MacKenzie Porter

MacKenzie Porter is a Canadian country music singer, songwriter, and actress who was raised near Medicine Hat, Alberta. She formed The Black Boots with Andrew Jenkins and launched a solo music career in 2010, then won the 2011 Nashville North Star competition. On screen, she is best known for playing a future-sent medic in Travelers, and she appeared in Dinosapien, Hell on Wheels, and the 2008 television film The Other Woman, earning a Best Actress in Alberta award. She signed with Big Loud in 2018 as its first Canadian artist, and her singles Pickup, About You, These Days, and Seeing Other People all reached number one on Canada Country. She also featured on Dustin Lynch's Country Airplay number one Thinking 'Bout You, and her EP Drinkin' Songs: The Collection earned a 2021 Juno Award nomination for Country Album of the Year. She won Female Artist of the Year at the 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards.