla || 6th
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| [[2001 in television|2001]] || ''[[Due East]]'' || Reba || 11th
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1997 in television|1997]] || ''[[Voyage of Terror]]'' || Aly Tauber || 6th
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| ''[[Married to a Stranger]]'' AKA ''[[Marriage is Forever]]'' || Lacey Potter || 6th
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|rowspan="2"| [[1996 in television|1996]] || ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.]]'' AKA ''[[Double Play]]'' || Fiona || 6th - (as Katherine Isobel)
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| ''[[Titanic (TV miniseries)|The Titanic]]'' || Ophelia Jack || 42nd - (as Katharine Isobel)
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| [[1994 in television|1994]] || ''[[Children of the Dust]]'' || Young Rachel || 16th - (as Katherine Isobel)
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| [[1991 in television|1991]] || ''[[Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus]]'' || Virginia O'Hanlon || 7th - (as Katherine Isobel)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1990 in television|1990]] || ''[[Burning Bridges]]'' || Emily || 13th - (as Katie Murray)
|-
| ''[[Last Train Home]]'' AKA ''[[Tom Alone]]'' || Sarah Bradshaw || - (as Katie Murray)
|}
===Television===
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! Year !!width=19%| Title !!width=19%| Role !! width=44%| Episode/s !! width=18%| Place in Final Credits
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| [[2008 in television|2008]] || ''[[Psych]]'' || Sigrid || "Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion" - (season 2, episode 16) ||
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| [[2007 in television|2007]] || ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' || Ava Wilson || "All Hell Breaks Loose" (Part 1) - (season 2, episode 21) || 7th Guest (9th overall)
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| [[2006 in television|2006]] || ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' || Ava Wilson || "Hunted" - (season 2, episode 10)
|| 3rd Guest (6th overall)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[2005 in television|2005]] || ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' || Valencia || "Camelot" - (season 9, episode 20) || 3rd Guest (8th overall)
|-
| ''[[Young Blades]]'' || Celeste LaRue || "To Heir is Human" - (season 1, episode 11) || Guest Lead
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[2003 in television|2003]] || ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' || Petrel || "Stormy Petrel" || 2nd Guest
|-
| ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'' || Sara Conroy || "Slumber" || Guest Lead
|-
| [[2002 in television|2002]] || ''[[John Doe (TV series)|John Doe]]'' || Shayne Pickford || "Blood Lines" - (season 1, episode 2) || Guest Lead
|-
|rowspan="4"| [[2001 in television|2001]] || ''[[Mentors (TV series)|Mentors]]'' || Ann Sullivan || "Breakthrough" || Guest Lead
|-
| ''[[The Outer Limits]]'' || Tammy Sinclair || "Dark Child"
|-
| ''[[Night Visions]]'' || Vicki || "Rest Stop"
|-
| ''[[The Chris Isaak Show]]'' || Melissa || "Smackdown" || 3rd Guest
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[2000 in television|2000]] || ''[[The Immortal (TV series)|The Immortal]]'' || Taurez || "Wired"
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| ''[[The Fearing Mind (TV series)|The Fearing Mind]]'' || Josie Hogan || "Good Harvest" - (season 1, episode 2) || 10th
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1999 in television|1999]] || ''[[First Wave]]'' || Denise || "The Channel"
|-
| ''[[Da Vinci's Inquest]]'' || Madeline Marquetti || "A Cinderella Story" (Parts 1 and 2)
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[1998 in television|1998]] || ''[[Da Vinci's Inquest]]'' || Audrey || "Little Sister" (Parts 2 and 3) - (series 1, Episodes 2 & 3) || 19th & 18th
|-
| ''[[First Wave]]'' || Elizabeth || "Book of Shadows"
|-
| ''[[The Net (TV series)|The Net]]'' || Malika || "In Dreams" - (series 1, episode 18) || Guest Lead - (as Katherine Isobel)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1997 in television|1997]] || ''[[The X-Files]]'' || Lisa Baiocchi || "Schizogeny" - (series 5, episode 4) || 3rd Guest
|-
| ''[[Madison (TV series)|Madison]]'' || Allysia Long || "Fallout" - (series 5, episode 5), "A Suit, a Secret & Sergio" - (series 5, episode 7).
"Skin Deep" - (series 5, episode 8), "The Party's Over" - (series 5, episode 11).
|| 5th, 2nd.
Lead, 2nd.
|-
| [[1995 in television|1995]] || ''[[Goosebumps (TV series)|Goosebumps]]'' || Katrina 'Kat' Merton || "It Came From Beneath The Sink" - (season 1, episode 14) || 3rd - (as Katherine Isobel)
|-
| [[1994 in television|1994]] || ''[[Lonesome Dove: The Series]]'' || Francis Maitland || "Rebellion" - (season 1, episode 18) || 8th - (as Katherine Isobel)
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| [[1991 in television|1991]] || ''[[The Ray Bradbury Theater]]'' || Meg || "Zero Hour" - (season 6, episode 2) || 2nd - (as Katharine Isobel Murray)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1990 in television|1990]] || ''[[Neon Rider]]'' || Maxine 'Max' Forrest || "Running Man" - (series 1, episode 24) || 17th - (as Katie Murray)
|-
| ''[[MacGyver]]'' || Violet || "The Madonna" - (series 5, episode 11) || 8th - (as Katie Murray)
|}
==References==
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==External links==
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