- Canadian Screen Award Winner for Best Song in a Feature Film
- Four-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for TV Writing, Acting, and Songwriting (Winner)
- Governor General’s Award Nominee for the Play, The Swearing Jar
- Writer’s Guild Award Nominee for Best Feature Film
- Currently in Development with AMC Studios on One-Hour Drama, Everything is Funny
Kate Hewlett’s Creative Endeavors Over the Years
Kate Hewlett’s Biography
Kate is a writer, actor, and songwriter currently living in The Hammer (aka 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 has written on Corner Gas Animated, The L.A. Complex, Big Top Academy, Seed, and InSecurity.
In 2013, Kate’s stage play, The Swearing Jar, was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award. The film adaptation (which premiered at TIFF in 2022) received nominations for a Writer’s Guild Award, as well as three 2023 Canadian Screen Awards, winning one. 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, Degrassi, Run the Burbs, 11 Cameras. As Jeannie Miller in four episodes of Stargate Atlantis, Kate played the sister of her real-life brother, David Hewlett.
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. She currently has two projects in development: one with AMC Studios and one with Diana Frances and Buffalo Gal Pictures. In addition to her frequent role as TV mom…Kate is a dog mom, cat mom and toddler mom.
Want to know about Kate Hewlett’s creative endeavors over the years? You’ve come to the right place. Kate 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), her TV writing credits include Corner Gas Animated, The L.A. Complex, Big Top Academy, Seed, and InSecurity.
She is co-writing a comedy for AMC Studios with longtime friend and comedic genius Andrew Musselman. Her 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, she 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.
She 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. She currently works regularly as an actor.