Catherine McClements
Catherine McClements | |
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 McClements at the 2011 Logie Awards | |
| Born | 30 November 1965 |
| Education | National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Known for | Rachel Goldstein in Water Rats Kerry Vincent in Rush Christine Williams in Tangle |
| Spouse | Jacek Koman (c. 1990–present) |
| Children | 2 |
Catherine McClements (born 30 November 1965) is an Australian stage, film and television actress and television presenter. She is known for her TV roles in Water Rats and Tangle, for which she won Logie Awards, and has performed in stage productions for theatre companies such as Belvoir St Theatre, the Melbourne Theatre Company, the Sydney Theatre Company and the State Theatre Company of South Australia.
Early life and education
McClements attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating in 1985, alongside Baz Luhrmann, Sonia Todd and Justin Monjo.[1][2][3] In 1988, McClements, along with a number of other people including Baz Luhrmann, set up an experimental theatre ensemble called Six Years Old and worked on expanding the play Strictly Ballroom, which was first produced in their second year of NIDA in 1984.[4]
Career
In 1993 she had a role in The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End. McClements is best known for her starring role as Rachel Goldstein in the Australian police drama Water Rats from 1996 to 1999. She had a recurring guest role on The Secret Life of Us in 2001, for which she won the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama. She later starred as Rosie in the 2003 drama series CrashBurn and appeared in the Network Ten telemovie Mary Bryant in 2005.
From 2008 she played Inspector/Superintendent Kerry Vincent, in the Australian police drama Rush, and psychologist Christine Williams in the Showcase drama Tangle. A second and third season of Tangle and Rush respectively were announced in 2009 and both aired in 2010.[5][6] Tangle and Rush were commissioned for new seasons, both to start filming in mid-2011.[7][8] In 2010, McClements won an AFI award for her role in Tangle. She has also won ASTRA awards for her role in Tangle in 2011 and 2013.[9]
McClements is also an accomplished stage actress who has appeared in stage productions for many theatre companies, including Belvoir St Theatre, the Melbourne Theatre Company, the Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare and the Malthouse Theatre. In 1987, she worked in Adelaide with the South Australia Theatre Company.
In 2011, McClements guest starred in a YouTube and Facebook-only show called Queer as F**k, playing Mel who was a friend of main character Aaron (Gary Abrahams).
In 2012, McClements was cast as Meg Jackson in Wentworth, a contemporary reimagining of the Australian classic Prisoner. She was cast in a leading role for Season One of Wentworth, but her character did not appear beyond episode one. Also in 2013, McClements returned to the stage in Sharr White's play The Other Place for the Melbourne Theatre Company and Phèdre for Bell Shakespeare.
Earlier in 2013, McClements was cast in new ABC telemovie The Broken Shore, alongside Don Hany, Dan Wyllie and Claudia Karvan. It premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival in October 2013 and aired on the ABC in early 2014.[10]
In September 2013, McClements was cast in the film The Menkoff Method, directed by David Parker.[11]
In 2019 she starred in Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries as Birdie Birnside.[12]
In August 2022 she plays the part of a teacher in the State Theatre Company South Australia and Sydney Theatre Company co-production Chalkface, written by Angela Betzien. The play opens at the Dunstan Playhouse in Adelaide.[13]
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Film/TV/Theatre | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | AFI | Best Actress in a Lead Role | Weekend With Kate | Won |
| 1993 | Asia-Pacific Film Festival | Best Supporting Actress | Redheads | Won |
| 1994 | Green Room Award | Best Female Actor in a Play | Angels in America | Nominated |
| 1998 | Logie Award | Most Popular Actress | Water Rats | Nominated |
| Most Outstanding Actress | Water Rats | Won | ||
| People's Choice Award | Favourite Actress in a Drama or Serial | Water Rats | Nominated | |
| 1999 | AFI | Best Actress in a Lead Role | Water Rats (episode 4.17 I'm Home) | Nominated |
| 2000 | Logie Award | Most Outstanding Actress | Water Rats | Nominated |
| 2001 | AFI | Best Actress in a guest role in a Television Series | The Secret Life of Us | Won |
| 2007 | AFI | Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama | Call Me Mum | Nominated |
| 2008 | Helpmann Award | Best Female Actor in a Play | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Nominated |
