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Kate Rutter

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Kate Rutter
Born
Leeds, England
Alma materRose Bruford College
OccupationActress
Years active1990–present
Notable work

Kate Rutter is an English actress, best known for I, Daniel Blake,[1][2][3] Peterloo and River City.[4][5]

Filmography

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Year Film Role Director Notes
1997 Casualty Jean Various
The Full Monty Clerk Peter Cattaneo
1998 Cold Feet Sheila Various
1999 Hearts and Minds Sister Mary Charles McDougall
2000 Queer as Folk Mrs. Perry Various
Fat Friends Helen Kay Mellor
2002–2009 Silent Witness Mrs. Brook Various
2002–2009 Holby City Carole Various
2005 Pierrepoint Eileen Adrian Shergold
2010 Doctors Linda Various
The Arbor Mother Clio Barnard
Oranges and Sunshine Vera Jim Loach
2012–2013 River City[6][7] Miriam Various Series regular, 44 episodes
2013 Scott and Bailey Joe Various
The Railway Man Jean Jonathan Teplitzky
2016 DCI Banks Maureen Various
I, Daniel Blake Ann[8] Ken Loach
2017 Cotton Wool Marion Nicholas Connor
2018 Peterloo Reformer Mike Leigh
2019 Coronation Street D.S. Beckett Various
Four Weddings and a Funeral Margot Various
His Dark Materials Sister Betty Various
2020 Question Time Herself Rob Hopkin
2024 Truelove Barbara Chloë Wicks and Carl Tibbetts 3 episodes[9]

Personal life

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Kate Rutter was born and raised in Leeds, Yorkshire, she trained as an actress at Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, Southeast London and began her career in 1977 working on various productions for Yorkshire Playhouse under director Phil Young. Her first television appearance was in 1994 in series Earthfasts by William Mayne. Since then Kate has appeared as a series regular in both ITV's Coronation Street and BBC's River City. In 2020, Kate Rutter's appearance in the audience of the BBC's Question Time sparked controversy over whether the actress was hired by the BBC.[10][11][12][13][14]

Awards and nominations

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Award Category Nominated work Result
Los Angeles Film Awards Best Ensemble Cotton Wool Won
New York Film Awards Won

References

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  1. ^ "Kate Rutter Interview I, Daniel Blake Premiere - video dailymotion". Dailymotion.
  2. ^ "'This film is a message of hope'". Morning Star. 23 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Kate Rutter". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Kate Rutter". IMDb.
  5. ^ "Kate Rutter".
  6. ^ "Kate Rutter : Actress - Films, episodes and roles on digiguide.tv". digiguide.tv.
  7. ^ "BBC Scotland - River City - Dr Miriam Stubbs". BBC.
  8. ^ "BBC Two - I, Daniel Blake". BBC.
  9. ^ Simone, Carlo (2 January 2024). "Channel 4 Truelove: Full cast and when it is on TV". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Question Time viewers complain of 'bias' after Corrie actress spotted in audience". Entertainment Daily UK. 23 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Coronation Street actress 'spotted' in audience of Question Time". Evening Standard. 22 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Coronation Street star makes appearance on Question Time". Digital Spy. 23 November 2019.
  13. ^ Read, Jonathon (23 November 2019). "Lib Dems angered by BBC decision to put fewer supporters in Question Time audience". The New European.
  14. ^ Gibbons, Lottie (22 November 2019). "Corrie fans spot familiar face in Question Time audience". liverpoolecho.