Katherine Hicks
Katherine Hicks is an Australian actress. She is known for her roles as Heidi Wilson on Rescue: Special Ops and Sam MacKenzie on Winners & Losers.
Early life
Hicks was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and grew up on a farm in Byron Bay, New South Wales. She first appeared on stage at Lismore’s Rochdale Theatre at the age of four. She set her sights on acting as a career after appearing in a production of Marat/Sade at Trinity Catholic College in Lismore. After completing her HSC at Byron Bay High School, Hicks moved to Sydney at the age of 17, to undertake her first television role in Heartbreak High. She then relocated to Melbourne to study at VCA, which she graduated from in 2007 with a Bachelor Degree in Acting. After completing her studies, Hicks toured with Bell Shakespeare "Actors at Work" program for a year.Career
Television
Hicks' first television role was as Tess in the final season of Heartbreak High. She credits her time working on the show with making her take acting more seriously, due to the ABC providing young actors with plenty of acting, voice and movement tuition.From 2008 to 2009, she played a regular role as Poppy in the Out of the Blue. She then starred as Heidi Wilson in Rescue: Special Ops which saw her nominated for a Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent in 2010.
Hicks played a lead role in the miniseries The Strange Calls in 2012. The same year, she landed her breakthrough role in Winners & Losers playing the character of Sam MacKenzie, for which she won an ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor. From 2016 to 2017, she appeared in a variety of guest roles, including Jack Irish and Offspring.