Katerina Bakolias
- Actress
- Writer
- Production Manager
Katerina Bakolias is a queer, Greek-Canadian, award-winning actor, playwright, producer, and screenwriter. She graduated from Dalhousie University's Fountain School of Performing Arts in 2015 with an Honors in Theatre and has been working in the Halifax film and theatre community ever since.
She has participated in The Writers Edge Screenwriting Retreat hosted by WIFT and guided by Cynthia Knight, as well as the FIN Script Development Program where she completed the second draft of her feature film Salvage under the guidance of Michael Melski. Her first short film, Roomies (2020), premiered at the 2020 FIN Film Festival and was broadcast on CBC Gem in the Reel East Coast Shorts Season Six. She has several television series, as well as a feature film in development slated to go to camera in 2023.
Katerina has worked as a story consultant on several short films, features, and new plays. Her play, Til Death Do Us Part, a slapstick comedy about a wedding gone wrong, premiered at Nova Scotia's largest regional theatre, Neptune Theatre, May 2022. Katerina was the recipient of the Best Actor Award at the 2017 Atlantic Fringe Festival for her performance as Callie in Stop Kiss and more recently was honored with the 2020 Chrysalis Emerging Artist Award. She was also shortlisted for the 2022 Whistler Film Festival Screenwriters Lab.
She has participated in The Writers Edge Screenwriting Retreat hosted by WIFT and guided by Cynthia Knight, as well as the FIN Script Development Program where she completed the second draft of her feature film Salvage under the guidance of Michael Melski. Her first short film, Roomies (2020), premiered at the 2020 FIN Film Festival and was broadcast on CBC Gem in the Reel East Coast Shorts Season Six. She has several television series, as well as a feature film in development slated to go to camera in 2023.
Katerina has worked as a story consultant on several short films, features, and new plays. Her play, Til Death Do Us Part, a slapstick comedy about a wedding gone wrong, premiered at Nova Scotia's largest regional theatre, Neptune Theatre, May 2022. Katerina was the recipient of the Best Actor Award at the 2017 Atlantic Fringe Festival for her performance as Callie in Stop Kiss and more recently was honored with the 2020 Chrysalis Emerging Artist Award. She was also shortlisted for the 2022 Whistler Film Festival Screenwriters Lab.
