KateModern cameos

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These actors and characters have had only a minor role in the KateModern story. They are listed in order of appearance.

Margaret Hyams

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Margaret made her debut on KateModern.tv on July 25th, 2007, playing the part of Aunt Joan. Her grandson, Luke Hyams is the head writer for Kate Modern.


Stuart Yule

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Stuart made his debut on KateModern.tv on August 18th, 2007, playing the part of the "other" policeman at Carnaby Street. Stuart is not, in fact, an actor, but an employee of the company from which KateModern rented the police car and ambulance, Nine Nine Cars. His job was to drive the cars safely.


Claudia Joseph

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Claudia made her debut on KateModern.tv on September 2nd, 2007, playing the part of a woman with flowers who speaks to Kate about the brilliance of them. Claudia is a British reporter who writes for the Daily Mail.


Jamie Turner

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Jamie made his debut on KateModern.tv on September 23rd, 2007, playing the part of Dave the cameraman. In real life, he is a professional lighting cameraman, with fourteen years of experience. It is likely that he was hired by KateModern to play Dave specifically because he had these skills.


Martina Silcock

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Martina made her debut on KateModern.tv on September 7th, 2007, playing the part of Sock Girl #1. She graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2000 with a degree in English, for which she mainly took media and filmmaking classes. Even before she graduated college, Martina had written and produced a number of plays and films. [1] Currently, Martina works as an assistant producer for leading post-production company Saint Anne's Post. [2]


Pauline Finbow

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Pauline made her debut on KateModern.tv on October 29th, 2007, playing the part of the old woman in Charlie's neighborhood. Her daughter, Claire Finbow, is a production assistant for the show.

Pauline is a longtime member of the amateur drama group Sawston Players, and has participated in many of their shows.


Curranne Labercane

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Curranne made her debut on KateModern.tv on November 8th, 2007, playing the part of the model at the Pantene photoshoot. She is an actual model, and is represented by Models 1 London. She also had a small role in the short film To Whom It May Concern by Jon West.


Caroline Virr

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Caroline made her debut on KateModern.tv on November 8th, 2007, playing the part of Caroline, the hairdresser at the Pantene photoshoot's assistant. Caroline is a journalist for who works for "Company" magazine. An article about her experience with the show will appear in the January issue of the magazine in the UK.


Stuart White

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Stuart made his debut on KateModern.tv on November 8th, 2007, playing the part of the videographer at the Pantene photoshoot. He is a professional photographer in real life as well, and took many of the official KateModern cast photos. His work can be seen at his official website: http://www.stoopix.com


Elizabeth Day

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Elizabeth made her debut on KateModern.tv on November 21st, 2007, playing the "Gnome Mule." In the real world, Elizabeth is not an actress, save for her roles in school nativity plays, but a feature writer for The Observer. She wrote an article about her experience as the "Gnome Mule" and her thoughts on "snack TV."

Elizabeth studied History at Queens' College Cambrige. During her time there, she worked on the university paper and won "Best Features Journalist" at the Cambridge Student Journalism Awards. [3] She then went on to work for newspapers including the Evening Standard, The Sunday Telegrah, and The Mail on Sunday. While working for The Sunday Telegraph, Elizabeth was named "Young Journalist of the Year" at the 2004 British Press Awards. [4]

Elizabeth's favorite snack is a hot buttered crumpet with Marmite.


Michael Sheldon

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Michael made his debut on KateModern.tv on December 7th, 2007, playing the part of Janet's dad. He has previously played James d'Or in In the Name of and Mr. Crouch in Waiting at the Gate.


Michael Coombs

Michael made his debut on KateModern.tv on January 1st, 2008, playing a Shadow. He primarily works as an artist and has had his work featured in both group and solo exhibitions across the globe. He seeks "to make art that individualises the copied object" and exposes "the fact that we take far too much for granted in our vision of the world today."


Paul Drury

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Paul made his debut on KateModern.tv on January 1st, 2008, playing a police officer. Paul is a guitarist and singer songwriter who has produced his own album in 2005 called "Way Out There E.P."


Brian Hinton

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Brian made his debut on KateModern.tv on January 1st, 2008, playing a police officer. He has previously acted in Dance of Desire and worked in the make-up department in Driven and Quiet Days in Hollywood.


Daniel Parmar

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Daniel made his debut on KateModern.tv on January 15th, 2008, playing a bystander at Brick Lane after Kate's death. Daniel, who also goes by "DJ Cameo" will appear in series 2 of KateModern writer Luke Hyams's interactive series, "Dubplate Drama".


Nik Selman

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Nik made his debut on KateModern.tv on January 18th, 2008, playing a police officer. In the "real world" he works for the public relations firm, Freud Communications.


Simon Podd

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Simon made his debut on KateModern.tv on January 18th, 2008, playing a police officer. Simon is an employee of Bebo, who helps advertisers engage with Beboers in a highly relevant and entertaining manner.


Lisa Adlam

Lisa made her debut on KateModern.tv on February 27th, 2008, playing a council member in Leeds, asking whether they had permission to film in the area. She is a correspondent for a local news programme called Calendar. She covered the story of the katemodern cast shooting in Leeds on February 22nd, 2008.