Kat Stewart
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Kat Stewart is a Logie Award
-winning Australian actress who has made numerous appearances in television series, movies and on-stage.
and as Billie Proudman, alongside Asher Keddie
, John Waters
and Deborah Mailman
in the popular comedy/drama, Offspring
on the Ten Network.
Stewart also appears in the critically acclaimed relationship drama, Tangle
(2009–present) on Showcase. In the series Kat plays the loveable but flawed, Nat Manning and appears as part of a fine ensemble cast including Justine Clarke
, Ben Mendelsohn
, Matt Day
and Catherine McClements
. Showing she is adroit at both drama and comedy, in 2009 Stewart appeared in the Andrew Denton produced, advertising industry satire :30 Seconds on the Comedy Channel.
Kat Stewart's other TV credits include various roles in the Shaun Micallef
satirical newscast show Newstopia
on SBS, the BBC2/UKTV comedy series Supernova
as well as recurring roles on City Homicide
, Kick
, and Last Man Standing. Stewart has also guest starred on Blue Heelers
, Stingers
, CrashBurn
, Something in the Air, The Secret Life of Us
, and Fergus McPhail
.
She made her feature film debut in Alkinos Tsimillios’ Em4Jay
and played Lady Macduff in Geoffrey Wright's contemporary retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth
set in the ganglands of Melbourne.
Stewart has also won acclaim on-stage in a range of dramatic and comedic roles. As an ensemble member of Red Stitch Actors Theatre since 2002, Stewart has appeared in over a dozen plays for the company including The Little Dog Laughed, The Shape of Things, Rabbit Hole, Bug and Loyal Women. Her most recent Red Stitch production was in December 2010 in the part of Tekla in an update of Strindberg's 'Creditors'. She has also worked with MTC on productions such as Festen and 2008’s Frost/Nixon.
. She won critical acclaim for her role as Roberta Williams in Underbelly
, winning an AFI award for Best Lead Actress in a television drama and being nominated for two Logies in 2009, winning the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actress. In 2010 she was nominated again for the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actress, this time for Tangle
, and an ASTRA award for :30 Seconds. Stewart was recognised for her work as Billie Proudman in Offspring
with a nomination for the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actress in 2011.
For her theatrical work Stewart has received two Green Room Awards, the Gerda Nicholson Award for Emerging Actress in 2004 and Best Actress for Bug/The Shape of Things in 2006. She was nominated for two Green Room Awards, one for Best Actress for her body of work in 2003 and Best Actress for The Little Dog Laughed in 2008.
Logie Award
The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award, the name 'Logie' awards honours John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...
-winning Australian actress who has made numerous appearances in television series, movies and on-stage.
Career
Stewart is best known for her role as Roberta Williams (wife of the late Melbourne gangland figure Carl Williams) in the first series of the Channel 9 TV production UnderbellyUnderbelly (TV series)
Underbelly is a 13-part Australian television mini-series that retells the real events of the 1995–2004 gangland war in Melbourne, and is the first series in the larger Underbelly Franchise. It depicts the key players in Melbourne's criminal underworld, including the Carlton Crew and their rival,...
and as Billie Proudman, alongside Asher Keddie
Asher Keddie
Asher Keddie is an Australian actress who is perhaps best known for her role in the Australian television series Offspring. She is also known for her theatre work and leading roles in the television series Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and Love My...
, John Waters
John Waters (actor)
John Russell Waters is a film, theatre and television actor and musician best known in Australia, to where he moved in 1968...
and Deborah Mailman
Deborah Mailman
Deborah Mailman , is an Australian television and film actress. She was the first Aboriginal actress to win the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role...
in the popular comedy/drama, Offspring
Offspring (TV series)
Offspring is an Australian television comedy-drama series which premiered on Network Ten in Australia on 15 August 2010. Offspring is centred around 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her family, as they navigate the chaos of modern life...
on the Ten Network.
