{{Short description|Canadian actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Kate Kelton | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|6|20}}{{cn|date=July 2024}} | birth_place = Bamberg, West Germany | occupation = Artist, model and actress }} '''Kate Kelton''' (born June 20, 1978) is a Canadian film and television actress and an artist, who had a recurring role on Syfy's ''Haven'' from 2012 to 2013. Kelton has also had leading roles in music videos as well as a long-running international commercial for Tic Tac.
==Personal life and education== Kelton was born in Bamberg, West Germany to Czech parents. Her mother is an artist and her adopted father was an architect. Kelton is the great-granddaughter of Czech architect Josef Fanta. Settling in Toronto when she was seven, Kelton attended the Etobicoke School of the Arts and received a Bachelor of Applied Arts in film from Ryerson University. She began her career as an artist before moving into acting.<ref name="officialwebsite">[http://www.katekelton.com/about.htm About Kate Kelton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604010610/http://www.katekelton.com/about.htm |date=2012-06-04}}, katekelton.com; accessed June 17, 2014.</ref>
==Art career== Kelton's artwork is exhibited internationally, including at La Luz de Jesus Gallery and Gallery1988 in Los Angeles and New York, and Galerie F in Chicago.{{fact|date=October 2020}} She has posed for artist Jason Shawn Alexander in the lead role of Corrine for his comic book series, ''Empty Zone''.{{fact|date=October 2020}} Kelton is a contributing author to ''Making It in High Heels: Inspiring Stories by Women for Women of All Ages.''{{fact|date=October 2020}} In 2019, her series SENTRY debuted in Los Angeles at Cactus Gallery. The series takes embellishments of a Prague train station designed by her great-grandfather, Josef Fanta, and combines these with portraits of women who came forward about sexual harassment and abuse in the entertainment industry- the''Silence Breakers''.{{fact|date=October 2020}}
==Commercial career== Kelton played the "Tic Tac Girl" appearing in Tic Tac mints television commercials for almost a decade throughout Canada, Australia, South Africa and Israel.{{fact|date=October 2020}}
===Film=== Kelton's feature film debut was in ''Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle''. Kelton has also appeared in several independent films.
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2002 |''American Psycho 2'' |Clara |Video |- |2003 |data-sort-value="Republic of Love, The" | ''The Republic of Love'' |Mother #1 |- |2004 |''Eden's Wake'' |Mary |Short |- |2004 |''Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle'' |Christy | |- |2005 |''{{sortname|The|Chick Magnet|nolink=1}}'' |Betty |Short |- |2005 |''{{sortname|The|Last Hit|nolink=1}}'' |Amanda | |- |2005 |''Cake'' |Tralee | |- |2006 |''{{sortname|The|Last Woman on Earth|nolink=1}}'' |Hannah |Short |- |2008 |''{{sortname|The|Museum|nolink=1}}'' |Abby |Short |- |2010 |''Growth'' |Gina | |- |2011 |''Detention'' |Madison / Slashing Beauty | |- |2012 |''{{sortname|The|Longer Day of Happiness|nolink=1}}'' |Veronica | |}
===Television=== Her first series leading role on television was opposite Eric Roberts and Eddie Izzard, as Martine, in IFC's ''Bullet in the Face''. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2002 |''Spynet'' |Carmen |"Sugar Mountain" |- |2005 |''{{sortname|The|Eleventh Hour|The Eleventh Hour (Canadian TV series)}}'' |Charlotte Gish |"Bumpy Cover" |- |2005 |''Wild Card'' |Angie |"See Ya Later, Investigator!" |- |2010 |''Suitemates'' |Melanie McPherson |Main role |- |2012 |''Bullet in the Face'' |Martine Mahler |TV miniseries |- |2012–2013 |''Haven'' |Jordan McKee |Recurring role |- |2015 |''HOARS (Home Owner Association Regency Supreme)'' |PanAm |"No Multi-colored, Non-specific or Specific Holiday Lights 67(Ooh)" |}
==Music video== Kelton starred in numerous music videos, including Shaggy's "It Wasn’t Me" and Eric Clapton’s "Can’t Let You Do It."{{fact|date=October 2020}}
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