Katie Carpenter

Katie Carpenter is an American actress, costume designer, and film producer.

Career

Carpenter is a graduate of Catawba College, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre, Class of 2013, and gained experience in acting and wardrobe design. After first working professionally in Charlotte, North Carolina, she was cast in a film in Atlanta, Georgia and moved there to continue her career. designs commercials and feature films, or works as a costumer on television shows and films, including Black Lightning, Legacies, MacGyver, Welcome to Pine Grove, and Doom Patrol.

Awards

Carpenter won a performance scholarship to attend Catawba College. During the summer of 2013, she won the Best Actress award in the Greensboro, N.C. 48 Hour Film Project. In 2020, she won the Women in Film and Television Atlanta (WIFTA) Short Film Showcase 2020 Southern Shorts Award for "Best Directing" for co-directing (with Jenna Kanell) the post-apocalyptic short film Deathless.

Filmography highlights

Legacies (2019-2021), fantasy drama television series The Haunting of Hill House (2018), supernatural horror drama television series Acrimony (2018), psychological thriller Bloody Ballet (2018), independent horror film Maid to Order (2016-2017), comedic webseries House of Cards (2016), television series All Girls Weekend (2016), independent horror film Devious Maids (2016), television comedy-drama and mystery series