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Lachlan Fraser
Lachlan "Lachie" Fraser is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera '' Home and Away'', played by Richard Grieve. He made his screen debut on 19 March 1997 and last appeared on 27 November 1998. He joined the show after previously appearing in rival soap opera '' Neighbours''. Lachlan is introduced as a new doctor working at Summer Bay's local hospital. Grieve had to research the profession and received help from an on-set medical advisor. Lachlan is characterised as a sweet and gentle person who is brilliant at medicine. During his tenure he strikes up relationships with Shannon Reed (Isla Fisher), Terri Garner (Alyson Standen) and Chloe Richards (Kristy Wright). The latter who becomes pregnant after a one-night stand, Lachlan and Chloe fall in love. She gives birth to a daughter, Olivia. But their relationship is marred by his interfering mother Diana (Kerry McGuire), whom he is unable to stand up to. Grieve decided to leave the show in 1998, which ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Grieve
Richard Grieve (born 25 January 1970) is an Australian actor, who has worked extensively in film, television, theatre and musical theatre, but is perhaps best known for his roles in the British soap ''Emmerdale'', and two Australian television series, ''Neighbours'' and ''Home and Away''. Career Australia Grieve was born in Melbourne, and began his career in 1988 studying drama and dance at Victoria University. He then completed his formal training in Sydney, at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). He joined the cast of ''Neighbours'' in 1994, playing the part of Sam Kratz until 1996, when he joined ''Home and Away'', playing Dr Lachlan Fraser. His other television credits include ''The Man From Snowy River'', ''the series'', ''Newlyweds'', '' E Street'', '' State Coroner'' and ''Wintertime'' for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He has performed with the State theatre companies of Australia. He played Julian in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nic Testoni
Nicolas John Testoni, billed as Nic Testoni is an Australian actor and television presenter. He took the role of Travis Nash on TV soap opera, '' Home and Away'', from 1995 to 1999. He won the Most Popular New Talent category at the Logie Awards of 1996. Early life Upon finishing school in 1989 Testoni took up an offer from a modelling agency and worked in Europe and Japan. He began his television career in 1992 co-hosting Network Ten's youth music show, '' Level 23''. Acting career In 1992, he was cast to co-host Network Ten's youth music show, '' Level 23''. In 1993, he was one of the principal cast in the television comedy, '' Over the Hill''. In 1995, Testoni commenced his role of Travis Nash in TV soap opera, '' Home and Away'' in 1995. In 1996 he co-hosted Sydney Children's Hospital Telethon alongside Julia Morris, and ''Space Probe 7'' with Melissa George for Seven Network. In that year Testoni won the Most Popular New Talent category at the Logie Awards of 1996 for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Nash
Travis Nash is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by actor Nic Testoni. He made his first appearance on 10 April 1995 and departed on 11 August 1999. Development Testoni began his career as a model, but he found working on ''Home and Away'' to be more enjoyable because he was acting alongside people of a similar age. He commented, "It's good fun on the set – it's more like a play group than anything!" His character Travis is introduced as a witness to the death of Laura Bonnetti (Claudia Buttazonni), who was playing chicken on the railway with Curtis Reed (Shane Ammann). With Curtis "struck dumb" by the incident, Travis speaks with the police. It emerges that Travis has lived in Summer Bay all his life, but he rarely ventures off his fishing boat to go into the town. Travis soon becomes a familiar face in the Bay, but instead of hanging out in the Diner, he is happiest when he is alone on his boat. Serene Coneeley of ''Inside Soap'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Magazines
Pacific Magazines was a magazine publisher operating in Australia owned by Seven West Media. In March 2020, it was acquired by Bauer Media Australia in April 2020. In June 2020, Mercury Capital acquired Pacific Magazines as part of its purchase of Bauer's former Australian and New Zealand assets. History Pacific published leading titles including Australia's best selling magazine '' Better Homes & Gardens, Women's Health, Men's Health, New Idea, Who,'' and the nation's leading fashion brand ''Marie Claire''. It has it roots in the Southdown Press, the publishers of ''New Idea'' and long owned by the Murdoch family. When News Corp Australia acquired the Herald & Weekly Times in 1987, the Australasian and Argus titles (''Australasian Post'', ''Home Beautiful'', ''Your Garden'') were added. Rupert Murdoch spun off his Australian magazine holdings in 1991 into a new company, Pacific Magazines and Printing (PMP). Seven West Media acquired Pacific Magazines in 2002, leaving PMP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Piccirilli
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= *Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I *Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachael Blake
