Background
Katie Wolfe was born in New Plymouth in 1968, the daughter of Neil and Raewyn Wolfe.
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In 1986 she enrolled at Victoria University and graduated with a Bachelor in English. She graduated from New Zealand acting school Toi Whakaari in 1990.
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 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.
Achievements
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1997 New Zealand Film & television, for Best Television Actress 2005 Chapman Trip Theatre awards, for Most Promising New Director 2009 New Zealand Film Festival, Sort Filmmaker award 2009 Palm Springs, Emerging Filmmaker award 2010 Imagenative, Best short film and Emerging 2011 National Geographic best Narrative Film - Kawa 2010 Show Maine Shorts, for This Is Her 2011 Show Maine Shorts, for "Redemption".
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Nationality
New Zealand
Awards
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Wins 1997 NZ Film & TV , for Best Television Actress 2005 Chapman Trip Theatre awards, for Most Promising New Director 2009 NZ Film Festival, Sort Filmmaker award 2009 Palm Springs, Emerging Filmmaker award 2010 Imagenative, Best short film and Emerging 2011 National Geographic best Narrative Film - Kawa Nominations 2010 Show Me Shorts , for This Is Her 2011 Show Me Shorts, for "Redemption"Wins 1997 NZ Film & TV , for Best Television Actress 2005 Chapman Trip Theatre awards, for Most Promising New Director 2009 NZ Film Festival, Sort Filmmaker award 2009 Palm Springs, Emerging Filmmaker award 2010 Imagenative, Best short film and Emerging 2011 National Geographic best Narrative Film - Kawa Nominations 2010 Show Me Shorts , for This Is Her 2011 Show Me Shorts, for "Redemption"