Kate Elliott (actress)

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Kate Elliott
Born (1981-12-30) 30 December 1981 (age 42)
Spouses
Milan Borich
(m. 2006)
David Benge
(m. 2016)
Children2

Kate Elliott (born 30 December 1981) is a New Zealand television and film actress. [1] She was born in and currently resides in Auckland, New Zealand.[ citation needed ]

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Kate played the role of one of the "Liberators" in The Cult . [2] More recently, she has acted in The Insider's Guide To Love , [3] The Locals , [4] Fracture , [5] and Toy Love . She played Yakut, an Amazon, in several episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess , 1998–2000. Elliott also assumed the role of Lily in Cleopatra 2525 . She plays a vampire in a film called 30 Days of Night and currently plays the role of Detective Jess Savage in the New Zealand mini-series The Gulf . [1] [6]

She was married to Pluto's lead singer, Milan Borich, on 17 January 2006. They have a daughter. In 2016 she eloped with David Benge, managing director of the New Zealand office of worldwide media company VICE. [7] [8] Both marriages had ended by 2019. [9] Elliott came out queer to her daughter in 2019. [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 No One Can Hear You Lisa Burchall
2002 Toy Love Chlo
2003 The Locals Kelly
2004 Fracture Leeanne Rosser
2006Knife ShiftRachelShort
2007 30 Days of Night Dawn
2012 Fresh Meat Gigi
2015 Deathgasm Abigail
2015Not Like HerNicoleShort
2016We All Need LoveVicShort
TBA Ash In production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997House of SticksCammy AndersTV film
1998–2000 Xena: Warrior Princess YakutRecurring role
2000 Cleopatra 2525 Lily"Home", "Rescue", "The Watch"
2000–2002 Street Legal Melanie WyethRecurring role
2002 Always Greener Hayley"Mirror Image"
2006 The Insider's Guide To Love Nicole"Fallen in Love Lately?"
2007The Adventures of Voopa the GoolashLaliTV series
2009 The Cult Gina DelaneyMain role
2011Bliss Katherine Mansfield TV film
2011–12 Power Rangers Samurai Dayu (voice)Main role
2011, 2013 Shortland Street ZlataRecurring Role
2014 Agent Anna Rhonda"2.9"
2016Jean Jean Batten TV film
2018 Wentworth Spike BaxterTV series: 6 episodes
2018 Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel Simone Swift"Fan Frenzy"
2019 The Gulf D.S.S Jess SavageMain Role
2024 Game Changer Herself"Beat the Buzzer"
2024 Austin HeidiTV series: 8 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011Saban's Power Rangers SamuraiDayuVoice
2012Saban's Power Rangers Super SamuraiDayuVoice

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Gulf: New Zealand drama with international flavour" . Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. Hunkin, Joanna (10 September 2009). "The Cult: A TV show of faith". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 2 October 2009.
  3. TVNZ page on Insider's Guide To Love
  4. The Locals
  5. Fracture
  6. 30 Days of Night on IMDb
  7. Kiwi actress Kate Elliott has eloped to Los Angeles for the 'perfect wedding'
  8. Off to a flying start: Kate Elliott elopes to L.A!
  9. 1 2 Kate Elliott comes out