Stewart also appears in the critically acclaimed relationship drama, Tangle
Tangle (TV series)
Tangle is an Australian drama series for the Showcase subscription television channel. It focuses on the lives of two generations of two families and their tangled lives. Tangle is filmed in Melbourne and first screened on 1 October 2009...
(2009–present) on Showcase. In the series Kat plays the loveable but flawed, Nat Manning and appears as part of a fine ensemble cast including Justine Clarke
Justine Clarke
Justine Clarke is an Australian actor and singer. She has been acting since the age of seven and has appeared in some of Australia's best-known TV shows...
, Ben Mendelsohn
Ben Mendelsohn
Paul Benjamin "Ben" Mendelsohn is an Australian actor.-Early life:Mendelsohn was born in Melbourne, Australia, the son of Carole Ann and Frederick Mendelsohn. He attended Heidelberg Primary School and Banyule High School. His father is a prominent medical researcher who heads the Howard Florey...
, Matt Day
Matt Day
Matthew "Matt" Day is an Australian actor best known for his film and television roles.-Early life and career:Matt Day was born in Melbourne in 1971...
and Catherine McClements
Catherine McClements
Catherine McClements is an Australian actress.-Early life:Catherine is the third of four children, and after acting with the St Martin's Youth Arts Centre in Melbourne for a couple of years, she successfully auditioned for the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art when she was 17...
. Showing she is adroit at both drama and comedy, in 2009 Stewart appeared in the Andrew Denton produced, advertising industry satire :30 Seconds on the Comedy Channel.
Kat Stewart's other TV credits include various roles in the Shaun Micallef
Shaun Micallef
Shaun Patrick Micallef is an Australian actor, comedian and writer. After ten years of working in insurance law as a solicitor in Adelaide, Micallef moved to Melbourne to pursue a full-time comedy career in 1993...
satirical newscast show Newstopia
Newstopia
Newstopia is an Australian half-hour satirical comedy programme hosted by Shaun Micallef. The first series premiered at on SBS TV on 10 October 2007 and concluded on 3 December 2007. A second season began on 27 February 2008 and concluded on 30 April 2008. A third season of the show screened from...
on SBS, the BBC2/UKTV comedy series Supernova
Supernova (TV series)
Supernova is a British comedy television programme produced by Hartswood Films and jointly commissioned by the BBC in the UK and UKTV in Australia. It follows Dr Paul Hamilton , a Welsh astronomer, who leaves a dull academic post and unloved girlfriend for a new job at the Royal Australian...
as well as recurring roles on City Homicide
City Homicide
City Homicide was an Australian television drama series that aired on the Seven Network between 27 August 2007 – 30 March 2011. The series was set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne...
, Kick
Kick (TV series)
Kick is an Australian television comedy that was first broadcast on 9 June 2007 on SBS TV. It is set in Brunswick in Melbourne, Australia. The series follows the adventures of wild twenty-something Miki Mavros who is forced to move back in with her Greek-Australian parents on Hope Street after a...
, and Last Man Standing. Stewart has also guest starred on Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :...
, Stingers
Stingers
Stingers was an Australian police drama television series. It ran for eight seasons on the Nine Network before it was canceled in late 2004 due to declining ratings and the late timeslot Channel Nine gave the program...
, CrashBurn
CrashBurn
CrashBurn was an Australian 13-part drama series airing on Network Ten, about surviving long-term relationships in an age where multiple partners and multiple orgasms are considered a birthright....
, Something in the Air, The Secret Life of Us
The Secret Life of Us
The Secret Life of Us was a television drama series set in the beachside suburb of St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. The series was produced by Southern Star Entertainment and screened in Australia from 2001 to 2005 on Network Ten and on Channel 4 in the UK...
, and Fergus McPhail
Fergus McPhail
Fergus McPhail is an Australian children's comedy series that was released on Network Ten in 2004.-Plot summary:Fergus McPhail stumbles from crisis to crisis mostly of his own making. His irrationally optimistic alter-ego acts as his conscience...
.
