As an Aussie kid growing up in the ’80s, her favourite television shows were A Country Practice, The Henderson Kids and Inspector Gadget. The family lived in Colonel Light Gardens where Kate attended the local primary school.

“We haven’t lived in the same city since I was 17 but we’ve always been really close and we rely on each other a lot.” “She’s a pretty extraordinary human being,” Kate says. Kate’s own childhood was shaped by parents Greg and Lorraine, both social workers, and older sister Sally, a scientist who today works as the Threatened Species Commissioner in Canberra. I still approach characters and new roles most fascinated by their childhood and what shaped them to make the decisions they make as an adult and see the world the way they see it.”

“I think it was the same instinct that drove me towards studying acting and still does. “ I’ve always been fascinated by what it’s like to get inside somebody else’s head or walk in somebody else’s shoes. “I’ve always been most interested in characters that are born from the gutter a bit, or have a lot to fight for,” she says. She says she’s always been interested in characters that are “born from the gutter a bit”.

Kate began her acting life at Unley Youth Theatre in the 1980s before studying at the prestigious NIDA. It’s an unconventional love story and delves into the kind of gritty, real life tales that drive Kate’s love for her craft. Reb (played by Zoe Terakes) was born Rebecca but identifies as male and Kate’s character is there to protect him at any cost. Kate plays Lou Kelly, a career criminal who’s ended up back behind bars, this time with her boyfriend Reb Keane.

She’s just “de-bloodied” after a particularly gruelling stunt scene on the set of Aussie prison drama Wentworth. It is little wonder actor Kate Box is exhausted.

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