Rachael Morelle Blake (born May 26, 1971) is an Australian actress. Early life Blake was born in Perth, Western Australia. At the age of 18 months, she moved to England with her English parents, only to return to Perth at age 11. Blake was born deaf in one ear, a condition that was rectified by a series of operations undertaken before she was six. To overcome shyness and her hearing problem, her mother enrolled her in elocution lessons, which she continued until age 17. After attending the John Curtin College of the Arts high school in Perth, she applied to Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) but was rejected due to her age of 17. She was accepted to NIDA when she was 19. Acting career At 13, Blake was cast in a short film. After studying at NIDA, she worked on Australian television shows ''Home and Away'' as Mandy Thomas (1995–1997), ''Pacific Drive'', and ''Heartbreak High'' (1996). Blake's first feature film role was as Amy in the Australian children's mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandy Thomas
'' Home and Away'' is an Australian soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 1995, by order of first appearance. They were all introduced by the show's then executive producer John Holmes. The 8th season of ''Home and Away'' began airing on 16 January 1995. The first introduction of the year was Daniel Goddard as drug dealer Eric Phillips. Adrian Lee began portraying teacher Andrew Warren in March. Nic Testoni joined the serial in April as Travis Nash. Kristy Wright took on the role of Chloe Richards in June. Kimberley Joseph began playing Joanne Brennan from July. Katrina Hobbs began playing doctor Kelly Watson in August. Nick Freedman debuted as Alex Bennett in October, while Quinn Jackson also made her first appearance. The following month, David Ritchie arrived as Alex's father, Saul. Eric Phillips Eric Phillips, played by Daniel Goddard. Goddard signed to guest star in the show fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helmut Bakaitis
Helmut Bakaitis is a German-born Australian director, actor and screenwriter and playwright. He is best known for his role in ''The Matrix Reloaded'' and ''The Matrix Revolutions'' as the character the Architect (The Matrix), Architect. Early life and education Bakaitis was born in Dresden or Lauban, Province of Lower Silesia, Lower Silesia, Germany (now Lubań, Poland), to Lithuanian parents. He was educated at Fort Street High School, Sydney. He graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1965. Career He held the position of Head of Directing at NIDA for nine years until 2007. He then started teaching directing at Australian Institute of Music - Dramatic Arts, Australian Academy of Dramatic Art (AADA), now the Australian Institute of Music - Dramatic Arts (AIMDA). Credits Actor Screenwriter * ''Shirley Thompson vs. the Aliens'' (1972) Director * ''The Christian Brothers'', Q Theatre, Penrith (1991) References External links * { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tall, Dark And Handsome
"Tall, dark, and handsome" is a phrase that refers to an appealing man, often found in romantic fiction aimed at women. History The term came to prominent use in the early 1900s and was commonly used in Hollywood during the 1920s to describe Rudolph Valentino. As an idiom it is both lexically and sequentially fixed. In the 2010s, Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh, Randeep Hooda, and Arjun Kapoor were described by the phrase. Studies David Puts is an associate professor of anthropology at Pennsylvania State University who has studied the evolutionary bases of human sexuality. In 2017 he was asked if "tall, dark and handsome" is universally attractive in the human experience and he stated that not enough cross-cultural work had been conducted to be very confident in the concept's scientific validity. See also * Average height around the world * Bad boy archetype * Physical attractiveness References Further reading * * * * * * * * {{cite web, title=Ranveer Singh, Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney is a leading tertiary referral hospital and research facility located in Darlinghurst, Sydney. Though funded and integrated into the New South Wales state public health system, it is operated by St Vincent's Health Australia (which also operates St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne). It is affiliated with the University of Tasmania College of Health and Medicine and the University of New South Wales Medical School. History Foundation of initial hospital St Vincent's Hospital was established in 1857 by five Irish Sisters of Charity, who had migrated to Sydney in 1838 with a mission to help the poor and disadvantaged. Some of their early work included helping victims of the 1853 influenza outbreak and families of prisoners in the nearby Darlinghurst Gaol. Three of the hospital's founding sisters had trained as professional nurses in France, and they brought their knowledge to the colony; they established a hospital that was free for all people but foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Watson
Kelly Watson is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Home and Away'' portrayed by Katrina Hobbs. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 28 August 1995 and departed on 25 April 1997. Casting Hobbs is from New Zealand, where she worked with actor Craig McLachlan on a film. He convinced her to work overseas and she soon moved to Australia. Only a short number of weeks later she secured the role of Kelly. She officially joined ''Home and Away'' in August 1995. To prepare for the role Hobbs followed doctors around Sydney's St. Vincent hospital and took notes. In an interview with Daniel Dasey from ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', Hobbs told of how her fellow cast members labelled her "Doctor Death", following the death of Shane Parrish (Dieter Brummer). Development Producers paired Kelly with Travis Nash ( Nic Testoni) for a relationship storyline. Hobbs believed that Kelly and Travis were a good match. She told a reporter from '' Insid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
