[2] On the stage, Kendall played Rebecca in Solstice for STCSA in Adelaide, Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Cinderella in Into the Woods in Melbourne Botanic Gardens.

[2] Kendall had small parts in television shows such as Home and Away and Neighbours[5] led to a guest role as Rosie Burgess in Blue Heelers in 1997.

[7] Kendall played a minor role as Lisa in the American mini-series The Starter Wife (2007)[8] and also appeared in three episodes of the Australian produced comedy The Librarians (2007), as Jacinta McSweeney.

In 2011 Kendall played the lead role of Diana in MTC's production of Next to Normal and appeared in the Australian musical premiere of An Officer and a Gentleman.

[13] [14] Kendall married former Carlton Football Club AFL player Wayne Johnston and as of 2-14[update] has a son and four stepchildren.