Catherine McClements

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Catherine McClements
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McClements at the 2011 Logie Awards
Born (1965-11-30) 30 November 1965 (age 58)
Education National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1986–present
Known forRachel Goldstein in Water Rats
Kerry Vincent in Rush
Christine Williams in Tangle
Spouse Jacek Koman (c. 1990–present)
Children2

Catherine McClements (born 30 November 1965) is an Australian stage, film and television actress and television presenter. She is known for her TV roles in Water Rats and Tangle , for which she won Logie Awards, and has performed in stage productions for theatre companies such as Belvoir St Theatre, the Melbourne Theatre Company, the Sydney Theatre Company and the State Theatre Company of South Australia.

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Early life and education

McClements attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating in 1985, alongside Baz Luhrmann, Sonia Todd and Justin Monjo. [1] [2] [3] In 1988, McClements, along with a number of other people including Baz Luhrmann, set up an experimental theatre ensemble called Six Years Old and worked on expanding the play Strictly Ballroom, which was first produced in their second year of NIDA in 1984. [4]

Career

In 1993 she had a role in The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End . McClements is best known for her starring role as Rachel Goldstein in the Australian police drama Water Rats from 1996 to 1999. She had a recurring guest role on The Secret Life of Us in 2001, for which she won the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama. She later starred as Rosie in the 2003 drama series CrashBurn and appeared in the Network Ten telemovie Mary Bryant in 2005.

From 2008 she played Inspector/Superintendent Kerry Vincent, in the Australian police drama Rush , and psychologist Christine Williams in the Showcase drama Tangle . A second and third season of Tangle and Rush respectively were announced in 2009 and both aired in 2010. [5] [6] Tangle and Rush were commissioned for new seasons, both to start filming in mid-2011. [7] [8] In 2010, McClements won an AFI award for her role in Tangle. She has also won ASTRA awards for her role in Tangle in 2011 and 2013. [9]

McClements is also an accomplished stage actress who has appeared in stage productions for many theatre companies, including Belvoir St Theatre, the Melbourne Theatre Company, the Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare and the Malthouse Theatre. In 1987, she worked in Adelaide with the South Australia Theatre Company.

In 2011, McClements guest starred in a YouTube and Facebook-only show called Queer as F**k, playing Mel who was a friend of main character Aaron (Gary Abrahams).

In 2012, McClements was cast as Meg Jackson in Wentworth , a contemporary reimagining of the Australian classic Prisoner . She was cast in a leading role for Season One of Wentworth, but her character did not appear beyond episode one. Also in 2013, McClements returned to the stage in Sharr White's play The Other Place for the Melbourne Theatre Company and Phèdre for Bell Shakespeare.

Earlier in 2013, McClements was cast in new ABC telemovie The Broken Shore , alongside Don Hany, Dan Wyllie and Claudia Karvan. It premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival in October 2013 and aired on the ABC in early 2014. [10]

In September 2013, McClements was cast in the film The Menkoff Method, directed by David Parker. [11]

In 2019 she starred in Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries as Birdie Birnside. [12]

In August 2022 she plays the part of a teacher in the State Theatre Company South Australia and Sydney Theatre Company co-production Chalkface , written by Angela Betzien. The play opens at the Dunstan Playhouse in Adelaide. [13]

In 2023, McClements was announced as part of the cast for SBS series Erotic Stories. [14] McClements was also announced as part of the cast of the third and final season of ABC drama Total Control (TV series). [15] McClements was named as part of the cast for ABC drama Return to Paradise. [16]

Awards

YearAwardCategoryFilm/TV/TheatreResult
1990 AFI Best Actress in a Lead RoleWeekend With KateWon
1993 Asia-Pacific Film Festival Best Supporting ActressRedheadsWon
1994 Green Room Award Best Female Actor in a Play Angels in America Nominated
1998 Logie Award Most Popular Actress Water Rats Nominated
Most Outstanding Actress Water Rats Won
People's Choice Award Favourite Actress in a Drama or Serial Water Rats Nominated
1999 AFI Best Actress in a Lead Role Water Rats (episode 4.17 I'm Home)Nominated
2000 Logie Award Most Outstanding Actress Water Rats Nominated
2001 AFI Best Actress in a guest role in a Television Series The Secret Life of Us Won
2007 AFI Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama Call Me Mum Nominated
2008 Helpmann Award Best Female Actor in a Play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Nominated
2010 Astra Award Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor Tangle Nominated
AFI Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama Tangle Won
2011 Astra Award Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor Tangle Won
Logie Award Most Outstanding Actress Rush Nominated
2013 Logie Award Most Outstanding Actress Tangle Nominated
ASTRA Award Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor Tangle Won