She made her feature film debut in Alkinos Tsimillios’ Em4Jay
Em4Jay
Em4Jay is a 2006 Australian drama film directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos. Starring Laura Gordon and Nick Barkla, the story follows the lives of two heroin addicts living in Melbourne's inner suburbs.-Cast:*Chloe Armstrong as Bianca...
and played Lady Macduff in Geoffrey Wright's contemporary retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth
Macbeth (2006 film)
Macbeth is an Australian 2006 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. It was directed by Geoffrey Wright and features an ensemble cast including Sam Worthington, Victoria Hill and Lachy Hulme...
set in the ganglands of Melbourne.
Stewart has also won acclaim on-stage in a range of dramatic and comedic roles. As an ensemble member of Red Stitch Actors Theatre since 2002, Stewart has appeared in over a dozen plays for the company including The Little Dog Laughed, The Shape of Things, Rabbit Hole, Bug and Loyal Women. Her most recent Red Stitch production was in December 2010 in the part of Tekla in an update of Strindberg's 'Creditors'. She has also worked with MTC on productions such as Festen and 2008’s Frost/Nixon.
Relationship
2008 was a milestone year for the Melbourne based actor professionally and personally. In February of that year she married fellow actor, David Whiteley. The couple met while working together at Red Stitch Actor's Theatre in 2002.Awards
Stewart was nominated for Most Outstanding New Talent at the Logie Awards (Graham Kennedy Award) in 2006 and two ASTRA awards in 2006/07 for her role in the comedy series SupernovaSupernova (TV series)
Supernova is a British comedy television programme produced by Hartswood Films and jointly commissioned by the BBC in the UK and UKTV in Australia. It follows Dr Paul Hamilton , a Welsh astronomer, who leaves a dull academic post and unloved girlfriend for a new job at the Royal Australian...
. She won critical acclaim for her role as Roberta Williams in Underbelly
Underbelly (TV series)
Underbelly is a 13-part Australian television mini-series that retells the real events of the 1995–2004 gangland war in Melbourne, and is the first series in the larger Underbelly Franchise. It depicts the key players in Melbourne's criminal underworld, including the Carlton Crew and their rival,...
, winning an AFI award for Best Lead Actress in a television drama and being nominated for two Logies in 2009, winning the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actress. In 2010 she was nominated again for the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actress, this time for Tangle
Tangle (TV series)
Tangle is an Australian drama series for the Showcase subscription television channel. It focuses on the lives of two generations of two families and their tangled lives. Tangle is filmed in Melbourne and first screened on 1 October 2009...
, and an ASTRA award for :30 Seconds. Stewart was recognised for her work as Billie Proudman in Offspring
Offspring (TV series)
Offspring is an Australian television comedy-drama series which premiered on Network Ten in Australia on 15 August 2010. Offspring is centred around 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her family, as they navigate the chaos of modern life...
with a nomination for the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actress in 2011.
For her theatrical work Stewart has received two Green Room Awards, the Gerda Nicholson Award for Emerging Actress in 2004 and Best Actress for Bug/The Shape of Things in 2006. She was nominated for two Green Room Awards, one for Best Actress for her body of work in 2003 and Best Actress for The Little Dog Laughed in 2008.
Television credits
- The Secret Life of UsThe Secret Life of UsThe Secret Life of Us was a television drama series set in the beachside suburb of St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. The series was produced by Southern Star Entertainment and screened in Australia from 2001 to 2005 on Network Ten and on Channel 4 in the UK...
(2001) as Chiara - Something in the Air (2001) as Jenny Cliff
- Blue HeelersBlue HeelersBlue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :...
(2001) as Gail Watson - Blue HeelersBlue HeelersBlue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :...
(2002) as Liz Stewart - StingersStingersStingers was an Australian police drama television series. It ran for eight seasons on the Nine Network before it was canceled in late 2004 due to declining ratings and the late timeslot Channel Nine gave the program...
(2001) as Amanda - StingersStingersStingers was an Australian police drama television series. It ran for eight seasons on the Nine Network before it was canceled in late 2004 due to declining ratings and the late timeslot Channel Nine gave the program...
