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Laura Wheelwright
Laura Wheelwright (born 10 September 1990) is an Australian actress best known for her role in the 2010 feature film ''Animal Kingdom (film), Animal Kingdom.'' Career Wheelwright's first major acting credit was in ''Animal Kingdom'', a 2010 Australian film in which she played Nicky Henry, and was nominated for Best Performing Actress at the 2010 Australian Film Institute Awards, 2010 AFI Awards for the role. She was 18 years old and midway through an acting course at Melbourne-based 16th Street Acting Studio when she received the part and continued her acting studies following the completion of the film. She went on to play the female supporting lead in the 2012 Network Ten docudrama ''Underground: The Julian Assange Story'' for which she received an AACTA nomination for AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama, Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama. She won the a Best Female Actor award at the 2013 Tropfest short film festival for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Kingdom (film)
''Animal Kingdom'' is a 2010 Australian neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by David Michôd and starring Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, James Frecheville, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver, and Sullivan Stapleton. Michôd's script was inspired by events that involved the Pettingill criminal family of Melbourne, Victoria. In 1991, two brothers Trevor Pettingill and Victor Peirce (along with two other men: Anthony Leigh Farrell and Peter David McEvoy) were acquitted in the 1988 shooting murder of two Victorian police officers. The film was critically acclaimed and Jacki Weaver received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Plot After his mother overdoses, 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody asks his estranged grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, for help, and she invites him to move in with her. Smurf is the affectionate matriarch of a Melbourne crime family that uses her home as a base. Her home is also being watched by cops who are looking for he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winners & Losers
''Winners & Losers'' is an Australian television drama series first broadcast on the Seven Network on 22 March 2011. It was created by the producers of ''Packed to the Rafters'' and is aired in the show's former time slot. ''Winners & Losers'' focuses on the lives of four women living in Melbourne, after they win a large amount of money in the Oz Lotto. Seven renewed ''Winners & Losers'' for a second season in July 2011 and it began airing from 26 June 2012. Two months later, it was announced the series had been renewed for a third season. A fourth season was confirmed on 19 December 2013. A fifth season was confirmed on 3 December 2014. Angus Ross, the Director of Programming at the Seven Network, confirmed in an interview with Australian television blog TV Tonight that the fifth season of ''Winners & Losers'' would be the final season. The season premiered on 5 July 2016 and concluded on 12 September 2016. Plot The series revolves around the lives of four women: Jenny Gross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Film Actresses
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Living People
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1990 Births
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries
''Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries'' (also stylised as ''Ms Fisher's MODern Murder Mysteries'') is an Australian television drama series which began screening on the Seven Network on 21 February 2019. The series is a spin-off of the drama series ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'', which was based on author Kerry Greenwood's series of Phryne Fisher detective novels. Set in Melbourne in the mid-1960s, ''Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries'' revolves around the personal and professional life of Peregrine Fisher, daughter of Phryne’s half sister Annabelle (a result of an affair that Phryne’s father had), who inherits a fortune when the famous aunt she never knew goes missing over the highlands of New Guinea. Peregrine sets out to become a world-class private detective in her own right, guided by a group of exceptional women in The Adventuresses' Club, of which her aunt was also a member. The series is produced by Beth Frey and directed by Fiona Banks, with Deb Cox, Samantha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Informer 3838
''Informer 3838'' is an Australian television series focusing on criminal barrister-turned police informer Nicola Gobbo (codenamed informer 3838) and her involvement in the Melbourne gangland killings. It is a spin-off of the ''Underbelly'' franchise, with various actors reprising their role from previous series. Commissioned by the Nine Network and produced by Screentime, it was broadcast between 20 and 27 April 2020. Cast The following cast members and characters have been confirmed: * Ella Scott Lynch as Nicola Gobbo * Gyton Grantley as Carl Williams * Hollie Andrew as Roberta Williams * Robert Mammone as Tony Mokbel * Rhys Muldoon as Terrence Hodson * Jacquie Brennan as Christine Hodson * Stephen Peacocke as Paul Dale * Richard Davies as Kevin 'Juicy' Jucirovic * Olympia Valance as Emma * Jane Harber as Susan Reichert * Les Hill as Jason Moran (archive footage) Plot Part 1 Opening during her days studying law at the University of Melbourne, Nicola Gobbo is arrested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Krack!n
