# Kate Fitzpatrick

Kerry Kathleen Fitzpatrick (born 1 October 1947) known as Kate Fitzpatrick, is an Australian television, film, and theatre actress.

## Early years

Kate grew up in the Adelaide suburb of Dover Gardens, and it was in Adelaide that her love for classical music, art and cricket developed. A highlight of her early years was being selected by Jeffrey Smart ("Phidias" of the Argonauts Club) for a travelling art scholarship to Japan. At the age of 18 she was accepted as a drama student by NIDA and moved to Sydney.

## Career

Theatre roles include The Lady of the Camellias, Hamlet, Celluloid Heroes, The Ride Across Lake Constance, Shadows of Blood, Rooted, Kennedy's Children. With the Old Tote Theatre Company she acted in The Legend of King O'Malley, The Season at Sarsaparilla, The Misanthrope, The Threepenny Opera, and Big Toys by Patrick White, who wrote the play for Fitzpatrick. She acted in Visions for the Paris Theatre Company, and in The Recruiting Officer for the Melbourne Theatre Company. She played Magenta in the original Australian production of The Rocky Horror Show in 1974. Her latest appearance (2017) was in Cabaret as Fraülein Schneider.
Fitzpatrick's film roles included appearances in Homesdale (1971), The Office Picnic (1972), Promised Woman (1975), The Great Macarthy (1975), The Removalists (1975), The Night Nurse (1977), Goodbye Paradise (1983), The Return of Captain Invincible (1983) and A World Apart (1988). Her television series appearances include Serpent in the Rainbow, Birds in the Bush, Boney, Something in the Air, Scooter: Secret Agent, Blue Heelers, Marshall Law, Always Greener, and All Saints. In 2006, Fitzpatrick briefly joined the cast of soap opera Neighbours in the role of Loris Timmins. In 2009, Fitzpatrick appeared in Packed to the Rafters in a reprising guest role. In 2010, Fitzpatrick did a short film called Stay Awake and also appeared on Satisfaction.
In 1983, Fitzpatrick became the world's first female cricketing commentator on television, when she joined the Nine Network cricket commentating team, a gamble by Channel Nine to add a more female approach to the game and attract a larger audience. Allegedly, Fitzpatrick was not welcomed with open arms by the (until then) male bastion of cricket commentators, according to Angela Pippos. Nine's tactical move, in placing a female in a cricket commentator role, was not successful and Fitzpatrick didn't return for the following season.
Fitzpatrick is a published author, essayist, and humourist whose work has appeared in numerous major newspapers and journals over the last 30 years. Fitzpatrick has also worked as a political speech writer during the 1990s.

## Recognition

She also has been awarded the Queen's "Silver Jubilee Medal" for services to the theatre on the Britannia and has recently completed an Arts degree from National Institute of Dramatic Art.

