Biography for
Kathleen Robertson (I) More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

8 July 1973, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Birth Name

Kathleen E. Robertson

Nickname

Kath

Height

5' 4" (1.63 m)

Mini Biography

Kathleen Robertson's diverse projects and chameleon-like performances continue to impress audiences and critics alike. She will next write, produce, and star in Shaw Media/Globals's dramedy series Your Time Is Up about a wildly successful, yet deeply troubled psychologist. This marks Robertson's second produced script within a year as the indie feature Gravity Pulls in which she stars and co-wrote is also underway. Additionally, the drama A Night For Dying Tigers in which she stars premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and she more recently filmed the anticipated sequel to Writer/Director Don Shebib's 1970 Canadian classic Goin' Down The Road, fittingly titled Down The Road Again. She headlined IFC's Gemini Award-winning mockumentary style comedy series The Business for which she also serves double duty as Executive Producer. The six-hour mini-series take on "The Wizard of Oz" called Tin Man in which she starred as the wicked sorceress sister to Zooey Deschanel, recently garnered Sci Fi's highest ratings in the network's history along with multiple Emmy-nominations. Upcoming films include a starring role in the dramatic thriller Static, and the romantic comedies Not Since You And Losing Control. No stranger to the big screen, she starred alongside Academy Award-winners Ben Affleck and Adrien Brody in the dramatic thriller Hollywoodland which chronicled the mysterious death of George Reeves, TV's Superman. Robertson starred opposite Mark Ruffalo in IFC Films' sexual drama XX/XY that was in dramatic competition at the Sundance Film Festival. In direct contrast, she also starred for Keenen Ivory Wayans in the sequel to Dimension Films' blockbuster, Scary Movie. Previously, she collaborated with writer/director Gregg Araki on the films Splendor in which she starred as Veronica, a girl caught in the middle of a love triangle and Nowhere in which she portrayed the overbearing, purple-haired lesbian "Lucifer." Additional feature credits include Beautiful with Minnie Driver for director Sally Field, Bruce McCulloch's DOG PARK, and Sundance favorite Psycho Beach Party. Robertson has also co-starred with Bill Murray in director John McNaughton's comedy Speaking Of Sex; starred as notorious Canadian murderer Evelyn Dick in the grizzly 1946 true story Torso for which she garnered her third Best Actress Gemini Award nomination (Canadian Emmy); and had a coveted cameo opposite Sean Penn in New Line Cinema's I Am Sam. In addition, she appeared in the Adam Goldberg helmed I Love Your Work with Giovanni Ribisi and Franke Potente. Robertson's film resume also includes the dramatic thriller Last Exit for which she received her second Gemini Award-nomination, Player 5150 and The Hill. Other credits include In The Dark opposite Charlotte Rampling; Until The Night with Norman Reedus; director Tim Hunter's Control alongside Willem Dafoe and Ray Liotta; and MALL COP which marks director David Greenspan's first full-length feature after winning the Cannes Film Festival's coveted Palm D'or for his short Beancake. Her first foray into television since assuming the role of Clare Arnold on the hit FOX series Beverly Hills, 90210 was the David E. Kelley drama Girls Club for which she received considerable critical praise. A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Robertson currently resides in Los Angeles.

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Spouse

Chris Cowles

(? - present) 1 child

Trivia

She was a child star in Canada before coming to Hollywood.

While living in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, attended high school at the prestigious Hillfield Strathallan College

Kathleen and her husband Chris welcomed their first child, a boy, on July 9, 2008. William Robertson Cowles weighed 9 lbs. 1 oz.

Was considered for the role of "Dr. Claire Saunders" in Joss Whedon's TV series "Dollhouse" (2009).

Personal Quotes

I don't want to be more famous than what I have right now. At least in that sense where people come up to me in the grocery store.

I'm really into antiques. But really into it because of my father, who got me into them in the first place. He's an interior designer and he's really into going to antique shows and getting up really early on Sundays and driving out to these weird little towns north of Hamilton. I am also really into religious artifacts.