| 2010 | Astra Award | Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor | Tangle | Nominated |
| AFI | Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama | Tangle | Won | |
| 2011 | Astra Award | Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor | Tangle | Won |
| Logie Award | Most Outstanding Actress | Rush | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Logie Award | Most Outstanding Actress | Tangle | Nominated |
| ASTRA Award | Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor | Tangle | Won |
Personal life
McClements' husband is actor Jacek Koman, who also guest-starred in The Secret Life of Us as Dominic, though they were not on the show at the same time.[14] They met at the Anthill Theatre in Melbourne in the late 1980s, and have a daughter named Coco and a son named Quincy. McClements' sister is Georgina McClements, a producer, who has credits in shows such as Summer Heights High and Real Stories. Her brother is Brendan McClements, who is the current CEO of Victorian Major Events Company.[15] McClements is good friends with fellow actress Claudia Karvan, whom she met at the AFI awards in 1990 and starred with in the film Redheads in 1992.[16]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Just Us | Jessica Taylor | Telemovie |
| 1987 | The Right Hand Man | Sarah Redbridge | Feature film |
| 1990 | Struck by Lightning | Jill McHugh | Feature film |
| Weekend with Kate | Kate Muir | Feature film | |
| 1992 | Redheads | Diana Ferraro | Feature film (aka Desperate Prey) |
| 2000 | Waiting at the Royal | Dinny Weston | Telemovie |
| Better Than Sex | Sam | Feature film | |
| 2003 | After the Deluge | Nikki Kirby | Telemovie |
| Floodhouse | Ava | 50 minute film | |
| 2005 | Mary Bryant | Marleen | Telemovie |
| 2006 | Call Me Mum | Kate | Telemovie |
| Sexy Thing | Mum | Short film – 15 minutes | |
| 2007 | Fast Lane | Louise | Short film - 15 minutes |
| 2008 | Emerald Falls | Rosalie Bailey | Feature film |
| 2013 | The Broken Shore | Erica Burgouyne | Telemovie |
| 2014 | The Menkoff Method | Majorie | Feature film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | My Brother Tom | Margaret 'Peggy' McGibbon | Miniseries |
| 1993 | The Girl from Tomorrow: Tomorrow's End | Lorien | Miniseries |
| 1993 | G.P. | Heather Ryan | TV series - 1 episode: Close Encounters |
| 1996–99 | Water Rats | Rachel Goldstein | TV series - 109 episodes |
| 2001–02 | The Secret Life of Us | Carmen | TV series - 10 episodes. Won an AFI award for the episode Love Sucks. |
| 2003 | Good Morning Australia | Guest - Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2003 | CrashBurn | Rosie Harfield | TV series |
| 2006 | Real Stories | Jillian | TV series - 1 episode |
| 2008–11 | Rush | Kerry Vincent | TV series - all 70 episodes |
| 2009–12 | Tangle | Christine Williams | Foxtel series |
| 2010 | The Pacific | Catherine Leckie | TV series - 1 episode: Home |
| 2013 | Wentworth | Meg Jackson | Foxtel series - 4 episodes |
| 2014 | The Time of Our Lives | Diana | TV series - season 2 |
| 2015 | The Beautiful Lie | Tess du Pont | TV series |
| 2016 | Rake | Julie | TV series - season 4 |
| 2017 | Sisters | Genevieve | TV series - 7 episodes |
| 2019 | Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries | Birdie Birnside | TV series |
| 2022 | Pieces of Her | Grace Juno | Netflix series - 6 episodes |
| 2023 | The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart | Sarah | 2 episodes |
| Erotic Stories [17] | Sam | 1 episode (Philia) | |
| 2024 | Total Control[18] | TV series - season 3 |
Self
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Doing Time (TV documentary) | Narrator (10-part series) |
| 2000 | Good Morning Australia (TV) | Guest |
| 2002 | Good Morning Australia (TV) | Guest |
| 2003 | Rove Live (TV) | Guest |
| 2003 | The Fat (TV) | Guest |
| 2009 | Whale Patrol (TV documentary) | Narrator |
| 2010 | The Circle | Guest |
| 2010 | AFI Awards (TV) | Presenter |
| 2011 | Things on Sunday: Sex Malthouse Theatre | Panel member |
| 2011 | Logie Awards (TV) | Presenter |
| 2011 | IF Awards (TV) | Presenter |
| 2013 | Astra Awards (TV) | Presenter |
| 2015 | Sperm Donors Anonymous (TV documentary) | Narrator |
Theatre work
| Name | Year | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday Makers | 1984 | NIDA. Directed by Nick Enright. | |
| All's Well That Ends Well | 1984 | NIDA. Directed by Kevin Jackson. | |
| Strictly Ballroom | 1984; 1986 | Barbara Pierce | NIDA, (1984); Bratislava (1986). Directed by Baz Luhrmann. |
| The Unseen Hand | 1985 | Part of the Hallucinogenics? 3 plays from the 60s event. NIDA. Directed by Ian Watson. | |
| The Greeks (Trilogy: The War, The Murders, The Gods) | 1985 | Iphigenia | NIDA & St Martin's Youth Arts Centre. |
| Dreamplay | 1985 | NIDA. Directed by Jim Sharman. | |
| Once in a Lifetime | 1985 | NIDA. Directed by Gale Edwards. | |
