Summary: Katrina Retallick is one of Australia's foremost leading ladies with an ever-growing list of theatre, film and television credits to her name. She grew up in Wagga Wagga and trained at The Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Her phenomenal credits include Big Fish, Titanic and New Rocky Horror Show. She was also in Sydney Theatre Company's Wharf Revue, alongside comedy legends Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott. Other performances include Ruthless! The Musical, with Katrina winning rave reviews for her lead role in the hilarious showbiz satire. Prior to that, Katrina's dramatic talents were on vivid display in her role as 'Trina' in the musical Falsettos and her riotous turn as brash Oklahoma heiress 'Jolene Oaks' in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels earned her a Sydney Theatre Award. As the high voltage 'Alice Beineke' in the New Theatricals' production of The Addams Family under renowned director Jerry Zaks, Katrina received outstanding critical acclaim and a Helpmann Award Nomination for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical. Earlier roles include A Little Night Music as 'Charlotte Malcolm', Wind in the Willows, Jekyll & Hyde, Las Vegas The Musical as 'Francesca Carlucci', Company as 'Sarah' and South Pacific as 'Nellie Forebush'. Katrina Retallick wrote and performed in her one-woman show called Impossible Blonde, which featured songs and stories of iconic blonde performers such as Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Julie Andrews and Doris Day among many others. In film, Katrina appeared in the magic realism feature Accidents Happen with the legendary Geena Davis. She also performed in an operatic feature film co-produced by Channel 4 UK and ABC Australia called The Eternity Man. She is currently gracing stages as 'Diane' in the brilliant Come From Away - a show that proves the perfect tonic with its joyous celebration of humanity, community, and kindness. Welcome to STAGES ... Katrina Retallick. The STAGES podcast is available from Apple podcasts, Spotify and Whooshkaa. Also where you find your favourite podcasts. www.stagespodcast.com.au
