Kate Fitzpatrick
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| Born | Kerry Kathleen Fitzpatrick[1] Script error: No such module "person date". Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia |
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| Years active | 1967–present |
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Kerry Kathleen Fitzpatrick (born 1 October 1947) is an Australian television, film, and theatre actress.[2]
Early life
Fitzpatrick was born in 1947 in Perth, Western Australia,[3] the eldest of five siblings, to an artist mother and a geologist father, who travelled for nine months of each year doing geological mapping.[4]
She grew up in the Adelaide suburb of Dover Gardens, where she developed her love for classical music, art and cricket. At the age of 14, she was among a group of art students selected by Jeffrey Smart ('Phidias' of the Argonauts Club) for a travelling art scholarship to Japan.[4]
Fitzpatrick's father, disapproved of her interest in acting and sent her to a guidance counsellor who recommended she become a psychiatrist.[4]
At the age of 18, Fitzpatrick was accepted as a drama student by NIDA and moved to Sydney.[5] She graduated in 1967, and later returned to serve two terms on the board.[3] She later studied an Arts degree.[6]
Career
Fitzpatrick's stage 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,[3] The Season at Sarsaparilla,[3] The Misanthrope, The Threepenny Opera,[7] and Big Toys by Patrick White, who wrote the play for Fitzpatrick.[3] She appeared 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.[7] In 2017, she appeared in Cabaret as Fraülein Schneider. She most recently toured Australia in Gas Light.[7]
Fitzpatrick's film roles included appearances in Homesdale (1971),[8] The Office Picnic (1972),[8] Promised Woman (1975),[8] The Great Macarthy (1975),[8] The Removalists (1975),[8] The Night Nurse (1977),[8] police drama Goodbye Paradise (1983),[8] superhero film The Return of Captain Invincible (1983),[8] A World Apart (1988) and action thriller Heaven's Burning (1997).[8] In 2025, she appeared in Renny Harlin's film, Deep Water.[7]
Her early television appearances included Serpent in the Rainbow, Birds in the Bush,[8] Certain Women,[3] Rush,[3] Ben Hall,[3] Boney,[3] and Homicide.[3] Further television credits included Something in the Air,[3] Scooter: Secret Agent,[8] Blue Heelers,[8] Marshall Law,[9] Always Greener and All Saints.[8] In 2006, Fitzpatrick briefly joined the cast of soap opera Neighbours[9] in the role of Loris Timmins. In 2009, she appeared in Packed to the Rafters[3] in a reprising guest role. In 2010, Fitzpatrick did a short film called Stay Awake and also appeared in the drama series Satisfaction.[8]
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.[10] 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 has also performed numerous voiceover roles, including television commercials for brands such as Aldi, Moderna, Uber Reserve and Mazda.[11]
Fitzpatrick is a published author, essayist, and humourist whose work has appeared in numerous major newspapers and journals over the last 30 years,[12][13] including a column in The Sydney Morning Herald in the 1980s.[14]
She has had three books published, including "Name Dropping" (2004) and "Air Mail" (2005).[6] She was a political speech writer during the 1990s,[6] spending four years working for the NSW Arts Minister.[14] She has also worked as a florist.[6]
Fitzpatrick was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Medal for services to the theatre.[6] Artist Florence Broadhurst painted her portrait for the Archibald Prize in 1975.[6]
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.[4]
In her memoir "Name Dropping: An Incomplete Memoir", Fitzpatrick also recounts having had romantic relationships with actors Sam Neill and Jeremy Irons. She lived with barrister Charles Waterstreet, between 1978 and 1982, whom she took to court in 1996 for 'deceit and breach of contract', but lost the case. She declined eight offers of marriage, including one from Australian politician Tom Hughes when she was 29.[4]
Fitzpatrick's memoir cites friendships with playwright Patrick White, prominent legal figure Michael McHugh, theatre director Jim Sharman, English former cricket captain Mike Brearley and actor Jack Nicholson. She also details feuds with Robyn Nevin (for whom she was bridesmaid at her wedding to playwright, Jim McNeill), Barbara Hershey and feminist Germaine Greer.[4]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Homesdale | Miss Greenoak | Short film |
| 1972 | Shirley Thompson vs. the Aliens | Nurse | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Mara | ||
| 1975 | Promised Woman | Marge | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Andrea | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Kate Mason | ||
| 1976 | Summer of Secrets | Rachel Adams | |
| 1979 | The Audition | Roslyn | Short film |
| 1982 | Goodbye Paradise | Mrs. McCreadie | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Patty Patria | ||
| 1984 | Fantasy Man | Betty | |
| Skin Deep | Maggie Peters | ||
| 1988 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | June Abelson | |
| 1993 | The Nostradamus Kid | 'General Booth Enters Heaven' Strolling Player | |
| 1997 | Heaven's Burning | Gloria | |
| Emmerdale: The Dingles Down Under | Sylvia Gibson | Video | |
| 2010 | Stay Awake | Mum | Short film |
| 2017 | Serving Joy | Sue | Short film |
| 2020 | The Retreat | Sam | Short film |
| 2026 | Deep Water | Becky |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Bellbird | Unknown | |
