# Catherine Wilkin

Catherine Wilkin (born October 1950) is a New Zealand actor who has worked in New Zealand and Australia.

## Career

Wilkin has acted in many Australian television shows, with a mix of guest and multi-episode recurring roles.
She played the recurring role lawyer Kate McGrath in Cop Shop in 1981. Her then-partner, Bill Stalker, was at that time a regular in the series. In 1983 she played Janice Young in Prisoner. Other roles include Paulyne Grey in Rafferty's Rules, Katherine Jensen in Embassy, Sally Downie in Blue Heelers and Liz Ryan in McLeod's Daughters. Wilkin also starred in the Saddle Club as the well-loved Mrs. Reg, the mother of the owner of the stable, in 2001.
Theatre performances include Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde in 2010 for Auckland Theatre Company. In 2012 she played Linda in the Peach Theatre Company production of Death of a Salesman.

## Personal life

She was injured in the November 1981 motorcycle accident that killed her then-partner, actor Bill Stalker.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1996 | Brilliant Lies | Marion Lee | Feature film |
| 2013 | The Weight of Elephants | Gran | Feature film |
| 2016 | The Couple | Wife | Film Short |
| 2017 | Theodora | Meredith / Theodora | Film Short |
| 2020 | This Town | Grandma Ruth | Feature film, NZ |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1979 | Close to Home | Anne | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1979 | Skyways | Hanna Clayton | TV series, 1 episode: "Hard Case Hanna" |
| 1980-81; 1982 | Cop Shop | Kate McGrath | TV series, 42 episodes |
| 1982 | Home | Maggie | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1982 | Cop Shop | Kim Lambert | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1983 | Carson's Law | Mrs. Rosemary Ward | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1983 | Prisoner | Janice Young | TV series, Season 5, 9 episodes |
| 1984 | Children of the Dog Star | Helen Elliott | TV miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 1984 | The Keepers | Aggie French | TV series, 9 episodes |
| 1985 | The Flying Doctors | Pamela Stoneham | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1985 | A Fortunate Life | May Prang | TV miniseries, 1 episode: "Journey" |
| 1986 | The Great Bookie Robbery | Carol Power | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1987-88 | Rafferty's Rules | Pauline Grey | TV series, 46 episodes |
| 1987 | The Flying Doctors | Jessie Logan | TV series, 1 episode: "No Quarter Asked" |
| 1989 | This Man... This Woman | Marion Clarke | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1989 | The Magistrate | Claire Boyd | TV miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 1989 | Grim Pickings | Kate | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1991 | Shark in the Park | Catherine Pierce | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 1992 | Embassy | Ambassador Katherine Jenson | TV series, 13 episodes |
| | Marlin Bay | | TV series |
| 1993 | Snowy | Molly Logan | TV series, Season 1, 13 episodes |
| 1994 | Good Morning Australia | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | Swimming Lessons | Margaret Sadler | TV movie, NZ |
| 1996 | Brilliant Lies: Interviews | Herself | Short film documentary |
| 1997 | Ocean Girl | Madame President | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1997 | In the Shadow of King Lear | Herself | Film documentary |
| 1997 | Duggan | Lynette Bridges | TV series, 1 episode: "Death in Paradise" |
| 1997-1999 | Blue Heelers | Sally Downie/Downe | TV series, 14 episodes |
| 1998 | Duggan | Lynette Bridges | TV series, episode: "Sins of the Fathers" |
| 1998, 2001 | Halifax f.p. | Marion Walters | TV film series, 2,episodes, S3 E3: "Afraid Of The Dark", S6 E2: “Playing God” |
| 1998 | The Chosen | Andrea Gordon | TV movie |
| 1998 | State Coroner | Olwen Parsons | TV series, 1 episode: "Sunday in the Country" |
| 1999 | Good Morning Australia | Guest - Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999, 2002 | The Lost World | Adama, Jessie Challenger | TV series, 2 episodes: "Nectar" & "The Elixir" |
| 2001-2003 | The Saddle Club | Elizabeth Regnery / Mrs. Reg | TV series, Seasons 1–2, 51 episodes |
| 2001-03, 2004, 2006 | McLeod's Daughters | Liz Ryan | TV series, Seasons 1–3, 4 & 6, 26 episodes |
| 2006 | Leo's Pride | Dame Sister Mary Leo | TV movie |
| 2007 | Outrageous Fortune | Sonya | TV series, 1 episode: "The Secret Parts of Fortune" |
| 2011 | Tangiwai | Emma Blair | TV movie |
| 2016 | Wanted | Beverley Delaney | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2017 | The Brokenwood Mysteries | Catherine Alderston | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2019 | Shortland Street | Jean King | TV series, 28 episodes |
| 2020 | Stateless | Elka Werner | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 2021-24 | Under the Vines | Hilary | TV series, 18 episodes |