Kate was nominated for a 2010 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the Broadway revival of "Finian's Rainbow".
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 35, a son Colin James Rowat on April 19, 2011. Child's father is her husband, Graham Rowat.
She was nominated for a 1999 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Musical for "Finian's Rainbow" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.