Kathryn was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She began dancing ballet at the age of three and got the bug for performance. As a child she trained with the Theatre Aquarius Performing Arts Program. With scholarships and awards in the dramatic arts she went on to complete the actor training program at the University of Toronto Mississauga and Sheridan College.Most notably she worked as Tatiana Maslany's acting double on all five seasons of SPACE/BBC America's "Orphan Black".