Trivia

Daughter of Peter O'Toole and Siân Phillips.

Makes her home on the westernmost edge of Europe near Clifden, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland (birthplace of her father Peter O'Toole). (2007)

Though Kate never appeared in any of her father's films, she did play the daughter of her real-life mother Siân Phillips in La chambre obscure (1969), their only joint venture.

In 1984, while appearing on stage in Brendan Behan's "The Hostage" (directed by Jim Sheridan) at the Irish Arts Centre on West 51st Street in NYC, her father, Peter O'Toole, made a surprise entrance at the end of the show on closing night to play a bit part. The audience, needless to say, was overwhelmed.

Older half-sister of Lorcan O'Toole.

Sister of Pat O'Toole.

Daughter of Peter O'Toole and Siân Phillips. Studied drama at Yale School of Drama and Circle in the Square. Currently working in Ireland.

Awards: British Arts Council/Barclays Theatre Awards, winner 'Best Actress' UK 2001 for 'Three Tall Women'. Irish Times/Irish Theatre Awards, nominated 'Best Actress' 2002 for 'Dead Funny'.

On a British TV show with Ruby Wax in 2000, she admitted to having had a drugs problem as a young woman.