(2002) as Sharine Sands - CrashBurnCrashBurnCrashBurn was an Australian 13-part drama series airing on Network Ten, about surviving long-term relationships in an age where multiple partners and multiple orgasms are considered a birthright....
(2003) as Mandy - Fergus McPhailFergus McPhailFergus McPhail is an Australian children's comedy series that was released on Network Ten in 2004.-Plot summary:Fergus McPhail stumbles from crisis to crisis mostly of his own making. His irrationally optimistic alter-ego acts as his conscience...
as Director - Last Man Standing as Clare Tonitollo
- SupernovaSupernova (TV series)Supernova is a British comedy television programme produced by Hartswood Films and jointly commissioned by the BBC in the UK and UKTV in Australia. It follows Dr Paul Hamilton , a Welsh astronomer, who leaves a dull academic post and unloved girlfriend for a new job at the Royal Australian...
(2005–2006) as Dr. Rachel Mann - KickKick (TV series)Kick is an Australian television comedy that was first broadcast on 9 June 2007 on SBS TV. It is set in Brunswick in Melbourne, Australia. The series follows the adventures of wild twenty-something Miki Mavros who is forced to move back in with her Greek-Australian parents on Hope Street after a...
(2007) as Jan Pollock - City HomicideCity HomicideCity Homicide was an Australian television drama series that aired on the Seven Network between 27 August 2007 – 30 March 2011. The series was set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne...
(6 episodes, 2007) as Claire Jackson - UnderbellyUnderbelly (TV series)Underbelly is a 13-part Australian television mini-series that retells the real events of the 1995–2004 gangland war in Melbourne, and is the first series in the larger Underbelly Franchise. It depicts the key players in Melbourne's criminal underworld, including the Carlton Crew and their rival,...
(2008) as Roberta Williams - NewstopiaNewstopiaNewstopia is an Australian half-hour satirical comedy programme hosted by Shaun Micallef. The first series premiered at on SBS TV on 10 October 2007 and concluded on 3 December 2007. A second season began on 27 February 2008 and concluded on 30 April 2008. A third season of the show screened from...
(2007–2008) - :30 Seconds (2009–2010) as Marion West
- TangleTangle (TV series)Tangle is an Australian drama series for the Showcase subscription television channel. It focuses on the lives of two generations of two families and their tangled lives. Tangle is filmed in Melbourne and first screened on 1 October 2009...
(2009–Present) as Nat Manning - OffspringOffspring (TV series)Offspring is an Australian television comedy-drama series which premiered on Network Ten in Australia on 15 August 2010. Offspring is centred around 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her family, as they navigate the chaos of modern life...
(2010–Present) as Billie Proudman - The Bazura Project's Guide To SinemaThe Bazura ProjectThe Bazura Project is a comedy show about the history of cinema, written and presented by Shannon Marinko and Lee Zachariah. It originally ran on Australian community television from 2006 to 2008, and on ABC2 in late 2011.-Guide To Sinema:...
(2011) as Mary Spleen
Film credits
- Catch Her in the Eye (2001)
- Em4JayEm4JayEm4Jay is a 2006 Australian drama film directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos. Starring Laura Gordon and Nick Barkla, the story follows the lives of two heroin addicts living in Melbourne's inner suburbs.-Cast:*Chloe Armstrong as Bianca...
(2006) as Janey - MacbethMacbeth (2006 film)Macbeth is an Australian 2006 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. It was directed by Geoffrey Wright and features an ensemble cast including Sam Worthington, Victoria Hill and Lachy Hulme...
(2006) as Lady MacduffLady MacduffLady Macduff, a character in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, is the wife of Macduff, the Thane of Fife, and the mother of an unnamed son and other children. Her appearance in the play is brief: she and her son are introduced in Act IV Scene II, a climactic and tragic scene that ends with both her and her... - Dungoona – (2009) as Gemma's Mum