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Mortified
''Mortified'' is an Australian children's television series, co-produced by the Australian Children's Television Foundation and Enjoy Entertainment for the Nine Network Australia. The series premiered on 30 June 2006 and ended on 9 May 2007 with two seasons and a total of 26 episodes. Currently, re-runs air on both ABC and the Disney Channel, in the U.S. on Starz Kids and Family. Premise ''Mortified'' follows the imaginative life of Taylor Fry, a thirteen-year-old girl living in a beachside town in Australia called Sunburn Beach, as she struggles to make it through her teen years with her flawed and embarrassing family. She is embarrassed by her parents; jealous of her neighbour Brittany; her best friend, Hector, has a crush on her; and she has a crush on popular Leon. Taylor frequently breaks the fourth wall and speaks directly to the audience. Her imagination causes inanimate objects to seemingly come to life. Cast Main * Marny Kennedy as Taylor Fry – Taylor is the main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Dunn
''Mortified'' is an Australian children's television series, co-produced by the Australian Children's Television Foundation and Enjoy Entertainment for the Nine Network Australia. The series premiered on 30 June 2006 and ended on 9 May 2007 with two seasons and a total of 26 episodes. Currently, re-runs air on both Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC and the Disney Channel, in the U.S. on Starz (TV channel), Starz Kids and Family. Premise ''Mortified'' follows the imaginative life of Taylor Fry, a thirteen-year-old girl living in a beachside town in Australia called Sunburn Beach, as she struggles to make it through her teen years with her flawed and embarrassing family. She is embarrassed by her parents; jealous of her neighbour Brittany; her best friend, Hector, has a crush on her; and she has a crush on popular Leon. Taylor frequently breaks the fourth wall and speaks directly to the audience. Her imagination causes inanimate objects to seemingly come to life. Cast Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Children's Television Foundation
The Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) is a national non-profit children's media production and policy hub. The ACTF helps develop children's television policy; distributes and pays for Australian children's television series; supports new children's media; and develops screen resources for the education sector. The ACTF provides funding and support to independent Australian producers and writers of children's programs. History The founding director of the Australian Children's Television Foundation, Patricia Edgar , was the driving force behind its establishment. As the chair of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal's Children's Program Committee for five years, enforcing children's program standards and the children's drama quota Edgar argued that quality programs would not be made without a not-for-profit production company creating exemplary programsPatricia Edgar'sarguments caught the attention of the Victorian Minister for the Arts Norman Lacy, who invit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maia Mitchell
Maia Mitchell (born 18 August 1993) is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Brittany Flune in the children's television series ''Mortified'' for the Nine Network, and as Natasha Ham in the Seven Network's teen drama '' Trapped''. For American audiences, she played the role of Callie Adams Foster in the Freeform drama '' The Fosters'' (2013–18) and its spin-off series '' Good Trouble'' (2019–22). She also co-starred with Ross Lynch in the Disney Channel original films ''Teen Beach Movie'' (2013) and '' Teen Beach 2'' (2015) as McKenzie/Mack. Early life Mitchell was born in Lismore, New South Wales. Her father, Alex, is a taxi driver while her mother, Jill, works in the education system. Mitchell has one younger brother, Charlie. She plays guitar, which has been demonstrated in her film and television work. She learned to play at a young age. She attended Trinity Catholic College, Lismore. Career 2000s: Australian television debut Mitchell first be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dajana Cahill
Dajana Cahill (born 4 August 1989) is an Australian actress, whose roles include the children's television series ''Mortified''. Cahill has also appeared in a guest role on Australian soap ''Neighbours'' as Miranda Kelly, her first acting appearance in nine years. Career Cahill was born in Brisbane. She resides in Brighton, Melbourne. She began her career at the Film and Television Studio International, studying screen acting on a part-time basis with her acting coach Craig McMahon. She continues to train at the Film and Television Studio International. Cahill played the role of Layla Fry on children's television series ''Mortified'', which aired on Nine Network, ABC1, the Disney Channel, and on the BBC in the UK. Layla annoys her sister Taylor (Marny Kennedy) in almost every episode. Cahill also appeared in the second series of ''Sea Patrol'' as Carly Walsman. She appeared in one episode of '' H2O: Just Add Water'' as a volleyball player on the opposite side of the main cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Blackman
Andrew Blackman (born 2 August 1965) is an Australian born actor, producer, and director who founded the Complete Works Theatre Company (CWTC) in Melbourne in 1999. Blackman was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and began acting at the age of seven in the play 'Dark of the Moon' staged by the Queensland Theatre Company. He is known for his professional roles as Dr. Harry Morrison in A Country Practice and Don Fry in Mortified. Appearances of the seasoned actor were also made in the Logie Award winning show Utopia oABCand the Stan original series Bloom. Education * Dakabin State High School: Blackman's first public performance was in a high school musical production called "Teen". * Kelvin Grove College of Advance Education: Achieving an Associate Diploma in Performing Arts , Blackman was granted the Elizabeth Bequest Scholarship with TN! Theatre Co., leading to him performing two seasons of Shakespeare with the Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe. * National Institute of Dramatic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marny Kennedy
