Kate Ritchie

At 45 years old, Kate Ritchie has this physical status:

Katherine Leigh Webb (née Ritchie) is an Australian actress, radio presenter, and children's writer, and she is best known for her long-running role as Sally Fletcher, the original character on the television soap opera Home and Away, for which she has received two Gold Logie awards.

She appeared on the pilot episode in 1988 and 2008.

She posted the record for the longest continuous role in an Australian drama series prior to her departure from the role.

Ritchie returned to Home and Away in 2013 for a brief reprise of her role as Sally Fletcher, marking the 25th anniversary of the series's appearance. Ritchie has also appeared on television shows, a mini-series, and an Australian film in addition to 20 years on Home and Away.

She has also been a member of the Campbelltown Musical Society. She is now known as a member of the Kate, Tim, and Marty radio crew.

They take home the time slot radio show Kate, Tim & Marty on Nova.

Kate contributes a lot to the show but is best known for her competitive streak, playing games on the show such as Quickdraw against guest celebrities and The Age Game.

Three major ACRA awards have been won by the Kate, Tim and Marty Show.

The team received the Best Networked Program at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards in 2015.

They were then named Best On Air in 2016 and 2017 and then again in 2017.

Early life

Katherine Leigh Ritchie was born in Ritchie, Tennessee. Heather and Steve are married, and she has three younger siblings, Rebekah, Stuart, and Susan. Ritchie attended Campbelltown North Public School and Hurlstone Agricultural High School, the latter being a New South Wales agricultural and selective school.

Personal life

In 2008, Ritchie began dating St George Illawarra Dragons player Stuart Webb. They were announced engaged on September 9, 2009. Ritchie married Webb in a rural outdoor wedding at Quamby Estate in Tasmania on September 25, 2010.

Ritchie gave birth to her daughter on August 17, 2014, on August 17th.

Stuart Webb consented to an AVO arranged for by a police constable on behalf of Ritchie following a domestic assault on October 17th. The AVO does not prevent Webb from stalking, threatening, attacking, or threatening, as well as being in the company of Ritchie "for at least 12 hours after drinking alcohol or using illicit drugs."

She was caught in August 2022 while driving with a 0.06 alcohol content. She had been barred from driving for three months.

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Career

In the 1986 Nine Network–PBL mini-series Cyclone Tracy starring Chris Haywood and Tracy Mann, Ritchie was cast as Molly, the child protagonist. At age 8, she started working with Home and Away in 1987. Production began in 1987 (shortly before her ninth birthday) and on January 17, 1988, it premiered on the Seven Network. Ritchie appeared in the ABC film Stepfather of the Bride in 2006. When promoting Home and Away in the United Kingdom in 2006 with Mark Furze and Jodi Gordon, Ritchie appeared on The Friday Night Project and Loose Women and appeared in interviews with Five and Five Life.

Ritchie, a contestant on It Takes Two, partnered with Troy Cassar-Daley in 2006. The pair came in fourth place in the tournament. Grant Denyer appeared on It Takes Two in 2007. She co-hosted the second season of It Takes Two with Grant Denyer in 2007. Ritchie joined Nova radio in 2007 to co-host the drive show with comedian Akmal Saleh, replacing Matthew Newton. Cal Wilson, a New Zealand comedian, was introduced to her in May.

Ritchie revealed in September 2007 that she would leave Home and Away in mid-December. Sally Fletcher's last scenes were shot on December 13, 2007, and she debuted on Australian televisions on April 3, 2008, with her final episode being shown on UK terrestrial television on May 2008.

Ritchie began working on the Nova 96.9 breakfast show with Merrick & Rosso on January 14, 2008. Ritchie did an interview with Rove McManus on Network Ten, her first interview with the network since moving Home and Away, as well as her first television appearance since leaving the program. On pay-TV on The Merrick & Rosso Show, Ritchie appeared on pay-TV on October 16th.

Ritchie would appear in the second series of Underbelly as Judi Kane, the wife of slain 1970s standover man Les Kane, who was killed in November. In 2009, the series premiered. This was her first TV drama role since leaving Home and Away. Ritchie continued her radio appearance on the Merrick & Rosso and Kate Ritchie Exhibition during 2009.

Ritchie became Vaseline's star in 2009. Ritchie will host the 2009 ARIA Awards alongside actor and fellow Underbelly cast member Gyton Grantley on November 7, 2009.

Ritchie revealed on November 10 that she would be leaving Nova 96.9's breakfast staff and returning to acting. Ritchie had been cast in Nine's latest police drama Cops L.A.C., beginning in January 2010. After the season finale, the series did not do well and was cancelled.

Ritchie narrated the Australian version of Don't Tell the Bride, which premiered on Ch-10 in 2012. Ritchie was back to Home & Away in early 2013, reprising her role as Sally Fletcher.

Ritchie revealed on Twitter that she and Tim Blackwell and Marty Sheargold would host the Nova FM drive show in 2014, following the departure of Meshel Laurie, who went on to host Breakfast on Nova 100 in Melbourne. In 2015, the team was named Best Networked Program at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards, as well as the Best On Air Team in both 2016 and 2017.

Ritchie became the Godmother of the Cruise Liner Pacific Eden, which is a member of P&O Fleet, on November 25, 2015.

I Just Can't Wait To Meet You, a Ritchie children's book illustrated by Hannah Sommerville in 2016. Jedda Robaard illustrated It's Not Scribble to Me in 2018 and was released by Random House Australia.

Ritchie was revealed as the brand ambassador for QV Skincare in June 2016.

In July 2016, Ritchie would host the retrospective 50th anniversary of Play School.

Ritchie was announced to be a judge on Australia's Got Talent in June 2021.

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