Kate McLennan


Katherine McLennan is an Australian comedian, writer and actor living in Melbourne. McLennan performed in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Hong Kong and Singapore, and she performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Kate McLennan is best known in Australia for her work on various television programmes and web series including The Katering Show, Get Krack!n, and The Mansion.

Career

McLennan moved to Geelong at the age of ten and a decade later she moved to Melbourne. She performed in her first sketch comedy show at the age of 21 at the 2001 Melbourne Fringe and appeared in the Fringe parade.
McLennan rose to fame writing and performing her solo comedy show The Debutante Diaries which won her the Best Comedy Award and Best Emerging Artist Award at the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 2006.
McLennan worked on a web-series titled Bleak with Kate McCartney in 2010 which won the Kit Denton Disfellowship for Courage and Excellence in Performance Writing in 2011. McLennan and McCartney formed their production company called Lead Balloon TV and wrote, produced and starred as an intolerable foodie and a food intolerant in a cooking-based web-series called The Katering Show which screened on their YouTube channel in 2014. A second season of The Katering Show was screened on the ABC TV and then on ABC iview in 2016.
In 2017, McLennan and McCartney collaborated on another web-series called Get Krack!n playing exaggerated versions of themselves as breakfast show TV hosts, which screened in the US and on ABC iview.
In July 2018, it was announced on Twitter that Get Krack!n would be back for a second season in early 2019.

Stand-up comedy tours

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003StingersMelissa1 episode
2003MDAFan1 episode
2005Let Loose LiveWriter/actor2 episodes
2007-2011 DogstarSimone 52 episodes
2008 The MansionWriter/actor13 episodes
2010 OffspringCafé girl1 episode
2011Ben Elton Live from Planet EarthActor3 episodes
2012Exchange Student ZeroCharity 1 episode
2012Live on BowenHerself1 episode
2013It's a DateJessica1 episode
2013 SlideShowHerself1 episode
2013You're Skitting MeWriter13 episodes
2013-2014Comedy Up LateHerself2 episodes
2014House HusbandsSkye1 episode
2014-2015The Flamin' ThongsNarelle Thong26 episodes
2015 Little LunchWriter2 episodes
2015Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts LaneMegan1 episode
2014-2015Winners and LosersKathryn Piper3 episodes
2015Comedy Showroom - BleakWriter/ Actor 1 episode
2015Slumber PartyWriter1 episode
2015In The Zone IVHerself1 episode
2016The Katering Show Writer/ Producer/ Herself8 episodes
2016Dogstar: Christmas in SpaceSimone Clark/ Celeste Sharp 1 episode
2017Get Krack!nWriter/ Producer/ Herself8 episodes
2017Have You Been Paying Attention?Herself/ Guest Quiz Master1 episode
2017Shaun Micallef's Mad as HellHerself1 episode
2017Sherazade: The Untold StoriesPeribanu 2 episodes
2018SandoWriter6 episodes
2018Talkin' 'Bout Your GenerationHerself1 episode
2019Hughesy, We Have a ProblemHerself1 episode
2019Celebrity Name GameHerself1 episode

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014Bleak- The Web SeriesWriter/Actor 4 episodes
2015The Katering Show Writer/ Producer/ Herself6 episodes

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRoleRef.
2011Kit Denton DisfellowshipFor Courage and Excellence in Performance WritingBleak Shared with Kate McCartney

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRoleRef.
2006Melbourne Fringe FestivalBest Comedy AwardThe Debutante DiariesWriter, performer
2006Melbourne Fringe FestivalBest Emerging Artist AwardThe Debutante DiariesWriter, performer
2007SA Theatre GuideBest Comedy AwardThe Debutante DiariesWriter, performer
2007Short and Sweet FestivalBest ActressAll The Way to the TopWriter, performer
2007Melbourne International Comedy FestivalBarry Award for Best ShowThe Debutante DiariesWriter, performer
2011The AgeM-IE Award for Rising Comedy StarThe Debutante DiariesWriter, performer
2013Melbourne International Comedy FestivalGolden Gibbo Award for Best ShowStandard DoubleWriter, performer