Cat White Explained

Cat White
Birth Name:Catherine Joy White
Birth Place:Northampton, East Midlands, England
Yearsactive:2019–present
Relatives:Laura White (sister)

Catherine Joy White is an English actress, producer, author and gender advisor for the United Nations (UN). White began her career with the UN as an intern whilst studying at university, later becoming a contracted advisor for them. She then made her debut as an actress in 2019, and set up her own production company, Kusini Productions, which saw her receive an accolade at the British Urban Film Festival for one of her short films. She has also authored a non-fiction novel, This Thread of Gold, which was published in 2023.

Life and career

Catherine Joy White was born to a Jamaican mother and an English father, alongside sister Laura and another sister.[1] [2] [3] She grew up in Northampton, but also spent time in Wales and Yorkshire, where her mother and father descended from, respectively. White later lived between Paris and Geneva intermittently.[4] White obtained degrees in English and French at the University of Warwick from 2012 to 2016. During her time at Warwick, she taught in Madagascar, worked as an English language assistant at a French secondary school, translated for a French magazine, completed an internship with the UK government and became an intern at UNESCO.[5] Then from 2016 to 2017, she obtained a Women's Studies degree from the University of Oxford, in which she achieved a high distinction. During this, she continued her work with UNESCO, becoming a freelance contractor specialised in gender work.

In 2018, White began acting in theatre productions including Shudder, The Watsons and Petroleuse. Then in 2019, White made her television debut in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors.[6] [7] A year later, she set up her own production company, Kusini Productions. The aim of her company is to be a female-led platform created to champion voices of Black women.[8] In 2021, Dialogue Books signed a deal with White to publish a narrative and an essay collection about Black women.[9] From 2021 to 2022, White appeared in a recurring role on the Channel 4 comedy series Threesome.[10] [11] In 2022, White was included in Forbes 30 Under 30 list and appeared in the Prime serie Ten Percent.[12] In 2023, White released her first novel with Dialogue, a non-fiction book that is centred around historical Black women.[13] [14] It received critical acclaim, with i newspaper describing it as "an essential new book".[15] A chapter of the book is set to be adapted into an animated short film, To My Daughter, which she wrote and will direct. She wrote the chapter after she was enraged about Roe v. Wade was overturned in America.[16]

Filmography

As actress
YearTitleRoleNotes
2019DoctorsJude OlsenEpisode: "Trapped"
2020DraculaBethEpisode: "The Dark Compass"
2021Farewell She GoesSophiaShort film
2022Ten PercentLauraGuest role
2022Kill Them with KindnessGeorginaShort film
2021–2022ThreesomeJosephineRecurring role
2022Fifty-Four DaysRubyShort film
2023Black MirrorUncreditedEpisode: "Joan Is Awful"[17]
As producer
YearTitleNotes
2021The TrackShort film
2021Farewell She GoesShort film; also writer
2022CeresShort film
2022Rambler ManShort film
2022Fifty-Four DaysShort film; also writer and director

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018ShudderSoho Theatre[18]
2018–2019The WatsonsMiss OsborneChichester Festival Theatre[19]
2019PetroleuseOctaviaLyric Theatre[20]
2019Dear AudreyScarlettTrafalgar Theatre[21]

