Hi!
I’m Kat
I’m an Australian actor and dialect coach based in Cincinnati, OH. I’m passionate about all things voice: accents, characters, and the quirks that makes each person sound unique.
outsiders, queer misfits, people looking for home
As an Australian-American dual citizen, I always feel a little foreign no matter where I am, which might be why I gravitate toward stories about outsiders, queer misfits, and people looking for a place to call home.
I'm a global nomad at heart: I've spent much of my adult life bouncing between Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom, soaking up the dialects, rhythms, and quirks of each place like a sponge.
I was born in Sydney and raised down the New South Wales coast near Wollongong. Though my work has taken me around the globe, I still call Australia home (and yes, the QANTAS slogan does make me tear up a little). I bring a native feel for Aussie humour and landscape to any stories set Down Under.
My parents are from Columbia, Missouri, and I grew up hearing my grandmothers' Tennessee and Alabama voices alongside my extended Midwestern family. Studying at Bryn Mawr College (Anassa Kata!) and later teaching acting at the University of Cincinnati (Go Bearcats!) only deepened my ear for the full range of American voices.
I hold an MFA in Voice Studies from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London and spent three wonderful years living between London and Edinburgh. That immersion still shapes the care and specificity I bring to my work in UK dialects.
As a neurodivergent (ADHD), queer, non-binary (she/they pronouns) artist, I bring empathy and delight to roles that are aligned with my experience. I'm also a triplet, and would love to voice more stories about sisterhood and the strange reality of being a multiple.
I currently serve as Co-chair of Academy Programming for Queer Vox, supporting LGBTQ+ visibility and craft in the voice over industry.
voice as dramaturgy
A person's voice is deeply intimate: it's biography. Where someone's from, where they've traveled, their age, health, education, who they love: their back story can be revealed through the voice.
Some of the deepest pleasure in this work comes from venturing well beyond my own experience. I've relished playing Scottish murderers, American con artists talking their way out of (and into) trouble, British land girls falling in love against the backdrop of World War II, dystopian survival stories in nuclear deserts, and princesses swept off their feet by brooding heroes against the backdrop of mythology, dragons, and Arctic wastelands. Character work goes beyond mining my own biography into research, empathy and craftto inhabit a life I haven’t lived, and finding joy in the exploration of other lives and paths never traveled.
My acting and voice training is the foundation of my work as a voice and dialect coach. As a Knight-Thompson Speechwork trained dialect coach, I bring a trained ear, rigorous preparation, and a sense of play to my coaching sessions.
I teach and coach voice, dialects and acting at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. I have previously taught at East 15 Acting School and Rose Bruford College. I now offer private coaching to actors and film, TV and theatre productions in dialect and performance, corporate presence training and gender-affirming voice coaching.