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Over the years, Sally Fletcher hass lost a couple of foster fathers and has been unlucky in love - recently losing her on-screen husband. Flynn, to cancer.
In real life, Kate has entered the Guiness Book of Records, alongside colleague Ray Meagher who plays Alf Stewart in the soap for being the longest serving actor in an Australian drama series.
We caught up with the 29-year-old actress - whose birthday it is today - while she was in England to see if she could ever leave the role behind and what it's been like growing up on screen.
So, you're over in the UK again, how are you finding it?
"It's probably my sixth time over - it's my second time coming over with the cast and the first was about five years ago now. Before that I did panto for quite a few years like I've been to Newcastle and Sunderland, the last one I actually did was in Southampton doing Dick Whittington with Jim Davidson.
"It's been a while since I've been here but before that I came quite regularly. It's completely different in lots of ways, it's like any trip - you appreciate what you've got at home. Like I appreciate the space and not having to battle with so many people. I live in Sydney so you think 'I live in a big city and it's really cosmopolitan' but you don't realise how small we are until you come somewhere like this. But I do love it and I've loved coming over this time because it's the first time that I've really had a few days where I just haven't had to do anything and I've been sitting and hanging out on my own, shopping and just wondering around.
"I love how old the city is, that's the other thing you notice about Sydney, we have buildings that are, well the oldest thing is 200 years old really. So it's kind of nothing compared to here. So I guess I love the history of the city."
Have you managed to see any of the UK soaps when you've been over here?
"I watched a bit of Hollyoaks, they were having a double wedding and I was saying, 'what is going on?' It kind of makes Home & Away look remarkably normal. I thought we had crazy storylines but we haven't had anything like that. But we get quite a lot of programmes through cable television you can watch anything at home really and I've seen bits and pieces over the years. I think you guys do really good drama, like shows like Cold Feet, they're just fantastic and I watch all of that stuff at home anyway."
You've obviously been playing Sally for a long time now, have you morphed into her or are you still two very seperate people?
"I think - my head's right, I know we're two completely different people but I think that there's a lot more about the two of us that we have in common and I can't be playing the same character for 20 years and basically grow up together and you know, go through things in your life together. In some ways she's my best mate, it's not like I sit down and talk to her but she's always been there and she's kind of like a comfort. In life when things are thrown at you or you're having a bad day, like anyone's life, the one constant has been Sally. So in some ways I have a real attachment to her and to the show, it's certainly not just a job."
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