Personal life

McClements' husband is actor Jacek Koman, who also guest-starred in The Secret Life of Us as Dominic, though they were not on the show at the same time. [17] They met at the Anthill Theatre in Melbourne in the late 1980s, and have a daughter named Coco and a son named Quincy. McClements' sister is Georgina McClements, a producer, who has credits in shows such as Summer Heights High and Real Stories . Her brother is Brendan McClements, who is the current CEO of Victorian Major Events Company. [18] McClements is good friends with fellow actress Claudia Karvan, whom she met at the AFI awards in 1990 and starred with in the film Redheads in 1992. [19]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Just Us Jessica TaylorTelemovie
1987 The Right Hand Man Sarah RedbridgeFeature film
1990 Struck by Lightning Jill McHughFeature film
Weekend with Kate Kate MuirFeature film
1992 Redheads Diana FerraroFeature film (aka Desperate Prey)
2000 Waiting at the Royal Dinny WestonTelemovie
Better Than Sex SamFeature film
2003 After the Deluge Nikki KirbyTelemovie
FloodhouseAva50 minute film
2005 Mary Bryant MarleenTelemovie
2006 Call Me Mum KateTelemovie
Sexy ThingMumShort film – 15 minutes
2007Fast LaneLouiseShort film - 15 minutes
2008 Emerald Falls Rosalie BaileyFeature film
2013 The Broken Shore Erica BurgouyneTelemovie
2014The Menkoff MethodMajorieFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 My Brother Tom Margaret 'Peggy' McGibbonMiniseries
1993 The Girl from Tomorrow: Tomorrow's End Lorien Miniseries
1993 G.P. Heather RyanTV series - 1 episode: Close Encounters
1996–99 Water Rats Rachel GoldsteinTV series - 109 episodes
2001–02 The Secret Life of Us CarmenTV series - 10 episodes. Won an AFI award for the episode Love Sucks.
2003 CrashBurn Rosie HarfieldTV series
2006 Real Stories JillianTV series - 1 episode
2008–11 Rush Kerry VincentTV series - all 70 episodes
2009–12 Tangle Christine Williams Foxtel series
2010 The Pacific Catherine LeckieTV series - 1 episode: Home
2013 Wentworth Meg Jackson Foxtel series - 4 episodes
2014 The Time of Our Lives DianaTV series - season 2
2015 The Beautiful Lie Tess du PontTV series
2016 Rake JulieTV series - season 4
2017 Sisters GenevieveTV series - 7 episodes
2019 Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries Birdie BirnsideTV series
2022 Pieces of Her Grace Juno Netflix series - 6 episodes
2023 The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Sarah2 episodes
Erotic Stories Sam1 episode (Philia)
2024 Total Control Marion BeaumontABC TV series - season 3, 4 episodes
2024Return to ParadiseIn production

Self appearances

YearTitleNotes
1999Doing Time (TV documentary)Narrator (10-part series)
2000 Good Morning Australia (TV)Guest
2002 Good Morning Australia (TV)Guest
2003Good Morning AustraliaGuest - HerselfTV series, 1 episode
Rove Live (TV)Guest
The Fat (TV)Guest
2009Whale Patrol (TV documentary)Narrator
2010 The Circle Guest
2010 AFI Awards (TV)Presenter
2011Things on Sunday: Sex Malthouse Theatre Panel member
2011 Logie Awards (TV)Presenter
2011 IF Awards (TV)Presenter
2013 Astra Awards (TV)Presenter
2015Sperm Donors Anonymous (TV documentary)Narrator

