Katie L. Hall

History

A proud Chicago native, Katie decided to keep it local and attend Northwestern University. Two years in, she chose to trade in her Division I hockey scholarship for a degree in theatre and film. After graduating from Northwestern - she began her pursuit in comedy, studying at Second City, Comedysportz, iO, and eventually landing at The Groundlings in Los Angeles. Katie's work as an actress and comic has been selected for the Telly Awards, Hugo Awards, Addy Awards, the Midwest Independent Film Festival, the Breckenridge Film Festival, and numerous United Film Festivals.

Profile

Movies

Single Mother by Choice

Kate (uncredited)

Tracking a real-life pregnancy, this fictional film tells the story of a Latinx workaholic who’s determined to have a baby on her own terms and gets more than she bargained for when she gets pregnant in the year 2020.

Safer at Home

Reporter

Two years into the pandemic, a group of friends throw an online party with a night of games, drinking and drugs. After taking an ecstasy pill, things go terribly wrong and the safety of their home becomes more terrifying than the raging chaos outside.

Park City

Usher

PARK CITY is the story of a filmmaking team that lose their movie and their minds. JOEY, an ambitious and jaded director, and HANNAH, a savvy producer, hit the road to the Sundance Film Festival with the 35mm film print of their movie, HEARTS AND CASH, in the trunk of their car. They’ve invited along their melodramatic lead actress, JILL, who insists upon bringing her cat everywhere she goes; as well as their glorified production assistant, DAVE, who documents their Sundance Adventure on his iPhone.

Go for It!

Student-Katie Simpson

Carmen is a good student with a bad attitude who lives for dancing in the underground clubs of Chicago. She yearns to be 'somebody' but is afraid to believe in herself. Her immigrant Mexican, working-class parents want her to stay in school and get an education, so she attends junior college while working at a grocery store. Carmen's professor catches her performing one day in the neighborhood and challenges her to audition to a formal dance school in California. She gets into a fight with her chaotic family and runs away to her best friend Gina's place only to find out Gina's been getting beat up by her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Carmen's boyfriend, Jared wants her to commit and move in with him. Pulled apart in every direction, her dream of dancing fades. Can Carmen overcome her fears and take the biggest chance of her life, or will she succumb to her self-doubt?

Act Naturally

Screenplay

When two estranged stepsisters inherit their father's nudist colony, getting back to nature has never been so completely unnatural.

Act Naturally

Editor

When two estranged stepsisters inherit their father's nudist colony, getting back to nature has never been so completely unnatural.

Act Naturally

Producer

When two estranged stepsisters inherit their father's nudist colony, getting back to nature has never been so completely unnatural.

Act Naturally

Leah Collins

When two estranged stepsisters inherit their father's nudist colony, getting back to nature has never been so completely unnatural.