List of Kath & Kim characters

The following page is a list of characters in the Australian comedy television series Kath & Kim.

Characters

Main characters

Character Actor Season(s) Information
Kath Day-Knight Jane Turner 1, 2, 3, Telemovie, 4
Full name: Kathleen Darlene Knight née Day

Kath is an empty nester who is proud of her home - ditto herself. She likes to keep herself busy throughout the day with her various projects and likes to keep herself trim.

Kim Craig Gina Riley 1, 2, 3, Telemovie, 4
Full name: Kimberly Diane Craig née Day

Kim is a self-absorbed, ever-complaining and spoilt woman who, despite her "people skills", her call centre employer can somehow not do without her.

Kel Knight Glenn Robbins 1, 2, 3, Telemovie, 4
Full name: Kelvin Graeme Knight

Kath's better half is a purveyor of fine meats and is what Kath considered a "great Hunk O' Spunk". Kel spends his days exercising and looking after and treating Kath with respect.

Brett Craig Peter Rowsthorn 1, 2, 3, Telemovie, 4
Full name: Brett Dean Craig

Kim's husband who works in a large electronics store named "Computa City". Has a lot of affection for his dog Cujo and is best mates with Kel. Often has affairs with employers or other employees, but wins Kim back by buying her jewellery.

Sharon Strzelecki Magda Szubanski 1, 2, 3, Telemovie, 4
Full name: Sharon Karen Strezlecki

Sharon is Kim's "second best friend" and is very unlucky with finding love. She is willing to try new things and is also a fine netball player. She has broken her fibia 5 times, is prone to hives and a bit desperately lonely. After an affair with Brett, Sharon is now dropped to be Kim's "sixth best friend".

Epponnee-Rae Craig Zara Harrington, Emma Le Boeuf, Makayla Berkers and Kylie Minogue 2x08, 3, Telemovie, 4
Full name: Epponnee-Raelene Kathleen Darlene Charlene Craig

Kim and Brett's baby daughter. Her full name is frequently shortened to 'Eps', 'Baby Eps', Epponnee or Epponnee-Rae.

Recurring characters

These characters have all starred in at least two episodes of Kath & Kim.

Character Actor Episodes
Trude Gina Riley 1x08, 2x02, 3x02, 3x07, 3x08, the telemovie, 4x02, 4x04 and 4x08
A snobby, wealthy shop assistant and satirical parody of typical upper-class Australian women who works at homewares store "House" at Fountain Gate. She works alongside best friend Prue and both speak in a highly exaggerated upper-class Australian accent sometimes mispronouncing words completely (one of their favourites being the word 'great' which they pronounce as 'graysh'). Trude enjoys making fun of and looking down upon Kath, Kim and even Kel's common and simple ways and inferior wealth, often resulting in Prue exclaiming "Oh you're dreadful!" She is married to Graham, 'Melbourne's top plastic surgeon' and Trude will often complain about their marital woes (resulting in an eventual divorce that leaves Trude penniless)
Prue Jane Turner 1x08, 2x02, 3x02, 3x07, 3x08, the telemovie, 4x02, 4x04 and 4x08
A snobby, wealthy shop assistant who works at homewares store "House". She works alongside best friend Trude and is considerably less nasty towards Kath and Kim. She is fond of expensive European homeware brands such as Le Creuset, Bodum and Orrefors much to the confusion of Kim when looking for wedding gifts for Kath. Prue's wealth comes from being married to a high profile, shady, stockbroker named Adrian who at one point is almost faced with jail time but does a deal with the police and blames everyone else instead, including Trude's husband Graham.
Marion Marg Downey 1x04, 1x08, 2x01, 3x01, 3x07 and 3x08
An inept marriage/love counsellor with somewhat unusual methods which tend to take her clients by surprise. She was responsible for the marriage and counselling of Kath and Kel, but was imprisoned.
Gary Poole Mick Molloy 2x08 and 3x01
Gary is Kath's ex-husband and father of Kim. Left just after Kim was born, saying he was going out for cigarettes. When Kim was only one day old, he ran off with Wendy Patterson and spent twenty years in exile in Hong Kong, before unexpectedly coming back to Melbourne after the birth of Epponnee Rae and learning that he and Kath were still legally married. He departed after re-mortgaging Kim and Brett's unit and his divorce from Kath was now official.
Sandy Freckle Rock Hampton 2x07 and 2x08
Sandy, a beach-bum, is one of Kel's best mates and worst enemies due to the fact he steals all of Kel's girlfriends.
Mark Tony Martin 1x02, 1x08, 2x04 and 2x05
Sharon's on-again/off-again boyfriend who works at Molly Blooms. He also plays the fiddle, notably at Kath and Kel's wedding.
Kelly Peta Brady 1x06, 2x04, 3x01, 3x02 and the telemovie
Brett's demanding boss at Computa City with whom he ended up having an affair.
Darryl Lee Mark Trevorrow 1x06, 2x08, the telemovie and 4x02
Is a tailor who works at a formal hire store in Fountain Gate who helps Kel out with his suit purchases.

One-off characters

References

  1. "Matt Lucas to join Kath & Kim". BBC News. 2006-10-27. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
  2. "Funnyman gets foxy". Herald Sun. News Limited. 2007-01-26. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
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