
Rowena Wallace (born August 23, 1947) is an English-born Australian stage and screen actress, most especially in the genre of television soap opera. She is best known for her Gold Logie-winning role as conniving Patricia "Pat the Rat" Hamilton/Morrell/Palmer in Sons and Daughters, being the first soap star to win the Gold Logie. Rowena Wallace was born England, as an only child. She moved to Australia with her parents when she was five, settling in the state of Queensland. At age fifteen, having left school and attended a business college at the insistence of her parents, Wallace decided to become an actress. She joined an advertising agency while still performing in the theatre at night.

Riptide

Mission: Impossible

McCloud

Sons and Daughters

The Flying Doctors

Home and Away

All Saints

Backstage

Cop Shop

Water Rats

The Evil Touch

Puberty Blues

Power Without Glory

Strike of the Panther

Echo Point

Number 96

Pacific Drive

Flair

The Dark Room

Ryder Country

The Finder

Magdala Rose

Squeeze a Flower

Blackwater Trail

Cappuccino

Relatives

You Can't See 'round Corners

The Rovers

Barrier Reef

Water Under the Bridge