Kate Jenkinson is an Australian actress, best known for her various roles on the Network Ten comedy The Wedge.
Kate graduated from WAAPA in 2004 winning the Nigel Rideout Award and has since been working constantly in drama and comedy on both stage and screen.
In 2005 Kate was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award for her role as Julia in Black Swan’s production of Zastrozzi and was a regular on the TV comedy series The Wedge from 2005 to 2007. She appeared as herself on Thank God You're Here in 2006 and 2007 as well as Forgotten Cities a new pilot for Working Dog. In 2007 Kate was in an episode of Shaun Micallef’s Newstopia and had a lead guest role on the Channel 9 drama series Canal Road. She began 2008 in the MTC production of Don Juan in Soho before commencing as a regular on SBS's Bogan’s Pride and guest roles on Rush, Satisfaction, "Tangle" and "Whatever Happened to That Guy".
Biography:
THEATRE
2008 DON JUAN IN SOHO (MTC), Dir:Peter Evans, role:Mattie/Dalia
2005 ZASTROZZI (Black Swan), Dir:Marcelle Schmitz, Role:Julia
TELEVISION
2008 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT GUY,Dir:Ted Emry Role: Nurse
2008 TANGLE(Southern Star), Dir:Jessica Hobbs Role: Melanie
2008 SATISFACTION, Dir:Daniel Nettheim, Role:Jemima
2008 RUSH (SOUTHERN STAR), Dir:Erin White, Role:Nina Wise
2008 BOGAN PRIDE (SBS), Dir:Peter Templeman, Role:Tizneen
2007 NEWSTOPIA (Fremantlemedia), Dir:Kevin Carlin, Role:Amanda
2007 Thank God You're Here (Working Dog, Network Ten), Herself
2007 CANAL ROAD, Dir: Daniel Nettheim, Role:Felicity
2007 FORGOTTEN CITIES (Working Dog), Tom Gleisner, Role:Various
2005–07 THE WEDGE (Cornerbox, Network Ten), Role:Series Regular
2006 THANK GOD YOU”RE HERE (Working Dog, Network Ten), Herself
AWARDS
2005 EQUITY BENEVOLENT GUILD, Best Newcomer Nominee, Zastrozzi
2004 NIGEL RIDEOUT AWARD, Teachers Choice, WAAPA