| 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 | Episode: "Nellie Melba" |
| Redheap | Hetty | 3 episodes | |
| Birds in the Bush | Michelle | Main cast; 13 episodes | |
| The Aunty Jack Show | Airy Fairy | Episode: "Unaired Pilot: Aunty Jack's Travelling Show" | |
| Quartet | Unknown | ||
| 1973 | Boney | Constable Alice McGorr | Main cast (Season 2); 13 episodes |
| Serpent in the Rainbow | Helen Quigg | Miniseries; 4 episodes | |
| 1975 | Certain Women | Paula Coburn | 1 episode |
| 1976 | Luke's Kingdom | Emily | Episode: "The Dam and the Damned" |
| The Bushranger | Jane | TV film | |
| The Haunting of Hewie Dowker | Unknown | TV film | |
| King's Men | Unknown | Episode: "1.9" | |
| 1978 | The Night Nurse | Prudence Simpson | TV film |
| 1979 | Miss USA Pageant | Miss Oregon USA (as Katie Fitzpatrick) | TV special |
| 1980 | Big Toys | Unknown | Teleplay |
| Stages: Peter Brock and the C.I.C.T in Australia | Presenter | TV special | |
| Players to the Gallery | Kate Harris | Miniseries; 3 episodes | |
| 1981 | Summer Spectrum | Presenter | |
| 1982 | Runaway Island | Elene Costard | TV film |
| 1983 | World Series Cricket | Commentator | |
| 1983 | Flashback | Panelist | |
| 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" |
| The Three Musketeers | Milady de Winter (voice) | TV film | |
| 1988 | The Last Resort | Elizabeth Parker | Main cast |
| 1991 | Chances | Maggie | Episode: "1.64" |
| 1992 | The Resting Place | Myra | TV film |
| 1996 | Twisted Tales | Elizabeth Bishop | Episode: "Directly from My Heart to You" |
| 1998 | Murder Call | Madeleine Gault | Episode: "Many Unhappy Returns" |
| House Gang | Astra | Episode: "Ambition" | |
| Bullpitt! | Helga Hansen | Episode: "Too Many Teds" | |
| 1998–1999 | Ketchup: Cats Who Cook | Madame Courgette (voice) | |
| 1998; 2008 | All Saints | Natasha Reece / Margaret Coolage | 2 episodes: "Heart to Heart", "When Tomorrow Comes" |
| 1999 | Dog's Head Bay | Trish Fairweather | Episode: "Fairweather Friends" |
| The Lost World | Garza | Episode: "Creatures of the Dark" | |
| Mumbo Jumbo | Dorothy | TV film | |
| 2000–2002 | Something in the Air | Julia Rutherford | Main cast; 320 episodes |
| 2001 | Blue Heelers | Naomi Burke | 2 episodes: "The Blame Game: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 2002 | Marshall Law | Susan | 2 episodes: "Mother's Day", "The Samovar" |
| Always Greener | Chantal Wilkinson | 3 episodes | |
| 2005 | Scooter: Secret Agent | Taipan | Main cast; 26 episodes |
| 2005–2006 | Neighbours | Loris Timmins | Recurring; 25 episodes |
| 2006 | Mortified | Mayor | Episode: "Mother in the Nude" |
| H2O: 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 | Recurring (Seasons 1–2); 8 episodes |
| 2010 | Satisfaction | Fran | Episode: "Non Standard Package" |
| Cops L.A.C. | Meg Sinclair | 3 episodes | |
| 2012 | Guess How Much I Love You: The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare | Blue Bird / Narrator (voice) | Episode: "1.1" |
| 2014 | Guess How Much I Love You: Autumn's Here | Blue Bird / Narrator (voice) | TV film |
| 2015 | Heidi | Barble (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Rake | Judith | Episode: "4.2" |
Video game
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Ty The Tasmanian Tiger | Shadow of the Ghost Bat (voice) |
Theatre
Bibliography
| Year | Title | Publisher | ISBN | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "Sydney" (with Bernard Hermann) | Hawthorn, VIC: Hutchinson of Australia | 9780091571900 | [34] |
| 2004 | "Name Dropping: an Incomplete Memoir" | Pymble, NSW: HarperCollins | 0-7322-7468-0 | [34] |
| 2005 | "Air Mail: Three Women Letters from Five Continents" | John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd | 1740311272 | [34] |
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- ^ a b c d e f g h Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kiss me, too, Kate". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 March 2004.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ABC Classic FM – Midday – Kate Fitzpatrick". ABC Classic FM.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Best Kate Fitzpatrick Movies and TV Shows – From Classics to Hidden Gems We Explore Them All". www.serp.media. 24 May 2025.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Name Dropping". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 May 2004.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Name Dropping: An Incomplete Memoir". The Age. 2 May 2004.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kate Fitzpatrick in the Patrick White play the Big Toys, Old Tote Theatre, Sydney, 1977 / Robert McFarlane". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Charity opening for play". The Canberra Times. Vol. 52, no. 14, 915. 26 October 1977. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Insignificance". Malthouse Theatre. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Unsuitable for Adults". Malthouse Theatre. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Scapin". Malthouse Theatre. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A Spring Song". Malthouse Theatre. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Costume designer Melody Cooper, actors Rupert Burns, Kate Fitzpatrick, Suzette Williams and director Rex Cramphorn after a performance of Don Juan at the Seymour Centre, Chippendale, New South Wales, 1991 / William Yang". My generation series, 1975-2008 via National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Margaret Throsby interview: Kate Fitzpatrick". www.abc.net.au. 11 May 2014.
External links
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