Katie Kerr is a Canadian actress who portrayed Diana Barry, Anne Shirley, Muriel Stacy and Mrs. Gillis in Anne of Green Gables: The Musical.
Biography[]
Katie Kerr was born in 1988 in Windsor, Ontario, where she was also raised. She was a top-10 finalist in CBC-TV’s How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, a nationwide search for the lead of a production of The Sound of Music in 2008.
Kerr portrayed Diana Barry in the 2010 season of Anne of Green Gables: The Musical and repeated the role in 2012. She was later cast as Anne Shirley and played the part for two seasons (2013–2014). In 2015, she portrayed Miss Stacy and Mrs. Gillis. The following year, Kerr returned to play her first Anne character, Diana Barry.
Filmography[]
Behind the scenes[]
- Katie Kerr was the 16th actress who portrayed Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables: The Musical.
- Kerr has played Diana Barry alongside five different Annes – Jennifer Toulmin (2010), Tess Benger (2012), Jessica Gallant (2016), AJ Bridel (2017–2018), and Emma Rudy (2019).
- Both Katie Kerr and Jessica Gallant had played Diana Barry before being cast as the lead character, Anne Shirley.
- Both Katie Kerr and Chilina Kennedy portrayed Anne Shirley and later returned to play Miss Stacy – Kennedy in 2013 and Kerr in 2015.
Gallery[]
Anne of Green Gables Wiki has 62 images of Katie Kerr (view category). |
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Actresses who portrayed Diana Barry |
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Live-action actresses |
Laurie Lovelle · Gertrude Messinger · Phyllis Shumway · Margaret Griffin · Lise Lasalle · Jan Francis · Schuyler Grant Piyumi Gamage · Buddhika Wimalasekara · May Walker · Ravyn Hohneke · Nasya Brotherson · Jutta Majava Jessica Vargas · Julia Lalonde · Dalila Bela |
Voice actresses |
Rosamund Barnes · Rita Staines · Katka Minichová · Gara Takashima · Agnieszka Kwaśniak · Grażyna Marzec Joanne MacInnes · Emily Hampshire · Rebecca Peters · Tara Lipinski · Uschi Hugo |
Stage actresses |
Marylyn Stuart · Susan Anderson · Glenda Landry · Mari Trainor · Deborah Templeton · Liz Gilroy · Lisa Rubin · Sarah Daurie Brenley Charkow · Heidi Ford · Lisa Lennox · Sarah Sheps · Natalie Daradich · Alison Smyth · Kathryn Ballantine Alanna Chisholm · Brittany Banks · Katie Kerr · Jessica Gallant · Brieonna Locche · Jessie Cox · Alessia Lupiano |
Actresses who portrayed Anne Shirley |
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Live-action actresses |
Mary Miles Minter · Anne Shirley · Carole Lorimer · Shirley Lorimer · Toby Tarnow · Mirielle Lachance · Kathy Willard Kim Braden · Megan Follows · Vinuri Ramanayake · Poorni Kamaladiwela · Elizabeth Toft · Barbara Hershey Hannah Endicott-Douglas · Mandy Harmon · Mary Kate Wiles · Isabella Jacqueline · Laura Eklund Nhaga Karen Cantiga · Ella Ballentine · Amybeth McNulty |
Voice actresses |
Jadwiga Andrzejewska · Cherry Cottrell · Anna Bučinská · Eiko Yamada · Monika Bezak · Anna Romantowska Barbara Barnes · Bryn McAuley · Mckenzie Sullivan · Mae Whitman · Marie Bierstedt · Rina Hidaka · Mary Kate Wiles |
Stage actresses |
Jamie Ray · Gracie Finley · Malorie-Ann Spiller · Susan Cuthbert · Thea MacNeil · Tracey Moore · Leisa Way Glynis Ranney · Tracy Michailidis · Samantha Winstanley · Sharmaine Ryan · Chilina Kennedy · Jennifer Toulmin Lisa Messina · Marla McLean · Amy Wallis · Melanie LeBlanc · Rebecca Parent · Allyson Pratt · Amy Reitsma Tess Benger · Katie Kerr · Ellen Denny · Jessica Gallant · Karen Slater · Holly Cinnamon · AJ Bridel |
Actresses who portrayed Muriel Stacy |
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Live-action actresses |
Sharon Acker · Kate Beswick · Marilyn Lightstone · Jackie Seplon · Natalie Lisinska |
Voice actresses |
Hiroko Suzuki · Rita Engelmann |
Stage actresses |
Liane Marshall · Judy Armstrong · Betty Phillips · Roma Hearn · Joan Krasevich · Cleone Duncan · Christine Chandler Sharry Flett · Wanda Cannon · Donna Fletcher · Julain Molnar · Marlene Handrahan · Leah Oster · Catherine O'Brien Lindsay Croxall · Lisa Kisch · Chilina Kennedy · Katie Kerr · Josée Boudreau |