Catherine Waller
NationalityNew Zealander
American
EducationAvondale College
Toi Whakaari(Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting)
Websitewww.catherine-waller.com

Catherine Waller is a New Zealand-American television writer and actress.

Early life and education

Catherine Waller was born in Auckland, New Zealand, to Wendy Waller and John Waller, who are both Americans. Waller attended Avondale College. She graduated with a BFA in Acting at Toi Whakaari.[1]

Career

In 2014, Waller's solo work The Creeps, first premiered in Hollywood Fringe.[2] In 2018, she featured in an episode of Netflix's Love. Waller co-wrote The Luring, a 2017, short film where she also starred as Laura.[3] She played the role of Krissy in Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk.

Awards

For her role as Amber on the New Zealand TV series, Hounds, she was nominated for the 2013 TV Guide Best On The Box Award.[4] In the 2014 Hollywood Fringe Festival Awards, Waller won the Golden Elephant Award for The Creeps.[5] The Creeps was also nominated for United Solo & Backstage Audience Award.[6] Waller is also a winner of Best Physical Theatre and Best Interactive show at United Solo Festival.[7]

Personal life

In 2011, Waller and her sister Amy produced a play, Gloria, to honor the life of their grandmother, Gloria Stanford.[8][9] In 2011 Waller came out as gay and in 2021, married her wife.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Graduate". www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  2. ↑ "Hollywood Fringe - the creeps". www.hollywoodfringe.org. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  3. ↑ "Catherine Waller | AAANZ". Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  4. ↑ "TV Guide Best On The Box Awards".
  5. ↑ Hill, Stacy Jones (2014-06-29). "Hollywood Fringe - 2014 hollywood fringe festival award winners". www.hollywoodfringe.org. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  6. ↑ "2018 United Solo Festival Guide" (PDF).
  7. ↑ BWW News Desk. "United Solo Concludes Its 7th Season in New York". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  8. ↑ MURPHY, NICOLA (2011-02-14). "Sisters revisit WWII romance". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  9. ↑ "Gloria Returns Bigger and Better Than Ever". Eventfinda. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  10. ↑ Catherine Waller on how a soap opera helped her come out., retrieved 2022-09-08
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