Michelle Pettigrove is an Australian actress, well known for her role as alternate medicine nursing sister Kate Bryant in the long-running rural soap opera ''

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''. She had appeared in the series in a guest role previously, and was brought back in 1991 to play the permanent role of new nurse Sister Bryant Pettigrove has also appeared in several other series, including ''

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'', ''

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'' (in 3 different roles), ''

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'', ''

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'' and the mini-series ''

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''. Pettigrove is married to actor and singer

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, with whom she has one daughter, Georgia Rose, who appeared in the final night of blind auditions of ''The Voice'' 2022. They both now work on travel shows, particularly those dedicated to camping and caravanning, and are part owners at Tathra Beachside (Caravan Park). She is an ambassador for

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(formerly Christian Children's Fund), and sponsored a boy in

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from 1997. She is now sponsoring a girl in

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Filmography

TV Series

* 1988, ''

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'' as Libby Carroll, 1 episode * 1990, ''

Shadows of the Heart ''Shadows of the Heart'' is a 1990 Australian mini series. It was shot on Kangaroo Island, South Australia between 22 January and 17 March 1990.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p233 Plot A femal ...

'' as Clara Bannet, 2 episodes * 1991, ''

'' as Sister Francine, 6 episodes * 1988–1994, ''

'' as Sister Kate Bryant, Mary O'Connor, 231 episodes * 1997, '' Big Sky'' as Stacey, 1 episode * 1998, ''Blue Healers'' as Janet Shaw, 1 episode * 2001–2002, ''

'' as Sarah Priory, 9 episodes * 2004, ''

'' as Dr. Lillian Reiss, 26 episodes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pettigrove, Michelle Living people Australian television actresses Actresses from New South Wales 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian women 21st-century Australian people 1966 births