Kate is an actor, theatre-maker and multimodal arts facilitator.

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

Kate’s recent theatre credits include leading roles in Griffin Theatre’s Dead Cat Bounce and Babydoll for Ensemble Theatre. Previous theatre credits include Kill Climate Deniers (Kinetik Collective), Emil and the Detectives (Slingsby), That Eye, The Sky, Three Sisters, The Glass Menagerie, Hedda Gabler, Jesikah, Masquerade (State Theatre Company South Australia), The Overcoat (Belvoir), Big Bad Wolf, Fugitive (Windmill Theatre Company), Brief Encounter (Kneehigh Theatre UK), Minus One Sister (Griffin Theatre), Spring Awakening (ATYP – nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, Sydney Theatre Awards), 4 Minutes 12 Seconds (Outhouse Theatre Company) and Home Invasion (An Assorted Few – nominated Best Performance in a Leading Role, Sydney Theatre Awards).

Kate is a member of The Bait Fridge, a multi-disciplinary artist collective working in experimental and socially engaged performance.  

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.  

Kate is a graduate of Adelaide College of the Arts (Acting). 

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