British Actors You Should Know: Caroline Catz
Caroline Catz throws herself into representations of strong-minded women with enthusiasm. Quite often, they're women in uniform — she was as well known in Britain for roles in police procedurals The Bill and The Vice as she was for being Doc Martin's wife. Her family loved theater, but music has always been a passion for her, and before committing to acting, she sang with two bands, Sapphire (folk) and Monoland (rock), as Caroline Caplan.
Louisa is a fantastic character because she’s so direct and she doesn’t care what people think about her. There’s a great liberation in playing a character who is very forthright and speaks her mind. She’s clumsy and blunt, while at the same time she’s just trying to get to the bottom of things ... She’s quite practical and it’s not like she’s being unkind — she’s just trying to sort through what she says and all the irrelevancies and get right down to the nub of the matter. I find that very entertaining. -Catz, discussing her Doc Martin character in a 2015 Daily Express interview
She went on to study at RADA (The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art). It was then that she changed her last name to Catz since another Equity actor was named Kaplan. She early on demonstrated her versatility as Jessica in a 1996 film version of The Merchant of Venice, in addition to stage and radio work and documentary narration.
