Katherine Hicks is an Australian actress. She is known for her roles as Heidi Wilson on '' Rescue: Special Ops'' and Sam MacKenzie on ''

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Early life

Hicks was born in

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, and grew up on a farm in

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. She first appeared on stage at Lismore’s Rochdale Theatre at the age of four. She set her sights on acting as a career after appearing in a production of ''

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'' at Trinity Catholic College in Lismore. After completing her HSC at Byron Bay High School, Hicks moved to Sydney at the age of 17, to undertake her first television role in ''

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''. She then relocated to Melbourne to study at VCA, which she graduated from in 2007 with a Bachelor Degree in Acting. After completing her studies, Hicks toured with

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"Actors at Work" program for a year.

Career

Television

Hicks' first television role was as Tess in the final season of ''

'' (1999). She credits her time working on the show with making her take acting more seriously, due to the

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providing young actors with plenty of acting, voice and movement tuition. From 2008 to 2009, she played a regular role as Poppy in the '' Out of the Blue''. She then starred as Heidi Wilson in '' Rescue: Special Ops'' (2009–11) which saw her nominated for a

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in 2010. Hicks played a lead role in the miniseries '' The Strange Calls'' in 2012. The same year, she landed her breakthrough role in ''

'' playing the character of Sam MacKenzie, for which she won an

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for Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor. From 2016 to 2017, she appeared in a variety of guest roles, including ''

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'' and ''

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Film

In 2012, Hicks had a starring role as Angie in feature film '' Black & White & Sex'' and appeared in the TV movie ''

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'' as Janice. She played Lorna in the short film ''L.O.V.E. Insurance for the Heart'' – a 2013

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finalist. She also starred as Jane in 2015 feature film ''

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Stage

Hicks also has a variety of stage credits to her name, including as writer and director. She currently resides in Los Angeles, and has added stand-up comedy to her resumé.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/KatherineHicks

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hicks, Katherine Australian television actresses Actors from Melbourne Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Byron Bay