Katheryn Winnick
Biography
Katheryn Winnick is a Canadian actress whose path into screen work began when she taught martial arts to actors on film sets. Born in Toronto, she practiced Taekwondo from a young age and operated her own schools before acting became her focus. After a series regular role on Student Bodies, she took guest roles on House, Law & Order, Criminal Minds, Person of Interest, and Nikita, and played war correspondent Hannah Burley in a recurring role on Bones. In film, she appeared in Failure to Launch, Love & Other Drugs, Killers, Stand Up Guys, and Cold Souls, and took leading parts in Amusement, Choose, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, The Art of the Steal, Polar, and The Marksman. Winnick also became known for playing Lagertha on Vikings, then starred in Wu Assassins and Big Sky.
48years old
Turns 49 on December 17in 66 days
- Born Etobicoke
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Kateryna Anna Vinitska (birth name)Also credited as Katheryn Winnicki
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 19 years2002 to 2021
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Winnick started martial arts training when she was seven, and at 13 she earned her first black belt. She had opened three Taekwondo schools by the time she was 21.
A change of course
Winnick got her start in film by instructing actors in martial arts while they were on movie sets, and that work led her to chase acting as a profession.
Katheryn Winnick movies on Netflix
Flag Dayas Patty Vogel
The Marksmanas Sarah
Wanderas Elsa Viceroy
Polaras Vivian
Speed Killsas Emily Gowen
The Dark Toweras Laurie
The Art of the Stealas Lola
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan IIIas Ivana
Stand Up Guysas Oxana
Chooseas Fiona Wagner
Killersas Vivian
Love & Other Drugsas 'Lisa'
Radio Free Albemuthas Rachel Brady
Cold Soulsas Sveta
Amusementas Tabitha
When Nietzsche Weptas Lou Salome
Cloud 9as Olga
Failure to Launchas Melissa
Hellraiser: Hellworldas Chelsea
Satan's Little Helperas Jenna Whooly
Two Weeks Noticeas Tiffany
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Katheryn Winnick shares two films with Matthew McConaughey, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.








Films together
Matthew McConaughey2 films together, 2006 to 2017
Matthew McConaughey's page The Dark Tower2017IMDb rating 5.6Winnick as LaurieMcConaughey as Walter
Failure to Launch2006IMDb rating 5.7Winnick as MelissaMcConaughey as Tripp
Lance Henriksen1 film together, 2005
Lance Henriksen's page Hellraiser: Hellworld2005IMDb rating 4.2Winnick as ChelseaHenriksen as The Host
Bruce Dern1 film together, 2011
Bruce Dern's page Choose2011IMDb rating 4.7Winnick as Fiona WagnerDern as Dr. Ronald Pendleton
Christopher Walken1 film together, 2012
Christopher Walken's page Stand Up Guys2012IMDb rating 6.4Winnick as OxanaWalken as Doc
Liam Neeson1 film together, 2021
Liam Neeson's page The Marksman2021IMDb rating 5.7Winnick as SarahNeeson as Jim
Dermot Mulroney1 film together, 2012
Dermot Mulroney's page A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III2012IMDb rating 4.6Winnick as IvanaMulroney as Doctor
Edward ZwickDirector, 1 film, 2010
All films by Edward Zwick Love & Other Drugs2010IMDb rating 6.7Winnick as 'Lisa'
Nikolaj ArcelDirector, 1 film, 2017
All films by Nikolaj Arcel The Dark Tower2017IMDb rating 5.6Winnick as Laurie
Marc LawrenceDirector, 1 film, 2002
All films by Marc Lawrence Two Weeks Notice2002IMDb rating 6.2Winnick as Tiffany
Box office
What Katheryn Winnick's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$673 million
13 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 13 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 13Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$199M29.6% of the total
- 2$130M19.3% of the total
- 3$113M16.8% of the total
- 4$103M15.3% of the total
- 5$98M14.6% of the total
- 6$23M3.4% of the total
- 7$5.1M0.8% of the total
- 8$1.1M0.2% of the total