Theatre work

NameYearCharacterNotes
Holiday Makers 1984 NIDA. Directed by Nick Enright.
All's Well That Ends Well 1984 NIDA. Directed by Kevin Jackson.
Strictly Ballroom 1984; 1986Barbara Pierce NIDA, (1984); Bratislava (1986). Directed by Baz Luhrmann.
The Unseen Hand1985Part of the Hallucinogenics? 3 plays from the 60s event. NIDA. Directed by Ian Watson.
The Greeks (Trilogy: The War, The Murders, The Gods)1985 Iphigenia NIDA & St Martin's Youth Arts Centre.
Dreamplay 1985 NIDA. Directed by Jim Sharman.
Once in a Lifetime 1985 NIDA. Directed by Gale Edwards.
And a Nightingale Sang 1986Joyce Sydney Opera House. Directed by Peter Kingston.
Much Ado About Nothing 1987Hero Playhouse, Adelaide. Directed by Gale Edwards & John Gaden.
Shepherd on the Rocks1987Rhonda Moffat / News team member / Female whale saver Playhouse, Adelaide. Directed by Neil Armfield.
The Winter's Tale 1987 Perdita; Servant Playhouse, Adelaide. Directed by Gale Edwards & John Gaden.
Les Liaisons dangereuses 1987 Playhouse, Adelaide. Directed by John Gaden.
Away 1987Meg Playhouse, Adelaide. Directed by Aubrey Mellor.
Molière (aka The Cabal of Hypocrites)1988Key Studios, Melbourne. Directed by Jean-Pierre Mignon.
The Imaginary Invalid 1989; 1990AngeliqueMelbourne, Perth & Adelaide. Directed by Jean-Pierre Mignon.
Crystal Clear1990Thomasina Universal Theatre. Directed by Terrence O'Connell.
The Crucible 1991 Abigail Williams Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre. Directed by Richard Wherrett.
Angels in America 1993; 1994HarperMelbourne & Adelaide. Directed by Neil Armfield.
Seeing Violet1994IsabelNapier Street Theatre, Melbourne. Directed by Melanie Beddie.
No Family1994Napier Street Theatre, Melbourne. Directed by Chris Corbett.
At Dusk1994LilyNapier Street Theatre, Melbourne. Directed by Tom Considine.
The Blind Giant Is Dancing 1995Louise Belvoir St Theatre. Directed by Neil Armfield.
Suddenly Last Summer 2000Catharine Belvoir St Theatre. Directed by Neil Armfield.
Emma Celebrazione!2000Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne.
Macbeth 2003 Lady Macbeth Belvoir St Theatre. Directed by Michael Kantor.
Cruel and Tender2005AmeliaFairfax Studio, Melbourne. Directed by Julian Meyrick.
It Just Stopped2006Beth Malthouse Theatre & Belvoir St Theatre. Directed by Neil Armfield.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 2007Martha Belvoir St Theatre. Directed by Benedict Andrews.
Appetite2008LouiseAdelaide, Sydney & Melbourne. Directed by Kate Denborough.
Happy Ending2011LouisePart of the Cybec Readings. Lawler Studio, Melbourne. Directed by Aidan Fennessy.
8 2012Sandy Stier Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne & Sydney Town Hall. Directed by Bruce Myles.
Never Did Me Any Harm2012 Southbank Theatre at the Melbourne Festival. Directed by Kate Champion.
The Other Place2013Juliana Smithton Arts Centre Playhouse, Melbourne. Directed by Nadia Tass. Also stars David Roberts & Heidi Arena.
Phèdre 2013 Phèdre Merlyn Theatre & Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre. Directed by Peter Evans. Also stars Marco Chiappi & Abby Earl.
White Rabbit, Red Rabbit 2013Beckett Theatre, Melbourne. One night only.
The Events2016Claire Malthouse Theatre, Belvoir St Theatre & State Theatre Company of South Australia.
Antony and Cleopatra 2018 Cleopatra Sydney Opera House for Bell Shakespeare. Directed by Peter Evans.
Chalkface 2022Pat Novitsky, a teacher State Theatre Company South Australia & Sydney Theatre Company co-production, at Dunstan Playhouse [13]

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