Kate Keltie (born 23 February 1986) is an Australian former actress, best known for her role as

Michelle Scully Michelle Scully is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours'', played by Kate Keltie. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 20 October 1999 when she and her family moved into Ramsay Street ...

in the Australian television soap opera drama ''

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''.

Biography

Keltie was born in Melbourne. She appeared in a number of television commercials and undertook drama, dance and voice training. She was eight years old when she made the first of three guest appearances in police drama ''

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''. She also appeared in '' Full Frontal'', ''

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'', and ten episodes of the English language show ''More Than Words'' for

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. She played the role of Becky Daniels in children's sci-fi drama '' Thunderstone'' from 1999 until 2000. In 1999, Keltie joined the cast of the soap opera ''

'' as Michelle Scully. Being 13 at the time, Keltie completed her schooling with the help of an on-set tutor. In 2002, Keltie created and organised The Showbiz and Entertainment Expo, held at the

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. Keltie departed ''Neighbours'' in 2003 to return to school and pursue new roles. She made a brief return to the serial in 2004. She admitted that when she left ''Neighbours'' in 2003, she did not think she would come back, but she really enjoyed her character's return storyline. Keltie played Bec Cleary in ''Blue Heelers'' that same year. Her last television appearance was a guest role in an episode of ''

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'' in 2008. Keltie later worked in legal support in a

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, and then moved into the recruitment-support industry. In July 2017 she joined Australian recruitment agency people2people. On 28 November 2022, it was announced that Keltie had been diagnosed with stage IV

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. A fundraising page was set up by her family, as she is unable to work while undergoing chemotherapy.

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* 1986 births Living people Actresses from Melbourne Australian television actresses Australian child actresses Australian soap opera actresses {{Australia-tv-actor-stub