Watching her eight-year-old daughter, Mae, draw, dance, play and find fun new ways to creatively express herself feels a little like stepping into a time machine for Kate Ritchie.
At the same age, young Kate was taking her first steps into the world of television, her role on Home and Away as Sally Fletcher rocketing her into public consciousness. As a consequence, her own childhood was spent juggling the dual responsibilities of school and work; play became something that would happen in the rare off times Kate enjoyed with her three siblings in their suburban backyard.
“I’ve been going through a period of late where I’ve been really reflecting on that,” she tells today. “Seeing this little eight-year-old person and wondering how I did what I did, or whether I would like that experience for Mae. Every now and again I think, ‘My goodness, she looks like me.’ She certainly looks like her daddy [former NRL star Stuart Webb] too
