Kate Patrick
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| Kate Patrick | |||||||||||||
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| Hollyoaks character | |||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Natasha Symms | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 1997–2000 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | 27 November 1997 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 18 December 2000 | ||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Jo Hallows | ||||||||||||
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Kate Patrick is a fictional character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Natasha Symms. She debuted on-screen during the episode broadcast on 6 November 1997. She departed in 1999 and returned for guest appearances in 2000.
Dannielle Brent, who plays Symms' on-screen sister Gina Patrick originally auditioned for the role of Kate.[1] During their time with the show, Symms and Brent lived together along with Paul Danan, who played their character's brother Sol Patrick.[2]
Development
Kate lived with her mother Jill Patrick (Lynda Rooke), sister and brother at The Dog in the Pond public house. She was billed as "bright, independent, superstitious."[2]
The character became known for being a "predatory maneater".[2] Symms explained "I'm a bit of a femme fatale, as they call it. I've managed to wreck about two marriages, one being the main married couple of the show. It's a brilliant character. She unfortunately gets rather obsessed with the married men and she goes a bit nutty."[2] Symms said she was not at all similar to Kate in real life, but she enjoyed playing a character who was very different to herself.[2] Symms received some verbal abuse from younger fans when her character came between Kurt Benson (Jeremy Edwards) and Ruth Osborne (Terri Dwyer).[2] She thought she would receive hate mail because Kurt and Ruth were popular characters, but she actually received letters telling her Kurt and Kate were better suited.[2]