# Dani Kind

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{{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](/source/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](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/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](/source/improvisational_theatre) 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](/source/Workin'_Moms)'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Dani Kind |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/dani-kind-moms |website=[Getty Images](/source/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](/source/Playback_(magazine))'', August 22, 2016.</ref> for which she received a [Canadian Screen Award](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award) nomination for [Best Actress in a Comedy Series](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Comedy_Series) at the [7th Canadian Screen Awards](/source/7th_Canadian_Screen_Awards) in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dani Kind |url=https://www.academy.ca/2019/dani-kind/ |website=[Academy.ca](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter) |date=24 May 2016}}</ref>

She also has a recurring role as Mercedes Gardner in ''[Wynonna Earp](/source/Wynonna_Earp_(TV_series))''.<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](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)'' September 28, 2018.</ref>

Kind often acts for the [Hallmark Channel](/source/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](/source/Looper_(website)) |access-date=6 April 2022 |date=16 June 2020}}</ref>

''Capsule'', a short film she directed, was funded by an [Indiegogo](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=17 November 2014}}</ref>

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2002
| ''[Posers](/source/Posers_(film))''<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](/source/Decoys_2%3A_Alien_Seduction)''
| Goth Girl
| Video; uncredited
|-
| ''Christie's Revenge''
| Christie Colton
| TV film
|-
| ''[Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer](/source/Jack_Brooks%3A_Monster_Slayer)''
| Waitress
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2008
| ''Dead at 17''
| Danni Harris
| TV film
|-
| ''[Picture This](/source/Picture_This_(2008_film))''
| High School Girl
| TV film
|-
| rowspan="3" |2009
| ''[Carny](/source/Carny_(2009_film))''
| Leopard Woman
| TV film
|-
| ''[Summer's Moon](/source/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](/source/October_Gale_(film))''
| 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](/source/The_Lie_(2018_film))''
| 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](/source/The_Banana_Splits_Movie)''
| Beth
|
|-
| ''Bear Trap''
| Jason Daley
| Short film
|-
| 2020
| ''Two Deaths of Henry Baker''
| Lucille
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[I Used to Be Funny](/source/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](/source/MVP_(TV_series))''
| TV Reporter
| Episode: "The Code"
|-
| 2010
| ''[Pure Pwnage](/source/Pure_Pwnage)''
| Julie
| Episodes: "Losing to a n00b", "Girls"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
| data-sort-value="L.A. Complex, The" | ''[The L.A. Complex](/source/The_L.A._Complex)''
| Meghan
| Episode: "It's All About Who You Know"
|-
| ''[Murdoch Mysteries](/source/Murdoch_Mysteries)''
| Peggy
| Episode: "War on Terror"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
| ''[Cracked](/source/Cracked_(Canadian_TV_series))''
| Kate Fincher
| Episode: "Night Terrors"
|-
| ''[Played](/source/Played_(TV_series))''
| Abi
| Episode: "Fights"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014
| ''[Saving Hope](/source/Saving_Hope)''
| Blake
| Episode: "Nottingham 7"
|-
| data-sort-value="Divide, The" | ''[The Divide](/source/The_Divide_(TV_series))''
| Pauline McDaniel
| Episodes: "And the Little Ones Get Caught", "I'm for Justice"
|-
| 2015
| ''[Remedy](/source/Remedy_(TV_series))''
| Renee Hudson
| Episode: "When You Awake"
|-
| rowspan="3" |2016
| ''[Good Witch](/source/Good_Witch_(TV_series))''
| Sarah
| Episodes: "Driven", "Second Time Around"
|-
| ''Flower Shop Mysteries''
| Jillian Knight Osbourne
| Episode: "Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted"
|-
| ''[Four in the Morning](/source/Four_in_the_Morning_(TV_series))''
| Dr. Little
| Episode: "Blow"
|-
| 2017–2023
| ''[Workin' Moms](/source/Workin'_Moms)''<ref>{{cite web |title=Dani Kind |url=https://www.cbc.ca/workinmoms/m_cast/dani-kind |website=Workin' Moms |publisher=[cbc.ca](/source/cbc.ca) |access-date=6 April 2022}}</ref>
| Anne Carlson
| Main role
|-
| 2017–2021
| ''[Wynonna Earp](/source/Wynonna_Earp_(TV_series))''
| Mercedes Gardner
| Recurring role (seasons 2–4): 18 episodes
|-
| 2018
| ''[In Contempt](/source/In_Contempt)''
| A.D.A. Miltown
| Episodes: "Banned", "Necessary Force"
|-
| 2019
| ''[Ransom](/source/Ransom_(TV_series))''
| Donna Perez
| Episode: "Stay of Execution"
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1595023}}
*{{Instagram|danikindofficial}}<!-- verified -->

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