Bibliography

Awards and nominations

YearOrganisationCategoryNominated workResult
2022Forbes 30 Under 30EntertainmentHerself[22]
2022British Urban Film FestivalBest Short FilmFifty-Four Days[23]
2023Beeston Film FestivalBest East Midlands FilmFifty-Four Days[24]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Season 3 Episode 2 - Actress, Director and Filmmaker Catherine White . Coffee with Karina . . 25 June 2023.
  2. News: Fierce Females no.28: Catherine Joy White, Filmmaker, Writer & founder of Kusini Productions . 25 June 2023 . Slo Active.
  3. laurabeatricewhite. CBkk_WBnSB4. I am mixed race. Dual heritage. Biracial. And I am whole. I am a cocktail of fried dumplings for breakfast and walks in the Yorkshire moors. Of middle class and working class, of large family and of small. Of gospel music and carnival dance and singing we'll meet again. Of a small British town and the Jamaican countryside, that moved to Wales to start again. Of hair that's free and refuses to stay put no matter how much I used to will it straight. Of Christmas filled with noise and of laughter and debates. From a Northern soul and a Jamaican heart came three children born of love. I am mixed race. Dual heritage. Biracial. And I am whole. . 18 June 2020. White. Laura.
  4. Web site: Cat White. Curtis Brown. 21 June 2023. 15 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220815071119/http://curtisbrown.co.uk/client/cat-white. live.
  5. Web site: Catherine Joy White. LinkedIn. 21 June 2023. fr.
  6. Web site: Trapped. BBC. 21 June 2023. 4 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190904131717/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00085s8. live.
  7. News: Viaplay Orders Second Season Of Threesome . 25 June 2023 . Nordik Drama . 27 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201127093301/https://www.nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/news/stories/nent-group-greenlights-ya-series-threesome-and-a-class-apart . live .
  8. News: How Wild Swimming As A Black Woman Helped Me Heal From My Grief . 25 June 2023 . . 28 September 2021 . 18 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220818205811/https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/wild-swimming-black-woman-mental-health . live .
  9. News: Dialogue snaps up narrative and essay collection from White . 25 June 2023 . . 8 July 2021 . 24 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224004403/https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/dialogue-snaps-narrative-and-essay-collection-white-1268169 . live .
  10. News: Viaplay's next Original is season two of 'Threesome' . 25 June 2023 . . 19 May 2022 . 19 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220519070535/https://news.cision.com/viaplay-group/r/viaplay-s-next-original-is-season-two-of--threesome-,c3570098 . live .
  11. Web site: News . Dean Leon Anderson . 25 June 2023 . 19 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190319191504/http://www.deanleonanderson.com/new-blog-avenue/ . live .
  12. Web site: Cat White . . 25 June 2023.
  13. News: Roberton . Kirsten . Writer's 'call to arms' to recover the true history of Black women . 25 June 2023 . . (DMG Media) . 18 June 2023 . 22 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230622015924/https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/18/writers-call-to-arms-to-recover-the-true-history-of-black-women-18955358/ . live .
  14. News: Villar . Franchescha . In Commemoration Of Windrush 75, Here Are The Remarkable Stories That Brixton Village Has To Tell . 25 June 2023 . . 16 June 2023.
  15. News: Bonet . Anna . The best new books in June 2023, from the latest EL James to Rob Rinder's debut novel . 25 June 2023 . . 2 June 2023 . 2 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230602144417/https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/best-new-books-june-2023-el-james-rob-rinder-debut-novel-2379447 . live .
  16. News: Ravindran . Manori . Gugu Mbatha-Raw to Lead Voice Cast of 'To My Daughter' Short on Black Womanhood (EXCLUSIVE) . 2 July 2023 . . 30 June 2023.
  17. Web site: White . Cat . #BlackMirror is out todaaaay!. . 25 June 2023.
  18. Web site: Cat White CV . Curtis Brown . 25 June 2023.
  19. Web site: Cat White and Laurence Ubong Williams start rehearsals for The Watsons at Chichester Festival Theatre . 25 September 2018 . . 25 June 2023 . 3 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203095808/https://oxforddrama.ac.uk/news/cat-white-and-laurence-ubong-williams-start-rehearsals-for-the-watsons-at-chichester-festival-theatre/ . live .
  20. Web site: 5 reasons to see 'Petroleuse' at Evolution 2019 . 20 February 2019 . . 25 June 2023.
  21. News: Women of Paradise at Trafalgar Studios Review . 25 June 2023 . London Theatre.
  22. Web site: Forbes 30 Under 30 2022: Entertainment . . 25 June 2023 . 8 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008203349/https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2022/europe/entertainment/ . live .
  23. Web site: Morris . Colleen . FIFTY-FOUR DAYS . CollenMorris . 25 June 2023.
  24. Web site: Morris . Colleen . FIFTY-FOUR DAYS . CollenMorris . 25 June 2023.

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