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McLeod's Daughters (season 6)
The sixth season of the long-running Australian outback drama ''McLeod's Daughters'' began airing on 15 February 2006 and concluded on 29 November 2006 after 32 episodes. Bridie Carter (Tess), Simmone Jade Mackinnon (Stevie), Rachael Carpani (Jodi), Aaron Jeffery (Alex), Michala Banas (Kate), Brett Tucker (Dave), and Jonny Pasvolsky (Rob/Matt) all returned as main cast members from the previous season. Myles Pollard (Nick) returned for two episodes to wrap up his character's story line. This is the last season to feature Pollard and Carter, as Bridie Carter leaves the series early in the season with Pollard's character. Jonny Pasvolsky leaves the show early in the season, but his character makes a guest appearance in the season finale, and will also return during the seventh season. This is the last season to feature Brett Tucker as his character leaves for Africa in the season finale. Luke Jacobz returns as a main character playing Dave's brother Patrick. Jacobz has a guest app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridie Carter
Bridie Carter (born 18 December 1970) is an Australian actress best known for her role as the main character of Tess Silverman McLeod on the television drama series '' McLeod's Daughters''. Early life Bridie was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, the eldest of three children. She has two younger brothers. Her mother, Kiffy Rubbo, was a gallery director. Career Carter has been acting since the age of six and started her first classes at the Bouverie Street Theatre in Carlton, Melbourne. She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1994. She is perhaps best known for her starring role as Tess Silverman McLeod in the hit Nine Network television series '' McLeod's Daughters''; she appeared on the show for its first six seasons. She was nominated for many Silver and Gold Logies for her performance as Tess McLeod, including the industry-voted Most Outstanding Actress in 2004. Her other television credits include ''G.P.'', '' Water Rats'', '' All Saints'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jarratt
John Jarratt is an Australian television film actor, producer and director and TV presenter who rose to fame through his work in the Australian New Wave. He has appeared in a number of film roles including '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), '' Summer City'' (1977), ''The Odd Angry Shot'' (1979), '' We of the Never Never'' (1982), '' Next of Kin'' (1982), and ''Dark Age'' (1987). He portrayed the antagonist Mick Taylor in the '' Wolf Creek'' franchise. He voiced the protagonist's father, Jack Hunter, in an audio drama adaptation of ''The Phoenix Files''. He is also known for his recurring role in the drama series ''McLeod's Daughters''. Early life Jarratt was born in what was then a small coal-mining village, now the Wollongong suburb of Wongawilli, New South Wales on the 5th August 1951, where he would grow up, before the family later moved to the Snowy Mountains area. His father was a coal miner, and later a concreter working on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme. Jar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Australia
Screen Australia is the Australian Federal Government's key funding body for the Australian screen production industry, created under the ''Screen Australia Act 2008''. From 1 July 2008 Screen Australia took over the functions of its predecessor agencies the Australian Film Commission (AFC), the Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) and Film Australia Limited. Screen Australia supports the development, production, promotion and distribution of Australian narrative and documentary screen content. History The Commonwealth ''Screen Australia Act 2008'' provides detailed information about the specific functions and powers of Screen Australia. Under this act, from 1 July 2008 the Australian Film Commission, the Film Finance Corporation Australia and Film Australia Limited were merged into one body, to be known as Screen Australia. New Zealand television and film executive Ruth Harley was appointed the inaugural chief executive officer, handing over to Graeme Mason at the end o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Saints (TV Series)
''All Saints'' is an Australian medical drama television series that first screened on the Seven Network on 24 February 1998. Set in the fictional All Saints Western General Hospital, it focused on the staff of Ward 17 until its closure in 2004, which is when the focus changed and began following the staff of the Emergency Department. It was produced by John Holmes alongside Jo Porter, MaryAnne Carroll and Di Drew. The final episode aired on 27 October 2009, completing its record-breaking 12-year run. Plot ''All Saints'' follows the lives of the staff at All Saints Western General Hospital. Until its closure in 2004, the show primarily focused on the staff in Ward 17. Known as the "garbage ward" as it took all the overflow from the other wards, Ward 17 was run by compassionate nun, Sister Terri Sullivan (Georgie Parker). Her staff included her nurses Connor Costello (Jeremy Cumpston), Von Ryan (Judith McGrath), Bronwyn Craig (Libby Tanner), Jared Levine (Ben Tari) and Stephani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Jasek
Richard Jasek (born 1964/1965) is a Czechoslovakia-born Australian television producer, writer and director. Jasek was born and raised in Prague until his family fled the communist regime and settled in Brisbane. Jasek chose to become a filmmaker after he discovered his father's camera. He would later enrol at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. Jasek made a short production for SBS Television and travelled to the United Kingdom to work for The National Film School as a guest lecturer. Upon his return to Australia, Jasek began working in television and he is best known for his work with dramas ''A Country Practice'', ''City Homicide'' and ''McLeod's Daughters''. In October 2011, it was announced that Jasek had taken over the role of executive producer of ''Neighbours''. Early and personal life Jasek was born in the 1960s in Prague to Ladislav Jasek and Anthea Hamilton. He has a sister called Nicola. His great uncle is the Australian artist Hugh Ramsay. Jasek's father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillian Alexy
