Kate Hackett
{{short description|American actress}}{{Verify|date=March 2025}}{{Infobox person
| name = Kate Hackett
| image = IMG 1042 - Kate Hackett.jpg
| birth_name =
| birth_place = Maryland, United States
| alma_mater = Boston University
| occupation = Actress, writer, producer
| years_active = 2009–present
| known_for = Classic Alice, Best Laid Plans
| website = {{url|katehackett.com}}
}}
Kate Hackett is an actress, writer, and producer who created and starred as Alice Rackham in the Amazon web series Classic Alice.{{cite web|title=Classic Alice|url=https://smile.amazon.com/Down-the-Rabbit-Hole/dp/B071D49C27/ref=sr_1_9?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1492793524&sr=1-9&keywords=classic+alice|website=Amazon|accessdate=20 May 2017}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=March 2025}} She appeared in Hulu's Best Laid Plans and Netflix's Real Rob.{{cite web|title=WebSerials.com {{!}} Improvised Sitcom "Best Laid Plans" Comes To Hulu With Brand New Episodes|url=http://www.webserials.com/press/bestlaidplans/bestlaidplans-hulu.html|website=www.webserials.com|access-date=2017-05-20|archive-date=2016-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313144446/http://webserials.com/press/bestlaidplans/bestlaidplans-hulu.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=Schneider|first1=Rob|title=Real Rob {{!}} Netflix|url=https://www.netflix.com/watch/80074511?trackId=13752289&tctx=0%2C6%2C480a764f-f068-49a8-ae3a-20b9a7eaf24d-30520387|website=www.netflix.com|accessdate=20 May 2017}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=March 2025}}
Career
Hackett began acting in campus productions as a history major at Boston University.{{Cite news|url=http://dailyfreepress.com/2016/01/28/terriers-inbiz-classic-alice-creator-shares-timeless-novels-through-social-platforms/|title=TERRIERS INBIZ: "Classic Alice" creator shares timeless novels through social platforms|last=Narula|first=Navraj|date=January 28, 2016|work=The Daily Free Press|access-date=May 25, 2017}}
Hackett played the romantic lead in Hulu's all-improv series Best Laid Plans in 2010.{{cite web |title=WebSeries.com Launches Unique New Unscripted Web Comedy |url=http://webserials.com/press/bestlaidplans/bestlaidplans-launch.html |date=August 31, 2010 |access-date=May 21, 2017 |archive-date=March 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313130702/http://webserials.com/press/bestlaidplans/bestlaidplans-launch.html |url-status=dead }} She appeared in A Special Message for America's Teenagers.{{cite web |title=Kate Hackett |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1943972/ |website=IMDb}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=March 2025}} She produced, wrote and acted in 2013's Kate & Joe Just Want to Have Sex.{{Cite web |title=Kate Hackett {{!}} Producer, Writer, Actress |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1943972/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=March 2025}}
In 2013, Hackett worked on web series Classic Alice.{{cite web|title=Interview with Kate Hackett from Classic Alice {{!}} Geek and Sundry|url=http://geekandsundry.com/interview-with-kate-hackett-from-classic-alice/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930225838/http://geekandsundry.com/interview-with-kate-hackett-from-classic-alice/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2015|website=Geek and Sundry|accessdate=21 May 2017|language=en|date=12 February 2015}}
In 2016, Hackett worked on a series called Not a Plan. She worked as producer, writer, and actress on short film The Long Dig in 2017.{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=March 2025}} In 2022, Hackett played "Hannah" in Anthony Parisi's Ambush at St Mary's. She won Best Supporting Actress for the role at the 14th Oceanside International Film Festival.{{Cite web |title=OIFF 2025 AWARD WINNERS |url=https://osidefilm.org/2025winners/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Oceanside International Film Festival |language=en-US}}
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Category:American television writers
Category:Boston University alumni
Category:American web series actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:American voice actresses
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American women television writers
Category:Oceanside International Film Festival award winners