Table of Biography
Early Life and Education
Katheryn Winnick was born on the 17th of December, 1977, in Etobicoke, Ontario to Lesia Winnicki and Roman Winnicki. Winnick is 44 years old as of now and has 3 siblings Markjan Winnick, Adam Winnick, and Daria Winnick. Her full name is Katrusia Anna Vinitska.
She is of Ukrainian Canadian origin and her first language was Ukrainian. Moreover, she only spoke English after reaching Eight Years old. She did her schooling at a local high school in Etobicoke.
Winnick started to train in martial arts when she was seven years old. She was also able to obtain her first black belt at the young age of thirteen. She also established three taekwondo schools by the age of twenty-one.
While studying at York University, she also taught Taekwondo and self-defense to actors while accomplishing her degree in kinesiology. As for her education qualification, she has graduated. Winnick is also an alumna of the William Esper Studio.
She started her acting journey at a very young age at her community center in Toronto. She was able to set her foot in the film industry by teaching martial arts and self-defense to actors. The experience on the set made her want to pursue acting professionally.
Awards
Winnick was able to win the Best Actress Award for her work in “Children of the Air” during the Beverly Hills Film Festival.
She was also nominated in different award shows for the Best Actress category from 2014-2016. Her role in the drama series Vikings gave her many nominations for award shows.
Net Worth 2023
Winnick has acted in many shows, movies, and dramas. She has earned a hefty sum of money through her acting career and also owns three martial arts institutes. From all of these, Winnick’s net worth is expected to be $1 million or more as of 2022.
Career and Professional Life
Winnick landed her first acting job in the recurring role of Holly Benson in the 1999 drama “Student Bodies”. She then appeared in the movies Biohazardous’ and ‘Two Weeks’ Notice’.
Then in 2003, she was also seen in an episode of ‘Oz’, ‘Wild Card’ and ‘10-8: Officers on Duty’ respectively.
The same year, she bagged the role of Julie in the flick ‘What Alice Found’. Soon after this, the actress landed the role in the drama ‘CSI: Miami’ and as well as in the movies ‘50 First Dates’, ‘Satan’s Little Helper’ and ‘Going the Distance’.
Then she also appeared in the film ‘Hellraiser: Hellworld’. In the year 2006, Winnick was cast in the movies ‘Cloud 9’ and ‘Failure to Launch’. The same year, she also was seen in the television movie ‘13 Graves’.
The following year, she appeared in the TV movies Tipping Point’ and ‘Law Dogs’. Then she was also seen in the films ‘Amusement’ and ‘Cold Souls’. The Canadian actress then starred in the role of Hannah Burley to be played in the drama ‘Bones’ in 2010.
More about her career
In 2010, she was also cast in a few movies namely ‘Radio Free Albemuth’, ‘Choose’, ‘Killers’ and ‘Love & Other Drugs’. After this, she subsequently bagged roles in the films ‘Stand Up Guys’ and ‘A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III’.
In 2013, Winnick was cast in the team of ‘Vikings’ as Lagertha. Two years later, she starred in an episode of ’Person of Interest’. After this, she was also seen in the short film ‘Stripped’ and the film ‘The Dark Tower’.
Later she was also announced as the main character in the Nazi Zombies mode of the video game Call of Duty: WWII. In July 2018, it was revealed that Winnick was cast in the series role of Christine “C.G.” Gavin on the Netflix series, Wu Assasins.
In February 2020, Winnick disclosed that she was cast in the series role of Jenny Hoyt on the ABC crime drama series Big Sky.
Relationship Status
Talking about her marital status, currently, she is unmarried. It is rumored that Winnick is dating Michael Persall who is a businessman but no solid evidence has been disclosed by the forty-four-year-old actress. When it comes to relationships, Katheryn seems to be quiet.
Winnick also shared the screen with Travis Fimmel as lovers, but she denied all the rumors about her real-life relationship with Travis. She has never disclosed much about her relationship and love life.
Scandals
In 2015, Winnick was spotted together with Nick Loeb (Sofia Vergara’s ex-fiancé). Lots of rumors were buzzing around about their relationship.
However, Winnick denied these rumors and said they were only friends and liked to hang out together with no romantic feelings.
Katheryn Winnick – Body Measurements
Even at the age of 44, Winnick undoubtedly has a brilliant body figure. She stands 5ft and 6 inches or 1.68m tall and weighs 56kg or 123 pounds.
Her body weight perfectly matches her height. Her body measurement is 34-25-34 inches (Chest-Waist-Hips) in size. Winnick has blonde hair and blue eyes.
Katheryn Winnick – Social media
Katheryn is also active on many social media platforms. On Instagram, Winnick goes by the username @katherynwinnick and has more than 5.8 million followers.
Similarly, she also has 1.8 million followers on Facebook and 497.4k followers on Twitter by the username @KatherynWinnick.