June 2008
The new Wendy's commercial "Love Mornings" featuring Katherine has been
released. See it on the Video page or by clicking
here.
June 2008
Three of Katherine's films are screening this month:
The indie short Back Roads starring Katherine and Toni Sawyer will be screening Saturday June 7th at 1pm at The Regency Fairfax Theater at 7907 Beverly Blvd. in Los Angeles. Back Roads will be followed by the feature film Bonneville starring Jessica Lange,Kathy Bates and Joan Allen. The dual screening is a special event for the Red Hat Society.
The full-length indie feature 13 Months of Sunshine is playing for the entire month of June at Culver Plaza Theatres in Culver City at 9919 Washington Blvd in Culver City, CA. Show times are Fridays 9:30pm, Saturday 7:30pm and Sundays 4:00 pm. Katherine plays an INS agent in the film. You can see the trailer on YouTube.
The noir thriller Agent 5 has been accepted to screen at the International Film Festival of England 2008 in Tamworth, Leicestershire on Friday, June 13th. Agent 5 has been nominated for "Best Film Noir 2008" at the festival. Katherine has a supporting role in the film.
March 2008
Katherine's new Demo Reel for 2008 is now on the site on the
Video page. It includes new clips from
Lot Lizard and Back Roads.
March 2008
Katherine booked a commercial for Wendy's Restaurants, "Love Mornings" (it's not what you're thinking) to promote their new Maple-Baked Frescuit breakfast entree. Filming finished March 20th at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA. The commercial is scheduled to air regionally and may air nationally as well.
March 2008
Back Roads, directed by Cesario Tio and written by Stephanie Walker, is premiering at the Women's International Film Festival 2008 on Monday, March 31st at 7:00 pm. Click here for a link. You can also see clips from the film on Katherine's reel.
September 2007
Katherine is featured in one of several humorous ads introducing Toyota to NASCAR fans at Toyota Pit Pass. Click the 'Department of Fan Ops' at the top right of the page. After the intro (which you can skip), click 'Videos' at the top right corner. Choose 'Fan Tandem.'
August 2007
Katherine has booked a commercial for Toyota's upcoming national ad campaign for NASCAR for the Saatchi and Saatchi ad agency. The spot was shot at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
June 2007
Katherine has been cast as "Mrs. Miller" in Poya Pictures' independent short film The Undertaker, produced by Adrian Fulle and directed by Wendy Hopkins.
May 2007
Katherine has signed with Marian Berzon Talent agency for theatrical representation.
February 2007
Coming To Town is screening at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. You can see a list of shows at the Comedy Arts Festival by clicking here. More information about Coming To Town is also on IMDB. You can also see one of the movie posters on the photo page or by clicking here.
Show Times:
Thursday March 1, 10:30am
Saturday March 3, 12:00 noon
The show now has it's own web site at http://www.coming-to-town.com. A note about the US Comedy Arts festival can also be found here at Hollywood Reporter magazine.
December 2006
Katherine recently appeared in Coming to Town, a dark comedy about Santa's 'bad' brother and how he comes into play when a girl tormented by bullies asks for revenge, not gifts, for Christmas. It makes 'Bad Santa' look pale by comparison. Coming To Town has just been nominated for an HBO Comedy Award, it will be screened at the HBO Comedy Award Film Festival in Aspen, Colorado on February 28th and will air on HBO sometime in 2007.
Katherine plays the mother of the bully who finds herself and
her husband on the wrong end of some elf business on Christmas Eve. A clip of
the movie is included as part of Katherine's reel here. (Note it's NOT for
kids.)
There's also a news story
here about the producer of the film
which gives a bit of background on the production. Just click the "Filmmaker
Gets Big Break on the Small Screen" link to see the video news segment from KAKE
TV in Wichita, KS. You can also read a short review of the film
here.
Coming To Town has also been nominated at the Florida Film Festival, the AFI Dallas Film Festival, the Del Rey Beach Film Festival, the Granada Film Festival and the Umbria Film Festival.
November 2006
Katherine has been cast in a leading role in the independent film Back Roads.
Title: Back Roads
Director & Exec. Producer: Cesario Tio
Co-Producer & Writer: Stephanie Walker
Role: Billie (lead, daughter) - Katherine M. O'Connor
Role: Nora (lead, mother) - Toni Sawyer
Format: Digital, HD
"Confined to the space of a broken down car on the side of a deserted road,
a mother and daughter confront the growing divide that has separated them
for years, finally managing to bridge the vast expanse between them."
Filming starts January 6th, 2007.
