Biography

Was born in London but moved to France when she was only 3 weeks old. Parents Anne and Louis Duchene moved the family back to England in 1962/1963 to the seaside town of Brighton. Kate went onstage at the age of 14 and loved acting from that moment on. She read French & Spanish at Trinity College at Cambridge University.

She then spent a year teaching English in Spain. Kate received no formal training in Drama but she wrote and performed her own material with Cambridge Footlights Company before joining Mikron in 1983. She is best known for her acting in the children's TV show The Worst Witch as Miss Constance Hardbroom. The show ran from 1998 to 2001.

Kate has 2 children: Anna Charlotte Fitzgerald Duchene Hickson born on April 15th 2006 & Daughter Born in late May / early June 2009.

Actress

National Theatre at Home: The Land of the Living(2025)as Dora

Doctors(2000)as Rochelle Cook, Sarah Jones

Casualty(1986)as Debbie Hansell, Dr. Marie Dumand

The Test(2022)as Jane

Avenue 5(2020)as Curtis

Known for

Afterlife2005 · Actress An Education2009 · Actress National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler2017 · Actress The Worst Witch1998 · Actress

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National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler

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#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Noms	Votes
1	National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler	6.50	2017	•	7.7	0	285
2	Afterlife	6.50	2005	•	7.9	0	2393
3	Midsomer Murders	5.00	1998	•	7.9	0	44236
4	The Worst Witch	4.88	1999	•	7.2	0	1906
5	An Education	3.75	2010	•	7.2	3	141145
6	Weirdsister College	3.75	2001	•	7.1	0	268
7	Monsieur N.	2.50	2003	•	6.6	0	1138
8	The Tall Guy	2.50	1990	•	6.2	0	5269
9	All Good Children	2.38	2010	•	5.6	0	298