- Born
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Award-winning actress, director, producer, Katheryn Winnick, is best known for starring and directing the critically acclaimed, Emmy award-winning television series "Vikings." Winnick made her directorial debut in sixth and final season which earned her "Best Director" at the 2020 WIN Awards. She produced and starred in Sean Penn's "Flag Day" that premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and recently starred in David E. Kelley's critically acclaimed series "Big Sky" that was ABC's most watched and highest-rated debut since 2017. She started her production company, Kat Scratch Inc., to champion strong female-lead stories.- IMDb mini biography by: Management Team
- ParentsLesia WinnickRoman Winnick
- RelativesMark Winnick(Sibling)Daria Winnick(Sibling)Adam Winnick(Sibling)
- Piercing blue eyes
- Holds a third-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and a second-degree black belt in Karate. She is also a licensed bodyguard.
- Speaks five languages: English, Ukrainian, French, Russian, and Italian.
- Began studying martial arts at the age of seven, and earned her first black belt at age 13. She opened her first dojo, Win Kai Martial Arts, at age 16; it has since expanded to three locations in Toronto and New York.
- Did not begin speaking English until age eight.
- Won silver medals at the Canadian National Tae Kwon Do finals.
- The Norse way of speaking, no one really knew what the Vikings sounded liked, they were Norsemen. The accent is really a combination of a Scandinavian accent, maybe with a Swedish accent and an old way of speaking.
- When I was growing up, there were times I had to compete against boys in tae kwon do, and I'd show them right away that I wasn't someone to mess with.
- I grew up in a martial arts gym surrounded by men and boys, and I pretty much call myself a tomboy.
- My first car was a Chevy Cavalier. My dad somehow convinced me that it was a hot sports car because it was red.
- I grew up being a bit of a tomboy, a big-time tomboy.
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