Katia Winter

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| name = Katia Winter

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|10|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| occupation = Actress

| spouse = {{marriage|Jesse Glick|2013|2016|reason=divorced}}

| years_active = 2005–present

}}

Katia Winter (born 13 October 1983) is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her roles as Nadia in the Showtime series Dexter (2012), Katrina Crane in the Fox series Sleepy Hollow (2013–15), Freydís Eiríksdóttir in The CW series Legends of Tomorrow (2017–18), and Gwen Karlsson in the CBS/Paramount+ series Blood & Treasure (2019–2023). She also appeared in the satirical superhero series The Boys on Amazon Prime Video as the Russian Mob boss Little Nina (2019–present).

Early life

Winter was born in Stockholm. After graduating from high school, she moved to London to study at a stage school. She moved to Los Angeles in the early 2010s.{{cite web |date=2013-11-04 |title=Sleepy Hollow's Katia Winter on Martial Arts, Good Chocolate, and Her Secret Dream Career |url=http://www.self.com/flash/celebrity-blog/2013/11/celebrity-sleepy-hollow-katia-winter-questionnaire/ |accessdate=2015-01-04 |work=Self.com |archive-date=12 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512183903/http://www.self.com/flash/celebrity-blog/2013/11/celebrity-sleepy-hollow-katia-winter-questionnaire |url-status=dead }}

Career

Winter appeared on British television series and in films including the 2009 drama Unmade Beds and the 2011 drama Everywhere and Nowhere.

After making a move to the U.S. she immediately booked the lead female role in Arena opposite Kellan Lutz and Samuel L. Jackson. Soon after she played the lead role in the 2012 independent film Love Sick Love{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/movies/love-sick-love-directed-by-christian-charles.html |title=Movie Review Crazy Girlfriend, Caddish Boyfriend, Nasty Couple 'Love Sick Love,' Directed by Christian Charles |work=The New York Times |date=2013-04-18 |accessdate=2015-01-05}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/love-sick-love-film-review-442148 |title=Love Sick Love: Film Review |work=Hollywoodreporter.com |date=2013-04-18 |accessdate=2015-01-05}} alongside Matthew Settle and in the 2013 independent film Banshee Chapter with Ted Levine.{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/katia-winter-banshee-chapter-interview/ |title=Katia Winter Talks BANSHEE CHAPTER, What Attracted Her to the Story, Working with Ted Levine, SLEEPY HOLLOW, and More |work=Collider.com |date=7 January 2014 |accessdate=2015-01-04}}

In 2012 she appeared in the NCIS episode "Need To Know". In the same year she also joined the cast of Dexter for the show's seventh season, playing the recurring role of Nadia, a Russian stripper who works in a Miami club.{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/katia-winter-dexter-1048383.aspx |title=Swedish Actress Katia Winter Lands Recurring Role on Dexter |work=Tvguide.com |date=2012-06-01 |accessdate=2015-01-05}}{{cite web |url=http://tvline.com/2012/05/31/dexter-katia-winter-season-7/ |title=Dexter Exclusive: Meet Season 7's Mystery Girl |work=Tvline.com |date=2012-05-31 |accessdate=2015-01-05 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dexter-season-7-spoilers-331872 |title='Dexter' Adds Swedish Actress for Sexy, Recurring Role |work=Hollywoodreporter.com |date=2012-05-31 |accessdate=2015-01-05}}

From 2013 to 2015, Winter starred as Katrina Crane on the Fox series Sleepy Hollow.{{cite web |url=http://www.hitfix.com/the-fien-print/interview-sleepy-hollow-co-star-katia-winter-on-getting-to-know-katrina-in-season-2 |title=Interview: 'Sleepy Hollow' co-star Katia Winter on getting to know Katrina in Season 2 |work=Hitfix.com |date=2014-10-06 |accessdate=2015-01-04}}

