Catherine Waller | |
Birth Name: | Catherine Rangi Waller |
Birth Date: | 16 August 1989 |
Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
Nationality: | New Zealander American |
Catherine Rangi Waller (born 16 August 1989) is a New Zealand-American television writer and actress.
Catherine Waller was born in Auckland, New Zealand, to Wendy Waller and John Waller, who are both Americans. Waller attended Avondale College. She graduated with a BFA in Acting at Toi Whakaari.[1]
In 2014, Waller's solo work The Creeps, first premiered in Hollywood Fringe.[2] In 2018, she featured in an episode of Netflix's Love. Waller co-wrote The Luring, a 2017, short film where she also starred as Laura.[3] She played the role of Krissy in Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk.
For her role as Amber on the New Zealand TV series, Hounds, she was nominated for the 2013 TV Guide Best On The Box Award.[4] In the 2014 Hollywood Fringe Festival Awards, Waller won the Golden Elephant Award for The Creeps.[5] The Creeps was also nominated for United Solo & Backstage Audience Award.[6] Waller is also a winner of Best Physical Theatre and Best Interactive show at United Solo Festival.[7]
In 2011, Waller and her sister Amy produced a play, Gloria, to honor the life of their grandmother, Gloria Stanford.[8] [9] In 2011 Waller came out as gay and in 2021, married her wife.