Kate Sugden
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Katherine "Kate" Sugden (née Hammond, previously Hughes) was a fictional character
on the ITV
soap opera
Emmerdale
. She was played by Sally Knyvette
.
Kate arrived in the village in 1988 and started a war with Joe Sugden after he shot her dog
but they eventually fell in love and in 1989 she moved into Emmerdale Farm. She married Joe later that year much to the disappointment of her children Rachel and Mark.
In August 1990, Kate accidentally ran down and killed Pete Whiteley in her car. Pete happened to be Rachel's lover with whom she was having an affair. She was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment.
When Kate was released from prison in January 1991 she tried to make a go of things again with Joe but she was unable to make her marriage work so Kate told him that their marriage was over. Kate also fell out with both her children. Rachel had never forgiven her mother for killing Pete and Mark sided with his sister.
Realising there was nothing left in Beckindale for her, Kate left the village in July 1991 and headed for her home town of Sheffield. She never appeared onscreen again.
It seemed unusual that she didn't attend the funeral of her son Mark in January 1994 after he died in the Plane Crash in December 1993.
After the actress Sally Knyvette refused offers to return to the series, Kate died offscreen of a brain haemorrhage in Sheffield in July 1997. Her daughter Rachel and former brother in law Jack Sugden attended her funeral.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
on the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Emmerdale
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
. She was played by Sally Knyvette
Sally Knyvette
Sally Knyvette is a British actress, director and drama teacher.She is best known for her roles as Jenna Stannis in first two seasons of the British science fiction series Blake's 7 and as Kate Sugden in the soap opera Emmerdale...
.
Kate arrived in the village in 1988 and started a war with Joe Sugden after he shot her dog
but they eventually fell in love and in 1989 she moved into Emmerdale Farm. She married Joe later that year much to the disappointment of her children Rachel and Mark.
In August 1990, Kate accidentally ran down and killed Pete Whiteley in her car. Pete happened to be Rachel's lover with whom she was having an affair. She was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment.
When Kate was released from prison in January 1991 she tried to make a go of things again with Joe but she was unable to make her marriage work so Kate told him that their marriage was over. Kate also fell out with both her children. Rachel had never forgiven her mother for killing Pete and Mark sided with his sister.
Realising there was nothing left in Beckindale for her, Kate left the village in July 1991 and headed for her home town of Sheffield. She never appeared onscreen again.
It seemed unusual that she didn't attend the funeral of her son Mark in January 1994 after he died in the Plane Crash in December 1993.
After the actress Sally Knyvette refused offers to return to the series, Kate died offscreen of a brain haemorrhage in Sheffield in July 1997. Her daughter Rachel and former brother in law Jack Sugden attended her funeral.