Kate Hewlett

• Name — Kate Hewlett • Birth Name — Katherine Emily Hewlett • Born — 17 December 1976 • Birthplace — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Years Active — 1999–present • Relatives — David Hewlett (brother)

Hewlett was born in 1976 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Hewlett has worked in television, film and theatre. Her brother is actor David Hewlett, who portrayed Rodney McKay in Stargate Atlantis. She guest-starred as McKay's sister, Jeannie Miller, in four episodes on the series. She also co-starred with him, again as his sister, in the film A Dog's Breakfast (2006), which he wrote and directed. Hewlett wrote the play Humans Anonymous, which premiered in 2006 at the Toronto Fringe Festival, where it won 'Best of Fringe' and 'Best Ensemble'. She also starred in the play, alongside Philip Graeme. The play was then produced off-Broadway in 2007, with Hewlett and Graeme reprising their roles. She wrote both the book and the music for the musical The Swearing Jar, which premiered in 2008 at the Toronto Fringe Festival. It was awarded 'Best of Fringe' and 'Best Ensemble' at the 2008 Toronto Fringe Festival, then 'Outstanding New Play' at the 2010 New York International Fringe Festival. The play was published in print in 2013, and was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama that year. In 2012, Hewlett was cast in the Canadian teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation as Margaret Matlin, a role she played until 2014. In 2013, she starred in Jeremy Lalonde's low-budget comedy feature film Sex After Kids. From 2015 to 2016, Hewlett appeared in the comedy television series The Stanley Dynamic as Lisa Stanley, the mother of the Stanley family. In the episode 'The Stanley Astronaut', she once again worked alongside her brother David. Hewlett guest-starred in the 2016 Starz series The Girlfriend Experience, based on Steven Soderbergh's film of the same name. Hewlett played the role of Mayor Flaherty in the TV show Holly Hobbie in 2018. Her musical The Swearing Jar was adapted as a musical film, The Swearing Jar, in 2022. Hewlett won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023 for "The Swearing Song", a song from The Swearing Jar.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2004 — Kevin Hill — Teacher — "Making the Grade" • 2006 — 11 Cameras — Andrea — 19 episodes • 2006–2008 — Stargate Atlantis — Jeannie Miller — 4 episodes • 2008 — Psych — Stacy — "There's something about Mira" • 2010, 2017 — Murdoch Mysteries — Lucy Worthing / Daphne Linney — 2 episodes • 2010 — Flashpoint — Heather Sobol — "Jumping at Shadows" • 2011 — InSecurity — Kathy — "The Ligerian Candidate" • Fancy — Maureen • 2012 — Republic of Doyle — Erin Riggs — "Dead Man Talking" • The — Andrea — 3 episodes • 2012–2014 — Degrassi: The Next Generation — Margaret Matlin — 16 episodes • 2014 — Degrassi: Minis — "Dress You Up, Part 3" • Saving Hope — Sarah — "Twinned Lambs" • Working the Engels — Chelsea — "Jenna vs. The Momfia" • 2014–2015 — Remedy — Nicole Foster — 5 episodes • 2015–2017 — The — Lisa Stanley — 50 episodes • 2016–2017 — Degrassi: Next Class — Margaret Matlin — 5 episodes • 2016 — data-sort-value="Girlfriend Experience, The" | The Girlfriend Experience — Sarah — 6 episodes • 2016–2017 — data-sort-value="Beaverton, The" |The Beaverton — Crime Scene Interiors / Plan C — 3 episodes • 2018–2019 — Holly Hobbie — Mayor Flaherty — 8 episodes • Big Top Academy — Madame Q — 3 episodes • 2019 — Frankie Drake Mysteries — Edith Paltry — "School Ties, School Lies" • 2021 — data-sort-value="Parker Andersons, The" | The Parker Andersons/Amelia Parker — Cleo Anderson — Series lead • 2022 — Overlord and the Underwoods — Nikola Holmes — Voice; "Overlock Holmes and the undercooked pie" • 2023 — Run the Burbs — The Part-Time Nun — 2 episodes

Kate Hewlett is recorded as actress.