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Kate Fitzgerald (born 3 July 1956) is a British television actress from
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. She came to prominence playing Doreen Corkhill for five years in the
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'' (1985–1990), Nancy Tinker in ''
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'' (2015-2019), and
Loretta Chase Loretta Chase, née Loretta Lynda Chekani (born 1949) is an American writer of romance novels since 1987. Early life and education Loretta Lynda Chekani was born in 1949 in a family of Albanian origin. She studied at New England public schools b ...
in ''
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'' (2017–2018).


Education

Fitzgerald attended Notre Dame Catholic College girls' school in
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, later graduating from drama school.


Career

Fitzgerald's first appearance on television was in 1979 on ''
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'' in the
Willy Russell William Russell (born 23 August 1946) is an English dramatist, lyricist and composer. His best known works are '' Educating Rita'', '' Shirley Valentine'', '' Blood Brothers'' and '' Our Day Out''. Early life Russell was born in Whiston, Lanc ...
play ''The Daughters of Albion''. Kate went on to star in Russell's ''
Educating Rita ''Educating Rita'' is a stage comedy by British playwright Willy Russell. It is a play for two actors set entirely in the office of an Open University tutor. Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, ''Educating Rita'' premièred at The ...
'' at the
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in 1981, where she played Rita. From 1985 to 1990, Kate played the character Doreen Corkhill in the
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soap opera ''
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''. She appeared in ''Movies 'Til Dawn'' in 1997, before moving on to ITV television series ''
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'' as Andrew Attwood's sister, Chrissy Booth, for four episodes. In 1999, she portrayed Mrs. Delaney for 2 episodes in ''
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''. In 2004, she starred as Dorothy Potts in the film ''
Under the Mud ''Under the Mud'' is a 2006 comedy film directed by Solon Papadopoulos. It is set in Garston, an economically depressed area of Liverpool and follows the dramatic and eccentric happenings within one family on the day of its youngest daughter's ...
''. In 2014, she played Vera in 2 episodes of ''
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''. In 2015, she achieved a lifelong ambition when joining the cast of ''
Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...
'' in a recurring role as Nancy Tinker for 13 episodes from 2015-2019. In 2017, Fitzgerald starred as
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in the ITV
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''
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'', the eccentric mother of Sheron Dawson (
Julie Graham Julie Graham (born 24 July 1965) is a Scottish actress from Irvine, Ayrshire. Her credits include ''Taggart'' (1986), '' The Fruit Machine'' (1988), ''Nuns on the Run'' (1990), '' Harry'' (1993–1995), '' The Near Room'' (1995), '' Preaching ...
), remaining in the main cast for 17 episodes until 2018.


Filmography


Television


References


External links


Agent- Kate Fitzgerald Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzgerald, Kate Living people 21st-century English actresses Actresses from Liverpool English stage actresses English television actresses English soap opera actresses 1956 births 20th-century English actresses