Katrina Retallick is an Australian actress possibly best known for appearing on the

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, television series, '' Comedy Inc.'' between 2003 and 2006.

Career

In 2001, Retallick had also been active in voice over work including campaigns for Racing Australia, Laubman and Pank Optometry and Vodafone Message Bank. Since returning to Australia her television credits include Backberner and

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for the ABC and four series of ''Comedy Inc''. for the

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. She also played the lead role of Nell in the Seabiscuit productions stage show of the

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musical '' South Pacific'' in Sydney in 2004. Retallick completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the

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and appeared in over 15 shows with the dramatic society (SUDS). This was followed by studies at the

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in London. Film work has included working as an in-studio reader for the animated film, ''

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'' with

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and

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for

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. In 2009, she appeared in commercials for

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. She has performed in her own show on the Sun Princess. In 2019, she took on the role of Diane Gray and others in the Melbourne production of

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References

External links

*http://www.katrinaretallick.com *http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1351646/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20070831002304/http://www.blah.com.au/search/detail.php?id=10 {{DEFAULTSORT:Retallick, Katrina Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian television actresses University of Sydney alumni Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama