Kate Reilly

Biography

Kate Reilly wrote and directed Hong Kong film Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down with Leung Ming-kai. She also acted in the movie. Memories premiered internationally at Rotterdam and received Best Screenplay and Film of Merit Awards from the Hong Kong Film Critics Society in 2021. The film played in Hong Kong cinemas for more than half a year. Previously, Kate has acted for filmmakers including Anocha Suwichakornpong and Lee Chatametikool, in films selected by Rotterdam's Tiger Awards, Busan, Tribeca, Tokyo, and Edinburgh Film Festivals. In New York, Kate played Maurizio Costanzo in One Against All, a recreation of the Maurizio Costanzo Show, at the Whitney Museum; starred in A History of Launching Ships for experimental theater group Polybe + Seats; originated the lead in American Soldiers at Theater for the New City; and played Dr. Balthazar in a new translation of Vaclav Havel's The Increased Difficulty of Concentration at the Ohio Theatre. Kate writes and performs sketch comedy and improvises live comedy. At acting school in London, she played Macbeth.