Kristin Booth - Biography

Kristin Booth is a versatile performer experienced in film, television and theatre.

Booth's feature film credits include several Toronto International Film Festival film selections, including Defendor: héros ou zéro (2009) and This Beautiful City (2007); as well as the heist thriller, Foolproof (2003), opposite Ryan Reynolds, On the Line (2001), Detroit Rock City (1999), Fausses rumeurs (2000), Sexe intentions 2 (2000) and Kardia (2006).

Kristin won her first Gemini Award in 2005, for her guest performance in the ReGenesis (2004) episode, ReGenesis: Spare Parts (2004). She received her second Gemini Award nomination, for her portrayal of "Connie Lewis", in the new CBC series, M.V.P. (2008), which also aired on ABC Soapnet. Other television include: American Wife (2010), TNT's six-part mini-series, The Company (2007), opposite Chris O'Donnell and Alessandro Nivola, Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story (2006), Kaw (2007), Une ville en danger (2003), Salem Witch Trials (2002), Liaison mortelle (1999), Le prix de la beauté (2000), Un amour infini (2001) and Sleep Murder (2004), opposite Jason Priestley. She has also had lead roles in the series, The Newsroom (2004), Daring & Grace: Teen Detectives (1999), and has guest-starred in various series, including Supernatural (2005), Missing: disparus sans laisser de trace (2003), This Is Wonderland (2004), Haute finance (1996), Nikita (1997), Puppets Who Kill (2002) and Show Me Yours (2004), among others. Kristin also starred in the pilot, My Best Friend's Girl (2008), for CBS.

On stage, Kristin appeared with the prestigious "Soulpepper Theatre Company", garnering rave reviews for her portrayal of "Olivia" in "Twelfth Night". She was welcomed back to the company to play the title role in Ferenc Molnár's "Olympia".

Most recently, Kristin appeared in her recurring role on The Border (2008), guest-starred on Rookie Blue (2010) for ABC, Flashpoint (2008) for CBS and CTV (third Gemini nomination), and The Listener (2009) for NBC and CTV. She also appeared in two independent Canadian features, At Home by Myself... with You (2009), for which she was nominated for a 2010 ACTRA award and Crackie (2009). Next up for this busy actor, starring opposite Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker, in Thom Fitzgerald's feature film, Cloudburst (2011). Ms. Booth also voices the lead character in the animated series, Producing Parker (2009), alongside Kim Cattrall (Fourth Gemini Nomination). She recently starred, opposite Alyssa Milano, in Lifetime's Une illusion d'amour (2010), based on the book by NYT best-selling author, James Patterson, and portrays Ethel Kennedy in the controversial mini-series, Les Kennedy (2011), opposite Greg Kinnear, Katie Holmes, Tom Wilkinson and Barry Pepper.