# Katherine Hicks

Katherine Hicks is an Australian actress. She is known for her roles as Heidi Wilson on Rescue: Special Ops and Sam MacKenzie on Winners & Losers.

## Early life

Hicks was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and grew up on a farm in Byron Bay, New South Wales. She first appeared on stage at Lismore’s Rochdale Theatre at the age of four. She set her sights on acting as a career after appearing in a production of Marat/Sade at Trinity Catholic College in Lismore. After completing her HSC at Byron Bay High School, Hicks moved to Sydney at the age of 17, to undertake her first television role in Heartbreak High. She then relocated to Melbourne to study at VCA, which she graduated from in 2007 with a Bachelor Degree in Acting. After completing her studies, Hicks toured with Bell Shakespeare "Actors at Work" program for a year.

## Career
### Television

Hicks' first television role was as Tess in the final season of Heartbreak High (1999). She credits her time working on the show with making her take acting more seriously, due to the ABC providing young actors with plenty of acting, voice and movement tuition.
From 2008 to 2009, she played a regular role as Poppy in the Out of the Blue. She then starred as Heidi Wilson in Rescue: Special Ops (2009–11) which saw her nominated for a Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent in 2010.
Hicks played a lead role in the miniseries The Strange Calls in 2012. The same year, she landed her breakthrough role in Winners & Losers playing the character of Sam MacKenzie, for which she won an ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor. From 2016 to 2017, she appeared in a variety of guest roles, including Jack Irish and Offspring.

### Film

In 2012, Hicks had a starring role as Angie in feature film Black & White & Sex and appeared in the TV movie Devil's Dust as Janice. She played Lorna in the short film L.O.V.E. Insurance for the Heart – a 2013 Tropfest finalist. She also starred as Jane in 2015 feature film Terminus.

### Stage

Hicks also has a variety of stage credits to her name, including as writer and director. She currently resides in Los Angeles, and has added stand-up comedy to her resumé.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 2009 | Nightwalking | Voices | Short film |
| 2009 | Il Matchmaker | Lani | Short film |
| 2009 | Lonely | Jade | Short film |
| 2011 | Black & White & Sex | Angie 1 | Feature film |
| 2013 | Anima | Anistasia Sokalov | Short film |
| 2013 | L.O.V.E. Insurance for the Heart | Lorna | Short film |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | Glory | Feature film |
| 2015 | Terminus | Jane Chamberlain | Feature film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1999 | Heartbreak High | Tess Mason | TV series, season 7, 14 episodes |
| 2008–09 | Out of the Blue | Poppy Hammond | TV series, 120 episodes |
| 2009 | John Safran’s Race Relations | Self | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2009–11 | Rescue: Special Ops | Heidi Wilson | TV series, 48 episodes |
| 2012 | Devil's Dust | Janis Banton | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2012 | The Strange Calls | Kath | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 2012–15 | Winners & Losers | Sam MacKenzie | TV series, seasons 2–4, 55 episodes |
| 2016 | Jack Irish | Donna Donovic | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2016 | Offspring | Mandy Rao | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2017 | Newton’s Law | Tracey Dingwell | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2017 | The Leftovers | TSA Agent | TV series, 1 episode |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Bell Shakespeare |
| | The Three Sisters | Natasha | VCA Theatre |
| | Hamlet | Claudius | VCA Theatre |
| | Fefu and Her Friends | | |
| | The Art of Success | | |
| | Smiles of a Summer Night | Desiree | VCA Theatre |
| | Something She Had to Tell | | |
| | Yes | | |
| 2005 | Dirtgirlz | Shazza | BlackBox, Melbourne with Loose Eye Media and Short+Sweet |
| 2006 | Sugar Mountain | | Cinema Nova, Melbourne |
| 2007 | After the End | Louise | New Theatre, Sydney |
| 2007 | Art is a Weapon | Florence | New Theatre, Sydney |
| 2009 | Fake Porno | Tina Nina | Ride on Theatre |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2010 | Rescue: Special Ops | Logie Awards | Most Popular New Female Talent | Nominated |
| 2011 | Rescue: Special Ops | IF Awards | Out of the Box Actor in Television Award | Nominated |
| 2013 | Katherine Hicks | Logie Awards | Most Popular Actress | Nominated |
| 2014 | Katherine Hicks | Logie Awards | Most Popular Actress | Nominated |
| 2014 | Winners & Losers | Equity Ensemble Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2014 | Winners & Losers | ASTRA Awards | Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor | Won |
| 2015 | Katherine Hicks | Logie Awards | Most Popular Actress | Nominated |