Kate Ritchie

Kate Ritchie
Kate Ritchie in November 2012
Born	Katherine Leigh Ritchie (1978-08-14) 14 August 1978 (age 38) Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Years active	1986–
Spouse(s)	Stuart Webb (m. 2010)
Children	1
Awards	Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television (2007 & 2008) — Home and Away

Katherine Leigh "Kate" Ritchie (born 14 August 1978 in Goulburn, New South Wales) is an Australian actress of television and radio personality best known for her long-running role as Sally Fletcher on the television soap opera Home and Away, for which she won two Gold Logie awards. She played the character for 20 years from 1988–2008. Prior to her retirement from the role, she shared with fellow original cast members Ray Meagher and Norman Coburn the record (recognised by Guinness World Records) for the longest continuous role in an Australian drama series. After a five-year absence, Ritchie returned to Home and Away in 2013 for a short reprisal of her role as Sally Fletcher to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the series.

In addition to 20 years on Home and Away, Ritchie has also hosted various television events and appeared in commercials, a mini-series and an Australian film. She has also been involved with the Campbelltown Musical Society.

Ritchie was born as Katherine Leigh Ritchie. Her parents are Heather and Steve, and she has three younger siblings, Rebecca, Stuart and Susan. Ritchie attended Campbelltown North Public School and Hurlstone Agricultural High School – the latter a New South Wales agricultural and selective school.

Richie was cast as Molly, the child lead in the 1986 Nine Network–PBL mini-series Cyclone Tracy, starring Chris Haywood and Tracy Mann. She started working with Home and Away in 1987, at age 8. Production began in July 1987 (shortly before her ninth birthday) and it premiered on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. In 2006, Ritchie played "Nicole" in the ABC film Stepfather of the Bride. Whilst promoting Home and Away in the United Kingdom in 2006 with Mark Furze and Jodi Gordon, Ritchie appeared on The Friday Night Project and Loose Women, and appeared on interviews for Five and Five Life.