''Get Krack!n'' is an Australian comedy series which was created by and stars comedians Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan. The series is a satire of breakfast television and features McCartney and McLennan playing versions of themselves hosting ''Get Krack!n'', a low-budget early-morning television programme. Premise ''Get Krack!n'' is a satirical comedy show that pokes fun at breakfast television shows. Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan play fictional versions of themselves hosting early-morning television show "Get Krack!n". McLennan is upbeat to the point of being irritating and unprofessional while McCartney is more realistic, but frequently tactless and socially awkward. The show is run on a shoestring budget, funded by commercial sponsors who manufacture and market questionable products. The production crew are either under-trained or employed as part of a prison work release programme, the show is constantly beset by technical problems, and the guests are unqualified "experts" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' is an Australian drama television series. It was first broadcast on ABC on 24 February 2012. It is based on author Kerry Greenwood's historical mystery novels, and it was created by Deb Cox and Fiona Eagger. The series revolves around the personal and professional life of Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis), a glamorous private detective in 1920s Melbourne. Three series have been broadcast, and a feature film titled ''Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears'' was released in February 2020. A television spin-off ''Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries'' was broadcast in 2019. ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' has been aired in over 100 countries and territories. Plot and series ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' revolves around the personal and professional life of Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis), a glamorous private detective in late 1920s Melbourne. In the first series, a running theme is the kidnapping and death of Phryne's younger sister Janey when they were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolf Creek (TV Series)
''Wolf Creek'' is an Australian horror web television series which screens on Stan. The series is a spin-off of the movies '' Wolf Creek'' and ''Wolf Creek 2''. John Jarratt, who portrayed Mick Taylor in the films, reprises his role for the show. The first season of ''Wolf Creek'' consisted of six episodes and was released on 12 May 2016. It follows Eve, a 19-year-old American tourist, who is targeted by the crazed serial killer Mick Taylor, but survives his attack and embarks on a mission of revenge. The show was renewed for a second season of six episodes in February 2017, which was released on 15 December 2017. The story centres around Taylor meeting a coach full of international tourists. Cast Season 1 Main * Lucy Fry as Eve Thorogood * Dustin Clare as Sullivan Hill * John Jarratt as Mick Taylor Recurring and guest * Deborah Mailman as Bernadette O'Dell * Maya Stange as Ingrid Thorogood * Damian De Montemas as Inspector Darwin * Miranda Tapsell as Fatima Johnson * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Australian Film Institute Awards
The 2010 Australian Film Institute Awards ceremony, presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), honoured the best Australian films of 2010 and took place on 11 December 2010 at the Regent Theatre, in Melbourne, Victoria. The Australian Film Institute announced the nominees competing for awards in forty-eight categories, in feature film, television, short film and documentaries, on 27 October 2010. '' Animal Kingdom'' received eighteen nominations, the most of any film in the awards' history. On the awards night, ''Animal Kingdom'' picked up the most awards, with ten, including Best Film. Winners and nominees The nominees were announced on 27 October 2010, at the Sydney Theatre, in Dawes Point, New South Wales, by actors Jacki Weaver, Cate Blanchett, Gyton Grantley and Alex Dimitriades. '' Animal Kingdom'' received the most nominations, with eighteen, becoming the most nominated film in the awards history. ''Animal Kingdom'' received the most awards, with ten, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropfest
Tropfest is the world's largest short film film festival, festival. It has also become known as the world's first global film festival. Founded by actor/director John Polson, Tropfest began in 1993 as a screening for 200 people at the 'Tropicana Caffe' in Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia, but has since become the largest platform for short films in the world. Tropfest Australia usually takes place in February each year in Sydney and it has been broadcast live via free-to-air television as well as global streaming and catch up. Sydney Tropfest 2015 was cancelled less than a month before it was scheduled to run. After much support on social media, Tropfest founder Polson announced in early December 2015 that extra funding had been sourced, and the festival took place in Centennial Park, Sydney, Centennial Park on Sunday, 14 February 2016. In August 2016 it was announced that from February 2017 Sydney's Tropfest would be held in Parramatta in western Sydney, in Parramatta Park. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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