Kate Trotter

Biography

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

Her television roles include appearances in Wild Roses, Covert Affairs, Lost Girl, The Newsroom, Paradise Falls, Earth: Final Conflict, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, The Jane Show, Republic of Doyle, Blue Murder, Murdoch Mysteries and Sue Thomas F.B. Eye, while her film roles have included Beyond Borders, Joshua Then and Now, Murder in the Hamptons, Murder in Space, Taking a Chance on Love, Clarence and Tru Love. She won a Gemini Award for Guest Actress in a Dramatic Series in 2003 for Blue Murder.

Her stage roles have included Miss Havisham in Great Expectations, Madge Kendal in The Elephant Man, Alma in Summer and Smoke, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Hermione in The Winter's Tale, Katie in Quiet in the Land and Ann Whitfield in Man and Superman. She has been a three-time Dora Mavor Moore Award winner for her stage roles.

In addition to her own acting, Trotter has also taught acting at George Brown College and the Armstrong Studio, and works as a professional communication coach.

Known For

Heartland

Evelyn

Monk

Kate Ashcombe

Murdoch Mysteries

Stella Smart

Lost Girl

The Norn

Relic Hunter

Bette Ramer

Earth: Final Conflict

Dr. Park

Covert Affairs

Senator Claire Pierson

Due South

Nurse Unger

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	Miracle in Bethlehem, PA	Hannah
2022	Midnight at the Paradise	Charmaine
2021	Toying with the Holidays	Kate
2019	The Silence	Lynn
2019	The Christmas Club	Barb
2017	Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew	Mrs. Barry
2015	Cold Deck	Audrey
2013	Compulsion	Sylvia
2013	Tru Love	Alice
2012	Upside Down	Becky
2010	Vacation with Derek	Felicia
2010	When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story	Helen Griffiths
2009	The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love	Eve Miller
2006	Cheaters' Club	Detective Rollins
2005	Murder in the Hamptons	Neighbor
2004	Plain Truth	Sarah Fitch
2004	The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying	Donalda Rhodes
2003	Beyond Borders	Mrs. Bauford
2003	City of Ruins: The Halifax Explosion	Narrator
2002	You Belong to Me	Lois Clausen
2002	Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story	Vivian Hanssen
1999	Free Fall	Widow
1997	Marie Curie: More Than Meets the Eye	Maria Skłodowska-Curie
1996	Golden Will: The Silken Laumann Story	Mrs. Laumann
1995	Family of Cops	Mrs. Novacek #1
1995	Bloodknot	Phyllis
1993	Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet	Lady Capulet
1991	Alligator Pie	Teacher
1990	Clarence	Rachel Logan
1989	The First Season	Alex Cauldwell
1988	Martha, Ruth & Edie	Mrs. Peebles
1987	A Conspiracy of Love	Judge
1986	Connection
1985	Joshua Then and Now	Jane Trimble
1985	Murder in Space	Pamela Cooper
1985	The Suicide Murders	Myrna Yates
1984	That's My Baby!
1981	The Plouffe Family	Suzan Connely
1981	Threshold	Mrs. Anderson
1981	The Running Man	Professor
	Lion of Ain-Jaloot

Year	TV Show	Role
2021	SurrealEstate	Willa Stans
2019	Jann	Georgette
2011	Against the Wall	Carolyn Randall
2010	Republic of Doyle	Beth Miller
2010	Lost Girl	The Norn
2010	Covert Affairs	Senator Claire Pierson
2008	Murdoch Mysteries	Stella Smart
2007	Heartland	Evelyn
2006	The Jane Show	Stella
2004	Lives of the Saints	Mrs. Amherst
2004	ReGenesis	Persecutor
2003	Playmakers
2002	Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye	Carla Thomas
2002	Monk	Kate Ashcombe
1999	Relic Hunter	Bette Ramer
1997	Earth: Final Conflict	Dr. Park
1994	Due South	Nurse Unger
1993	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Karen Simms
1990	Dracula: The Series	Margo Burton
1987	Friday the 13th: The Series	Dr. Avril Carter
1987	Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future	Vi
1985	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Carol
1985	The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Margaret Lord
1983	Philip Marlowe, Private Eye	Irma Dean