Kate Kendall
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Kate Kendall is an Australian actress best known for her role in the long-running Nine Network
Australian drama Stingers
. She works mostly in theatre in Melbourne and Adelaide
.
) in Adelaide
. There she was taught by her father, David Kendall, who then headed the acting course.
Small parts in Television shows such as Home and Away
and Neighbours
led to a guest role as "Rosie Burgess" in Blue Heelers
in 1997.
Her major television role has been as "Angie Piper" in Stingers
, which role she played for 192 episodes from 1998 to 2004.
Kendall played a minor role as "Lisa" in the American mini-series The Starter Wife (2007) and also appeared in three episodes of the Australian produced comedy The Librarians
(2007), as "Jacinta McSweeney".
Kendall appeared on the Australian drama RUSH (season 3, 2010)
AFL
player Wayne Johnston
and has four stepchildren.
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
Australian drama 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...
. She works mostly in theatre in Melbourne and Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
.
Career
Kendall studied at the Centre for Performing Arts (CPA) (now the Adelaide Centre for the ArtsAdelaide Centre for the Arts
The Adelaide College of the Arts, , is a campus of TAFE South Australia that specialises in arts education...
) in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
. There she was taught by her father, David Kendall, who then headed the acting course.
Small parts in Television shows such as Home and Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
and Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
led to a guest role as "Rosie Burgess" in 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 :...
in 1997.
Her major television role has been as "Angie Piper" in 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...
, which role she played for 192 episodes from 1998 to 2004.
Kendall played a minor role as "Lisa" in the American mini-series The Starter Wife (2007) and also appeared in three episodes of the Australian produced comedy The Librarians
The Librarians (TV series)
The Librarians is an Australian television comedy series which premiered on 31 October 2007 on ABC TV. In Ireland the show airs on RTÉ Two. The series is produced and written by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope who are also the principal cast members. Hope is also the series' director. The first...
(2007), as "Jacinta McSweeney".
Kendall appeared on the Australian drama RUSH (season 3, 2010)
Personal life
Kendall is married to former Carlton Football ClubCarlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
player Wayne Johnston
Wayne Johnston (footballer)
Wayne "The Dominator" Johnston is a former Australian rules footballer. Johnston played 209 games and kicked 283 goals for the Carlton Football Club , in a career spanning 1979–1990...
and has four stepchildren.