Katherine Barrell is a Canadian actress, writer, producer, and director. She is best known for her role as Sheriff Nicole Haught in the
Syfy
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supernatural
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weird West
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television series ''
Wynonna Earp
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Plot summary
Wynonna is a present-day descendant of the famous ...
''. In 2020, she joined the cast of the
fantasy
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comedy-drama television series '' Good Witch'' as Joy Harper.
Early life
Barrell was born in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, Canada, to a
Slovenia
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n mother. She attended
Assumption Catholic Secondary School
Assumption Catholic Secondary School is a Catholic high school in Burlington, Ontario.
Background
The school population for the 2015-2016 school year was approximately 870. Assumption receives most new students from local separate elementary s ...
in
Burlington, Ontario
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, where she had a lead role in two school plays, in addition to collaborating with a friend on a play in which they wrote, directed and acted together. She directed her high school's production of '' The Wizard of Oz'' and was a member of Burlington Student Theatre for two years. She started studying musical theatre at
Sheridan College
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Founded in ...
then transferred to
George Brown College
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The Groundlings
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comedy school.
Career
Barrell's television work includes made-for-TV movies ''Poe'' (2011) as Rowena, and ''Girls Night Out'' (2017) as Sadie. Guest appearances include ''
Lost Girl
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'' in the episode "Table for Fae" (2012) as Maisie; ''
Murdoch Mysteries
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'' in episodes "Murdoch in Toyland" (2012) as Marley Rosevear, and "The Murdoch Appreciation Society" (2014) as Ruby Rosevear; ''
Saving Hope
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'' in the episode "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" (2015) as Dixie Kolesnyk. Along with her role as Sheriff Nicole Haught in ''Wynonna Earp'', Barrell appears in ''
Workin' Moms
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Her production company, Kit Media, produced several short films and her 2013 comedy short ''Issues'' was recognized as one of the top short films of the year by
Richard Crouse
Richard Crouse (born May 26, 1963) is a Canadian film critic for CTV News Channel and CP24.
Life and career
He was the film critic for ''Canada AM'' from 2005 until the show's cancellation in 2016. He hosted ''In Short'' on Bravo, was the host ...
. Kit Media was rebranded as Blue Eyed Bandit in 2018.
Barrell's
ensemble
Ensemble may refer to:
Art
* Architectural ensemble
* ''Ensemble'' (album), Kendji Girac 2015 album
* Ensemble (band), a project of Olivier Alary
* Ensemble cast (drama, comedy)
* Ensemble (musical theatre), also known as the chorus
* ''En ...
film ''Dissecting Gwen'', based on her own story, won the 2017 Best Screenplay Award by Women in Film & Television – Toronto, and was awarded Best Comedy Short by the 2017 Canadian Diversity Film Festival.
Personal life
Barrell is an advocate for the "Pink Box Program" by ''GIRL TALK Empowerment'', a Canadian organization that "inspires, empowers and mobilizes girls to become world-changers".
She is married to actor Ray Galletti, whom she met on the set of ''My Ex-Ex''. They became engaged in 2016 and married in 2017.
In July 2019, Barrell publicly took part in an article for Diva Magazine where she stated in an interview, "I am attracted to both men and women and the person I fell in love with is a man...I wish it could just be about the human I am in love with, not their gender."
On September 8, 2021, Barrell gave birth to her son, Ronin Barrell Galletti.
Postmedia Network
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NBC News
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Vimeo
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ACTRA
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