Katerina Kotsonis

Kotsonis was born in Melbourne. She studied at La Trobe University and the University of Melbourne. In her early years, Katerina was part of the renowned performance art group Primary Source.^[3]

Kotsonis has appeared in numerous television shows across her career. In 1992, she had a recurring role as Julia in comedy series Acropolis Now, opposite Nick Giannopoulos.^[4]

In 2000 same year, Kotsonis made a guest appearance as Sophie Andrikidis in Blue Heelers, a role she briefly reprised in both 2001 and 2002.^{[citation needed]} Also in 2002, Kotsonis played the ongoing role of Mrs Papasavas in children's series Short Cuts.^[5][6]

In 2012, Kotsonis landed a guest role as Patricia Pappas in long-running soap opera Neighbours, resuming the role in a recurring capacity in 2014.^{[citation needed]} The following year, she made her first appearance of several in prison drama Wentworth. She played the guest roles of both Officer Brenda Murphy and Nurse Collins in the series, between 2015 and 2020.^[7][8] In 2016, Kotsonis had a starring role in comedy web series Little Acorns,^[9][10] alongside Rachel Griffiths.^[11]

Kotsonis' most recent small screen credit is the 2026 web series Become the One, in which she plays the role of Maria.^[12]

Kotsonis has also made guest appearances in The Games, Wildside, The Secret Life of Us, Very Small Business, Bed of Roses, The Ex-PM and miniseries and Seven Types of Ambiguity.^[3]

Kotsonis' first film role was as Ariadne in 1998 independent drama Head On, opposite Alex Dimitriades.^[13] She later played the role of Angela in 2011 film Surviving Georgia, alongside Pia Miranda and Holly Valance.^[14] She has also appeared in numerous short films.^[3]

Additionally, Kotsonis has performed on stage in theatre productions including Cruel and Tender and Born Yesterday (both for Melbourne Theatre Company), The White Rose (for Midsumma Festival) and Forty Lounge Café (for La Mama).^[1][15] In 2022, she appeared in the play Security^[16][17] and in 2024 she played the title role in the musical Eftihia, for La Mama.^[18]

Together with actor Jim Koutsoukos, Kotsonis founded the Greek Australian Short Film Festival (GASFF) in Melbourne in 2010.^[19]

Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1991	Embassy	Rani	1 episode
1992	Acropolis Now	Julia	5 episodes	[4]
1998	The Games	Kaetrina	1 episode
1999	Wildside	Clara Jasek	1 episode	[20]
2000–2002	Blue Heelers	Sophie Andrikidis	4 episodes
2001	The Secret Life of Us	Mrs. Konstantinidis	1 episode	[21]
2002	Short Cuts	Mrs Papasavas	7 episodes	[5]
	MDA	Sue Sharp	1 episode	[22]
2011	Bed of Roses	Magistrate	1 episode	[23]
2012–2014	Neighbours	Patricia Pappas	6 episodes
2015–2020	Wentworth	Officer Brenda Murphy / Nurse Collins	8 episodes	[7][8]
2016	Little Acorns	Katerina	Web series, 3 episodes	[9][10]
2017	The Ex-PM	Magistrate	1 episode
	Seven Types of Ambiguity	Hamide	Miniseries, 1 episode	[24]
2026	Become the One	Maria	Web series, 4 episodes	[12]

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Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1998	Head On	Ariadne		[13]
2002	Magda		Short
2009	Thicker Than Water		Short
2010	Word of Mouth	Olga	Short
	Where the Heart Is		Short
	Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos	Katerina	Uncredited
2011	Joey	Toy Store Attendant	Short	[25]
	A Slap in the Face		Short	[26]
	Surviving Georgia	Angela		[14]
2012	Satisfy	Mother	Short
	Catch Perfect	Carlotta	Short
2022	Home Truths	Helen	Short	[3]
2025	End Pointe	Fran	Short

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