Acting
Kate Gorman
Acting
Biography
Kate Gorman is an Australian actress who appears in many well TV shows, films and theatre in Australian and United Kingdom. She is the daughter of Australian actor Reg Gorman and actress Judith Roberts and mother of actress Olivia Deeble. Gorman got her first job in TV when she was 6 on The Sullivans (1976), in which her father, Reg, played Jack Fletcher. Kate has worked with family many times; Reg and Kate played father and daughter in A Cry in the Dark (1988) and she played her mother's granddaughter and her sister's sister in the stage musical Seven Little Australians. She started working full time in television at age 15, winning the lead role in Zoo Family (1985). Moving into directing later in her career, her first feature film, Five Moments of Infidelity (2006), which she wrote and directed, won best film at DIGI SPAA and critics choice at the Salento Film Festival in Italy.
Feature Films (6)
When Fergus and Wesley get in the bad books of a local rough in their home town in Northern Ireland they decide to flee to Australia. After making a new life for themselves in Sydney they soon outstay their visas and must go on the run again, this time from the immigration officials.
The Craic
The story of two men from opposite backgrounds and social structures who become friends. Jack Phillips is a laid-back, wry service station proprietor in a small Australian country town. His world is disrupted when a fast talking, gesticulating, vocal Italian, Nino Patrovita bursts upon the scene.
Blowing Hot and Cold
An inspiring look at how wonderful birth can be when your right to choose how, where and with whom you give birth is respected & protected. Every woman has the right to be informed about their options in childbirth. Through an exploration of home birth, this 87 min film looks at what natural, physiological childbirth really is. Is birth a medical emergency waiting to happen or a profound, natural and physiological event that women are designed for? The most comprehensive film ever made on home birth and a voice of reason in the debate, The Face of Birth outlines the importance of education in birthing and the right of a woman to choose the best and safest birth method for her and her baby.
The Face of Birth
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder.
Evil Angels
Lonely in the mundane rigmarole of living, Jane (being very much alive and well) plots her own fake funeral. Though soon her true intentions of winning over her Mall-Santa business entrepreneur Mother start to reveal themselves.
The Tinsel Years
Phillip and Geoffrey are two Aussie larrikins, whose lives centre around running the unofficial "Sons and Surf" website...
You and Your Stupid Mate
Television & Series (4)
Kath and Kim, a dysfunctional mother-daughter duo, navigate through relationship troubles, personal issues and life while trying to stay sane.
Kath & Kim
A high-stakes Aussie police drama following the lives of Melbourne’s finest girls and boys in blue – members of a prestigious Tactical Response team.
Rush
Follows a family who live at Melbourne Zoo in Victoria, Australia. Doctor David Mitchell is the zoo's veterinarian. His children Nick and Susie love being with all the animals.
Zoo Family
Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover – the complete man really. An expert in finding those who don’t want to be found – dead or alive, Jack helps out his mates while avoiding the past. That is until the past finds him.