Catherine Black is a Canadian actress who grew up in Owen Sound, and Brampton, riding snowmobiles, skiing and training in gymnastics. Catherine spent her teenage years in Toronto, making her stage debut at the age of 16 as "Juliet"in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet directed by Lewis Baumander. Catherine would go on to star in several Dora Award winning productions such as Walls of Africa (Theatre Passe Muraille), Crimes (Canadian Stage/Berkeley St. Theatre) and The Human Zoo (Factory Theatre). Catherine is best known for playing Vanden in American Psycho, Odyssey 5, and starring in The Donner Party. Catherine has also appeared in such films and TV series as Highlander: The Raven, In A Heartbeat, Blue Murder, Show Me Yours, Loser, Ten for Grandpa, and Stay Cool. Catherine studied classical singing at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Having performed with various musicians in venues such as The Cameron House and The El Macombo, she continues to perform in her spare time. Catherine is also a self taught classical painter, who specializes in portraits. Catherine's paintings have been exhibited for several years in Toronto, throughout Canada and Internationally. Catherine has also been commissioned by a missionary group in Cuba to visually represent orphaned children. Catherine is living in the Los Angeles area, preparing paintings, writing scripts, and performing improv.
She studied Opera and is a mezzo soprano. She also sang in punk bands and wrote Klezzmer songs with her friend Mike Robertson whom she has been collaborating music with since grade school. She gave up music to focus solely on acting. Painting is her first love, but she keeps it precious by maintaining that it is just a hobby.She has two half sisters and one half brother, two step sisters and two step brothers and is her fathers only child.Was approached by Floria Sigismondi in 2000 to play Elizabeth Short, AKA, The Black Dahlia in the The Black Dahlia, before being asked again to read for Brian De Palma in 2005. Catherine was called back several times for the role and was one of the top choices, but did not end up doing it.Played "The Fantasy Woman", in two separate plays, as well as the "oblique seductress" a number of times.She has been collecting Harley Davidson T-shirts from dealerships since she was a kid.Trained as a gymnast growing up. She trained 6 hours every single day from the time she was 6 years old, and won many competitions. She was training for the Olympics but her family pulled her out after she tore her ACL skiing. She had reconstructive knee surgery in 2001.
Debt collectors French and Sue get to work doing what they do best _ cracking skulls and breaking bones _ as they chase down the various lowlifes who owe money to their boss, Tommy. They're summoned to Las Vegas to collect from a dirty casino owner, who happens to be a vicious ex-lover of Sue's. Meanwhile, a notorious drug kingpin is on the warpath to kill French and Sue to avenge his brother's death. Facing danger from all angles, the pair will have no other choice but to fight their way out of...
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Based on the real events of The Donner Party tragedy. The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the western expansion of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847, a number of the trapped settlers joined together in a final effort to reach California and organize a rescue party.