Marny Elizabeth Kennedy is an Australian actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Taylor Fry in the television series ''Mortified,'' Veronica di Angelo #2 on ''The Saddle Club ''The Saddle Club'' is an Australian-Canadian children's television series developed by Sarah Dodd, based on the books written by Bonnie Bryant. Like the book series, the scripted live action series follows the lives of three best friends in ...'' and for recent appearances on '' Between Two Worlds'' and '' Home and Away''. She also starred as Ally Henson in the TV series '' A gURLs wURLd''. She is also known for her role as Winter Frey in the TV adaptation of '' Conspiracy 365''. In 2011 she appeared in the short-film ''Golden Girl'' as teenage Cilla, whose life is drastically changed after she becomes scarred by a fire. Filmography TV Discography Soundtrack albums Other appearances Awards Marny Kennedy won the Australian Film Institute's 2006 Young Actor Award for her star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Erceg
Luke Erceg (born 11 August 1993) is an Australian actor. He appeared on the children's television show ''Mortified'' (2006–2007) and ''A Gurls Wurld ''A gURLs wURLd'', also known as ''Emma's Chatroom'' and ''Cyber Girls'', is an Australian children's television series, co-produced by Screen Australia, Southern Star Entertainment, Southern Star Singapore, the Media Development Authority of ...'' (2009). summary at australianscreen References 1993 births Living people Australian male television actors[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Blakely
Rachel Leigh Blakely (born 28 July 1968) is a Malaysian-born Australian-American actress. Her works include films such as ''Love Until'', ''Young Hercules'' and ''Counterstrike'', as well as guest appearances on television shows such as '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', ''State Coroner'' and '' Flipper''. She is best known for her role as Gaby Willis in ''Neighbours'', Marguerite Krux on ''Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World'', and as Glenda Fry in the Australian series ''Mortified''. In 2010, she became attached to the children's series ''Accord'n to Jordyn''. Personal life Rachel Leigh Blakely was born on 28 July 1968 in Borneo, Malaysia. Her father, Harold Blakely, is an American, and her mother was Australian. Due to her father's oil business, the family, including younger sister Ruth, moved to several countries over the years until settling on an Australian farm when Blakely was twelve. Before she became an actress, Blakely worked as a nightclub bouncer, a model and a short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally McKenzie
Sally McKenzie (born 8 February 1955) also credited as Sally MacKenzie, is an Australian actress, director, playwright and screenwriter. She graduated from Australia's prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1977. She later earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Queensland University of Technology. Career Theatre As a theatre actor, McKenzie has appeared in leading and ensemble roles for the Belvoir St Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company, La Boite Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company, Nimrod Theatre Company, Playbox Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre Company, The Stables, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Sydney Theatre Company, Q Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre and the T.N! Theatre Company. Stage performances for the Melbourne Theatre Company include title roles in ''Mourning Becomes Electra'' by Eugene O’Neill and ''The Good Woman of Szechwan'' by Bertolt Brecht. McKenzie has appeared in over 20 productions for the Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Pigott
Johanna Paton Pigott (born ca. 1955) is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter and screenwriter. Her best known hit songs are Dragon's "Rain" which peaked at No. 2 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart in 1983, Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. and John Farnham's "Age of Reason". "Rain" was co-written with her partner, Dragon's Todd Hunter, and his younger brother, Marc Hunter. When "Age of Reason" reached the top of the charts in July 1988, Pigott became the first Australian woman to have written a No. 1 hit. It was co-written with Todd Hunter. Scripts by Pigott for TV include ''Sweet and Sour'' (created with Tim Gooding), ''Heartbreak High'' (for which she also co-wrote the theme music and other songs with Hunter) and ''Mortified'' (created by Angela Webber). Film scripts she has written include those for '' Broken English'' (co-written with Gregor Nicholas and James Salter) and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Webber
Angela Webber (12 January 1955 – 10 March 2007) was an Australian author, TV writer, producer and comedian. Early life Webber was born in 1955 to Bruce Webber, the head of light entertainment for ABC radio, and Nan, a journalist. She grew up in West Ryde, and was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney in Croydon (together with schoolmate Johanna Pigott),. where she was elected School Captain and was a winner of a prestigious PLC Gold Medallion in 1972. After finishing school, Webber enrolled at the University of Sydney, where she studied architecture and discovered her passion for writing comedy. Career In 1981, Webber joined the ABC's youth radio network Triple J, as a member of the comedy group The "J-Team", which also included the late Lance Curtis. The J-Team were featured alongside co-hosts Jonathan Coleman and Ian Rogerson (a.k.a. "Jonno and Dano") in this freewheeling Sunday afternoon satirical comedy program. The group then moved on to a popular stint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
