FILMOGRAPHY

2006] The Wicker Man
2006] The Return
2005] Flightplan
2003] The Matrix Revolutions
2003] "After the Deluge" (mini)
2003] BlackJack (TV)
2002] Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
2002] Seconds to Spare (TV)
2001] "Love Is a Four-Letter Word"
2000] A Wreck, a Tangle
2000] Lost Souls
2000] Chopper
1999] Strange Planet
1997] "The Gift"

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Kate Beahan
c/o Talent Entertainment Group
9111 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills CA 90210, USA

Grew up in Perth, WA ( Spent lots of time in Canberra too).

NIDA graduate.

In 2001 was nominated for an AFI Award Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama Series for: "Love Is a Four-Letter Word". She lost out to Kerry Armstrong (SeaChange).

In 2004 Kate made an Australian tv commercial for Sony.

Her stage roles include: 'Juliet' in ROMEO AND JULIET, 'Ophelia' in HAMLET, 'Miranda' in THE TEMPEST and Alice in ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

Kate has acted in several AFTRS (Australian Film, TV & Radio School) short films such as: Left Land Ends; D-Evolution & Pending

On television Beahan has appeared in the long-running series, 'Home and Away' and has also starred in a host of tele-movies including Imelda's Shoes for Foxtel and The Codopple which aired on SBS.

Favourite piece of music:
"Too hard. Music is a mood thing for me. However, the version of " That's Life" by James Brown reminds me never to give up."

Favourite place in the world:
"So far, Florence, anywhere south of Ireland and Sydney."

Life motto:
'I borrowed it from Strictly Ballroom "A life lived in fear is a life half lived" and an Egyptian phrase "Ego si Relapsus Resurgo" meaning "If I fall down, I get up."'

She bluntly refuses to answer questions of which she does not approve, nor will she describe her beginning in the acting field, other than to say she began theatrical acting in Perth seven years ago before studying the craft at university. An interviewer would be wise to avoid mentioning any past projects lest she disapproves of her part in them (telemovie Seconds to Spare is definitely off-limits), and don't even think about asking for her age ("I don't think that's relevant," she'll answer in clipped speech). [The Courier Mail]

Beahan is often compared to Australia's Oscar-nominated actress Cate Blanchett.

Beahan on (Blackjack co-star) Colin Friels:
"I've always loved watching him and have always enjoyed his work and he's just a fabulous human being. He's really funny and such a keen intellect and he's great to work with. He made it a really enjoyable experience."

Kate on Sydney:
"I really love Sydney, I've never loved anywhere so much in my life - but don't tell that to the Perth people."

Kate on breaking into Hollywood:
"I don't think I anticipated quite how hard it would be. I always expected it would take some hard work, but I couldn't believe it . . . I was just exhausted by the time I got my first job [in Hollywood]. I was mostly relieved that I had gotten a job, because I had auditioned so much and worked so hard. You have to be made of very tough stuff. On one hand you're required to develop a very thick skin here and really toughen up. But on the other hand, as actors and creative people our job is to have our emotions available to us and close to the surface. That's a real paradox and I have found that's quite a difficult thing to balance."

Kate on Australian success in Hollywood:
"There is so little glamour, really. I always had tremendous respect for the ones who have gone before us because they've made our job easier, for the Australians who are starting to work here now. Naomi [Watts] particularly, because it was such a steep and long climb for her. She's amazing. Nicole really pioneered stuff in a way. I think Judy Davis and Greta Scacchi, if we can claim her as our own, plus Nicole . . . they were really were breaking into the market a long time before Australians were in vogue. I don't think any longer that it's particularly cool or that people will consciously employ an Australian simply because they're Australian. The sheen has worn off a bit. It's lost that glamorous edge, because there are so many of us. I apologise to the ones who went before because now there is just this massive influx of Australians."

Kate on building a career:
"One has to have a very strong desire to work with the best people [in the world]. I have always had a strong sense of direction. Anyone I admire has not always had hit films throughout their career, but they're kind of inspiring because they keep going."

Kate on working with A List Hollywood stars like Jodie Foster and Nicolas Cage:
"I ask them lots of questions - I don't get star struck, I just get on with it. But that's very Australian. We all just get on with it."