16 Facts About Kate Box

Kate Box is an Australian stage, film, and television actress.

Kate Box is known for her roles as Nicole Vargas in Rake, Lou Kelly in Wentworth, and as Dulcie Collins in Deadloch.

Kate Box lived with her parents, social workers Greg and Lorraine, and sister Sally in Colonel Light Gardens, and attended the local primary school.

Kate Box then auditioned for the Victorian College of the Arts and National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Kate Box was accepted into NIDA course and, at the age of 22, moved to Sydney.

Kate Box went on to make her screen debut with a role in the 2005 television film sequel Small Claims: White Wedding.

Kate Box came to prominence with her role as Nicole Vargas in the ABC comedy-drama series Rake for which she appeared throughout its entire run.

Kate Box played Marg McMann in the 2018 television film Riot, a film focusing on the LGBTI rights movement and the origins of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in the 1970s, a role which won her the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama, and the role of which she is most proud, saying "I was so grateful to walk with that character for a bit because the courage that she displayed definitely helped me to live my life with more truth and courage".

In 2019 Kate Box appeared in Upright, with Tim Minchin, and in Les Norton.

In 2019, it was announced Kate Box was cast in the role of "legacy" character Lou Kelly in the Foxtel prison drama series Wentworth for its eighth and final season.

Also in 2019, Kate Box was announced as a cast member in the Cate Blanchett-produced Matchbox Pictures series, Stateless, released in 2020.

Kate Box revealed in an interview in August 2024 that she had originally auditioned for the part of Eddie Redcliffe.

Kate Box appears in the SBS anthology series Erotic Stories, in the episode "The Deluge", as Cara.

In November 2023 Kate Box was announced for the upcoming ABC television series Ladies in Black.

Kate Box plays Dr Brennan in the seven-part Netflix adaptation of Trent Dalton's novel Boy Swallows Universe, aired in January 2024.

Kate Box is a close friend of director Sophie Hyde.