Kate Rutter

Kate Rutter is an English actress, best known for I, Daniel Blake, Peterloo and River City.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
1997	Casualty	Jean	Various
1997	The Full Monty	Clerk	Peter Cattaneo
1998	Cold Feet	Sheila	Various
1999	Hearts and Minds	Sister Mary	Charles McDougall
2000	Queer as Folk	Mrs. Perry	Various
2000	Fat Friends	Helen	Kay Mellor
2002–2009	Silent Witness	Mrs. Brook	Various
2002–2009	Holby City	Carole	Various
2005	Pierrepoint	Eileen	Adrian Shergold
2010	Doctors	Linda	Various
2010	The Arbor	Mother	Clio Barnard
2010	Oranges and Sunshine	Vera	Jim Loach
2012–2013	River City	Miriam Stubbs	Various	Series regular, 44 episodes
2013	Scott and Bailey	Joe’s solicitor	Various
2013	The Railway Man	Jean	Jonathan Teplitzky
2016	DCI Banks	Maureen	Various
2016	I, Daniel Blake	Ann	Ken Loach
2017	Cotton Wool	Marion	Nicholas Connor
2018	Peterloo	Reformer	Mike Leigh
2019	Coronation Street	D.S. Beckett	Various
2019	Four Weddings and a Funeral	Margot	Various
2019	His Dark Materials	Sister Betty	Various
2020	Question Time	Herself	Rob Hopkin
2024	Truelove	Barbara	Chloë Wicks and Carl Tibbetts	3 episodes

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.