Kate Jirelle

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Born and raised in the World-Heritage-Listed Blue Mountains region, Kate Jirelle is an actor, writer and director currently based in Western Sydney.with British, German and Austrian heritage. A member of Sydney Acting Studio since 2022, she has extensive and ongoing training in Meisner Technique, Theatre Technique, Voice Technique and Screen-Acting. Tutors have included the late Kevin Jackson as well as Adam Dunn, Donald Woodburn, Luke Ford, Grace Naoum and Hunter McMahon. She is a regular performer at Players In The Pub, where she enjoys sharing her love for the performance of classic texts and helping make theatre more accessible to audiences of all kinds. ***** WRITER & DIRECTOR CREDITS: 2023 - Writer & Director of 'The Secrets of Carmichael Manor' (Play) produced by Dark Stories Interactive Theatre and touring to Parramatta and Maitland. 2022 - Writer & Director of 'To Those I Left Behind' (Short Play), presented at Short+Sweet Sydney, winning 'Judge's Choice of 'Best Play' WRITER CREDITS 2023 - 'Writer's Room' (Short Film), premiered at OSC Short Film Festival winning 'Best Script' 2023 - 'Broken' (Short Film), awarded 2nd place in Challenge 1 of the NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Competition 2021 - 'Meet Cute' (Short Film), premiered at OSC Short Film Festival AWARDS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Acting: 2022 - Regional Finalist, (Main Professional Category), World Monologue Games 2019 - Best International Supporting Actress, (Pandora, The Tame Painter), Prodigy Film Festival Writing: 2023 - Best Short Screenplay (Broken), Sydney Women's International Film Festival 2023 - Best Short Screenplay (Broken), Golden Nugget International Film Festival 2023 - Best Genre Script (Broken), The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards 2023 - Finalist (Broken), Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards 2023 - Semi Finalist (Broken), Australia Independent Film Festival 2022 - 2nd Place, NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Competition (Challenge 1) 2022 - Best Play - Judge's Choice (To Those I Left Behind), Short+Sweet Sydney OTHER - Has trained in Horse Riding at Hawkesbury Valley Equestrian Centre since June 2022, currently riding at a Novice Level. - Holds a Masters of Teaching and is a NESA-accredited high school teacher with subject specialities in Legal Studies, Business Studies and Studies of Religion - Current WWCC - Full drivers' licence and drives a manual transmission/stick shift