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Mary Kate Wiles (born March 28th, 1987) is an American actress, singer, producer and performer based in Los Angeles. She is best known for her role as Lydia Bennet in the web series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, as well as her work with the production company Shipwrecked Comedy. She has also featured in a number of productions with StarKid Productions.

Early Life and Education[]

Wiles started as a performer in dance classes and choir from a very young age. The summer before her senior year of high school, she decided to pursue acting. Wiles lived in Fayetteville until age 18, before moving to Los Angeles for college.

While attending the University of Southern California, Wiles performed in eight productions in four years—including Brigadoon (Jean), Hello Again (The Nurse), and The Pajama Game (Poopsie)—and two professional productions outside of school. She was a member of Alpha Delta Pi[1], and she studied abroad at the British American Drama Academy[2].

Wiles graduated in 2009 with two degrees—a BA in both Theatre and English Literature[2].

Work[]

Mary Kate has featured in a number of TV series featuring in roles such as Vicky in Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder, Particia in Young Sheldon, Nurse in Mayans M.C., Betsy in Code Black and Beth in The Middle.

Mary Kate has also featured in a wide range of web series. The most prominent of these is her role as Lydia Bennet in the Emmy-award winning series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries which spawned it's own spin-off The Lydia Bennet!! She has also appeared as Zelda in Squaresville, Hadey in Muzzled the Musical, Sansa Stark in School of Thrones, Sara in Lullaby: A Zombie Musical and Perry Spore in Spore. As well as this, Mary Kate appeared as Harley Quinn in Whitney Avalon's Birds of Prey Rap Battle video.

Mary Kate also featured in a number of films including Murder in the Dark, Dreamworld, Dark Woods, Bridge and Tunnel and Mono. She also featured in The Sound and the Shadow as Ally a role for which she won the award for Best Actress at the North Hollywood Film Festival.

Mary Kate has also featured in a number of productions with StarKid's sister company the Tin Can Bros. She featured as Tatiana Slozhno in Spies Are Forever and as Artemis Schue-Horyn in Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye.

Alongside this, Mary Kate has done a large amount of voiceover work featuring as Frances Beck, daughter of Mysterio in Ultimate Spider-Man, Mae Merriweather in Brain Chase, Eris in Wolf 359 and Kate in Unseen. She has also self-produced podcast readings of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne Shirley series featuring Mary Kate as Anne Shirley.

In 2015, Mary Kate Wiles joined the internet production company Shipwrecked Comedy, after starring in their web series Kissing in the Rain. She then went on to become a core member of Shipwrecked, serving as a producer and actress for a number of their projects. Mary Kate has since gone on to feature in a number of roles with Shipwrecked Comedy such as appearing as Vivian in The Case of the Gilded Lily, Annabel Lee in Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party and Kat Van Tassel in Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story.

StarKid Productions[]

Mary Kate made her StarKid debut in the web series Movies, Musicals, & Me featuring as Judy Davensdale.

Personal Life[]

Wiles has been in a relationship with fellow actor and Shipwrecked Comedy member Sean Persaud since 2014. The two announced their engagement in April 2022, and married in Oahu, Hawaii on March 11, 2023[3].

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