|
Harriet Dyer
Harriet Dyer (born 17 October 1988) is an Australian actress. She is best known for starring in the television series '' Love Child'' (2014–2017) and ''No Activity'' (2015–2018). She has also appeared in films, most notably ''The Invisible Man'' (2020). Early life and education Dyer was born in Townsville, Queensland. She was educated at Townsville Grammar School before attending the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. She completed the full-time acting course at the Actor's Centre Australia, graduating in 2011. Career Dyer appeared in the television comedy mockumentary series '' Micro Nation'' in 2012. This was followed by guest roles on ''A Moody Christmas'' in 2012 and ''Packed to the Rafters'' in 2013. In 2014, Dyer appeared in the first season of drama series '' Janet King'' as Maya Blakely. In the same year, she starred in the drama series '' Love Child'' as Patricia Saunders. She was a regular for three seasons and appeared as a guest in the first episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townsville
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland; it is unofficially considered its capital. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. Townsville hosts a significant number of governmental, community and major business administrative offices for the northern half of the state. Part of the larger local government area of the City of Townsville, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland, adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef. The city is also a major industrial centre, home to one of the world's largest zinc refineries, a nickel refinery and many other similar activities. As of December 2020, $30M operations to expand the Port of Townsville are underway, which involve channel widening and installation of a 70-tonne Liebherr Super Post Panamax Ship-to-Shore crane, to allow much larger cargo and passenger ships to utilise the port. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Comedy
ABC TV Plus (formerly ABC2 and ABC Comedy) is an Australian free-to-air television channel owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and part of its ABC Television network. The channel broadcasts a range of general entertainment programming. Between the hours of 5am and 7.30pm daily, the channel's bandwidth is used for the ABC Kids channel for young children. The channel was launched on 7 March 2005 as ABC2. It was rebranded as ABC Comedy on 4 December 2017, with a format focused on comedy programming. On 1 January 2021, it was rebranded as ABC TV Plus and returned to a general entertainment format. History Origins The history of the channel can be traced back to 1998 when the Australian Broadcasting Authority released a report, titled ''Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting'', recommending that the Australian Government support the early introduction of digital broadcasting as a free-to-air service with the loan of a 7 MHz channel for each broadcaster. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Auto
''American Auto'' is an American television sitcom created by Justin Spitzer that premiered on NBC on December 13, 2021. In May 2022, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on January 24, 2023. Premise The series follows the employees of Detroit-based Payne Motors. The company's struggles after a new CEO who knows little about cars is hired from the pharmaceutical industry. Cast and characters Main * Ana Gasteyer as Katherine Hastings, Payne Motors' new CEO. Classic corporate shark who jumps from one company to another. Before that she was in a pharmacology company and often tries to make a parallel between that and car industry, but she knows nothing about cars. * Harriet Dyer as Sadie Ryan, Payne Motors' CCO * Jon Barinholtz as Wesley Payne, grandson of Payne Motors' retired CEO and brat-type who doesn't really have a job but shows at headquarters every day * Tye White as Jack Fortin, a former assembly-line employee brought in to help in the C-suite who is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakefield (TV Series)
''Wakefield'' is an eight-part Australian television drama series that premiered on ABC iview on 2 April 2021 and was shown on ABC TV in weekly episodes from Sunday 18 April. At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the music was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album. Hallmark of said soundtrack are the remarkedly different variations of Dexys Midnight Runners' Come On Eileen (used with brio to vehiculate the protagonist's own deteriorating mental health). Synopsis ''Wakefield'' is a psychological mystery revolving around the staff and patients who populate Ward C of a psychiatric hospital in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, centred on psychiatric nurse Nik. Cast *Rudi Dharmalingam as Nikhil "Nik" Katira, a warm empathetic nurse at Wakefield Psychiatric Hospital, son of Indian immigrants Rashaal and Jeshna, and brother of Renuka ** Kershawn Theodore as 12-year-old Nik **Nirish Bhat Surambadka as young Nik * Geraldine Hakewill as Dr. Kareena Wells, the le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Activity (American TV Series)
''No Activity'' is an American comedy television series, based on the Australian series of the same name created by Trent O'Donnell, that premiered on November 12, 2017, on CBS All Access. The series was developed by O'Donnell and Patrick Brammall, both of whom executive produce alongside Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Joe Farrell, Jason Burrows, and Joe Hardesty. In February 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season, which premiered on November 22, 2018. In March 2019, CBS All Access renewed the series for a third season which premiered on November 21, 2019. In October 2020, the series was renewed for a fourth season, in which the series switched to a computer animation format. The season premiered on April 8, 2021. In January 2023, the series was removed from Paramount+. Premise ''No Activity''s first series is "set against the world of a major drug cartel bust" and follows "two low-level cops who have spent far too much time in a car together; t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Letdown
