Kate Duchêne

Kate Duchêne ( born Catherine Anne Purves Duchêne, born January 5, 1959 in London, England) is a British actress.

Life and work

Kate Duchêne was born in England but moved three weeks after her birth to France. In 1962, she then returned to the English city of Brighton on the English Channel (East Sussex ), where she still lives today. Kate began at the age of 14 years with acting. However, in the 1980s, she worked briefly as an English teacher in Spain. In 1986, she returned for the lead role in " Lucy 's Play " again back to England.

Most known was Duchêne for her role as Constance Harsch man, the strict deputy headmistress of the children's series " The Worst Witch ", which aired from 1999 to 2002 in Germany. After Kate in 2003 even made ​​a guest appearance in " The Worst Witch in Cambridge", the first spin -off of the series completed, it disappointed many fans when she for the second spin-off " The New Worst Witch " (no German synchronization ) their flatly rejected. From then on she focused on other projects.

The actress proved her ability still among others in the paranormal British TV series " Afterlife" and numerous theater productions.

Kate lives in a marriage with Robert Friztgerald. She has two children: Anna Charlotte (born 15 April 2005) and a daughter, who was born 2009.