Personal life

In 2013, Winter married musician Jesse Glick. They separated in June 2015, and she filed for divorce in February 2016.{{cite web |date=February 3, 2016 |title=Katia Winter Files For Divorce |url=https://www.tmz.com/2016/02/03/katia-winter-divorce/ |accessdate=April 10, 2016 |publisher=TMZ.com.}} In 2020, she moved back to Sweden with her British boyfriend. They reside in the countryside, a few hours north of Stockholm.{{Cite news |last=Kellman Larsson |first=Johan |date=24 January 2022 |title=Katia Winter bytte Hollywood mot svensk Vasaloppsfilm: "Jag fick en chock när jag kom hem" |language=Swedish |trans-title=Katia Winter switched Hollywood to Swedish Vasaloppet film: "I got a shock when I got home" |work=Dagens Nyheter |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur/katia-winter-bytte-hollywood-mot-svensk-vasaloppsfilm-jag-fick-en-chock-nar-jag-kom-hem/ |access-date=24 January 2022}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2005 \|Stockholm Boogie \|Party Girl \|
2005 \|Storm \|Bargirl \|
2007 \|Night Junkies \|Ruby Stone \|
2007 \|{{sortname\|The\|Seer\|nolink=1}} \|Ada \|
2008 \|{{sortname\|The\|Perfect Life\|nolink=1}} \|Zoe \|Video short
2009 \|Unmade Beds \|Hannah \|
2009 \|Malice in Wonderland \|Swede \|
2009 \|Prey and Escape \|Girl of the Sea \|Short
2009 \|Level Playing Field \|Helen \|Short
2009 \|Barry Brown \|Elizabeth Sparrow \|Short
2010 \|{{sortname\|The\|Symmetry of Love\|nolink=1}} \|Angie \|
2010 \|Anaphylaxis \|The Poet \|
2011 \|Everywhere and Nowhere \|Bella \|
2011 \|Arena \|Milla \|Video
2011 \|Freya \|Freya \|Short
2012 \|Love Sick Love \|Dori \|
2013 \|Fedz \|Alessandra Ragnfrid \|
2013 \|Banshee Chapter \|Anne Roland \|
2013 \|Stranger Within \|Sophie \|Video
2014 \|Luna \|Amber \|
2015 \|Knight of Cups \|Katia \|
2017 \|Negative \|Natalie \|
2019 \|The Wave \|Natalie \|
2020 \|10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up \|Terren \|
2020 \|You're Not Alone \|Emma \|
2020 \|The Catch \|Beth McManus \|
2022 \|Ur spår \|Lisa \|
2022 \|The Year I Started Masturbating \|Hanna \|
rowspan="2" \|TBA \|L.V.J. \|Michelle Cox \|Post-production
1066 \|Edith Swanneck \|Pre-production

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2005

|Stockholm Boogie

|Party Girl

2005

|Storm

|Bargirl

2007

|Night Junkies

|Ruby Stone

2007

|{{sortname|The|Seer|nolink=1}}

|Ada

2008

|{{sortname|The|Perfect Life|nolink=1}}

|Zoe

|Video short

2009

|Unmade Beds

|Hannah

2009

|Malice in Wonderland

|Swede

2009

|Prey and Escape

|Girl of the Sea

|Short

2009

|Level Playing Field

|Helen

|Short

2009

|Barry Brown

|Elizabeth Sparrow

|Short

2010

|{{sortname|The|Symmetry of Love|nolink=1}}

|Angie

2010

|Anaphylaxis

|The Poet

2011

|Everywhere and Nowhere

|Bella

2011

|Arena

|Milla

|Video

2011

|Freya

|Freya

|Short

2012

|Love Sick Love

|Dori

2013

|Fedz

|Alessandra Ragnfrid

2013

|Banshee Chapter

|Anne Roland

2013

|Stranger Within

|Sophie

|Video

2014

|Luna

|Amber

2015

|Knight of Cups

|Katia

2017

|Negative

|Natalie

2019

|The Wave

|Natalie

2020

|10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up

|Terren

2020

|You're Not Alone

|Emma

2020

|The Catch

|Beth McManus

2022

|Ur spår

|Lisa

2022

|The Year I Started Masturbating

|Hanna

rowspan="2" |TBA

|L.V.J.

|Michelle Cox

|Post-production

1066

|Edith Swanneck

|Pre-production

=Television films=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2013 \|Crimes of Passion: Tragedy in a Country Churchyard \|Barbara \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2013

|Crimes of Passion: Tragedy in a Country Churchyard

|Barbara

=Television series=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2005 \|Dubplate Drama \|Scarlet \|7 episodes
2009 \|Lewis \|Marina Hartner \|Episode: "Allegory of Love"
2012 \|NCIS \|Ava Baransky \|Episode: "Need to Know"
2012 \|Dexter \|Nadia \|9 episodes
2013–15 \|Sleepy Hollow \|Katrina Crane \|25 episodes
2017–18 \|Legends of Tomorrow \|Freydís Eiríksdóttir \|2 episodes
2019 \|Solsidan \|Suzy \|3 episodes
2019–2023 \|Blood & Treasure \|Gwen Karlsson \|12 episodes
2022–2024 \|The Boys \|Little Nina \|5 episodes

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2005

|Dubplate Drama

|Scarlet

|7 episodes

2009

|Lewis

|Marina Hartner