Katheryn Winnick
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| Katheryn Winnick | |
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| Born | Katerena Anna Vinitska[1] December 17, 1977 Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada |
| Years active | 1999-present |
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Katheryn Winnick (born Katerena Anna Vinitska,[2][1] December 17, 1977) is a Canadian film and television actress best known for her roles inAmusement (2008), TV series Bones (2010), A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012) and Vikings (2013). In 2013, she will appear in the comedy film The Art of the Steal with Kurt Russell and Matt Dillon.
Life and career [edit]
Winnick was born in Etobicoke, Ontario and is of Ukrainian descent.[3] She spoke Ukrainian as her first language and did not begin speaking English until she was age 8.[1][4] Winnick began training in martial arts at age 7 and obtained her first black belt at 13.[5] By age 21, she had started three martial arts schools.[5]
Winnick has appeared in many films including Fisher Stevens' Stand Up Guys, Tom Dey's Failure to Launch, Ed Zwick's Love and Other Drugs and Robert Luketic's Killers. She has also guest starred in numerous television shows, most notably House M.D. ("One Day, One Room"), The Glades, Bones, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, CSI, CSI: NY, CSI: Miami, Criminal Minds and Nikita. In her role on the Fox drama Bones, she portrays Hannah Burley, a war correspondent who had been posted to cover the War in Afghanistan and eventually becomes a love interest for main character Seeley Booth.
Winnick starred with Paul Giamatti in the dramatic comedy Cold Souls, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2009.
In 2011, Winnick was cast in a guest role on The CW's sophomore spy drama Nikita in which she plays Kelly, a tough ex-partner of Nikita.
In 2013, Winnick starred as Charlie Sheen's ex-girlfriend in Roman Coppola's A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III and will appear as Kurt Russell's girlfriend, Lola, in the upcoming comedy The Art of the Steal. She also joined History Channel's Vikings in the role of Lagertha, a legendary figure in Viking history.[6][5]
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