Kate Rutter

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Kate Rutter
Born
Leeds, England
Alma mater Rose Bruford College
OccupationActress
Years active1990–present
Notable work

Kate Rutter is an English actress, best known for I, Daniel Blake , [1] [2] [3] Peterloo and River City . [4] [5]

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Filmography

YearFilmRoleDirectorNotes
1997 Casualty JeanVarious
The Full Monty Clerk Peter Cattaneo
1998 Cold Feet SheilaVarious
1999 Hearts and Minds Sister Mary Charles McDougall
2000 Queer as Folk Mrs. PerryVarious
Fat Friends Helen Kay Mellor
2002–2009 Silent Witness Mrs. BrookVarious
2002–2009 Holby City CaroleVarious
2005 Pierrepoint Eileen Adrian Shergold
2010 Doctors LindaVarious
The Arbor Mother Clio Barnard
Oranges and Sunshine Vera Jim Loach
2012–2013 River City [6] [7] MiriamVariousSeries regular, 44 episodes
2013 Scott and Bailey JoeVarious
The Railway Man Jean Jonathan Teplitzky
2016 DCI Banks MaureenVarious
I, Daniel Blake Ann [8] Ken Loach
2017 Cotton Wool Marion Nicholas Connor
2018 Peterloo Reformer Mike Leigh
2019 Coronation Street D.S. BeckettVarious
Four Weddings and a Funeral MargotVarious
His Dark Materials Sister BettyVarious
2020 Question Time HerselfRob Hopkin
2024 Truelove BarbaraChloë Wicks and Carl Tibbetts3 episodes [9]

Personal life

Kate Rutter was born and raised in Leeds, Yorkshire, she trained as an actress at Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, Southeast London and began her career in 1977 working on various productions for Yorkshire Playhouse under director Phil Young. Her first television appearance was in 1994 in series Earthfasts by William Mayne. Since then Kate has appeared as a series regular in both ITV's Coronation Street and BBC's River City . In 2020, Kate Rutter's appearance in the audience of the BBC's Question Time sparked controversy over whether the actress was hired by the BBC. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Awards and nominations

AwardCategoryNominated workResult
Los Angeles Film AwardsBest Ensemble Cotton Wool Won
New York Film AwardsWon

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