Actoe Kate Harcourt has had a long and distinguished career in theatre, television and film. Her first television gig was as a presenter on the Wellington version of children’s show Junior Magazine. She would later appear in TV dramas such as Country GP, Plain Tastes, and the TV play Loose Enz - Free Enterprise. Harcourt has also acted in a number of feature films including Mr Wrong, Apron Strings and Savage Islands. 

In this ScreenTalk interview, Harcourt talks about:

• Presenting next to a terrifying hippopotamus on Junior Magazine
• Making sure she stuck to the script on true crime film Beyond Reasonable Doubt
• Meeting the recently released Arthur Allan Thomas on the set
• Being confronted by a mouse in a sandwich in Loose Enz - Free Enterprise
• Exposing herself to the cast on the set of Savage Islands
• Odd conversations with American actor Tommy Lee Jones
• Winning Best Female Actress for the film Pacific Dreams
• How workshopping with other actors influenced the script of Hook, Line and Sinker
• Working in the red zones of Christchurch while filming Hope and Wire
• Why theatre is her greatest love