Kate Kendall (born 27 July 1973) is an Australian actress and director. She played Angie Piper in the long-running

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Australian drama '' Stingers'' from 1998 to 2004. Kendall has appeared in television series '' The Librarians'' (2007), '' Rush'' (2010) and ''

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''. She joined the cast of television soap opera ''

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'' in 2013 as

Lauren Turner Lauren Turner (born May 8, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter from New Orleans, Louisiana. Turner placed in the top 12 girls on the tenth season of ''American Idol''. Early life Turner was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, was raised in ...

. After leaving the role in 2017, Kendall became a director, and later producer, on the serial.

Career

Kendall studied at the Centre for Performing Arts (CPA) (now the

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) in

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. There she was taught by her father, David Kendall, who then headed the acting course. Small parts in television shows such as ''

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'' and ''

'' led to a guest role as Rosie Burgess in ''

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'' in 1997. Her major television role has been as Angie Piper in '' Stingers'', which role she played for 192 episodes from 1998 to 2004. Kendall played a minor role as Lisa in the American mini-series '' The Starter Wife'' (2007) and also appeared in three episodes of the Australian produced comedy '' The Librarians'' (2007), as Jacinta McSweeney. Kendall appeared on the Australian drama '' Rush'' in 2010. In 2011 Kendall played the lead role of Diana in MTC's production of ''Next to Normal'' and appeared in the Australian musical premiere of ''An Officer and a Gentleman''. She also played Emily Ormond in the twelve-part drama series ''

'', which was based on the book of the same name. Kendall took over the role of

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on ''Neighbours'' in 2013. As she was wrapping up the role of Lauren in 2017, Kendall began directing small scenes. She has since directed numerous episodes of the series. In June 2020, it was announced that Kendall would become a producer. She is covering for series producer Natalie Lynch, who has gone on maternity leave. David Knox of

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believed Kendall was the show's first actor, director, producer.

Personal life

Kendall is married to former

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player Wayne Johnston and has a son and four stepchildren.

References

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* Living people 1973 births Australian television actresses {{Australia-tv-actor-stub