Kate is an actor, theatre-maker, dramaturg, and arts facilitator living and working on Kaurna Yerta. 

Since graduating from Adelaide College of the Arts, Kate has performed with many of Australia’s leading mainstage and independent theatre companies. Select theatre credits include Emil and The Detectives and The Tree Of Light (Slingsby), Kill Climate Deniers (Kinetik Collective), Baby Doll (Ensemble Theatre), Dead Cat Bounce, Masquerade and Minus One Sister (Griffin Theatre Company), Three Sisters, The Glass Menagerie, Jessikah, That Eye The Sky, Hedda Gabler (State Theatre Company South Australia), Big Bad Wolf and Fugitive (Windmill Theatre Company), the Australian tour of Brief Encounter (Kneehigh Theatre, UK), Spring Awakening (ATYP- nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, Sydney Theatre Awards), The Overcoat (Belvoir 25A) and Home Invasion (An Assorted Few- nominated Best Performance in a Leading Role, Sydney Theatre Awards). 

In 2018 she played the lead role in the AACTA-nominated feature film Strange Colours, premiering at the Venice Film Festival and earning her a nomination for Best Lead Actress by the Film Critics Circle of Australia. Additional on-screen credits include Riot, The Letdown and Ladies in Black (ABC), The Commons (Stan), Sexy Nails (Photoplay Films) and feature films The Royal Hotel, The Obscure and One Eyed Girl. 

In 2024, Kate was selected as one of five participants for Developing the Dramaturg SA, receiving mentorship and ongoing professional placement with Brink Productions. 

Kate was an inaugural member of the Belvoir Artist Workshop as a devising artist on new performance works and is a collaborator with The Bait Fridge, a multi-disciplinary artist collective working in experimental and socially engaged performance.  

For her work on-stage, Kate was awarded the Emerging Artist of the Year by the Adelaide Critics Circle and was the recipient of the Neil Curnow Performing Arts Award and the Adele Koh Scholarship for Acting.