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Gina Austin
Gina Palmer (also Holden and Austin) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Sonia Todd. The character debuted on-screen during the episode broadcast on 26 January 2009. Gina is the older sister of Tony Holden and the mother to three sons; Hugo Austin, Hugo, Brendan Austin (Home and Away), Brendan and Xavier Austin. The character departed ''Home and Away'' on 18 April 2013, following Todd's decision to leave. Casting Todd made several guest appearances as Gina in 2009. In September of that year, it was announced that she had joined the regular cast after impressing Seven's drama executives. Todd told ''Inside Soap'' that she was largely attracted to ''Home and Away'' as it films in Sydney, where she lives. Character development Of Gina, the serial's official website said "Gina is a loving mother, and she knows she has made terrible mistakes with her eldest and youngest boys. But she did her very best [...] She's been worn down by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia Todd
Sonia Todd (born 1959; Adelaide) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her television roles as Sgt. Georgia Rattray in ''Police Rescue'', Meg Fountain in ''McLeod's Daughters'' and Gina Austin in the soap opera ''Home and Away''. Biography She studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art and starred in the play '' Strictly Ballroom'', directed by Baz Luhrmann. She also played the waitress, Sylvia, in the film '' Shine'' directed by Scott Hicks, in the café scene where Geoffrey Rush plays '' Flight of the Bumblebee'' by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to an understandably stunned audience. Todd is married to Rhett Walton and has two sons (born in 1992 and 2000), the first from a previous relationship. Todd became known from the role of 'Georgia Rattray' in the television series ''Police Rescue'', for which she won for an AFI Award in 1991. She was also nominated for an AFI Award for her role in the four-part mini-series ''The Potato Factory'' (2000). From 2001–0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahoo!7
Yahoo! Australia (formerly Yahoo7 between 2006 and 2018) is the Australian subsidiary of global internet company Yahoo! Originally a 50/50 joint venture between Yahoo! and Seven West Media, it has been a 100% subsidiary of Verizon Media since March 2018. Yahoo! is a web portal, providing email, online news and lifestyle content, as well as weather, travel and retail comparison services. History Origins Yahoo!'s services originally came to Australia in 1997 with Yahoo! Australia launching on 1 September that year. Seven Media Group founded i7 in September 2000 as their online service. In October 2001, Seven partnered with internet service provider AOL and established a joint venture called ''AOL7'' in an attempt to boost the i7 platform. However, the partnership was unsuccessful with AOL reporting its biggest quarterly loss in U.S. history in April 2002, and Seven and AOL later selling the venture to Primus Telecommunications in February 2004. i7 was replaced by Seven's new w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jett James
Jett Palmer (also James) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Will McDonald. The actor received a request through his agent to audition for the role of Jett. After two weeks, he was shocked to learn that he had won the part. ''Home and Away'' marks McDonald's first television role. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 7 May 2012. In May 2015, it was announced that McDonald was to leave ''Home and Away'', Jett departed on 1 July 2015. McDonald has since reprised his role for guest appearances in November 2015, May 2017, and March 2019. Jett was introduced as a rebellious teenager, who had plenty of attitude, but needed someone to trust him. He was forced to fend for himself at a young age because his mother was a drug addict, who often moved them from place to place. Following his mother's death, Jett was fostered by Gina (Sonia Todd) and John Palmer (Shane Withington). Todd thought that Jett was "a mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Withington
