Kate Patrick
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Kate Patrick was a fictional character on the long-running Channel 4 British television soap opera Hollyoaks.
She was played by actress Natasha Symms between 1997-2000.
Kate came from a very dysfunctional family. The Patricks were common and had plenty of secrets, all of which at one point came out.
[edit] Character History
When their mother Jill married Jack Osborne, Kate along with sister Gina and brother Sol acquired step-siblings in the form of stuck-up Ruth and dastardly Darren, who they refused to get on with. Ruth's bitchiness towards her family riled Kate, and as revenge, she taught her a lesson she wouldn't forget by seducing and having an affair with her husband Kurt Benson, effectively destroying their marriage.
Kate earned a reputation in the village as the wicked step-sister, but she couldn't have cared less as she had serious family issues to contend with. Firstly, her mother admitted that Gina and Sol were not her biological children but had brought them up as her own when their real mother died. The biggest bombshell for Kate was that she had a long lost twin brother, Joe Johnson, who she had never known. When Joe arrived in the village, Kate rejected him but soon warmed to him. Unfortunately there was an attraction between them which they could not shake and they shared a kiss.
Ruth and her friend Carol Groves spread rumours they were having an incestuous affair. Kate exacted revenge by stealing Carol's diary and photocopying pages and sticking them in the phone box for everyone to see. She then gave Ruth laxatives before her housewarming party, then hid all the toilet paper, and let all her friends and family in and left them to it. Joe's feelings for Kate grew stronger by the day, and realising that she couldn't cope with being so close to him anymore, Kate said a tearful goodbye to Jill, Gina, Sol and Jack before breaking the news to Joe that she was leaving. Kate reappeared a year or so later to help her brother Sol get back on his feet after being made homeless by Jack and for Jill's funeral.
