Tate Lauren Kenney was born on July 25 in Ontario, Canada to Tammy (Bourdon), a marketing analyst, and Scott Kenney, a police officer. She has a younger sister and has German, Irish and French ancestry. She began as a FORD model in early childhood and was involved in competitive cheer-leading, tennis, soccer, various forms of dance, as well as cross-country and track-and-field running. She began acting in children's theatre at age eight. Throughout high school, she focused on her academics and competitive athletic endeavors and afterwards, performed in several theatre productions out of London, Ontario while she studied at university. Her Canadian credits include the world premiere of Kierston Drier's "All Things Beautiful" and Gianni Baha's "All Alone_Together", which won Best Relationship Drama at the IVEY Film Festival 2012. She graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Ontario, holding a double major in English Language and Literature and Film Studies. Shortly after graduation, she began studying at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City in their Two Year Conservatory Program. She was the recipient of the Vincent D'Onofrio Scholarship Award for her lifelong dedication to method acting while studying there. She was able to train with Vincent D'Onofrio in an invitation-only master class and has since assisted Mr. D'Onofrio in his master classes for students of both the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. While completing her training, she starred in several productions at the Lee Strasberg Theatre, including Flirt in Inge's "The Dark At The Top of The Stairs" directed by Lee Kasper, Darlene in Wilson's "Balm in GIlead" directed by Jenna Worsham and Marcia in Guirgis' "Our Lady of 121st Street" directed by Kelly O'Donnell. On camera, she played Marilyn Monroe in Cristina Noya's "Happy Birthday Mr. President", Brittany in Steven Liiro's "Mermaid Parade" and Curry in Charles J. Ouda's "Who Are You?", which was selected as one of the Top 35 films featured and won Best Director at the 72 Hour Shootout as part of the Asian American Film Lab. Beginning to work professionally in New York, Tate frequented both the stage and screen. She work-shopped readings of plays at the legendary Actors Studio and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, performed Off-Off-Broadway at New Perspectives Theater and as part of the Future Is Female Festival, which was a cross-country event. She made her television debut in the leading role of true-crime victim Erin Belanger on Investigation Discovery's "The Real Story with Maria Elena Salinas", in an episode regarding Erin and the infamous X-Box Murders in Deltona, Florida. On film, Tate had a supporting role in Ali Matlock's "My Radical Valentine" which has garnered an Official Selection designation from the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival 2017, an Official Selection designation form the 2017 International Horror Hotel and has been pre-selected for the Rome Film Awards 2017. She also participated in commercial campaigns for the Home T, Trish McEvoy cosmetics, IMC Restaurant and Flytes. Additionally, she has studied with expert Eva Volitzer in an Anton Chekjov master class and with JoAnna Beckson in a Meisner workshop, where she was awarded with a scholarship award generously provided by Ms. Beckson. Tate has been a teaching assistant in the Young Actors program at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute for over a year. She is also a proud member of the League of Professional Theatre Women and sits on their Heritage Committee. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
