Kate Plays Christine is a 2016 American documentary film written and directed by Robert Greene.

It follows actress Kate Lyn Sheil's preparation for the role of Christine Chubbuck, a newscaster who committed suicide on live television in 1974, for a fictitious film.

Documentary Competition section,[4] where it won the Special Jury Award for Writing.

The site's critical consensus reads, "Kate Plays Christine blurs genres—and the line between fact and reality—with a cleverly provocative docudrama look at newscaster Christine Chubbuck's life and death.

"[8] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 75 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".