Katherine Waddell is an actress and producer who grew up in São Paulo, Brazil, and has studied fine arts for over 20 years, spanning two continents. Her first producing credit came from her role as Associate Producer on Six L.A. Love Stories, featuring Matthew Lillard, Alicia Witt, and Carrie Preston. Her latest credits come as Executive Producer for The Inventor, starring Marion Cotillard, Stephen Fry, and Daisy Ridley. In addition, she is a Co-Executive Producer on Dinner in America, starring Kyle Gallner and Emily Skeggs, from PSH Creative and Ben Stiller's Red Hour Productions. Dinner in America was officially selected to compete in the US Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2020. She is also an executive producer on We Need To Do Something, a horror film that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Now residing in Los Angeles, in 2020 Katherine started the production company First Bloom Films alongside writer and director, Em Johnson, and they recently completed their company's first feature, Balloon Animal, and secured distribution with Buffalo8.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Actor and producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
What are Katherine Waddell's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 1
Steady 4 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 6 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 2
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
- Allyas Renee in Pennsylvania Holy Ghosts (2014)
- Heroas Poppy Valentine in Balloon Animal (2022)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Katherine Waddell's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Katherine Waddell's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
12 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
To Kill a Wolf(2024)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Project MKHEXE(2025)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
They Come From the Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Blush(2023)
The Inventor(2023)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Balloon Animal(2022)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
We Need to Do Something(2021)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all filmsOdd Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Dinner in America(2020)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Six LA Love Stories(2016)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Pennsylvania Holy Ghosts(2014)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)The Designer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles, 7 of them dated from 2014 to 2025.
Biggest box office
The Inventor (2023)
Highest rated
Dinner in America (2020)
Most popular right now
The Inventor (2023)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do Katherine Waddell's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of the 8 of 9 with a score; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 8 titles are Divisive.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 87, detractors 52. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Katherine Waddell work with?
People who share at least 2 of Katherine Waddell's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Em Johnson shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Em JohnsonShared titles: Blush (2023), Balloon Animal (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Em Johnson
Actors
- Pat HealyShared titles: We Need to Do Something (2021), Dinner in America (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Pat Healy
Composers and cinematographers
- Alexa L. BordenShared titles: Blush (2023), Balloon Animal (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Alexa L. Borden
- Jean-Philippe BernierShared titles: We Need to Do Something (2021), Dinner in America (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Jean-Philippe Bernier
Producers
- David LyonsShared titles: To Kill a Wolf (2024), The Inventor (2023)See all 2 shared titles with David Lyons
- Jay BurnleyShared titles: To Kill a Wolf (2024), The Inventor (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Jay Burnley
- Jeremy WaltonShared titles: To Kill a Wolf (2024), The Inventor (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Jeremy Walton
- Bill StertzShared titles: We Need to Do Something (2021), Dinner in America (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Bill Stertz
Mixed roles
- Sean King O'GradyShared titles: We Need to Do Something (2021), Dinner in America (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Sean King O'Grady