Kathleen Simmonds is a New York and Australian based actor (and reformed attorney!) with a US Greencard and European passport. She holds an MFA from the Actors Studio Drama School in New York, is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio, has improv training from The PIT in New York (for which she earned a full scholarship thanks to the amazing MVRP program), is a former dance teacher, and a proud member of AEA.
As a filmmaker, Kathleen is focused on films which have women’s issues and stories at their centre. She is an Emmy-Award Winning Producer (“Little Richard: I Am Everything” for CNN). Her producer credits also include Line Producer, Associate Producer and Casting Director on documentary features and series for Netflix, HBO, Amazon, Lifetime, History Channel and Sundance AMC. “Reversing Roe” is currently streaming on Netflix and was nominated for 2 Emmy Awards in 2019.
Kathleen also travels internationally conducting acting workshops and seminars on the “business of acting and filmmaking” and has been a moderator, panelist and jury member at the Chelsea Film Festival and NYC WebFest.
CONTACTS:
Commercial US: Brady, Brannon & Rich Talent (BBR)
Doug Kesten: dkesten@bbrtalent.com / VP & Co-Head of On-Camera Commercial
Tracey Goldblum: tgoldblum@bbrtalent.com / VP & Co-Head of On-Camera Commercial
Commercial US: Danis, Panaro, Nist Talent (DPN)
Matt Ambrosia: mambrosia@dpntalent.com / VP - Head of Voiceover
Matthew Smith: msmith@dpntalent.com / Voiceover - Talent Agent
Australia: Management 11
Tracy LeMin: tracy@management11.com / Owner
"I was most taken by the performance of Kathleen Simmonds as Helena - scorned, desperate, wooed, embraced, skeptical, wounded, puzzled, relentless, triumphant, she is acrobatic in her transformations,
emotionally and physically, a dazzling display."
- The Front Row Center