The idea for the series was originally grasped during the nineties while successful Australian shows such as Big Girl's Blouse had skits on them with identical characters of the same name.

[3] Jane Turner works with Gina Riley exclusively on Kath & Kim, as they are both credited as script writers and creators of the show itself.

She is confident with a positive outlook on life; in fact the opening scene of season one episode one features Kath reflecting on how proud she is of her looks and calls herself "high maintenance".

Despite never having self image problems, Kath suffers occasional feelings of sadness for being four months older than husband Kel.

She is primarily a housewife and doesn't have a full-time job although she did take a number of Tafe courses including in Real Estate as well as Yoga.

She likes acting and appears in community theatre productions and a television commercial for adult nappies (causing sales to plummet).

Kim Craig, played by Gina Riley is Kath's lazy, ignorant, rude and shallow twenty-seven-year-old daughter.

Ultimately, Kath and Kim do have a close relationship, as seen by the end of each episode where they chat and gossip in the back garden.

Kath encouraged Sharon to chase her roots in the last season, which led her to meet her obnoxious (almost Kim's reflection) half sister Karen (played by Matt Lucas).

Kath is also a loving grandmother to her beautiful infant granddaughter, Epponee Raye and is there for her more than her own daughter, Kim.

Kath has many different habits and mannerisms which have gained iconic status in Australian culture, particularly her idiomatic accent and frequent mispronunciations and malapropisms.

When Kim, Sharon, Kath or others are in a difficult situation, she will stop and say "time out" and "look at me" with an exaggerated West Melbourne accent ("look at moi") and get everyone present to stare her in the eye.