''The Letdown'' is an Australian television comedy series first screened on the ABC in 2016. It follows the adventures of Audrey, including her struggles as a new mum in an oddball mothers' group. The title is a play on the word ''letdown'', which refers to the let-down reflex in breastfeeding, but is also a colloquialism for disappointment, both of which are key elements of Audrey's story. Production First series The series began as part of the comedy anthology series '' Comedy Showroom'' which screened on 4 May 2016. It was one of six new comedies screened in the series, which were seen as potential pilots for a full TV series. In June 2017, the show was picked up to series by ABC, with Netflix as a co-producer. The series premiered on 25 October 2017 on ABC. The series premiered internationally on Netflix on 21 April 2018. Second series A second series was produced 2019 and began airing from 29 May 2019. In the second series, Audrey's daughter is a one-year-old toddler and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sexy Herpes
Sexy Herpes is an Australian comedy web series written by Madeleine Dyer and Dan Mulvihill. It was produced by Mad Dan Productions and Beyondedge in 2017. Sexy Herpes is a workplace comedy, set in a sexual health clinic, where the staff are as dysfunctional as their patients. The series was released on YouTube in September 2017 and made its Australian TV debut on free to air television channel 9Go! in April 2018. It also streams through 9Now. Cast * Zoe McDonald as Sarah * Genevieve Morris as Barb * Katie Castles as Mullen * Jay K. Cagatay as Karen * Chloe Ng as Jackie * Mark Silveria as Greg * Rohan Nichol as Phillip * Veronica Thomas as Clare * Harriet Dyer as Becky * Paul Denny Paul Denny (born 24 July 1972) is an Australian stage, television and film actor who played the lead in the international production of '' Johnno'' from the novel by David Malouf. Acting credits Film Television Stage Awards and nom ... as Dean * Jason Geary as Warren * Nicholas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Other Guy (TV Series)
''The Other Guy'' is an Australian comedy television series which screens on Stan. The series is written by and stars comedian Matt Okine. A second season was released on 13 December 2019. Synopsis The series is about a successful radio host who finds himself unexpectedly back in the dating pool for the first time in a decade, after discovering his long-term girlfriend has been having an affair with his best friend. Cast *Matt Okine as AJ Amon * Valene Kane as Olivia Collins *Harriet Dyer as Stevie Nicholls *Michael Hing as Sam Wu *Michael-Anthony Taylor as Daddy Mack *Christiaan Van Vuuren as Derek aka Dezzy *Luke Ford Luke Ford (born 26 March 1981) is a Canadian-Australian actor. His career began in television in 2000 and his first film role was in 2006 before being cast in '' The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'' in 2008. Ford's regular television roles ... as Henry Episodes Series overview Season 1 (2017) Season 2 (2019) References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rake (Australian TV Series)
''Rake'' is an Australian television program, produced by Essential Media and Entertainment, that first aired on the ABC TV in 2010. It stars Richard Roxburgh as the rakish Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive Sydney barrister, defending a usually guilty client. The show airs in the United States on DirecTV's Audience Network and was previously available on Netflix in the UK, Ireland, Canada, the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Czech Republic, Poland, and Thailand. The fifth and final series went into production in October 2017 and premiered on 19 August 2018. Cast Main cast * Richard Roxburgh as Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive criminal defence barrister. The character is loosely based on colourful Sydney barristers Mervyn Ward and Charles Waterstreet, and was named after Cleaver Bunton. At the end of the fourth series, he is elected to a seat as an independent senator. At the end of the fifth series, he is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Comedy (TV Series)
''Black Comedy'' is an Australian television sketch comedy program produced by Scarlett Pictures which first screened on ABC on 5 November 2014. ''Black Comedy'' combines a mix of observational and physical sketches, historical sketches and parodies of TV, film and commercials, looking at Australian culture through the eyes of Indigenous Australians. A second series screened in 2016, a third in 2018, and a fourth in 2020. Cast * Jon Bell * Wayne Blair * Adam Briggs * Aaron Fa'aoso * Nayuka Gorrie * Maci-Grace Johnson * Rarriwuy Hick * Nakkiah Lui * Steven Oliver * Bjorn Stewart * Dalara Williams * Gabriel Willie * David Woodhead * Elizabeth Wymarra * Ian Zaro Guests * Craig Anderson * Christine Anu * Jimi Bani * Katie Beckett * Luke Carroll * Jack Charles * Brendan Cowell * Matt Day * Maggie Dence * Lasarus Ratuere * Michael Dorman * Guy Edmonds * Costa Georgiadis * Chris Haywood * Anita Hegh * Lisa Hensley * Sacha Horler * Jay Laga'aia * Robbie Magasiva * Debora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Ground (2016 Film)
''Killing Ground'' is a 2016 Australian horror thriller film written and directed by Damien Power and starring Harriet Dyer, Ian Meadows and Aaron Pedersen Plot Ian Smith and his girlfriend Samantha “Sam” Shaw head to a remote beach for a romantic trip for New Year's Eve. On the way, Ian meets Scotty “German” Shepard, a local man who tells them about a nice spot near a waterfall. When they arrive there, they set up camp next to an abandoned campsite with no trace of its occupants. After a few nights, they become concerned when they discover a toddler on his own in the woods. Meanwhile elsewhere, German tells his associate Todd “Chook” Fowler about Ian and Sam, and the two begin to make plans. Chook finds Ian and Sam with the baby stuck at the campsite parking lot with a flat tire. He persuades Ian to go and search for the missing family, while Sam stays at the car with the child. Three days earlier, the Voss-Baker family - Robert Baker, Margaret Voss, their 16- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down Under (2016 Film)
''Down Under'' is an Australian black comedy drama film set in the aftermath of the 2005 Cronulla riots. It is written and directed by Abe Forsythe. Cast * Damon Herriman as Jason * Lincoln Younes as Hassim * Alexander England as Shit-Stick * David Field as Vic * Marshall Napier as Graham * Rahel Romahn as Nick * Michael Denkha as Ibrahim * Chris Bunton as Evan * Fayssal Bazzi as D-Mac * Justin Rosniak as Ditch * Harriet Dyer as Stacey * Josh McConville as Gav * Dylan Young as Az * Christiaan Van Vuuren as Doof * Anthony Taufa as Taufa * Robert Rabiah as Amir * John Ibrahim as Middle-Eastern Man in Gucci Hat Reception On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 63% based on 19 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. Accolades References External links * * Down Under' at Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
