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Kate Isitt

Kate Isitt

Actor · Born January 1, 1965 (61) · Holderness, Yorkshire, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kate Isitt is an English actress who is best known for her role as beauty therapist Sally Harper in the BBC television situation comedy Coupling. From 1995-1998, she played Alison, a secretary in a solicitors' office, in Is It Legal?. Isitt had a minor part in the film of The Saint (1997). In 1998 she played alongside Alan Davies in "Black Canary", an episode of the BBC TV mystery series Jonathan Creek, and as Davies' wife in a pilot episode of the BBC comedy, A Many Splintered Thing (of which a series was made in 2000, by which time Isitt had joined the cast of Coupling). In the same year she appeared in Stephen Poliakoff's BBC TV drama, The Tribe, with, among others, Anna Friel and Joely Richardson. She also appeared as a woman whose husband became a surrogate father in Strictly Confidential in 2006. In the same year, she played alongside Demi Moore in the Craig Rosenberg directed movie, Half Light. Isitt trained at the Arts Education School. She and Nigel Cole have two children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kate Isitt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1965 (61)
From
Holderness, Yorkshire, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 74% in 30 days

What are Kate Isitt's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
28%
Survival
23%
Self
21%
Morality
20%
Power
9%
Friendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2

Ambiguous: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their ambiguous movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 0 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

1 analyzed role
  • Threshold guardianas Sally Harper in Coupling (2000)

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
2
Dread
2
Tense
1
Joyful
1
Thrilling
1
Other
4

How their films linger

Bittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Kate Isitt's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Kate Isitt's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

17 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • An Enemy Within(2025)

    as Barbara Wingate

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Rocks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Vicky

  • As I Am(2019)

    as Sammy's Mum

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • What's Virgin Mean? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Mother

  • Stingray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Elaine

  • Half Light(2006)

    as Sharon Winton

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Afternoon Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Jackie

  • A Many Splintered Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Coupling(2000)

    Show 28 episodes · as Sally Harper

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Tribe(1998)

    as Caroline

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Felix Dexter in Douglas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Penny

  • Is It Legal? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 21 episodes · Actor

  • Chiller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Meredith Minns

  • Prophecy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Meredith Minns

  • Heidi(1993)

    Show 2 episodes · as Brigitte

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • Peak Practice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Kay Beamer

  • Magic Grandad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Florence Nightingale / Hospital Nurse

Career shape

Star power in the 76th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 17 titles from 1993 to 2025; peak year 2006.

Biggest box office

Half Light (2006)

$4.6M worldwide

Highest rated

Coupling (2000)

Midcredits 95th

Film career

19932025

Peak 2006 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting17 of 17: 17 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score48th

By decade

1990s8 · acting2000s6 · acting2010s1 · acting2020s2 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Kate Isitt's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 6 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

An Enemy Within (2025)

92nd percentile spread · 47% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Coupling (2000)

Midcredits 95th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 27. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Kate Isitt work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kate Isitt's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alexander Lincoln shares the most, 2.

Actors

Producers