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Kath Day-Knight
Kath Day-Knight
Kath and Kim character
	; File:KathKathandKim.jpg Jane Turner As Kath In "99% Fat Free"
First appearance	First Forward
Last appearance	Kath And Kim (series finale)
Created by	Gina Riley; Jane Turner
Portrayed by	Jane Turner
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Species	Human
Gender	Female
Occupation	House Wife ; Tafe Student; Real Estate Agent; Entrepreneur; Actress
Family	Epponee Raye (granddaughter); Brett Craig (son-in-law)
Spouse	Gary Poole (divorced 2004); Kel Knight (2004-present)
Children	Kim Craig (daughter)

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Kathleen "Kath" Darleen Day-Knight is a fictional character featured in the Australian television series Kath & Kim and is portrayed by Jane Turner. Her character has appeared on Multiple Australian Comedy Series including Fast Forward, Big Girl's Blouse and Something Stupid Before appearing on Kath & Kim'.

Molly Shannon portrayed her American version in the short lived American series^[1]. Kath's character is considered an Australian Comedy Icon. Kath will return with The Kath and Kim Filum which is due to hit cinemas In 2012.

The Idea for the series was originally grasped during the nineties while successful Australian shows such as Big Girl's Blouse had skits on them with identical characters of the same name. Kath and Kim aired first on 16th May 2002,^[2] and become a hit in Australia and Internationally. The series ended in 2007; Turner will return to screens as Kath in 2012 with The Kath and Kim Filum which will premiere in Cinemas Mid 2012^[3].

Jane Turner works with Gina Riley exclusively on Kath & Kim, as they are both credited as script writers and creators of the show itself.^[4]

Personality

Physical Appearance

Kath considers herself a strong and successful mother who embodies the stereotypical housewife/urban mother personality. Kath's appearance is notable; mostly her hair, a large blonde perm, which almost resembles an Aboriginal hair style (It is also later revealed she is in fact of Aboriginal Descent). Kath wears flamboyant clothes sometimes, and normal clothes as well. She dresses in a style which resembles 80s fashion, with Tussles, Shoulder Pads and tight metro colored-pants all included in her wardrobe.

Personal Outlook

Kath is extremely proud of herself and her looks. She is confident; in fact the opening of Kath & Kim episode one features just Kath, herself, reflecting on herself and how proud she is of her looks and calls herself "high maintenance". Kath's daughter Kim is the opposite to Kath, overweight, lazy and rude. Kath has had her fair share of wild escapades throughout the show's episodes and has had a wide-range of careers, ranging from an actress to a real estate agent. In addition, during the season finale, Kath & Kel make their house into a Bed and breakfast named Kath & Kel's Kountry Kottage. Apart from this, she has failed to have a full-time job. Despite never having self imagery problems, Kath suffers feelings of sadness as she is 4 months older then husband Kel, feeling conscious of her age.

Background and Short Story lines

Kath was born in 1954, and was married to Garry Poole from the late seventies. She lived in Fountain Lakes with Kim for year alone before meeting Kel, and the arrival of Brett and Epponee to the family. It was revealed during the series (after her marriage to Kel in a big wedding) that she was still married to Garry. They officially divorced and she married Kel legally this time after a two-year invalid stretch. Other than this, little is known about Kath's life (however a portion of Kim's past has been shown such as her stealing Brett from Sharon as a teen). While sorting through old family pictures, Kim realizes that she is of Aboriginal Descent after taking a DNA test which proved it in the episode Roots. Kath also experiences problems with her age; feeling to old at sometimes as she is four months older then her husband Kel. Kath was a Tafe student graduate, and did a course in Real Estate. By the end of the series, Kim and her dramas got to be such a trouble to Kath, that Kath opted to move into Mandy (her next door neighbour's house) which was up for auction. She failed to auction off their own house, with Brett purchasing the house for $400,050. Kath is rarely seen being busy with Work - which can be anything for her. In season three Kath found work with Kel becoming actors for a 'High and Dry' commercial. They were later dropped because sales plummeted. In 2005, Kath and Kel got given a franchise called The Da Vinci Code Tours. Kath is the tour guide. Kath is a strong supporter of the Richmond Tigers.

Relationships

Kim

Kim Craig, played by Turner's creative partner Gina Riley is Kath's lazy, ignorant, rude and catty twenty-seven year old daughter. Kim took large advantage of Kath growing up, due to the fact that they had no male figure (Kath's husband & Kim's father Gary Poole left them to fend for themselves while Kim was an infant) with them. Kim had always been the center of Kim's attention; causing her to always act self-absorbed even to this day as an adult. Kim continues to take advantage of Kath, always living in her house and messing it up (which Kath hates as she is a "Neat-Freak"). Kath however acts kind to Kim, her only child. Kath often doesn't take Kim's life and her several problems seriously, such as her brief marriage break-ups (as Kath assumes (which she assumes correctly) that Kim and her husband Brett will eventually get together despite zero chemistry in their marriage). During the final season, Kim got to be such a bother to Kath & Kel that they opted to purchase their next-door-neighbour's Mansion like House; but were unsuccessful as no one auctioned to buy their own house. Kim and Kath however have always had a good relationship when it comes to agreeing on situations (which usually includes Sharon, Kim's second best friend and a family friend) and gossiping about the latest buzz.

