Katrina Hobbs: Forging a career on both sides of the Tasman...

Katrina Hobbs is a TV presenter and actor who has had roles in New Zealand, Australia and even Russia. She kicked off her screen career as a teen hero in The Boy from Andromeda and a young wife in the war film Absent Without Leave. Since then she has appeared in a large number of TV shows such as Shortland Street, Marlin Bay, Cover Story and Willy Nilly. As well as acting, she has presented factual shows including More than Sport, Destination Ski New Zealand and Russia Today. 

 

In this ScreenTalk, Hobbs talks about: 

• Getting good advice from her producer mother Aileen O’Sullivan about her first role in The Boy from Andromeda
• Studying hard to gain experience for her next role in Absent Without Leave
• Relishing playing her first ‘adult’ character in Marlin Bay
• Being thrown by the pace of production on Shortland Street
• Having a baptism of fire in a lead role on Home and Away
• Feeling frustrated by playing a matronly doctor on the soap
• How a character with schizophrenia challenged her in Cover Story
• Enjoying the camaraderie on the set of Willy Nilly
• Playing the dodgy neighbour on Rake 
• Really appreciating having a career on both sides of the Tasman 

This video was first uploaded on 10 November 2014, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.

Interview, Camera and Editing – Andrew Whiteside