Kate Box is an Australian stage, film and television actress. She is known for her roles as Nicole Vargas in ''

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'' and as Lou Kelly in ''

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''.

Career

In 2003, Box graduated from the

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(NIDA) Her first stage performance was in 2004 as Helena in ''

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'' at the

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, while her other credits include the

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presentation of ''

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'' which she received a

Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play The Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play is a theatre award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2003. In the following list, winners are listed first and marked in gold, ...

nomination, ''Dolores'' (

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), ''

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'' (

) and ''

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'' ( Belvoir). She went on to make her screen debut with a role in the 2005 television film sequel '' Small Claims: White Wedding''. Following this, she made her film debut in 2008 with '' The Black Balloon'' and she received guest spots on television shows such as the medical drama series '' All Saints'' and the children's drama series '' My Place''. She came to prominence with her role as Nicole Vargas in the

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comedy-drama series ''

'' for which she appeared throughout its entire run. During her run on ''Rake'', Box was cast in popular television series including ''

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'', '' Old School'' and the six-part mini-series ''

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''. In 2014, Box was nominated for an

AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role The AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote, and celebrate Australia's greatest ach ...

for her performance in '' The Little Death''. Box played Marg McMann in the 2018 television film ''

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'', a film focusing on the LGBTI rights movement and the origins of the

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in the 1970s, a role of which won her the

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. Her subsequent acting credits have included roles in the 2018 mini-series adaptation of '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'', '' Wanted'', '' The Unlisted'' and ''

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'', and the feature films '' The Daughter'', ''

Three Summers ''Three Summers'' is an Australian romantic comedy film, written and directed by Ben Elton. It was filmed and is set in Western Australia, at a fictional summer music festival called 'Westival' (based on the real-life Fairbridge Festival). Over ...

'' and ''

Back of the Net ''Back of the Net'' is a 2019 comedy film produced by The Steve Jaggi Company and distributed by Umbrella Entertainment. Directed by Louise Alston and written by Alison Spuck McNeeley and Casie Tabanou. The film stars Sofia Wylie, Christopher K ...

''. In 2019, it was announced Box was cast in the role of Lou Kelly in the

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prison drama series ''

'' for its eighth and final season. Also in 2019, Box was announced as a cast member in the

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-produced

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series, '' Stateless.'' In February 2022 it was announced that Box would be play a leading role in the "Tasmanian noir crime comedy" TV series, ''Deadloch'', written by Kate McCartney and

Kate McLennan Kate McLennan is an Australian comedian, writer and actor. McLennan has performed in Australia and internationally, including at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She is known in Australia for her work on television and web series such as ''The ...

. The eight-part series by Australian Amazon Original will be released in 2023.

Personal life

Since 2009, Box has been in a relationship with writer and actor

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, who also appeared in ''Wentworth'' from 2013 to 2014. Now married, they reside in

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with their three children.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Box, Kate 1970s births Living people AACTA Award winners Australian film actresses Australian stage actresses Australian television actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Adelaide 21st-century Australian actresses National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni Australian LGBT actors LGBT actresses