Kate McLennan explained

Kate McLennan
Birth Name:Katherine McLennan
Birth Place:Mortlake, Victoria, Australia
Medium:Stand-up comedian, writer, actor
Nationality:Australian
Genre:observational comedy, character comedy, parody and satire
Children:1
Notable Work:
The Katering Show
Get Krack!n

Kate McLennan (born) is an Australian comedian, writer and actor. McLennan has performed in Australia and internationally, including at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She is known in Australia for her work on television and web series such as The Katering Show, Get Krack!n, The Mansion, and Deadloch (2023). She produces most of her work with Kate McCartney, which has led to their being dubbed the Kates.

Early life

McLennan was born around 1980. She moved to Geelong at the age of ten and a decade later she moved to Melbourne.

Career

McLennan performed in her first sketch comedy show at the age of 21 at the 2001 Melbourne Fringe Festival, and appeared in the Fringe parade.[1]

She rose to fame writing and performing her solo comedy show The Debutante Diaries, which won her the Best Comedy Award and Best Emerging Artist Award at the Melbourne Fringe in 2006. [2]

McLennan co-created the web series Bleak with Kate McCartney in 2010, which in won the Kit Denton Disfellowship for Courage and Excellence in Performance Writing at the 2011 AWGIE Awards, worth .[3]

Since then, "the two Kates" have worked together a lot.[4] [5] McLennan and McCartney formed their production company called Lead Balloon TV. They wrote, produced and starred as an intolerable foodie (McLennan) and a food intolerant (McCartney) in a cooking-based web series called The Katering Show which screened on their YouTube channel in 2014. A second season of The Katering Show was screened on the ABC TV and then on ABC iview in 2016.[6] [5]

In 2017, McLennan and McCartney collaborated on an ABC Television comedy called Get Krack!n, playing exaggerated versions of themselves as breakfast show TV hosts, which screened on ABC iview and in the U.S.[7] [6] Get Krack!n ran for two seasons of eight episodes each, with the final episode going to air in April 2019, with Aboriginal actors and writers Miranda Tapsell and Nakkiah Lui given the stage to make strong statements about racism in Australia.[8]

In June 2023 an eight-part crime comedy McLennan worked on with McCartney entitled Deadloch and starring Kate Box premiered on Amazon Prime Video.[9] [10] [11] [12]

Personal life

McLennan has a daughter.[6]

Awards and nominations

Stand-up Comedy
YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRoleRef.
2006Melbourne Fringe FestivalBest Comedy AwardThe Debutante DiariesWriter, performer[15]
2006Melbourne Fringe FestivalBest Emerging Artist AwardThe Debutante DiariesWriter, performer[16]
2007SA Theatre GuideBest Comedy AwardThe Debutante DiariesWriter, performer
2007Short and Sweet FestivalBest ActressAll The Way to the TopWriter, performer
2007Melbourne International Comedy FestivalBarry Award for Best ShowThe Debutante DiariesWriter, performer[17]
2011The AgeM-IE Award for Rising Comedy StarThe Debutante DiariesWriter, performer[18]
2013Melbourne International Comedy FestivalGolden Gibbo Award for Best ShowStandard DoubleWriter, performer[19]
202413th AACTA AwardsBest Screenplay in TelevisionDeadloch (Episode 1)Co-writer [20]

Stand-up comedy tours

Tours
YearTitleNotesRole
2002The Hindsight PropheciesMelbourne International Comedy FestivalWriter/performer
2002The SixMelbourne International Comedy FestivalWriter/performer
2002The 666Melbourne International Comedy FestivalWriter/performer
2003Total EntertainmentsMelbourne Fringe FestivalWriter/performer
2005HenpeckedMelbourne International Comedy FestivalWriter/performer
2006The Wrong NightMelbourne International Comedy FestivalWriter/performer
2006 The Debutante DiariesMelbourne Fringe Festival Writer/performer
2007The Debutante DiariesEdinburgh Festival FringeWriter/performer
2007The EnthusiastsMelbourne International Comedy Festival Writer/performer
2008Beaconsfield: the MusicalMelbourne International Comedy Festival Writer/performer
2010I Coulda Been A SailorMelbourne International Comedy FestivalWriter/performer
2011Homeward BoundMelbourne Fringe FestivalWriter/performer
2012Comedy Festival RoadshowMelbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow in AustraliaWriter/performer
2013Standard DoubleMelbourne International Comedy FestivalWriter/performer