Kel

Kel Knight Is Kath's metro husband, played by Glenn Robbins. They're relationship has always been fun, with the two "Oldies" feeling liberated. They married and moved in together. Despite an almost picture-perfect marriage, they have had minor downfalls, such as the times when Kel took over duties as the house woman (cooking, cleaning and maintaining the house) which bothered Kath to the brink; also the fact that Kim Hates Kel and has never accepted her mother getting married at fifty years old and having a life outside of her.

Other Relationships

Kath is very much liked by Kim's husband, Brett Craig and Kim's friend Sharon Strzelecki. Kath appears to be there for the two of them while Kim sits and watches Television or is obsessed with herself. Kath also provides advice to them, Sharon especially. Kath encouraged Sharon to chase her roots in the last season, which led her to meet her obnoxious (almost Kim's reflection) half sister Karen (played by Matt Lucas). Kath is also a loving grandmother to her beautiful infant granddaughter, Epponee Raye, there for her more then her own mother, Kim.

Quirks, Personality Traits and features

Kath has many different Habits and lines which she continues with throughout the series. She often talks to herself in her mind while making grinning faces; She also says "make a mental note Kath.." and says the mental note out loud. When Kath knows something is going to happen she remarks "I can Feel it in me waters!".

Kath consistently makes references to her courses in TAFE during the series; Several courses that Kath has done are cycling and tennis, real estate, floral design, interior design and business studies. When Kim, Sharon, Kath and others possibley are in a "rough" or "sticky" situation, she will stop and say "Look at me (pronounceable as Look at Moi)" and gets everyone to stare her in the eye. She will then go on to say "I've got one word to say to you", which will often be more than one word. When Kath (with Sharon and Kim) see something they like or something out of the blue, they all say to each other "It's Nice, It's different, It's unusual" all at the same time. These words also appear at the end of each and every show to represent their Kath & Kim slogan/brand.

