Episode Ninety-Two: Catherine Lough Haggquist

Catherine Lough Haggquist is an award-winning actress, a producer, and an entrepreneur. She founded Biz Books in 1996, and she has more than 140 acting credits to her name, including Continuum, Supernatural, Chesapeake Shores, The Good Doctor, Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, numerous Christmas movies, and, most recently, Freeform’s Motherland: Fort Salem. Motherland: Fort Salem imagines a world where, instead of being burned at the stake, the witches of Salem entered into a pact with non-magical humans that made them a celebrated military force. This alternate history is told through the journeys of a trio of young witches – Abigail, Raelle, and Tally – as they are trained to become powerful weapons for the American military. Catherine plays General Petra Bellweather, Abigail’s mother and one of the highest-ranking witches in the military – and the role has given her the opportunity to kick ass, both physically/literally and as an artist. Motherland: Fort Salem was recently renewed for a second season – and in this riveting episode of the YVR Screen Scene Podcast (during which host Sabrina Furminger gushes at length about her love for the series), Catherine talks about the many ways in which the series is groundbreaking and audacious, as well as what it means to her to finally play a character like General Petra Bellweather. Episode sponsor: UBCP/ACTRA[PS. You haven’t missed a whack of episodes: we’ve combined our previous numbered episodes with our Skype Sessions and "special" episodes to arrive at this new numbering system. -SF]