Gillian Alexy (born March 13, 1986) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her roles as Tayler Geddes on ''McLeod's Daughters'', Gitta Novak on ''Damages'', and G'Winveer Farrell on '' Outsiders''. Early life Alexy graduated from the John Curtin College of the Arts in 2000, after doing specialist dance and theatre courses. Afterwards, she went to The Actors College in London, Le Centre des Arts Vivants and The Peter Goss Dance Studio in Paris, and earned a six-month theatre degree at the University of Colorado at Boulder (United States). Career Alexy began her acting career at the age of ten, making her debut in television series ''Bush Patrol''. The following year she appeared in her first leading television role, the children's series '' The Gift'', for which she played the part for the complete first and only season. Her second leading role was in the series ''Parallax'', another television series which was cancelled after just one season. She gained notability for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Nixon
Henry Nixon is an Australian actor. Nixon was born at St Margaret's Hospital in the inner-Sydney suburb of Surry Hills. As a child he lived in Elanora Heights, Paddington and Wollstonecraft in Sydney with his father, Gerald Nixon, a Recording Engineer and his mother, Vanessa, a Nurse. After their divorce Nixon relocated (with his mother and step father) from Sydney to the Burra Valley, near Canberra. He was educated in Canberra at AME School, Red Hill Primary, Canberra Grammar School and then Narrabundah College, where he studied drama. He graduated from the Australian National University with an Arts degree, majoring in anthropology, Sociology and English, and was going to continue in the world of Academia but opted instead to pursue an Acting career. He auditioned for three Drama Schools: WAAPA, VCA and NIDA and was accepted into all three but decided to attend the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney. Since graduating from NIDA in 2000 Nixon has worked ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Wilkin
Catherine Wilkin (born October 1950) is a New Zealand actor who has worked in New Zealand and Australia. Career Wilkin has acted in many Australian television shows, with a mix of guest and multi-episode recurring roles. She played the recurring role lawyer Kate McGrath in ''Cop Shop'' in 1981. Her then-partner, Bill Stalker, was at that time a regular in the series. In 1983 she played Janice Young in ''Prisoner''. Other roles include Paulyne Grey in ''Rafferty's Rules'', Katherine Jensen in ''Embassy'', Sally Downie in ''Blue Heelers'' and Liz Ryan in ''McLeod's Daughters''. Wilkin also starred in the Saddle Club as the well-loved Mrs. Reg, the mother of the owner of the stable, in 2001. Theatre performances include Miss Prism in ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' by Oscar Wilde in 2010 for Auckland Theatre Company. In 2012 she played Linda in the Peach Theatre Company production of Death of a Salesman. Personal life She was injured in the November 1981 motorcycle acci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hardy (actor)
Peter Hardy (11 January 1957 – 16 March 2023) was an Australian actor, theatre performer, and musician. Early life and career Hardy was born in Perth, Western Australia on 11 January 1957. He began his music career in 1969 playing the French horn in the CCGS Orchestra. Hardy began his career on stage on the show "Revue - The Other Opening". Later, he played and sang in "An Officer And A Gentleman" in the Lyric Theatre in Sydney under the direction of Simon Phillips. Hardy began his film career in 1986 with '' The Pursuit of Happiness'', after which he played in a number of films, TV movies, TV series and shorts. In 1996, Hardy appeared in the Network 10 series ''Sweat''. Between 2006 and 2009 he appeared in 44 episodes of ''McLeod's Daughters'' as Phil Rakich. In 2012, Hardy appeared in a television film, ''Dangerous Remedy'', as Robbie McGregor. Death Hardy died while snorkelling at South Beach in Fremantle, Western Australia Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Langstone
Michelle Langstone (born 30 January 1979) is a New Zealand actress who has been in many films and television series over the years in both New Zealand, and in Australia. She starred as Dr. Katherine "Kat" Manx in the television series ''Power Rangers S.P.D.'', and later appeared as Master Guin in ''Power Rangers Jungle Fury ''Power Rangers Jungle Fury'' is the sixteenth season of the American television series ''Power Rangers'', and is an adaptation of ''Juken Sentai Gekiranger'', the thirty-first Japanese Super Sentai, ''Super Sentai'' series. The season premiered ...''. She also featured as Livia in 2008 action fiction series Legend of The Seeker Filmography Film Television References External links * Living people 1979 births New Zealand actresses New Zealand film actresses New Zealand television actresses New Zealand soap opera actresses 20th-century New Zealand actresses 21st-century New Zealand actresses {{NewZealand-tv-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basia A'Hern
Basia A'Hern is a former Australian film, television, and stage actress. On stage, Basia has played the role of Little Cosette in the Sydney leg of the 1997–1999 Les Misérables Australasian Tour. A'Hern made her television debut in 2001, guesting as Cyntrina in the ''Farscape'' episode " ...Different Destinations". She has also appeared as Rose Hall-Smith, Stevie Hall's daughter, on the popular Australian drama ''McLeod's Daughters''. She also played the roles of Lyndz in '' Sleepover Club'', Kate King in '' Don't Blame Me'' and Sasha in '' Double Trouble''. In 2002 A'Hern played Kate Henley in '' Disappearance'', a film about a strange old ghost town. In 2008, she played Lucia Jones in the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ... ...-commissioned Australian soap opera '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
