Katharine Isabelle Net Worth

Katharine Isabelle's Quotes

• [on American Mary (2012)] I have some friends who are just too scared to see it. My brother has seen it at least six times and still can't watch one scene in particular, but my mother made it through the whole thing without any problem at all. My dad was the very first person I went to with the script - to make sure I wasn't crazy for loving this. I knew if my dad liked it, it was good.
• [2003] [on her experience working on Freddy vs. Jason (2003)] I hate to say it, but I was really expecting a little bit more. It's just the same-old, same-old. There's nothing to it - it's all about running around and screaming, 'No, Freddy, don't!'
• I mean, I've been working for 28 years or whatever and I definitely have done quite a bit of horror, but I wouldn't say it's the majority of what I've done. I don't seek out to horror, or non-horror. I seek out to work. As a working Canadian actor, I kinda want to work.
• Even going back to Ginger Snaps (2000) days, to see women like us who are strong - who are independent, who are going to put up, you know, a real good fight and not just be victimized - reflected back to ourselves, I think it's important. I'm not sure if growing up I saw women like myself, like April [Mullen], like the [Twisted Twins, Jen and Sylvia Soska], reflected back. You know, women who had things worked out, who had more integrity, who had more strength of character. I'm thrilled when I find one of those characters on paper. And [to have them] supported by women like that as well? Ain't nothing wrong with that!
• [on her status of horror icon] I don't watch a lot of horror movies. I'm a bit of a chicken, and I even get psychologically scarred [laughs]. But I would much rather be a horror icon who's known for really cool female characters that are multi-dimensional, interesting, motivated in ways that people don't normally see women in films being motivated. I'm thrilled to have that. I would prefer that over the sweet, hot, good girl next door neighbor type. The roles I've been fortunate enough to have been given are some of the greatest female characters I've seen in any genre, in any film or television medium. I'm more than thrilled to have them be mine!

Interesting Facts about Katharine Isabelle

1. Katharine refuses to do nude scenes and has had a body double for every instance where such a scene exists, including the bed and shower scenes in Freddy vs. Jason (2003), the rising from the bed scene in Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004) and the bed scene in Engaged to Kill (2006), to name but three. The same woman body-doubled the latter two.
2. She said that when she went to a pharmacy after a day of shooting Ginger Snaps (2000), the people there thought she'd been beaten up since she was still covered in fake blood.
3. Was originally asked to audition to play Lori in Freddy vs. Jason (2003), but when she arrived, director Ronny Yu asked her to audition for the role of Gibb, claiming she would better suit a more liberal role. Katharine reluctantly accepted.Yu failed to tell her she would be expected to do the nude scenes, which would spark friction between the two during shooting when she made it clear she would not do the nude scenes.
4. Sister of former child actor and journalist Joshua Murray.
5. Daughter of Graeme Murray and wife Abigail "Gail".
6. Worked three times with her brother Joshua Murray: Cold Front (1989), The Last Winter (1989) and Knight Moves (1992).
7. In addition to the Ginger Snaps (2000) trilogy, Katharine and her co-star Emily Perkins have played sisters in Another Cinderella Story (2008).
8. Both Katharine and Emily Perkins (her co-star in the Ginger Snaps (2000) movies) have guest-starred on Supernatural (2005) and Da Vinci's Inquest (1998), but in different episodes.
9. She made guest appearances on all three of the longest running North American science fiction series: The X Files (1993), Stargate SG-1 (1997) and Smallville (2001).
10. She is considered a modern day Scream Queen (i.e. a title given to actresses having appeared in multiple horror films).
11. Her favorite film is Apocalypse Now (1979).
12. Along with the coincidence of Katharine and Emily Perkins auditioning for Ginger Snaps (2000) on the same day, the two actresses were also born in the same hospital, attended the same pre-school, elementary school and private school and worked through the same talent agency.
13. Was considered for the role of Rogue in X-Men (2000), which went to Anna Paquin.
14. Of Clan Murray.
15. First horror movie she ever watched in her life was The Blob (1988).
16. Has a fear of spiders and the ocean.
17. Is not particularly fond of her scream queen status, as Isabelle herself doesn't like horror movies as they scare her too much.
18. Doesn't like watching her own movies or shows.
19. Ginger Snaps (2000) is her favorite film that she's worked on.
20. Bette Davis and Leslie Howard are her acting inspirations.