Kate Buffery
Encyclopedia
Katharine Buffery is an English
actress/writer
, known as Kate Buffery.
Buffery is possibly best known for her role in the British
TV drama
Wish Me Luck
, as Liz Grainger and as DI North in Trial and Retribution. Other TV work includes 'The Rainbow', Catherine Cookson 'The Man Who Cried', 'Close Relations', Poirot, Frankensteins Baby, Circles of Deceit, The Orchid House, Wing and a Prayer, Ruth Rendell series, PD James series, Midsomer Murders, Boon, Hartbeat, etc. She was nominated for a 1983 Olivier Award as best supporting actress in Daisy Pulls It Off
.
Further film work includes EMR, Dark River, Goodbye Charlie Bright, Swing Kids, and A Long Way Home. She has also worked at the Royal Shakespeare Company
where parts included Rosalind in As You Like It
, Hermione in The Winter's Tale
, Sue in Golden Girls, and at the National Theatre
in two David Hare premieres and in Cicely Berry's Hamlet
. She performs extensively on the radio and as a voice over artist.
She has spoken on inequality for women in the Arts and Media at several conferences including for the Federation of International Artists, for the Sphinx and for Equity. In 2009 she set up, with Equity, the 'Viewers Petition' which has over 8,000 signatures including paper petition signatories.
She has two children Rosanna and Harry.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actress/writer
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, known as Kate Buffery.
Buffery is possibly best known for her role in the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
TV drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
Wish Me Luck
Wish Me Luck
Wish Me Luck is a British television drama about the exploits of British women undercover agents during the Second World War. The series was made by London Weekend Television for the ITV network between 1987 and 1989 and created by Lavinia Warner and Jill Hyem, who had previously produced and...
, as Liz Grainger and as DI North in Trial and Retribution. Other TV work includes 'The Rainbow', Catherine Cookson 'The Man Who Cried', 'Close Relations', Poirot, Frankensteins Baby, Circles of Deceit, The Orchid House, Wing and a Prayer, Ruth Rendell series, PD James series, Midsomer Murders, Boon, Hartbeat, etc. She was nominated for a 1983 Olivier Award as best supporting actress in Daisy Pulls It Off
Daisy Pulls It Off
Daisy Pulls It Off is a comedy play by Denise Deegan. It is a parody of wholesome adventure stories about life in a 1920s girls' English boarding school, such as those by Angela Brazil...
.
Further film work includes EMR, Dark River, Goodbye Charlie Bright, Swing Kids, and A Long Way Home. She has also worked at the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
where parts included Rosalind in As You Like It
As You Like It
As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility...
, Hermione in The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, some modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some critics, among them W. W...
, Sue in Golden Girls, and at the National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
in two David Hare premieres and in Cicely Berry's Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
. She performs extensively on the radio and as a voice over artist.
She has spoken on inequality for women in the Arts and Media at several conferences including for the Federation of International Artists, for the Sphinx and for Equity. In 2009 she set up, with Equity, the 'Viewers Petition' which has over 8,000 signatures including paper petition signatories.
She has two children Rosanna and Harry.