Shane Withington (born 22 August 1958) is an Australian actor, currently best known for playing surf lifeguard John Palmer in ''Home and Away'' on the Seven Network; his former role as Brendan Jones in the television series ''A Country Practice'', the Deputy Matron of Wandin Valley Hospital; as well as ''Willing and Abel'', as Abel Moore, and the sitcom '' The Family Business''. He had a guest star appearance in '' Strange Bedfellows'', alongside Paul Hogan and Michael Caton. In 2008, he was in the BBC drama '' Out of the Blue'', playing the detective in charge of investigating a murder. Since 2009, he has had the regular role on ''Home and Away''. He had appeared in the series previously as a character known as Colin. Withington co-starred in the play '' The Boys Next Door'' in 1992. Filmography Films Television Personal life He is married to Anne Tenney Anne Tenney (born 1954) is an Australian film, television and theatre actress, perhaps best known for her role as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Rosetta
Angelo Rosetta is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Luke Jacobz. He made his debut during the episode broadcast on 8 July 2008. He has been central to many notable storylines including shooting dead Jack Holden ( Paul O'Brien), his time working as a Sergeant of Summer Bay's police force and his relationship with Charlie Buckton ( Esther Anderson). In 2011, it was revealed that Jacobz had been written out of the serial as producers felt there was "nowhere else to go" with Angelo. The character departed on 21 June 2011. In February 2020, it was announced that Jacobz had agreed to reprise the role and he returned as Angelo on 13 August 2020. Angelo comes back to the Bay to investigate a murder, having been reinstated to the police force. Actress Annabelle Stephenson was cast as Angelo's wife Taylor Rosetta. His final appearance aired on 26 November 2020. Casting Actor Luke Jacobz joined the cast of ''Home and Away'' in June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Jacobz
Luke Jacobz (born Luke Jacob Ashwood; 14 February 1981) is an Australian actor and television presenter. Career He appeared in a high school production of ''The Man of Steel'' in 1995. He came to public attention when he starred as Zac Croft for two years on the Australian teen drama television series ''Heartbreak High''. He later moved on to hosting television programs such as ''The Big Arvo'' and ''Popstars Live''. Jacobz made a return to acting in ''McLeod's Daughters'' as Patrick Brewer, appearing on the show between 2005 and 2008. He also appeared in a six-month recurring role as Angelo Rosetta in ''Home and Away'', where after becoming a viewer favourite, he was then upgraded to series regular. In 2008, Jacobz was crowned ''Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series), Dancing with the Stars'' champion along with dancer and mentor Luda Kroitor. Jacobz hosted seasons 2 through to 7 of ''The X Factor (Australia), The X Factor'', from 2010 to 2015. Jacobz returned to te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killer (Home And Away)
''Home and Away'' is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. The following is a list of characters that first appeared during 2010, by order of first appearance. They were all introduced by series producer Cameron Welsh. The 23rd season of ''Home and Away'' began airing from 25 January 2010. Two days later Mitzi Ruhlman made her debut as #Rabbit, Rabbit. #Mink Carpenter, Mink Carpenter and Elijah Johnson (Home and Away), Elijah Johnson arrived in February, while #Justin Jefferies, Justin Jefferies began appearing from March. Mink's mother, #Jill Carpenter, Jill, arrived in May. Christian Clark and Rhiannon Fish began portraying #Penn Graham, Penn Graham and April Scott (Home and Away), April Scott from June. April's older sister, Bianca Scott, Bianca, made her debut in July, while #Paolo Rosetta, Paolo Rosetta was introduced to the show in August. The following month #Mitzy Fraser, Mitzy Fraser, #Vittorio Seca, Vittorio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodi Gordon
Jodi Lee Gordon (previously Anasta; born 1 February 1985) is an Australian actress and model. From 2005 to 2010 she portrayed Martha MacKenzie in ''Home and Away''. Gordon won the Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent in 2006. Gordon competed in the eighth season of ''Dancing with the Stars'' and made her debut feature film appearance in '' The Cup'' (2011). She has also appeared in '' Underbelly: Badness'' and ''Camp''. From 2016 to 2020, Gordon played English teacher Elly Conway in '' Neighbours''. Early life Gordon was born on 1 February 1985 in Mackay to Bronwyn and Ray. She has an older brother, Ben. Her father was born in New Zealand and is a New Zealander of Māori descent and her mother is Australian. From the age of 8, Gordon's family moved to various locations along the coast from Mackay, eventually settling in Sydney when she was 11. She played netball from the age of 12 to 16. Career Modelling At the age of 13, Gordon won a modelling competition and gained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha MacKenzie
