Katheryn Winnick
Winnick in 2012, Photo by Prphotos Birth Name: Kateryna Anna Vinitska Place of Birth: Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada Date of Birth: December 17, 1977 Ethnicity...
Winnick in 2012, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Kateryna Anna Vinitska
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Place of Birth: Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: December 17, 1977
Ethnicity: Ukrainian
Katheryn Winnick is a Canadian actress. Her roles include the series Bones, Vikings, Wu Assassins, and Big Sky, and the films Hellraiser: Hellworld, Amusement (2008), Choose (2010), A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, The Art of the Steal, Polar (2019), and The Marksman. She is also a U.S. citizen.
Her parents, Lesya and Roman, were born in Germany, where their ethnic Ukrainian families left to escape the Soviet government. When they were children, they moved to Canada. Her father’s parents were from Boryslav and Staryi Sambir, respectively. Her mother’s family was from Galicia, with her grandfather born in Ternopil Oblast and her grandmother from Lviv.
Her mother is Vice-President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. Her first language is Ukrainian. Katheryn and her mother created The Winnick Foundation for Ukraine in 2022.
Katheryn’s paternal grandfather was named Volodimir Vinitsky.
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