TV star speaks out in support of domestic abuse charity
Sitting next to her partner in a crowded bar, Katherine Kennard focused her attention on the TV screen.
It was always the safest option.
Except on this night, when another man innocently stood between her and the TV – and her partner saw him.
“That was a bad night,” the former Nothing Trivial actress said as she spoke publicly for the first time about the four years she was trapped in an abusive relationship.
Kennard is a familiar face on TV screens after playing the scheming ex-wife of Nothing Trivial lead character Mac and for her roles on Underbelly, Spartacus and Street Legal.
Now she has starred in a short film for national domestic abuse charity Shine. The film was shown at the organisation’s 25th birthday celebration last night, at which June Steenkamp, the mother of Reeva Steenkamp – killed by partner Oscar Pistorius – spoke.