Katrina Retallick
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Katrina Retallick is an Australian actress possibly best known for appearing on the
sketch comedy Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches" or, "skits", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. While the form developed and became popular in ...
, television series, '' Comedy Inc.'' between 2003 and 2006.


Career

In 2001, Retallick had also been active in voice over work including campaigns for Racing Australia, Laubman and Pank Optometry and Vodafone Message Bank. Since returning to Australia her television credits include
Backberner ''BackBerner'' was an Australian political satire sketch comedy television series, broadcast on and produced by ABC TV with Crackerjack Productions (now Fremantle Australia). The program was hosted by stand-up comic Peter Berner and noted Aus ...
and
CNNNN ''CNNNN'' (''Chaser NoN-stop News Network'') is a Logie Award winning Australian television program, satirising American news channels CNN and Fox News. It was produced and hosted by comedy team The Chaser. ''CNNNNs slogan was "We Report, ...
for the ABC and four series of ''Comedy Inc''. for the
Nine Network Nine Network (stylised 9Network, and commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of the five main free-to-air television ...
. She also played the lead role of Nell in the Seabiscuit productions stage show of the
Rodgers and Hammerstein Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theater-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals. Their musical ...
musical ''
South Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...
'' in Sydney in 2004. Retallick completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the
University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...
and appeared in over 15 shows with the dramatic society (SUDS). This was followed by studies at the
Central School of Speech and Drama The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, commonly shortened to Central, is a drama school founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for ...
in London. Film work has included working as an in-studio reader for the animated film, ''
Flushed Away ''Flushed Away'' is a 2006 animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features. The film was directed by Sam Fell and David Bowers, from a screenplay by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keen ...
'' with
Hugh Jackman Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian and British actor, singer, and producer. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine in the ''X-Men'' film franchise and the Marvel Cinem ...
and
Miriam Margolyes Miriam Margolyes ( ; born 18 May 1941) is a British and Australian actress. Known for her work as a character actor across film, television, and stage, she received the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mrs. Mingott in Marti ...
for
DreamWorks Pictures DreamWorks Pictures (also known as DreamWorks SKG and commonly referred to as DreamWorks) is an American film studio and Film distribution, distribution label of Amblin Partners. It was originally founded on October 12, 1994, as a live-action a ...
. In 2009, she appeared in commercials for
Foxtel NXE Australia Pty Ltd, trading as the Foxtel Group, is an Australian pay television company that operates cable television, direct-broadcast satellite, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April ...
. She has performed in her own show on the Sun Princess. In 2019, she took on the role of Diane Gray and others in the Melbourne production of Come From Away.


References


External links

*http://www.katrinaretallick.com *http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1351646/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20070831002304/http://www.blah.com.au/search/detail.php?id=10 {{DEFAULTSORT:Retallick, Katrina Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian television actresses University of Sydney alumni Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama