Katherine Hicks

Katherine Hicks
Hicks (left) at the premiere of Hall Pass in 2011.
Born
Katherine Hicks

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
OccupationActress

Katherine Hicks is an Australian actress. She is known for her roles as Heidi Wilson on Rescue: Special Ops and Sam MacKenzie on Winners & Losers.[1][2]

Early life

Hicks was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and grew up on a farm in Byron Bay, New South Wales.[3] She first appeared on stage at Lismore’s Rochdale Theatre at the age of four. She set her sights on acting as a career after appearing in a production of Marat/Sade at Trinity Catholic College in Lismore.[4] After completing her HSC at Byron Bay High School,[1] Hicks moved to Sydney at the age of 17, to undertake her first television role in Heartbreak High. She then relocated to Melbourne to study at VCA, which she graduated from in 2007 with a Bachelor Degree in Acting.[5] After completing her studies, Hicks toured with Bell Shakespeare "Actors at Work" program for a year.

Career

Television

Hicks' first television role was as Tess in the final season of Heartbreak High (1999). She credits her time working on the show with making her take acting more seriously, due to the ABC providing young actors with plenty of acting, voice and movement tuition.[6]

From 2008 to 2009, she played a regular role as Poppy in the Out of the Blue. She then starred as Heidi Wilson in Rescue: Special Ops (2009–11) which saw her nominated for a Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent in 2010.

Hicks played a lead role in the miniseries The Strange Calls in 2012. The same year, she landed her breakthrough role in Winners & Losers playing the character of Sam MacKenzie, for which she won an ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor. From 2016 to 2017, she appeared in a variety of guest roles, including Jack Irish and Offspring.

Film

In 2012, Hicks had a starring role as Angie in feature film Black & White & Sex and appeared in the TV movie Devil's Dust as Janice. She played Lorna in the short film L.O.V.E. Insurance for the Heart – a 2013 Tropfest finalist. She also starred as Jane in 2015 feature film Terminus.

Stage

Hicks also has a variety of stage credits to her name, including as writer and director. She currently resides in Los Angeles, and has added stand-up comedy to her resumé.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Type
2009 Nightwalking Voices Short film
2009 Il Matchmaker Lani Short film
2009 Lonely Jade Short film
2011 Black & White & Sex Angie 1 Feature film
2013 Anima Anistasia Sokalov Short film
2013 L.O.V.E. Insurance for the Heart Lorna Short film
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road Glory Feature film
2015 Terminus Jane Chamberlain Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Type
1999 Heartbreak High Tess Mason TV series, season 7, 14 episodes
2008–09 Out of the Blue Poppy Hammond TV series, 120 episodes
2009 John Safran’s Race Relations Self TV series, 1 episode
2009–11 Rescue: Special Ops Heidi Wilson TV series, 48 episodes
2012 Devil's Dust Janis Banton Miniseries, 2 episodes
2012 The Strange Calls Kath Miniseries, 6 episodes
2012–15 Winners & Losers Sam MacKenzie TV series, seasons 2–4, 55 episodes
2016 Jack Irish Donna Donovic TV series, 1 episode
2016 Offspring Mandy Rao TV series, 1 episode
2017 Newton’s Law Tracey Dingwell Miniseries, 1 episode
2017 The Leftovers TSA Agent TV series, 1 episode

Theatre

Year Title Role Type
Macbeth Lady Macbeth Bell Shakespeare
The Three Sisters Natasha VCA Theatre
Hamlet Claudius VCA Theatre
Fefu and Her Friends
The Art of Success
Smiles of a Summer Night Desiree VCA Theatre
Something She Had to Tell
Yes
2005 Dirtgirlz Shazza BlackBox, Melbourne with Loose Eye Media and Short+Sweet
2006 Sugar Mountain Cinema Nova, Melbourne
2007 After the End Louise New Theatre, Sydney
2007 Art is a Weapon Florence New Theatre, Sydney
2009 Fake Porno Tina Nina Ride on Theatre

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Awards and nominations

Year Nominated work Award Category Result
2010 Rescue: Special Ops Logie Awards Most Popular New Female Talent Nominated
2011 Rescue: Special Ops IF Awards Out of the Box Actor in Television Award Nominated
2013 Katherine Hicks Logie Awards Most Popular Actress Nominated
2014 Katherine Hicks Logie Awards Most Popular Actress Nominated
2014 Winners & Losers Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
2014 Winners & Losers ASTRA Awards Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor Won
2015 Katherine Hicks Logie Awards Most Popular Actress Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b Hildreth, Digby (23 February 2010). "Katherine is targeting a Logie". Northern Star. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ^ Knox, David (13 July 2015). "Katherine Hicks: "I just don't get this girl at all!"". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  3. ^ Hawkins, Joanne (17 July 2015). "Actor Katherine Hicks, of Winners and Losers fame, invites us into her home". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  4. ^ https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/lismore/katherine-is-targeting-a-logie/news-story/b3480fecbbfc957ae735528f2c67f81b
  5. ^ https://www.backstage.com/u/katherine-hicks/
  6. ^ https://www.tntmagazine.com/leisure-entertainment/interviews/interview-with-katherine-hicks/
  7. ^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/418781
  8. ^ https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/KatherineHicks