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-'''Kathleen "Kath" Darleen Day-Knight''' is a [[fictional character]] featured in the [[Australian]] [[television series]], ''[[Kath & Kim]]'' and is portrayed by [[Jane Turner]]. Her character has appeared on Multiple [[Australian]] [[Comedy]] Series including ''[[Fast Forward]]'', ''[[Big Girl's Blouse]]'', ''[[Something Stupid]]'' and is most well known on ''Kath & Kim''.
+'''Kathleen "Kath" Darleen Day-Knight''' is a [[fictional character]] featured in the [[Australian]] [[television series]]
+''[[Kath & Kim]]'' and is portrayed by [[Jane Turner]]. Her character has appeared on Multiple [[Australian]] [[Comedy]] Series including [[Fast Forward]], [[Big Girl's Blouse]] and [[Something Stupid]] Before appearing on ''Kath & Kim'''.
 [[Molly Shannon]] portrayed her American version in the short lived [[Kath & Kim (U.S. TV series)|American series]]<ref>http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/us-kath-and-kim-worse-than-vegemite/story-e6frfmyi-1111117718888</ref>. Kath's character is considered an Australian [[Comedy]] Icon. Kath will return with ''The Kath and Kim Filum'' which is due to hit cinemas In 2012.
+The Idea for the series was originally grasped during the nineties while successful Australian shows such as ''Big Girl's Blouse'' had skits on them with identical characters of the same name. ''Kath and Kim'' aired first on 16th May 2002,<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kath_and_Kim_episodes</ref> and become a hit in Australia and Internationally. The series ended in 2007; Turner will return to screens as Kath in 2012 with [[Kath and Kim|''The Kath and Kim Filum'']] which will premiere in Cinemas Mid 2012<Ref>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/kath-kim-in-filum-debut/story-e6frg8pf-1226018015489</ref>.
-==Background==
-Kath was born In 1954. Kath's daughter Kim was a result of her previous dysfunctional Marriage to Gary Poole. Kath met [[Kel Knight]] In 2002; and they shortly married later that year in the front garden of Kath's house. However; the marriage is declared Invalid after Gary returns and Kath learns he never signed the divoce papers. Kath and Kel marry (legally) In 2004 and have been together ever since. Kath has a good relationship with Sharon; her daughter's ''second'' best friend.
+Jane Turner works with [[Gina Riley]] exclusively on ''[[Kath & Kim]]'', as they are both credited as script writers and creators of the show itself.<ref>http://www.australiantelevision.net/kk/articles/goglobal.html</ref>
-During the Course of the series, Kath faces multiple issues involving her daughter - who seems to never move out. Kath has to put up with Kim's Husband [[Brett Craig]], and their daughter, Epponnee Rae. In the episode '''99% Fat Free''' Kath dreams into the Future itself; where Epponnee is getting married, Brett is married to Sharon (a family friend and Kim's ''second'' best friend) and they have triplets - while Kim is still living with Kath.
+==Personality==
-Little is known of Kath's background; however it was shown how she was pregnant with Kim, and her arrogant then-husband Gary Poole abandon the two shortly after Kimberly was born. While sorting through old family pictures, Kim realizes that she is of [[Aboriginal]] Descent after taking a DNA test which proved it. Kath also experiences problems with her age; feeling to old at sometimes as she is four months older then her husband Kel.
+===Physical Appearance===
+Kath considers herself a strong and successful mother who embodies the [[stereotypical]] housewife/urban mother personality. Kath's appearance is notable; mostly her hair, a large blonde [[perm]], which almost resembles an [[Aboriginal]] hair style (It is also later revealed she is in fact of Aboriginal Descent). Kath wears flamboyant clothes sometimes, and normal clothes as well. She dresses in a style which resembles [[80s fashion]], with Tussles, Shoulder Pads and tight metro colored-pants all included in her wardrobe.
+===Personal Outlook===
-Kath was a Tafe student graduate, and did a course in Real Estate. By the end of the series, Kim and her dramas got to be such a trouble to Kath, that Kath opted to move into Mandy (her next door neighbour's house) which was up for auction. She failed to auction off their own house, with Brett purchasing the house for $400,050. Kath is rarely seen being busy with Work - which can be anything for her. In season three Kath found work with Kel becoming actors for a 'High and Dry' commercial. They were later dropped because sales plummeted. In 2005, Kath and Kel got given a franchise called The Da Vinci Code Tours. Kath is the tour guide. Kath is a strong supporter of the [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond Tigers]]
+Kath is extremely proud of herself and her looks. She is confident; in fact the opening of ''Kath & Kim'' episode one features just Kath, herself, reflecting on herself and how proud she is of her looks and calls herself "high maintenance". Kath's daughter Kim is the opposite to Kath, overweight, lazy and rude. Kath has had her fair share of wild escapades throughout the show's episodes and has had a wide-range of [[careers]], ranging from an [[actress]] to a [[real estate agent]]. In addition, during the season finale, Kath & Kel make their house into a Bed and breakfast named ''Kath & Kel's Kountry Kottage''. Apart from this, she has failed to have a full-time job. Despite never having self imagery problems, Kath suffers feelings of sadness as she is 4 months older then husband Kel, feeling conscious of her age.
+===Background and Short Story lines ===
-Kath has had her fair share of wild escapades throughout the show's episodes and has had a wide-range of [[careers]], ranging from an [[actress]] to a [[real estate agent]]. In addition, during the season finale, Kath & Kel make their house into a Bed and breakfast named ''Kath & Kel's Kountry Kottage''.
