Kate Elliott (actress)

Kate Elliott
Born (1981-12-30) 30 December 1981 (age 42)
Auckland, New Zealand
Spouses
Milan Borich
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(m. 2006)​
David Benge
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(m. 2016)​
Children2

Kate Elliott (born 30 December 1981) is a New Zealand television and film actress.[1] She was born in and currently resides in Auckland, New Zealand.[citation needed]

Kate played the role of one of the "Liberators" in The Cult.[2] More recently, she has acted in The Insider's Guide To Love,[3] The Locals,[4] Fracture,[5] and Toy Love. She played Yakut, an Amazon, in several episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess, 1998–2000. Elliott also assumed the role of Lily in Cleopatra 2525. She plays a vampire in a film called 30 Days of Night and currently plays the role of Detective Jess Savage in the New Zealand mini-series The Gulf.[1][6]

She was married to Pluto's lead singer, Milan Borich, on 17 January 2006. They have a daughter. In 2016 she eloped with David Benge, managing director of the New Zealand office of worldwide media company VICE.[7][8] Both marriages had ended by 2019.[9] Elliott came out queer to her daughter in 2019.[9]

  1. ^ a b "The Gulf: New Zealand drama with international flavour". Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ^ Hunkin, Joanna (10 September 2009). "The Cult: A TV show of faith". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
  3. ^ TVNZ page on Insider's Guide To Love
  4. ^ The Locals
  5. ^ Fracture
  6. ^ 30 Days of Night on IMDb
  7. ^ Kiwi actress Kate Elliott has eloped to Los Angeles for the 'perfect wedding'
  8. ^ Off to a flying start: Kate Elliott elopes to L.A!
  9. ^ a b Kate Elliott comes out