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2007All The Way to the TopHayleyActor
2009Four Minutes of FameKarla TuttActor
2010Kwik FixSamaraActor
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2003StingersMelissa1 episode
2003MDAFan1 episode
2005Let Loose LiveWriter/actor2 episodes
2007-2011DogstarSimone (voice)52 episodes
2008The MansionWriter/actor13 episodes
2010OffspringCafé girl1 episode
2011Ben Elton Live from Planet EarthActor3 episodes
2012Exchange Student ZeroCharity (voice)1 episode
2012Live on BowenHerself1 episode
2013It's a DateJessica1 episode
2013SlideShowHerself1 episode
2013You're Skitting MeWriter13 episodes
2013-2014Comedy Up LateHerself2 episodes
2014House HusbandsSkye1 episode
2014-2015The Flamin' ThongsNarelle Thong26 episodes
2015Little LunchWriter2 episodes
2015Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts LaneMegan1 episode
2014-2015Winners and LosersKathryn Piper3 episodes
2015Comedy Showroom - BleakWriter/ Actor (Anna O’Brien)1 episode
2015Slumber PartyWriter1 episode
2015In The Zone IVHerself1 episode
2016The Katering Show (season 2)Writer/ Producer/ Herself8 episodes
2016Dogstar: Christmas in SpaceSimone Clark/ Celeste Sharp (voices)1 episode
2017-2019Get Krack!nWriter/ Producer/ Herself16 episodes
2017Have You Been Paying Attention?Herself/ Guest Quiz Master1 episode
2017Shaun Micallef's Mad as HellHerself1 episode
2010WakkavilleMissy (voice)26 episodes
2018SandoWriter6 episodes
2018Talkin' 'Bout Your GenerationHerself1 episode
2019Hughesy, We Have a ProblemHerself1 episode
2019Celebrity Name GameHerself1 episode
2023DeadlochCreator / Writer8 episodes
Web series
YearTitleRoleNotes
2014Bleak- The Web SeriesWriter/Actor (Anna)4 episodes
2015The Katering Show (season 1)Writer/ Producer/ Herself6 episodes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: My Melbourne: Kate McLennan . Bastow. Clem. 30 December 2011. The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 14 November 2017.
  2. Web site: It's the third annual M-ie awards . Staff writer. The Age. 20 November 2011 . The Age . 14 November 2017.
  3. Web site: AWGIE Award Winners Announced . 26 September 2011. Swift. Brendan . IF . 14 November 2017.
  4. Web site: Gray . Lorna . Deadloch actor Kate Box on queer representation on Australian TV . . 29 October 2023 . 20 December 2023. subscription.
  5. Web site: Buckmaster . Luke . Get Krack!n review – Katering Show Kates face-plant uproariously into milieu of breakfast TV . . 30 August 2017 . 20 December 2023.
  6. Web site: Valentish . Jenny . Get Krack!n: how The Katering Show's comedic duo are skewering morning TV . the Guardian . 27 August 2017 . 20 December 2023.
  7. Web site: The Katering Show's Kates to tackle breakfast TV in new ABC series Get Krack!n. Moran . Rob. 16 February 2017. The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media . 16 November 2017.
  8. Web site: Small screen highlights: THAT episode of Get Krack!n . ScreenHub Australia . 2 April 2019 . 27 October 2022.
  9. Web site: The Kates’ mystery opens with a dead body - but not what you expect. Sydney Morning Herald. May 24, 2023. Kylie. Northover. May 18, 2023.
  10. Web site: 6 May 2023. Fresh take: Deadloch. Tribune India.
  11. Web site: Deadloch' (Trailer). if.com.au. 24 May 2023. 4 May 2023.
  12. Web site: Deadloch: The Kates are back with ‘feminist, noir, crime comedy’ . . 8 May 2023 . 20 December 2023.
  13. Web site: AWGIE Award Winners Announced . 26 September 2011. Swift. Brendan . IF . 14 November 2017.
  14. Web site: Kate McCartney . Staff writer . The Wheeler Centre . The Wheeler Centre . 14 November 2017.
  15. Web site: Talented Comedian Kate McLennan . 2012. Atkins. Jo . Port Macquarie Focus . Creative House Publications Pty Ltd . 14 November 2017.
  16. Web site: Talented Comedian Kate McLennan . 2012. Atkins. Jo . Port Macquarie Focus . Creative House Publications Pty Ltd . 14 November 2017.
  17. Web site: Barry Nominees Announced. Platt. Craig . 23 April 2007 . The Age . 14 November 2017.
  18. Web site: It's the third annual M-ie awards . Staff writer. The Age. 20 November 2011 . The Age . 14 November 2017.
  19. Web site: Winners of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2013. Staff writer . Squirrel Comedy . 21 April 2013 . Squirrel Comedy . 14 November 2017.
  20. https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/02/aacta-awards-2024-winners.html