+Kath was born in 1954, and was married to Garry Poole from the late seventies. She lived in [[Kath and Kim|Fountain Lakes]] with Kim for year alone before meeting Kel, and the arrival of Brett and Epponee to the family. It was revealed during the series (after her marriage to Kel in a big wedding) that she was still married to Garry. They officially divorced and she married Kel legally this time after a two-year invalid stretch. Other than this, little is known about Kath's life (however a portion of Kim's past has been shown such as her stealing Brett from Sharon as a teen). While sorting through old family pictures, Kim realizes that she is of [[Aboriginal]] Descent after taking a DNA test which proved it in the episode [[List of Kath & Kim episodes|Roots]]. Kath also experiences problems with her age; feeling to old at sometimes as she is four months older then her husband Kel. Kath was a Tafe student graduate, and did a course in Real Estate. By the end of the series, Kim and her dramas got to be such a trouble to Kath, that Kath opted to move into Mandy (her next door neighbour's house) which was up for auction. She failed to auction off their own house, with Brett purchasing the house for $400,050. Kath is rarely seen being busy with Work - which can be anything for her. In season three Kath found work with Kel becoming actors for a 'High and Dry' commercial. They were later dropped because sales plummeted. In 2005, Kath and Kel got given a franchise called The Da Vinci Code Tours. Kath is the tour guide. Kath is a strong supporter of the [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond Tigers]].
+==Relationships==
-==Personality & Appearance==
+===Kim===
-Kath is a strong, successful mother who embodies the [[stereotypical]] housewife/mother personality. At times Kath is naive and gullible to her daughter's antics, but is usually determined and strong in handling difficult situations.
+[[Kim Craig]], played by Turner's creative partner [[Gina Riley]] is Kath's lazy, ignorant, rude and catty twenty-seven year old daughter. Kim took large advantage of Kath growing up, due to the fact that they had no male figure (Kath's husband & Kim's father [[List of Kath & Kim characters|Gary Poole]] left them to fend for themselves while Kim was an infant) with them. Kim had always been the center of Kim's attention; causing her to always act self-absorbed even to this day as an adult. Kim continues to take advantage of Kath, always living in her house and messing it up (which Kath hates as she is a "Neat-Freak"). Kath however acts kind to Kim, her only child. Kath often doesn't take Kim's life and her several problems seriously, such as her brief marriage break-ups (as Kath assumes (which she assumes correctly) that Kim and her husband Brett will eventually get together despite zero chemistry in their marriage). During the final season, Kim got to be such a bother to Kath & Kel that they opted to purchase their next-door-neighbour's Mansion like House; but were unsuccessful as no one auctioned to buy their own house. Kim and Kath however have always had a good relationship when it comes to agreeing on situations (which usually includes Sharon, Kim's ''second'' best friend and a family friend) and gossiping about the latest buzz.
+===Kel===
-Kath is "proud of her looks" and does not care what anyone else thinks about her. She always takes pride in how she looks and spends much time grooming herself. Her trademark is a very noticeable, large, blonde [[perm]]. Her clothes, probably unknowingly, resemble [[80s fashion]].
+[[Kel Knight]] Is Kath's metro husband, played by [[Glenn Robbins]]. They're relationship has always been fun, with the two "Oldies" feeling liberated. They married and moved in together. Despite an almost picture-perfect marriage, they have had minor downfalls, such as the times when Kel took over duties as the house woman (cooking, cleaning and maintaining the house) which bothered Kath to the brink; also the fact that [[Kim Craig|Kim]] Hates Kel and has never accepted her mother getting married at fifty years old and having a life outside of her.
+===Other Relationships===
-==Recurring gags and features==
+Kath is very much liked by Kim's husband, [[Brett Craig]] and Kim's friend [[Sharon Strzelecki]]. Kath appears to be there for the two of them while Kim sits and watches Television or is obsessed with herself. Kath also provides advice to them, Sharon especially. Kath encouraged Sharon to chase her roots in the last season, which led her to meet her obnoxious (almost Kim's reflection) half sister [[List of Kath & Kim characters|Karen]] (played by [[Matt Lucas]]). Kath is also a loving grandmother to her beautiful infant granddaughter, [[List of Kath & Kim characters|Epponee Raye]], there for her more then her own mother, Kim.
-*'''I can feel it in me waters''' - When Kath just "knows" that something is going to happen.
-*'''Decant the dipping sauce''' - A remark Kath makes when she is evidently busy.
-*'''[[TAFE]] courses''' - The programme is consistently referred to by Kath. Several courses that Kath has done are cycling and tennis, real estate, floral design, interior design and business studies.
-*'''Look at moi''' - Used mostly to Kim (her daughter) when a fight has happened. Then she will say "I've got one word to say to you", which will often be more than one word.
-*'''It's nice, it's different, it's unusual''' - Used when she sees something she likes. Kim and Sharon join in at the same time.
+==Quirks, Personality Traits and features==
-==Appearances==
+Kath has many different Habits and lines which she continues with throughout the series. She often talks to herself in her mind while making grinning faces; She also says "make a mental note Kath.." and says the ''mental'' note out loud. When Kath knows something is going to happen she remarks "I can Feel it in me waters!".
-''[[Fast Forward]]'' (1993——1994)<br>
-''[[Big Girl's Blouse]]'' (1994——1995)<br>
+Kath consistently makes references to her courses in [[TAFE]] during the series; Several courses that Kath has done are cycling and tennis, real estate, floral design, interior design and business studies. When Kim, Sharon, Kath and others possibley are in a "rough" or "sticky" situation, she will stop and say "Look at me (pronounceable as Look at Moi)" and gets everyone to stare her in the eye. She will then go on to say "I've got one word to say to you", which will often be more than one word. When Kath (with Sharon and Kim) see something they like or something out of the blue, they all say to each other "It's Nice, It's different, It's unusual" all at the same time. These words also appear at the end of each and every show to represent their ''Kath & Kim'' slogan/brand.
-''[[Something Stupid]]'' (1998)<br>
-''[[Kath & Kim]]'' (2002—2007)<br>
-''The Kath & Kim Filum'' (2012)<br>
 ==See Also==
+===Other Characters===
 *[[Kim Craig]]
 *[[Kath Day-Knight]]
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Related	U.S. version