Katie Wolfe


Katie Wolfe is an actress and director from New Zealand.

Personal life

Katie Wolfe was born in New Plymouth in 1968, the daughter of Neil and Raewyn Wolfe. Her Taranaki Iwi names are Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama. She has three siblings; Todd, Brooke and Sally. In 1986 she enrolled at Victoria University and graduated with a BA in English. She graduated from New Zealand acting school Toi Whakaari in 1990. Wolfe married fellow actor Tim Balme in 1994, and together they have two children; daughter Edie and son Nikau. Wolfe also has a step-son, Sam.

Career

Her first professional acting job was at Dunedin's Fortune Theatre, followed by several episodes of NHNZ's children's nature series Wild Track, as the presenter.
Her first television role was as Ginny Gannaway on the series Marlin Bay, a role which lasted three years, and her big screen debut was in The Last Tattoo, in which she played the missing girlfriend of a World War II GI.
Recently Wolfe has moved into directing. Her first 2 short films "This is Her" and "Redemption" both premiered at Sundance, and went on to screen in Berlinale, New York and Telluride. Her first feature-length film, titled Kawa, was an adaptation of Witi Ihimaera's book, Nights in the Gardens of Spain.

Filmography - screen credits

Film

Television

Other work

Theatre

Directing

Wolfe has directed a number of plays including:

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryWorkResult
1995New Zealand Film and TV AwardsBest Female Performance in Supporting Role - FilmThe Last Tattoo
1995New Zealand Film and Television AwardsBest Female Performance in a Supporting Role - TelevisionMarlin Bay
1997TV Guide Television AwardsBest ActressCover Story, episode 7
2008New Zealand Film and TV AwardsFilm Award for Best Short FilmThis Is Her
2008Antipodes Film FestivalNicolas Baudin Award for Best Short FilmThis Is Her
2008Prague International Short Film FestivalBest Audience Film AwardThis Is Her
2009Filmets - Badalona Short Film FestivalVenus de Badalona for Best Short FilmThis Is Her
2009Aspen ShortsfestJury Award for Best ComedyThis Is Her
2009Hamptons International Film FestivalAudience Award for Best ShortThis Is Her
2009Palm Springs ShortfestFuture Filmmaker Award
2010Show Me Shorts Film FestivalBest FilmThis Is Her
2010ImagineNative Film + Media Arts FestivalJury Award for Best Short DramaRedemption
2010ImagineNative Film + Media Arts FestivalCynthia Lickers-Sage Award for Emerging TalentRedemption
2011Sundance Film FestivalShort Filmmaking Award in InternationalRedemption