1. Katherine Leigh Ritchie is an Australian actress, radio presenter, and children's author.
22 Facts About Kate Ritchie
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Kate Ritchie is best known for her long-running role as original character Sally Fletcher on the television soap opera Home and Away, for which she won two Gold Logie awards.
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Kate Ritchie played the character for 20 years, appearing from the pilot episode in 1988 until 2008.
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In 2022, Kate Ritchie appeared as a judge on the tenth season of Australia's Got Talent.
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Katherine Leigh Kate Ritchie was born to parents Heather and Steve, and she has three younger siblings.
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Kate Ritchie started working with Home and Away in 1987, at age 8.
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In 2006, Kate Ritchie played "Nicole" in the ABC film Stepfather of the Bride.
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In 2006, Kate Ritchie was a contestant on the celebrity singing competition It Takes Two, partnered with Troy Cassar-Daley.
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Kate Ritchie co-hosted the second series of It Takes Two with Grant Denyer in 2007.
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In 2007 Kate Ritchie joined Nova radio to co-host the drive show with comedian Akmal Saleh, replacing Matthew Newton.
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In September 2007, Kate Ritchie announced that she would be leaving Home and Away in mid-December.
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Shortly after the 2008 Logie Awards, Kate Ritchie did an interview with Rove McManus on Network Ten, her first interview with another network since leaving Home and Away, and her first television appearance since leaving the show.
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In November, it was revealed that Kate Ritchie would appear in the second series of Underbelly, as Judi Kane, the wife of slain 1970s standover man Les Kane.
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On 10 November 2009, Kate Ritchie announced she would be leaving Nova 96.9's breakfast team and returning to acting.
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In 2012, Kate Ritchie narrated the Australian version of the reality series Don't Tell the Bride, which aired on Network Ten.
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In 2013, Kate Ritchie announced via Twitter that she would be hosting the Nova FM drive show with Tim Blackwell and Marty Sheargold in 2014, following the departure of Meshel Laurie, who went on to host Breakfast on Nova 100 in Melbourne.
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In 2016 Kate Ritchie released a children's book illustrated by Hannah Sommerville called I Just Couldn't Wait To Meet You.
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Kate Ritchie was to host the retrospective 50th anniversary of Play School in July 2016.
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In June 2021, Kate Ritchie was announced to be a judge on the tenth season of Australia's Got Talent alongside returning judge Shane Jacobson, and Britain's Got Talent judges Alesha Dixon and David Walliams.
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On 18 July 2024, Kate Ritchie was named for ABC factual series The Role of a Lifetime.
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Kate Ritchie became engaged to Stuart Webb, a rugby league player for St George Illawarra Dragons, in September 2009.
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In November 2019, Stuart Webb agreed to an AVO, which was applied for by a police constable on behalf of Kate Ritchie following a domestic incident on 17 October.