Kate Box
Biography
Kate Box is an Australian stage, film, and television actress. She is known for her roles as Nicole Vargas in Rake, Lou Kelly in Wentworth, and Dulcie Collins in Deadloch.
In 2019 Box appeared in Upright, with Tim Minchin, and in Les Norton.
In 2019, it was announced Box was cast in the role of "legacy" character Lou Kelly in the Foxtel prison drama series Wentworth for its eighth and final season. Also in 2019, Box was announced as a cast member in the Cate Blanchett-produced Matchbox Pictures series, Stateless, released in 2020.
Box played a leading role in the "Tasmanian noir crime comedy" TV series, Deadloch, written by Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan. The eight-part series by Australian Amazon Original was released in 2023 to positive reviews.
A box appears in the SBS anthology series Erotic Stories (2023), in the episode "The Deluge", as Cara.
In November 2023 Box was announced for the upcoming ABC television series Ladies in Black.
Box plays Dr Brennanin in the seven-part Netflix adaptation of Trent Dalton's novel Boy Swallows Universe, which aired in January 2024.
Box during the 2024 AACTA awards won the award for Best Acting in a Narrative Comedy for her role in the Amazon series Deadloch, Box also delivered a rousing speech on her award win and also said "We are the stories we tell and the ones we don't." Box also used the speech to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and her speech went viral over the following days.