## Personal life

Fitzpatrick has a son named Joe Fitzpatrick with French architect José Albertini. Joe, an Australian commercial real estate professional, is well known in Sydney social circles. Before her marriage, she had a two-year close relationship with Imran Khan.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1971 | Homesdale | Miss Greenoak | Film short |
| 1972 | Shirley Thompson vs. the Aliens | Nurse | Feature film |
| 1972 | The Office Picnic | Mara | Feature film |
| 1975 | Promised Woman | Marge | Feature film |
| 1975 | The Great MacArthy | Andrea | Feature film |
| 1975 | The Removalists | Kate Mason | Feature film |
| 1976 | Summer of Secrets | Rachel | Feature film |
| 1979 | The Audition | Roslyn | Film short |
| 1982 | Goodbye Paradise | Mrs. McCreadie | Feature film |
| 1982 | The Return of Captain Invincible | Patty Patria | Feature film |
| 1984 | Fantasy Man | Betty | Feature film |
| 1984 | Skin Deep | Maggie | Feature film |
| 1988 | A World Apart | June Abelson | Feature film |
| 1993 | The Nostradamus Kid | 'General Booth Enters Heaven' Strolling Player | Feature film |
| 1997 | Heaven's Burning | Gloria | Feature film |
| 1997 | Emmerdale: The Dingles Down Under | Sylvia Gibson | Video |
| 2010 | Stay Awake | Mum | Film short |
| 2017 | Serving Joy | Sue | Film short |
| 2020 | The Retreat | Sam | Film short |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1967 | Bellbird | | |
| 1970 | The Rovers | Connie | Episode: "My Millions for a Meal" |
| 1970, 1973, 1976 | Homicide | Rachel Hayes-Manning / Chris Green / Bunny Rogers | 3 episodes: "Peter's Party", "The Adventurer", "Bunny" |
| 1970–1971, 1972 | Division 4 | Suzanne Potter / Elaine / Lorraine Hunt | 3 episodes: "Marvels of Reproduction", "The Monkey Chased the Weasel", "Voice of the Gun" |
| 1971 | The Comedy Game | Airy Fairy | Episode: "Aunty Jack's Travelling Show" |
| 1972 | Behind the Legend | Nellie Melba | |
| 1972 | Redheap | Hetty | 3 episodes |
| 1972 | Birds in the Bush | Michelle | 13 episodes |
| 1972 | The Aunty Jack Show | Airy Fairy | 1 episode |
| 1973 | Boney | Constable Alice McGorr | Season 2, 13 episodes |
| 1973 | Serpent in the Rainbow | Helen Quigg | Miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1975 | Certain Women | Paula Coburn | 1 episode |
| 1976 | Luke's Kingdom | Emily | Miniseries, episode: "The Dam and the Damned" |
| 1976 | The Bushranger | Jane | TV film |
| 1976 | The Haunting of Hewie Dowker | | TV film |
| 1976 | King's Men | | 1 episode |
| 1978 | The Night Nurse | Prudence Simpson | TV film |
| 1979 | Miss USA Pageant | Miss Oregon USA (as Katie Fitzpatrick) | TV special |
| 1980 | Big Toys | | Teleplay |
| 1980 | Stages: Peter Brock and the C.I.C.T in Australia | Presenter | TV special |
| 1980 | Players in the Gallery | Kate Harris | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1981 | Summer Spectrum | Presenter | TV series |
| 1982 | Runaway Island | Elene Costard | TV film |
| 1983 | World Series Cricket | Commentator | |
| 1984 | Skin Deep | Maggie Peters | TV film |
| 1984; 1985 | Runaway Island | Elene Costard | 2 episodes |
| 1985 | The Perfectionist | Su | TV film |
| 1986 | Call Me Mister | Ingrid | Episode: "Long Shot" |
| 1986 | The Three Musketeers | Milady (voice) | Animated TV film |
| 1988 | The Last Resort | Elizabeth Parker | |
| 1991 | Chances | Maggie | 1 episode |
| 1992 | The Resting Place | Myra | TV film |
| 1996 | Twisted Tales | Elizabeth Bishop | TV film series, episode: "Directly from My Heart to You" |
| 1998 | Murder Call | Madeleine Gault | Season 2, episode 2: "Many Unhappy Returns" |
| 1998 | House Gang | Astra | Episode: "Ambition" |
| 1998 | Bullpitt! | Helga | Episode: "Too Many Teds" |
| 1998; 2008 | All Saints | Natasha Reece / Margaret Coolage | 2 episodes: "Heart to Heart", "When Tomorrow Comes" |
| 1998–1999 | Ketchup: Cats Who Cook | Madame Courgette (voice) | |
| 1999 | Dog's Head Bay | Trish Fairweather | Episode: "Fairweather Friends" |
| 1999 | The Lost World | Garza | Episode: "Creatures of the Dark" |
| 1999 | Mumbo Jumbo | Dorothy | TV film |
| 2000–2002 | Something in the Air | Julia Rutherford | |
| 2001 | Blue Heelers | Naomi Burke | 2 episodes: "The Blame Game: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 2002 | Marshall Law | Susan | 2 episodes: "Mother's Day", "The Samovar" |
| 2002 | Always Greener | Chantal Wilkinson | 3 episodes: "In the Beginning, I Was Afraid", "Opening Gambit" |
| 2005 | Scooter: Secret Agent | Taipan | |
| 2005–2006 | Neighbours | Loris Timmins | |
| 2006 | Mortified | Mayor | Episode: "Mother in the Nude" |
| 2006 | H$_2$O: Just Add Water | Dr. Holt | Episode: "Under the Weather" |
| 2008 | Double the Fist | Birgit | Episode: "Fist Furniture" |
| 2008–2009 | Packed to the Rafters | Marjorie Stevens | Seasons 1–2 |
| 2010 | Satisfaction | Fran | Episode: "Non Standard Package" |
| 2010 | Cops L.A.C. | Meg Sinclair | 3 episodes: "The Killer Wore Sneakers", "Ghost House", "Life Is a Rodio" |
| 2012 | Guess How Much I Love You: The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare | Blue Bird (voice) / Narrator | 1 episode |
| 2014 | Guess How Much I Love You: Autumn's Here | Blue Bird (voice) / Narrator | TV film |
| 2015 | Heidi | Barble (voice) | 2 episodes: "First Day in the Mountains", "For a Loaf of Bread" |
| 2016 | Rake | Judith | 1 episode: "4.2" |

### Video game

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 2002 | Ty The Tasmanian Tiger | Shadow of the Ghost Bat (voice) | Video game |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Company |
| | Hamlet | | STCSA |
| | Macbeth | | STCSA |
| | The Recruiting Officer | | Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 1964 | The Importance of Being Earnest | | Old Tote Theatre |
| 1970 | The Legend of King O'Malley | | Old Tote Theatre at Jane St Theatre |
| 1971 | Hamlet on Ice | Hamlet | Nimrod |
| 1972 | Little Murders | | Old Tote Theatre |
| 1972 | Shadows of Blood | | Nimrod |
| 1972 | Rooted | | Nimrod |
| 1973 | The Threepenny Opera | Jenny | Old Tote Theatre |
| 1974 | The Rocky Horror Show | Magenta / Usherette | Harry M. Miller at New Arts Cinema, Sydney |
| 1974 | The Ride Across Lake Constance | | Nimrod |
| 1975 | Ginge’s Last Stand | | Nimrod |
| 1975 | Kennedy's Children | | Nimrod |
| 1975 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Gwendolen Fairfax | AETT at Drama Theatre |
| 1976 | The Season at Sarsaparilla | Nola Boyle | Old Tote Theatre |
| 1977 | Big Toys | Mag | Old Tote Theatre |
| 1978 | The Misanthrope | | Old Tote Theatre at Sydney Opera House |
| 1978 | Bedroom Farce | Susannah | AETT |
| 1978 | Visions | Madame Lynch | Paris Theatre |
| 1979 | The Lady of the Camellias | Marguerite Gautier | STC |
| 1980 | Britannicus | | Seymour Centre |
| 1981 | Celluloid Heroes | Maggie Murnane | Theatre Royal, Sydney |
| 1983-84 | Insignificance | The Actress | Playbox Theatre Company at Playbox Theatre, Melbourne & interstate tour |
| 1984 | Unsuitable for Adults | | Playbox Theatre Company at Studio Theatre |
| 1984 | Scapino | | Playbox at Studio Theatre & Hoyts Prince Theatre |
| 1985 | A Spring Song | Margaret Dennison | Playbox at Studio Theatre |
| 2002 | Post Felicity | Madeleine James | Playbox at Beckett Theatre |
| 2003 | The Fat Boy | Hope | Playbox at Merlyn Theatre for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival |
| 2004 | Julia 3 | Julia | Playbox |
| 2014 | Cruise Control | Silky | Ensemble Theatre |
| 2017 | Cabaret | Fraülein Schneider | Hayes Theatre Company at Melbourne Athenaeum |
| 2024 | Gaslight | Elizabeth | Queensland Theatre Company |