Kate Rutter
{{Short description|English actress}}
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| birth_place = Leeds, England
| years_active = 1990–present
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| Peterloo
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| occupation = Actress
| alma_mater = Rose Bruford College
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Kate Rutter is an English actress, best known for I, Daniel Blake,{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x72d284|title=Kate Rutter Interview I, Daniel Blake Premiere - video dailymotion|website=Dailymotion}}{{Cite web|url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/a-526f-this-film-is-a-message-of-hope-1|title='This film is a message of hope'|date=May 23, 2016|website=Morning Star}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bae394d29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723044212/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bae394d29|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 July 2017|title=Kate Rutter|website=BFI}} Peterloo and River City.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0752159/|title=Kate Rutter|website=IMDb}}{{Cite web|url=https://mubi.com/cast/kate-rutter|title = Kate Rutter}}
Filmography
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/news/question-time-viewers-complain-of-bias-after-corrie-actress-spotted-in-audience/|title=Question Time viewers complain of 'bias' after Corrie actress spotted in audience|date=November 23, 2019|website=Entertainment Daily UK}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/coronation-street-actress-kate-rutter-spotted-in-audience-of-question-time-leaders-debate-a4294521.html|title=Coronation Street actress 'spotted' in audience of Question Time|date=November 22, 2019|website=Evening Standard}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a29902900/coronation-street-surprise-appearance-question-time/|title=Coronation Street star makes appearance on Question Time|date=November 23, 2019|website=Digital Spy}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/bbc-question-time-jo-swinson-1-6391144|title=Lib Dems angered by BBC decision to put fewer supporters in Question Time audience|first=Jonathon|last=Read|website=The New European|date=23 November 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/tv/eagle-eyed-coronation-street-fans-17304044|title=Corrie fans spot familiar face in Question Time audience|first=Lottie|last=Gibbons|date=November 22, 2019|website=liverpoolecho}}
Awards and nominations
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| Los Angeles Film Awards
| rowspan=2|Best Ensemble | rowspan=2|Cotton Wool | {{won}} |
| New York Film Awards
| {{Won}} |