Kate Rutter Explained

Kate Rutter is an English actress, best known for I, Daniel Blake,^{[1] [2] [3]} Peterloo and River City.^{[4] [5]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
1997	Casualty	Jean	Various
	The Full Monty	Clerk
1998	Cold Feet	Sheila	Various
1999	Hearts and Minds	Sister Mary
2000	Queer as Folk	Mrs. Perry	Various
	Fat Friends	Helen
2002–2009	Silent Witness	Mrs. Brook	Various
2002–2009	Holby City	Carole	Various
2005	Pierrepoint	Eileen
2010	Doctors	Linda	Various
	The Arbor	Mother
	Oranges and Sunshine	Vera
2012–2013	River City[6] [7]	Miriam	Various	Series regular, 44 episodes
2013	Scott and Bailey	Joe	Various
	The Railway Man	Jean
2016	DCI Banks	Maureen	Various
	I, Daniel Blake	Ann[8]
2017	Cotton Wool	Marion
2018	Peterloo	Reformer
2019	Coronation Street	D.S. Beckett	Various
	Four Weddings and a Funeral	Margot	Various
	His Dark Materials	Sister Betty	Various
2020	Question Time	Herself	Rob Hopkin
2024	Truelove	Barbara	Chloë Wicks and Carl Tibbetts	3 episodes[9]

Personal life

Kate Rutter was born and raised in Leeds, Yorkshire, she trained as an actress at Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, Southeast London and began her career in 1977 working on various productions for Yorkshire Playhouse under director Phil Young. Her first television appearance was in 1994 in series Earthfasts by William Mayne. Since then Kate has appeared as a series regular in both ITV's Coronation Street and BBC's River City. In 2020, Kate Rutter's appearance in the audience of the BBC's Question Time sparked controversy over whether the actress was hired by the BBC.^{[10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
Los Angeles Film Awards	Best Ensemble	Cotton Wool
New York Film Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kate Rutter Interview I, Daniel Blake Premiere - video dailymotion. Dailymotion.
2. Web site: 'This film is a message of hope'. May 23, 2016. Morning Star.
3. Web site: Kate Rutter. https://web.archive.org/web/20170723044212/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bae394d29. dead. 23 July 2017. BFI.
4. Web site: Kate Rutter. IMDb.
5. Web site: Kate Rutter.
6. Web site: Kate Rutter : Actress - Films, episodes and roles on digiguide.tv. digiguide.tv.
7. Web site: BBC Scotland - River City - Dr Miriam Stubbs. BBC.
8. Web site: BBC Two - I, Daniel Blake. BBC.
9. Web site: Simone . Carlo . Channel 4 Truelove: Full cast and when it is on TV . . 27 July 2024 . 2 January 2024.
10. Web site: Question Time viewers complain of 'bias' after Corrie actress spotted in audience. November 23, 2019. Entertainment Daily UK.
11. Web site: Coronation Street actress 'spotted' in audience of Question Time. November 22, 2019. Evening Standard.
12. Web site: Coronation Street star makes appearance on Question Time. November 23, 2019. Digital Spy.
13. Web site: Lib Dems angered by BBC decision to put fewer supporters in Question Time audience. Jonathon. Read. The New European. 23 November 2019.
14. Web site: Corrie fans spot familiar face in Question Time audience. Lottie. Gibbons. November 22, 2019. liverpoolecho.