Martha MacKenzie (also Stewart and Holden) is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera '' Home and Away'', played by Jodi Gordon. Martha made her first on-screen appearance on 8 September 1988. She was originally played by Burcin Kapkin. In 2005, the character returned to ''Home and Away'', played by Jodi Gordon. Gordon was a model and she took acting lessons before auditioning for the role. Gordon won a Logie Award for "Most Popular New Female Talent" in 2006 and she earned several more award nominations for her portrayal of Martha. Martha returned on screen on 30 March 2005. Martha was described as being friendly, feisty and fun loving. Martha's appearance has evolved throughout her time in the show: she was initially a tomboy who loved sport, but she later became a stylish woman. Upon her return in March 2005, Martha's storylines saw her surviving a helicopter crash, having an abortion and a miscarriage, battling alcoholism, being diagnosed with breas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Jones-Roberts
David Jones-Roberts (born 9 April 1990) is an Australian actor, best known for portraying Xavier Austin in the soap opera '' Home and Away''. Early and personal life Jones-Roberts was born on 9 April 1990 to actors Danny Roberts and Lindsay Neil. He graduated from the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts. In his spare time, Jones-Roberts does gymnastics, which he has enjoyed from a young age. His father Danny appeared in '' Home and Away'' as Ailsa Stewart's younger creepy brother Tony O'Rourke in 1997, and Dennis Harling from 2011 until 2012. On 15 September 2018, Jones-Roberts was involved in a motorcycle accident on Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles after he crashed into a car and was flung from his bike. Jones-Roberts had to have surgery to repair a ruptured quadriceps tendon and lost mobility in his leg. Career Jones-Roberts previously auditioned for numerous other roles in the series (including the roles of Henry Hunter, Lucas Holden, Drew Curtis and Geoff Campbell) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Curry
Bernard Curry (born 27 March 1974) is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Jake Stewart in Wentworth, Luke Handley in Neighbours and Hugo Austin in Home and Away. Career Curry first appeared in ''Neighbours'' in 1995 as Luke Handley, and remained on the television series for just over a year. He later returned to the show in a video cameo appearance in 2005 for the programme's 20th anniversary. Curry was a co-writer and actor on the 2002 ABC sketch comedy series ''Flipside''. In 2002, he starred in the American television movie ''Junction Boys''. He later starred in the 2007 TV film '' The King'', and the 2005 feature film ''Puppy''. Curry was also the host of the comedy series '' Monster House'' on the Nine Network. In 2008 Curry appeared in the BBC-commissioned soap opera '' Out of the Blue'', playing Nate Perrett. In late 2008, Curry had the small role of Vishnu on ''Packed to the Rafters'', on the Seven Network. In 2009, Curry joined the soap opera ''Home and Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACP Magazines
Are Media is an Australian media company that was formed after the 2020 purchase of the assets of Bauer Media Australia, which had in turn acquired the assets of Pacific Magazines, AP Magazines and Australian Consolidated Press during the 2010s. It is owned by the Sydney investment firm Mercury Capital. History Australian Consolidated Press Consolidated Press was formed in 1936, combining ownership of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and Frank Packer's ''Australian Women's Weekly''. It was renamed Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) in 1957, and acquired '' The Bulletin'' in 1960. ''The Daily Telegraph'' was sold to News Limited in 1972; the same year ACP founded ''Cleo'' and took over Publishers Holdings (including ''Australian House & Garden'', ''Wheels'', and others). Two years later, Frank Packer died, and his son Kerry took over the company. In 1988, ACP acquired John Fairfax's magazines (including ''Woman's Day'', ''People'', '' Dolly'', and ''Good Housekeeping''). In 1994, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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