Kate Kendall | |
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Born | |
Occupation(s) | Actress, director |
Years active | 1997–present |
Spouse | Wayne Johnston |
Children | 1 |
Kate Kendall (born 27 July 1973) is a British-born Australian actress and director. She played Angie Piper in the long-running Nine Network Australian drama Stingers from 1998 to 2004. Kendall has appeared in television series The Librarians (2007), Rush (2010) and Conspiracy 365 . She joined the cast of television soap opera Neighbours in 2013 as Lauren Turner. After leaving the role in 2017, Kendall became a director, and later producer, on the serial.
Kendall was born in England and moved to Australia with her family when she was six months old, where she was raised in Adelaide, South Australia. She studied at the Centre for Performing Arts (CPA) (now the Adelaide College of the Arts) in Adelaide. There she was taught by her father, David Kendall, who then headed the acting course. [2] Small parts in television shows such as Home and Away and Neighbours [3] led to a guest role as Rosie Burgess in Blue Heelers in 1997. [4] Her major television role has been as Angie Piper in Stingers , which role she played for 192 episodes from 1998 to 2004. [5]
Kendall played a minor role as Lisa in the American mini-series The Starter Wife (2007) [6] and also appeared in three episodes of the Australian produced comedy The Librarians (2007), as Jacinta McSweeney. [7] Kendall appeared on the Australian drama Rush in 2010. In 2011 Kendall played the lead role of Diana in MTC's production of Next to Normal and appeared in the Australian musical premiere of An Officer and a Gentleman. She also played Emily Ormond in the twelve-part drama series Conspiracy 365 , which was based on the book of the same name. [8] Kendall took over the role of Lauren Carpenter on Neighbours in 2013. [9]
As she was wrapping up the role of Lauren in 2017, Kendall began directing small scenes. She has since directed numerous episodes of the series. [10] In June 2020, it was announced that Kendall would become a producer. She covered for series producer Natalie Lynch, while she was on maternity leave. David Knox of TV Tonight believed Kendall was the show's first actor, director, producer. [10]
Kendall has directed the 2023 four-part series Heat , created by Jason Herbison. [11] [12]
Kendall is married to former Carlton Football Club AFL player Wayne Johnston and has a son and four stepchildren. [13]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013–2018, 2022 | Neighbours | Lauren Carpenter | 457 episodes |
2012 | Conspiracy 365 | Emily Osmond | 12 episodes |
2010 | Rush | Nicolette | 1 episode |
2010 | The Pacific | Betty Leckie | 1 episode |
2009 | City Homicide | Jacinta Hansard | 1 episode |
2007 | The Librarians | Jacinta McSweeney | 3 episodes |
The Starter Wife | Lisa | 3 episodes | |
1998–2004 | Stingers (TV series) | Angie Piper | 192 episodes |
1999 | Farscape | Sergeant | 1 episodes |
1997 | Blue Heelers | Rosie Burgess | 1 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | 10Terrorists | June Connors | |
2010 | Matching Jack | Registrar | |
2008 | Night Train | Short | |
Belladonna | Katerine | ||
2007 | St. George | Short | |
2000 | On The Beach | Jenny | |
1999 | Deadend | Fantasy couple |
Year | Title | Notes |
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202? | Six Months | |
2019 | Playing for Keeps (TV series) | 2 episodes |
2017–present | Neighbours | 95 episodes |
2023 | Heat | 4 episodes |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2019–2022 | Neighbours |
Stingers is an Australian police procedural crime drama television series. It premiered on 29 September 1998, and ran for eight seasons on the Nine Network before it was cancelled in late 2004 due to declining ratings, with its final episode airing on 14 December 2004. Inspired by true events, Stingers chronicled the cases of a deep undercover unit of the Victoria Police. The series also followed their personal lives, which sometimes became intertwined with their jobs. The original cast members include Peter Phelps, Kate Kendall, Anita Hegh, Ian Stenlake, Joe Petruzzi, and Jessica Napier. Phelps and Kendall were the only actors to remain with the show for its entire run.
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