| And a Nightingale Sang | 1986 | Joyce | Sydney Opera House. Directed by Peter Kingston. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | 1987 | Hero | Playhouse, Adelaide. Directed by Gale Edwards & John Gaden. |
| Shepherd on the Rocks | 1987 | Rhonda Moffat / News team member / Female whale saver | Playhouse, Adelaide. Directed by Neil Armfield. |
| The Winter's Tale | 1987 | Perdita; Servant | Playhouse, Adelaide. Directed by Gale Edwards & John Gaden. |
| Les Liaisons dangereuses | 1987 | Playhouse, Adelaide. Directed by John Gaden. | |
| Away | 1987 | Meg | Playhouse, Adelaide. Directed by Aubrey Mellor. |
| Molière (aka The Cabal of Hypocrites) | 1988 | Key Studios, Melbourne. Directed by Jean-Pierre Mignon. | |
| The Imaginary Invalid | 1989; 1990 | Angelique | Melbourne, Perth & Adelaide. Directed by Jean-Pierre Mignon. |
| Crystal Clear | 1990 | Thomasina | Universal Theatre. Directed by Terrence O'Connell. |
| The Crucible | 1991 | Abigail Williams | Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre. Directed by Richard Wherrett. |
| Angels in America | 1993; 1994 | Harper | Melbourne & Adelaide. Directed by Neil Armfield. |
| Seeing Violet | 1994 | Isabel | Napier Street Theatre, Melbourne. Directed by Melanie Beddie. |
| No Family | 1994 | Napier Street Theatre, Melbourne. Directed by Chris Corbett. | |
| At Dusk | 1994 | Lily | Napier Street Theatre, Melbourne. Directed by Tom Considine. |
| The Blind Giant Is Dancing | 1995 | Louise | Belvoir St Theatre. Directed by Neil Armfield. |
| Suddenly Last Summer | 2000 | Catharine | Belvoir St Theatre. Directed by Neil Armfield. |
| Emma Celebrazione! | 2000 | – | Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne. |
| Macbeth | 2003 | Lady Macbeth | Belvoir St Theatre. Directed by Michael Kantor. |
| Cruel and Tender | 2005 | Amelia | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne. Directed by Julian Meyrick. |
| It Just Stopped | 2006 | Beth | Malthouse Theatre & Belvoir St Theatre. Directed by Neil Armfield. |
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 2007 | Martha | Belvoir St Theatre. Directed by Benedict Andrews. |
| Appetite | 2008 | Louise | Adelaide, Sydney & Melbourne. Directed by Kate Denborough. |
| Happy Ending | 2011 | Louise | Part of the Cybec Readings. Lawler Studio, Melbourne. Directed by Aidan Fennessy. |
| 8 | 2012 | Sandy Stier | Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne & Sydney Town Hall. Directed by Bruce Myles. |
| Never Did Me Any Harm | 2012 | Southbank Theatre at the Melbourne Festival. Directed by Kate Champion. | |
| The Other Place | 2013 | Juliana Smithton | Arts Centre Playhouse, Melbourne. Directed by Nadia Tass. Also stars David Roberts & Heidi Arena. |
| Phèdre | 2013 | Phèdre | Merlyn Theatre & Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre. Directed by Peter Evans. Also stars Marco Chiappi & Abby Earl. |
| White Rabbit, Red Rabbit | 2013 | Beckett Theatre, Melbourne. One night only. | |
| The Events | 2016 | Claire | Malthouse Theatre, Belvoir St Theatre & State Theatre Company of South Australia. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | 2018 | Cleopatra | Sydney Opera House for Bell Shakespeare. Directed by Peter Evans. |
| Chalkface | 2022 | Pat Novitsky, a teacher | State Theatre Company South Australia & Sydney Theatre Company co-production, at Dunstan Playhouse[13] |
References
- ^ Alumni Archived 14 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine National Institute of Dramatic Art
- ^ Morgan, Joyce (14 June 2003). "Good cop, bad cop". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ Bone, Pamela (15 May 1986). "Chiltern lives again – just for television". The Age. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ Albert, Jane (2010). House of Hits: The great untold story of Australia's first family of music. Prahran,VIC: Hardie Grant Books.
- ^ Second season for Tangle TV Tonight
- ^ Rush wins third season on Ten TV Tonight
- ^ Renewed: Tangle TV Tonight
- ^ Renewed: Rush TV Tonight
- ^ 2011 Winners Archived 22 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Astra awards
- ^ ABC announced the top cast for The Broken Shore TV Tonight, 2 April 2013
- ^ Cast is set for The Menkoff Method Inside Film
- ^ "Ms Fisher's MODern Murder Mysteries Announces Cast - Every Cloud Productions".
- ^ a b Keen, Suzie (29 July 2022). "Catherine McClements goes back to school in Chalkface". InDaily. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ Rose, Colin (8 June 2003). "Double Trouble". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ Boland, Michaela (25 September 2009). "Roll out the red carpet". The Australian.
- ^ Cool Cat The Age, 31 October 2008
- ^ "Seductive SBS Original drama series 'Erotic Stories' premieres 26 October".
- ^ "Total Control filming third and final series | TV Tonight". June 2023.
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