Katie Wolfe

Katie Wolfe Biography

Katie Wolfe (born 1968) is an actress and director from New Zealand.

Personal life

Katie Wolfe was born in New Plymouth in 1968, the daughter of Neil and Raewyn Wolfe. Her Taranaki Iwi are Ngaiti Mutnnga and Ngati Tama. She has three siblings; Todd, Brooke and Sally. In 1986 she enrolled at Victoria University and graduated with a BA in English. She graduated from New Zealand acting school Toi Whakaari in 1990. Wolfe married fellow actor Tim Balme in 1994, and together they have two children; daughter Edie (b. 2001) and son Nikau (b. 2006). Wolfe also has a step-son, Sam (b. 1987).

Career

Her first professional acting job was at Dunedin's Fortune Theatre, followed by several episodes of NHNZ's children's nature series Wild Track, as the presenter.

Her first television role was as Ginny Gannaway on the series Marlin Bay, a role which lasted three years, and her big screen debut was in The Last Tattoo, in which she played the missing girlfriend of a World War II GI.

Recently Wolfe has moved into directing. Her first 2 short films "This is Her" and "Redemption" both premiered at Sundance, and went on to screen in Berlinale, New York and Telluride. Her first feature-length film was an adaptation of Witi Ihimaera's book, Nights in the Gardens of Spain called Kawa

Filmography

Actress
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992"1995	Marlin Bay	Ginny Gannaway	TV series
1994	'	Rose Mitchell
1994	La vie en rose	Audrey Foggin	Short film
1995	Lemming Aid		Short film
1996	Planet Man	E.T.	Short film
1997"2000	Shortland Street	Dr. Bridget Hastings	TV series
1999	Duggan	Brenda Marshall	Episode: "Food to Die For"
1999	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	Arciana	Episode: "Be Deviled"
2000	Truth About Demons	Bennie
2001"2003	Mercy Peak	Amanda Masefield	12 episodes

Theatre
Year	Title	Role	Theatre
1999	'	Molly	Downstage Theatre
2000	Haruru Mai	Paloma	Wellington Fringe Festival
2001	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Hermia	NZ Actors Company
2002	Queen Leah	Edgmar	NZ Actors Company

Director
Year	Title	Notes
2003	Shortland Street	Episode: "12.150"
2004	Living the Dream	TV series
2006	Shortland Street	Episode: "14.11"
2007	Shortland Street	Episode: "14.51"
2008	This Is Her	Short film
2009	Go Girls	4 episodes
2010	Redemption	Short film Also co-wrote
2010	Kawa (original title Nights in the Gardens of Spain	Feature film

Producer
Year	Title	Notes
2010	Shortland Street	50 episodes

Awards

Wins

1997: NZ Film & TV Awards, for Best Television Actress

2006 Chapman Trip Theatre awards, for Best Director 2009 NZ Film Festival, Sort Filmmaker award 2009 Palm Springs, Emerging Filmmaker award 2010 Imagenative, Best short film and Emerging 2011 National Geographic best Narrative Film - Kawa

Nominations

2010: Show Me Shorts Awards, for This Is Her

2011 Show Me Shorts, for "Redemption"

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