“Honestly, what can Kat Hoyos NOT do? She moves from high TV comedy to emotional drama – and to the best of major music theater – and also supports a lot of emerging Australian talent along the way.”
Lisa Robertson, Lisa Robertson Studio (LA and Australia)
Kat has worked with:
The Killings At Parrish Station
Stan/Helium
Series world premiere at Sydney Film Festival 2026. Stay tuned for more updates!
Nine Entertainment’s Executive Director, Entertainment Content Commissioning, Michael Healy considers the title a great addition to the slate:
“The Killings: Parrish Station’ is a striking addition to the Stan Originals slate, a bold and distinctive series that pushes the boundaries of Australian drama. It is a testament to creative storytelling at its best, led by the visionary creator Ben Jenkins, who has masterfully woven together a cosmic-horror-meets-cold-case tale. The series captures the very essence of creative edge and originality that defines Stan’s commitment to groundbreaking content and marks our first collaboration with HELIUM, whose creative vision has been invaluable in bringing this project to life,” commented.
Amazing Grace Channel 9
A series about women…
who always deliver.
Amazing Grace, Nine’s drama series about life’s most surprising and precious moments, features a stellar cast including Kate Jenkinson (Doctor Doctor, Wentworth, Offspring), Sigrid Thornton (Seachange, Wentworth), Catherine Van Davies (Hungry Ghosts, The Letdown, True Story with Hamish & Andy), Alexandra Jensen (Frayed, My Life is Murder, The Letdown) and Kat Hoyos (Here Come the Habibs!).
Amazing Grace is centred on midwife Grace ( Kate Jenkinson ) and her passionate colleagues at an unconventional birth centre attached to a major city hospital.
Watch the series on 9now and Stan.
“Like the constant stream of births – all of them predictable in their unpredictability – the drama just keeps coming, and Grace just keeps rolling with it. Or under it. Or around it. There’s lots of meat here for the fine cast to work with, with the secondary roles (Catherine Van-Davies as fellow midwife Laney, Kat Hoyos as junior midwife Sasha, Ben O’Toole as the male trainee Max, and Alex Dimitriades as Sophia’s adoptive father, Kirk) all pretty well developed.”
– Sydney Morning Herald
Here Come The Habibs
Channel 9
Kat was part of the lead cast in Channel Nine’s comedy series – Here Come The Habibs playing social media queen Layla Habib. The show was nominated for BEST COMEDY in the 2018 TVWeek Logie Awards.
In 2017, Kat was nominated for BEST NEW TALENT at the TVWeek Logie Awards and Here Come The Habibs was nominated for BEST NEW DRAMA.
Internationally, Here Come The Habibs was nominated for BEST COMEDY at the prestigious 2017 Golden Nymph Awards and the Berlin Rose D’or Awards.
As the first home-grown sitcom on a commercial network for 15 years, and with a host of photogenic new talent in its cast… The show was popular, too, its first season averaging 1.8 million viewers an episode (including regional, consolidated and online views).
– Karl Quinn for Sydney Morning Herald.
Feature Film Work
Kat’s credits include Play Dirty for Amazon Prime starring Mark Wahlberg and directed by Shane Black.
Chasing Comets directed by Jason Perini and starring Isobel Lucas, Dan Ewing, Rhys Muldoon and Peter Phelps. Released nationally, it is now available on STAN and iTunes.
She was in A Suburban Love Story directed by award-winning director Stephen Wallace and co-starring Luke Ford.
Directed by Denie Pentecost, The Road Home won awards at The St Kilda Festival, The Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sarasota Festival, WOW Film Festival and received an academy accredited Flickerfest nomination.
Kat worked with AFTRS Documentary Filmmaker (ACS) Joshua Marks’ doco inspired short, Closure. The film is based on her mother’s story and was featured at the Dungog Festival.
Working with Bus Stop Films, Kat worked on the short The Bystander Effect.
Onstage
I’ve been improvising since 2017 and have performed across festivals, theatres and wonderfully unpredictable stages along the way. Improv has become a huge part of how I work as a performer — it sharpens instinct, keeps me present, and reminds me not to take myself too seriously.
I’ve trained internationally, including at The Groundlings in Los Angeles, and I’m currently part of the faculty at Improv Theatre Sydney. Alongside improv, I’ve also performed in cabaret productions including The Divine Miss Bette with Cath Alcorn at both the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and Auckland Cabaret Festival.
Photo credit: Claudio Raschella for Adelaide Cabaret Festival – The Divine Miss Bette
Recent improv festival appearances include Sydney Comedy Festival and Sydney Fringe Festival.
I love live performance because no two shows are ever the same — which is equal parts thrilling and mildly unhinged.
Other TV Appearances
The success of Here Come the Habibs has seen Kat has appear on numerous radio stations interstate, the prominent Today Show, Today Extra and the Easter Appeal in Adelaide, Starlight foundation Appeal (The Footy Show), Channel 9’s Annual Gold Telethon and popular TV show 20-1 (Channel 9) as a recurring personality.
Kat is also a seasoned TVC actor and has featured in notable campaigns in Australia and abroad. She has also performed in music videos for Guy Sebastian, Paulini, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Vince Harder and worked with choreographers Project Moda, The Squared Division, William A. Forsythe and more.
Directing Work
Beyond her acting, Kat has extended her abilities into the world of directing. Working with Young Actors Assembly, Kat directed two short films during the worldwide pandemic.
Through the difficulties Kat worked with an ensemble of young upcoming actors with a small crew and created both a comedy and drama.
Eloise is Dead – Trailer
X-ile – Trailer
