Kate Hardie (born Kate Louise Oddie; 26 April 1968) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles in ''
The Krays'', ''
Mona Lisa
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'' and the 2016
Channel 4
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original series ''
National Treasure
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''. Hardie's
stage name is derived from those of both her parents: Jean Hart and
Bill Od''die''.
Career
With no formal training, she auditioned for her first role, in the 1983 film ''
Runners'' (written by
Stephen Poliakoff and directed by
Charles Sturridge
Charles B. G. Sturridge (born 24 June 1951) is an English director and screenwriter. He is the recipient of a BAFTA Children's Award and four BAFTA TV Awards. He has also been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards.
Early life and educatio ...
), at the age of 14, telling her parents she had done so only when she had the part. She went on to appear in numerous films, including ''
Revolution
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'' (1985),
Neil Jordan
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's ''
Mona Lisa
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'' (1986), ''
Cry Freedom
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'' (1987), ''
Tree of Hands'' (1989), ''
The Krays'' (1990), ''
Jack and Sarah
''Jack and Sarah'' is a 1995 romantic comedy film written and directed by Tim Sullivan and starring Richard E. Grant, Samantha Mathis, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Cherie Lunghi and Ian McKellen.
Plot
Jack and Sarah are expectant parents, renov ...
'' (1995), ''
Croupier
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Origin of the word
Originally a "croupier" meant ...
'' (1998) and ''
I Am Dina
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Plot
I ...
'' (2002).
On television her roles include the episode ''The Man Upstairs'' (1988)
02 E05of
The Ray Bradbury Theater
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series, ''The Men's Room, Safe'' in which she was nominated for the
Royal Television Society Best TV performer, and ''Beyond Reason''. She spent five months in
Hollywood before returning to the UK to play the student nurse Karen O'Malley in the
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''. In 1998, she starred in ''
''.
.
She wrote the short film ''King of London'' during her time there. She subsequently wrote two plays in
's ''Coming Up'' series, ''Imprints'' (2007) and ''Little Bill Um'' (2008), the latter also being her directorial debut.
In 2011, she wrote and directed a short film called ''Shoot Me'' starring
''.
, to live with a boy when she was 14. She later lived with the actor
for six years. She met the
Rankin (John Rankin Waddell) on a photo shoot, and married him in 1995. After their son was born, she moved in with a fellow actor,
, and divorced Rankin in 1998.
Her relationship with Thewlis subsequently ended.