{{short description|Canadian actress (born 1980)}} {{Infobox person | name = Dani Kind | image = Dani Kind at the 2018 CFC Annual Gala & Auction (25432942917).jpg | alt = Profile of Dani Kind in green dress for 2018 CFC Annual Gala & Auction | caption = Kind at Canadian Film Centre Annual Gala & Auction, 15 February 2018 | birth_name = Danielle Kind | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} RELIABLE SOURCE NEEDED --> | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age |YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | children = 2 | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2002–present | notable_works = }}
'''Dani Kind''' is a Canadian actress.
==Early life== Kind chose her career in grade nine after seeing an actress perform a monologue. She then joined her high school's improv team, and took theatre arts at college.<ref name="parentscanada-25-questions">{{cite web |last1=Goddard |first1=Sarah |title=25 Quick-Fire Questions with Dani Kind from Workin' Moms |url=https://www.parentscanada.com/family-life/25-quick-fire-questions-with-celebrity-parent-dani-kind/ |website=ParentsCanada |access-date=6 April 2022 |language=en-CA |date=5 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120015526/https://www.parentscanada.com/family-life/25-quick-fire-questions-with-celebrity-parent-dani-kind/ |archive-date=20 January 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="mydevotionalthoughts">{{cite web |last1=Hill |first1=Ruth |title=Interview With Actress Dani Kind |url=https://mydevotionalthoughts.net/interview-with-actress-dani-kind.html |website=Media From the Heart |access-date=6 April 2022 |date=January 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131050026/https://mydevotionalthoughts.net/2017/01/interview-with-actress-dani-kind.html |archive-date=31 January 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Career== Kind is most noted for her role as Anne Carlson in the television series ''Workin' Moms'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Dani Kind |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/dani-kind-moms |website=Getty Images |access-date=6 April 2022}}</ref><ref>[http://playbackonline.ca/2016/08/22/filming-underway-on-workin-moms/ "Filming begins on Workin’ Moms"]. ''Playback'', August 22, 2016.</ref> for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dani Kind |url=https://www.academy.ca/2019/dani-kind/ |website=Academy.ca |access-date=6 April 2022 |date=7 February 2019}}</ref><ref>Meaghan Wray, [https://ca.hellomagazine.com/film/02019020749765/canadian-screen-awards-2019-nominees "Canadian Screen Awards 2019: See the list of nominees"]. ''Hello! Canada'', February 8, 2019.</ref> Kind is repped by Patterson Talent Management.<ref name="hollywoodreporter-896909">{{cite news |last1=Vlessing |first1=Etan |title=Three Actresses Join ‘Black-ish’ Star Catherine Reitman’s Upcoming Comedy ‘Workin’ Moms’ |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/three-actresses-join-black-ish-896909/ |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=24 May 2016}}</ref>
She also has a recurring role as Mercedes Gardner in ''Wynonna Earp''.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/wynonna-earp-season-3-finale-explained-emily-andras-interview-1147604 "'Wynonna Earp': Inside the Season 3 Finale"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter'' September 28, 2018.</ref>
Kind often acts for the Hallmark Channel.<ref name="looper-218400">{{cite web |last1=G |first1=Alex |title=Why Anne From Workin' Moms Looks So Familiar |url=https://www.looper.com/218400/why-anne-from-workin-moms-looks-so-familiar/ |website=Looper |access-date=6 April 2022 |date=16 June 2020}}</ref>
''Capsule'', a short film she directed, was funded by an Indiegogo campaign and closed at 109%.<ref name="indiegogo-capsule">{{cite web |title=CAPSULE short film |url=https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/capsule-short-film/%23/ |website=Indiegogo |date=6 April 2022 |access-date=8 September 2023 |archive-date=6 April 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220406065955/https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/capsule-short-film/%23/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Workin’ Moms’ Dani Kind on Why Anne Is "Cracked Open" in Season 6 |url=https://www.thetvjunkies.com/workin-moms-dani-kind-season-6-interview/ |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=The TV Junkies}}</ref><ref name="todaysparent-cast-on-lockdown">{{cite web |title=Catherine Reitman and the cast of Workin' Moms on their IRL lockdown with kids |url=https://www.todaysparent.com/family/family-life/workin-moms-cast-on-lockdown-life-catherine-reitman/ |website=Today's Parent |access-date=6 April 2022 |date=February 16, 2021}}</ref>
==Personal life== Kind is the mother of two sons.<ref name="25 Quick-Fire Questions With Dani Kind">{{cite web |last1=Goddard |first1=Sarah |title=25 Quick-Fire Questions With Dani Kind from Workin' Moms |url=https://www.parentscanada.com/family-life/25-quick-fire-questions-with-celebrity-parent-dani-kind/ |website=Parents Canada |publisher=ParentsCanada |access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="shedoesthecity-dani-kind">{{cite web |title=15 Minutes with Dani Kind of The River |url=https://www.shedoesthecity.com/15-minutes-with-dani-kind-of-the-river/ |website=SheDoesTheCity |access-date=6 April 2022 |date=28 October 2015}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Stage=== * 2015 Toronto, Ontario production<ref name="shedoesthecity-dani-kind"/> of Jez Butterworth's ''The River'' (2012)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/9324266/Royal-Court-announces-new-play-from-Jerusalem-writer-Jez-Butterworth.html|title=Royal Court announces new play from ''Jerusalem'' writer Jez Butterworth|last=Bowie-Sell|first=Daisy|date=11 June 2012|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=23 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="nytimes-the-river-on-broadway">{{cite news |last1=Brantley |first1=Ben |title=A Reserve So Deep, You Could Drown |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/theater/hugh-jackman-stars-in-the-river-on-broadway.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=17 November 2014}}</ref>
===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2002 | ''Posers''<ref>{{cite web |title=Dani Kind |url=https://www.northernstars.ca/dani-kind/ |website=NorthernStars.CA |publisher=The Canadian Independent Visual and Digital Media Association Inc. |access-date=6 April 2022 |location=Toronto, Ontario |language=en-CA |date=23 September 2020}}</ref> | Sadie | |- | 2003 | ''Outrage'' | TV Administrator | Uncredited |- | rowspan="2" |2006 | ''Maid of Honor'' | Mollie Wynn | |- | ''Black Widower'' | Stacy | TV film |- | rowspan="4" |2007 | ''Like Mother, Like Daughter'' | Emily Wilkins | TV film |- | ''Decoys 2: Alien Seduction'' | Goth Girl | Video; uncredited |- | ''Christie's Revenge'' | Christie Colton | TV film |- | ''Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer'' | Waitress | |- | rowspan="2" |2008 | ''Dead at 17'' | Danni Harris | TV film |- | ''Picture This'' | High School Girl | TV film |- | rowspan="3" |2009 | ''Carny'' | Leopard Woman | TV film |- | ''Summer's Moon'' | Amber | |- | ''Sleep Buddy'' | Becky | Short film |- | 2011 | data-sort-value="Righteous Tithe, The" | ''The Righteous Tithe'' | Lara | |- | 2012 | ''Daniel'' | Call Girl | Short film |- | 2013 | ''Finding Christmas'' | Courtney | TV film |- | 2014 | ''October Gale'' | Wait Staff | |- | rowspan="2" |2015 | ''Dennis'' | Jenny | Short film |- | ''On the Twelfth Day of Christmas'' | Grace | TV film |- | 2016 | data-sort-value="Night Before Halloween, The" | ''The Night Before Halloween'' | Detective Reese | TV film |- | 2017 | ''Yellow Lines'' | Sophie | Short film |- | 2018 | data-sort-value="Lie, The" | ''The Lie'' | Trini | |- | rowspan="4" |2019 | ''Dotage'' | Jackie | Short film |- | ''Bradley Borgen - The Actor Who Could Not Cry'' | Angry Mom | TV film |- | data-sort-value="Banana Splits Movie, The" | ''The Banana Splits Movie'' | Beth | |- | ''Bear Trap'' | Jason Daley | Short film |- | 2020 | ''Two Deaths of Henry Baker'' | Lucille | |- | 2023 | ''I Used to Be Funny'' | Jill | |- | 2024 | ''Capsule'' | {{N/A}} | Short film; director |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2008 | ''MVP: The Secret Lives of Hockey Wives'' | TV Reporter | Episode: "The Code" |- | 2010 | ''Pure Pwnage'' | Julie | Episodes: "Losing to a n00b", "Girls" |- | rowspan="2" |2012 | data-sort-value="L.A. Complex, The" | ''The L.A. Complex'' | Meghan | Episode: "It's All About Who You Know" |- | ''Murdoch Mysteries'' | Peggy | Episode: "War on Terror" |- | rowspan="2" |2013 | ''Cracked'' | Kate Fincher | Episode: "Night Terrors" |- | ''Played'' | Abi | Episode: "Fights" |- | rowspan="2" |2014 | ''Saving Hope'' | Blake | Episode: "Nottingham 7" |- | data-sort-value="Divide, The" | ''The Divide'' | Pauline McDaniel | Episodes: "And the Little Ones Get Caught", "I'm for Justice" |- | 2015 | ''Remedy'' | Renee Hudson | Episode: "When You Awake" |- | rowspan="3" |2016 | ''Good Witch'' | Sarah | Episodes: "Driven", "Second Time Around" |- | ''Flower Shop Mysteries'' | Jillian Knight Osbourne | Episode: "Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted" |- | ''Four in the Morning'' | Dr. Little | Episode: "Blow" |- | 2017–2023 | ''Workin' Moms''<ref>{{cite web |title=Dani Kind |url=https://www.cbc.ca/workinmoms/m_cast/dani-kind |website=Workin' Moms |publisher=cbc.ca |access-date=6 April 2022}}</ref> | Anne Carlson | Main role |- | 2017–2021 | ''Wynonna Earp'' | Mercedes Gardner | Recurring role (seasons 2–4): 18 episodes |- | 2018 | ''In Contempt'' | A.D.A. Miltown | Episodes: "Banned", "Necessary Force" |- | 2019 | ''Ransom'' | Donna Perez | Episode: "Stay of Execution" |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|1595023}} *{{Instagram|danikindofficial}}<!-- verified -->
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