# Kate Sheil

Kate Sheil is an Australian stage and television actress, whose roles include prison officer Janet Conway in the cult television series Prisoner.

## Biography

Sheil first appeared in the 1971 television movie What for Mariane? During the next two years, she appeared on the television series Ryan, Boney, Matlock Police and as a regular cast member of situation comedy Birds in the Bush in 1972. She also had several appearances on Homicide from 1971 to 1976.
In 1975, she made her film debut in Ayten Kuyululu's The Golden Cage with Ilhan Kuyululu and Sait Memisoflu. She portrayed Sarah, a young teenager who befriends two newly arrived Turkish immigrants Murat (Ilhan Kuyululu) and Ayhen (Sait Memisoflu). Falling in love with one of them, she eventually leaves him after he demands that she convert to Islam. She is eventually located by the man who proposes to her, however, she refuses despite her being pregnant. Sheil was the only Australian cast in the film.
During 1976, Sheil had a supporting role in the television movie Me & Mr Thorne as well as the television series Alvin Purple and Shannon's Mob. Later that year, she also starred with Tom Oliver and Gerard Maguire in David Williamson's A Handful of Friends at the Russell Street Theatre in Melbourne, one of many stage productions she was in, throughout her career. She also played a supporting role in The Singer and the Dancer the following year.
In 1980, she appeared on the television series Timelapse, Bellamy and in the television movie Air Hawk before being cast as school teacher Mrs. Velland in the 1981 film Puberty Blues. From 1981 to 1982, she also had a guest stint in Prisoner as Janet Conway, a former Wentworth inmate turned prison officer; a storyline which reunited her with Gerard Maguire from Me & Mr Thorne, and saw the two characters in a romantic subplot.
After appearing on Sons and Daughters in 1984, she again took a break from acting until the late 1980s appearing in the television mini-series Emma: Queen of the South Seas and Joe Wilson during 1988. After appearing in the 1990 film Weekend with Kate, she also made occasional television appearances in the television movie Heroes II: The Return and, during the late 1990s, guest starred on A Country Practice, Children's Hospital and Water Rats.
Between 2001 and 2005, she played a recurring character, Victoria Carlton, in the soap opera All Saints.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Film | Role | Type |
| 1975 | The Golden Cage | Sarah | Feature film |
| 1977 | The Singer and the Dancer | Yong Mrs. Bilson | Film short |
| 1981 | Puberty Blues | Mrs. Velland | Feature film |
| 1990 | Weekend with Kate | Phoebe | Feature film |
| 1997 | Blackrock | Doctor | Feature film |

### Television

| Year | Film | Role | Type |
| 1971–1976 | Homicide | Elly Sullivan / Chris Clark / Kay Marshall (as Katie Sheil) | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1971 | What For Marianne? | Marianne Malden (as Katie Sheil) | TV movie |
| 1972 | Birds in the Bush | Friday | TV series, 13 episodes |
| 1973 | Matlock Police | Lorraine Hughes | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1973 | Boney | Gloria Lacey | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1973 | Ryan | Ellen Cornell | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1974 | Stopover | Kay Marshall (as Katie Sheil) | TV movie |
| 1976 | Alvin Purple | Sally | TV series, episode 12: "London Derriere" |
| 1976 | Me & Mr Thorne | Shelley Gordon | TV movie |
| 1978–1981 | Cop Shop | Tracey Powell / Karen Rush / Shawnee Lowe / Helen Radcliffe | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 1980 | Timelapse | Angela Parker | TV series |
| 1981 | Bellamy | Kath | TV series, 1 episode 11: "A Matter of Upbringing" |
| 1981 | Airhawk | Wendy | TV movie / TV pilot |
| 1981–1982 | Prisoner | Janet Conway | TV series, 43 episodes |
| 1984 | Sons and Daughters | Kathleen Elliott | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 1986 | Butterfly Island | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1987 | Willing and Abel | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1988 | Joe Wilson | Mrs. Black | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1988 | Emma: Queen of the South Seas | Gwen Purdam | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1989 | Rafferty's Rules | Joy Finlayson | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991 | Heroes II: The Return | Roma's Mother | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1991 | A Country Practice | Dr. Wendy Gale | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993 | A Country Practice | Sonia Newton | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Home and Away | Magistrate | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | G.P. | Yvonne Freith | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997 | Heartbreak High | Matron | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | Children's Hospital | Maureen | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999 | Water Rats | Coroner | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2001–2005 | All Saints | Victoria Carlton (as Katie Sheil) | TV series, 14 episodes |

## Theatre

| Year | Film | Role | Type |
| 1967 | Woyzeck | Marie | UNSW, Sydney |
| 1967 | The Choephori (The Libation Bearers) | Clytemnestra | UNSW, Sydney |
| 1969 | The Night of the Iguana | Frau Fahrenkopf / Charlotte Goodall | NIDA Theatre, Sydney |
| 1969 | Almost Like Being (Student Graduation Plays) | Doris | Jane Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 1970 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | | UNSW, Sydney with NIDA |
| 1970 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | | UNSW, Sydney with NIDA |
| 1970 | Blood Wedding | | UNSW, Sydney with NIDA |
| 1975 | The Lady from the Sea | | St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with MTC |
| 1976; 1978 | Relatively Speaking | | Bondi Pavilion, Sydney |
| 1976 | Le Chateau d'Hydro-Therapie Magnetique | | Jane Street Theatre, Sydney with NIDA |
| 1976 | A Handful of Friends | | Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC |
| 1977 | Boeing Boeing | Janet | Newcastle Civic Theatre, Theatre Royal Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane with J. C. Williamson's & Edgley International |
| 1978 | Big Toys | Mag | SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC |
| 1978 | The Cherry Orchard | Varya | SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC |
| 1978 | Habeas Corpus | | SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC |
| 1979 | You Never Can Tell | Gloria | SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC |
| 1982–1983, 1992 | Steaming | Jane | Opera Theatre, Adelaide, Theatre Royal Sydney, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Seymour Centre, Sydney, Canberra Theatre |
| 1982 | Virginia | | Edward Street Theatre, Brisbane with QTC |
| 1984 | Caravan | | Princess Theatre, Launceston, Civic Theatre, Burnie, Queens Park Theatre, Perth, Hoyts Prince Theatre, Hobart, Regal Theatre, Perth, Playhouse, Canberra, Playhouse, Adelaide with Ensemble Theatre |
| 1989 | Passion Play | | Sydney Opera House with Gary Penny Productions |
| 1990 | The Odd Couple | Vera | Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Majestic Cinemas, Sydney with John Reid Entertainment |
| 1993 | Jake's Women | | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney |