Kate Fitzgerald


Kate Fitzgerald is a British television actress from Liverpool. She best known for playing Doreen Corkhill for five years in defunct soap opera Brookside, Nancy Tinker in Coronation Street, and Loretta Chase in Benidorm.

Education

Fitzgerald attended Notre Dame Catholic College girl's school in Liverpool, later graduating from drama school.

Career

Fitzgerald's first appearance on television was in 1979 on ITV Playhouse in the Willy Russell play The Daughters of Albion. Kate went on to star in Russell's Educating Rita at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1981, where she played Rita.
From 1985 to 1990, Kate played the character Doreen Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. She appeared in Movies 'Til Dawn in 1997, before moving on to ITV television series Peak Practice as Andrew Attwood's sister, Chrissy Booth, for four episodes.
In 1999, Kate was Mrs. Delaney for 2 episodes in Queer as Folk
Fitzgerald starred as Loretta Chase in the ITV Sitcom Benidorm, the eccentric mother of Sheron Dawson, from 2017 until 2018.

Filmography

Television