Life and career

Greenwood was born in Scarborough, Toronto and from an early age wanted to be a performer; by the time she was in high school at Agincourt Collegiate Institute, she was usually the star of the school plays and concerts. When it came time to graduate in 1980, she feared that she would never get to act again, until a concerned friend gave her a brochure for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where Greenwood spent the next two years studying acting.

In 1987, when she returned to Canada in Toronto, she managed to find work for a small night club act called A Wedge of Night, which led to her five-year stint with the Toronto branch of the famous Second City comedy troupe; where she served as both a writer and a performer - two of her shows won Dora Mavor Moore awards in 1988, and 1992. Shortly afterwards, she and her friends Jonathan Wilson and Ed Sahely developed what she called their "Second City" spin-off, Not to Be Repeated, in which the three would improvise an entire situation comedy in front of a live audience, based solely on ideas and suggestions that are thrown at them from the audience. Other notable appearances in Canada include the popular sketch shows This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Royal Canadian Air Farce.

In 1996, Kathy found regular work on Canadian television on the family drama series Wind at My Back, where she spent five years, full-time, playing Grace Bailey, a junior radio M.C. in the small town of New Bedford in Ontario during the Great Depression; Kathy's portrayal of Grace Bailey was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance By an Actress in a Continuing Leading Role. In 1999, Kathy was cast as Denise Stanton in the TV movie Switching Goals, starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Later that same year, Greenwood crossed the border and commuted to Los Angeles to appear on such shows as The Drew Carey Show, the update version of Hollywood Squares, and the American version of the improvization game show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

Greenwood is married to television writer John Dolan, with whom she has two daughters, Josephine and Phoebe. Greenwood is also a part of the sketch comedy troupe Women Fully Clothed, featuring what Eugene Levy calls "the five funniest women in Canada." The group saw great success in Canada and even found international acclaim with their appearance in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	This Is My Life	Young Matron
1994	Wes Craven's New Nightmare	Nurse in Hospital Room with Heather
1995	House	Kathy
1996	Brain Candy	Ginny Hurdicure
2003	Flip Phone	Katie	Short film
2005	Man, TheThe Man	Flight Attendant
2005	Anne: Journey to Green Gables	Mavis (voice)	Video
2005	Heidi	Aunt Dete (voice)
2015	Poltergeist (2015 film)	Realtor selling the haunted house

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Street Legal	Jacky Kepler	Episode: "Believe the Children"
1993	Maniac Mansion	Allanah	Episode: "Love Letters"
1993	Women on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story	Sylvia Bonner	TV film
1994	Hostage for a Day	SWAT One	TV film
1994	Squawk Box		TV series
1994	RoboCop: The Series	Director	Episode: "Midnight Minus One"
1995	Goosebumps	Ms. Walker	Episode: "The Phantom of the Auditorium"
1996	High Life, TheThe High Life	Judy	Episode: "Bowling"
1996-2001	Wind at My Back	Grace Bailey Mainwairing	Main role (65 episodes)
1997	Once a Thief	Margo	Episode: "Trial Marriage"
1998	Stories from My Childhood	(voice)	Episodes: "The Twelve Months & the Snow Girl", "The Nutcracker"
1998	History Bites	Various	Episodes: "The Filthy Stinking Rich", "Sex & Power"
1999	George and Martha	Frieda	TV series
1999	Switching Goals	Denise Stanton	TV film
2000	Pooch and the Pauper, TheThe Pooch and the Pauper	Kim Corbett	TV film
2000	Drew Carey Show, TheThe Drew Carey Show	Kathryn	Episode: "Drew Live II"
2001	Broad Side, TheThe Broad Side		TV series
2001	This Sitcom Is...Not to Be Repeated	Various roles	TV series
2001	I Was a Rat	Lucasta Utensil	TV film
2002	Royal Canadian Air Farce	Senior Citizen #3/Dr. Stilwart	Episode: "10.9"
2003	Royal Canadian Air Farce	Various	Episode: "Best of #3"
2003-2005	JoJo's Circus	Dr. Seltzer (voice)	Recurring role (6 episodes)
2004	XPM	Laura Macdonald	TV series
2004	Wonderfalls	Ronnie	Episode: "Wax Lion"
2004	Wrong Coast, TheThe Wrong Coast'	Debbie Sue Ashanti-Melendez	TV miniseries
2004	Listen Missy	Various	TV series
2004	This Hour Has 22 Minutes	Various	3 episodes
2005	Queer as Folk	Lila	Episode: "5.2"
2005	Maple Shorts!	Sela Salmon (voice)	Episode: "Eat My Shorts"
2006	Getting Along Famously	Sister Gregory 'Sister Song' Pechiccino	Episode: "Sister Song"
2006	Captain Flamingo		TV series
2007	Jane Show, TheThe Jane Show	Whitney Johnson	Episode: "The House of Jane"
2009	Dating Guy, TheThe Dating Guy	Valerie (voice)	Episode: "Really Bad Lieutenant"
2011	Justin Time	Cleopatra	Episode: "Brave Sir Justin & Cleopatra's Cat"
2012	Frenemies	Lisa Logan	TV film
2012	I, Martin Short, Goes Home	Mother	TV film

Awards/Nominations

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Production	Result
1992	Dora Mavor Moore Award	Outstanding New Revue or Musical	The Second City	Won
1996	Gemini	Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Role	Wind at My Back	Nominated
1998	Dora Mavor Moore Award	Outstanding New Revue or Musical	The Second City	Won
2000	Canadian Comedy Award	Best Female Improviser		Won
2005	Canadian Comedy Award	Best Sketch Troupe	Women Fully Clothed	Nominated

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