Rhonda Burchmore

Rhonda Burchmore, OAM (born May 15, 1960, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian entertainer and author. Burchmore has been performing since the age of two, trained in singing, acting and dancing and was awarded a scholarship to the University of New England where she majored in Theatre Arts. She became internationally known for her role as "Kate" in the 1982 film, The Pirate Movie. Burchmore gave her first major Australian theatre breakthrough performance in the 1988 production of Sugar Babies opposite Garry MacDonald and Broadway theatre performer [a3519618]. Later that year, she reprised her role opposite Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller in London's West End theatre production. Whilst in the U.K., she also starred in the revival of Stop the World – I Want to Get Off.