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Sando (TV Series)
''Sando'' is an Australian television comedy series which first began airing from 21 March 2018 on ABC. Plot Australia's discount furniture queen, Victoria "Sando" Sandringham needs to reconnect with her family to revive her business and find personal redemption. The only problem is they mostly hate her. Mostly. It centers on Sando who runs a large wholesale furniture business. Sadly, as successful as she once was in business (over 135 stores) she is careless and reckless in her personal life. On her daughter Susie's wedding day, she got a text revealing that she was pregnant; the father was Kevin, Susie's bridegroom. After ten years of separation, Sando finds her life in utter turmoil as her careless party-giving ways get the best of her. On the brink of losing her business, she has no choice but to turn to her daughter Susie, now happily married to Gary and starting up an internet company that Sando wants to exploit. Adding to the chaos are ex-husband Don, man-child son Eri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Lloyd (actor)
Phil Lloyd is an Australian actor and scriptwriter and partner in the production company Jungleboys. He is best known for his acting role as Myles Barlow in the Australian TV series, ''Review with Myles Barlow'' and the comedy series '' At Home with Julia'', where he played Tim Mathieson, the partner of prime minister Julia Gillard. Phil has been a scriptwriter for a number of years. Since 2004 he has been part of Australian soap opera ''Home and Away's'' core writing team. He also served as an associate script co-producer (a role shared with scriptwriter Faith McKinnon) for about eighteen months. Phil became more well known in 2008 with the debut of Review with Myles Barlow, which he co-wrote with Trent O'Donnell, and starred in as Myles. He received Australian Film Institute Awards in 2009 and 2010 for both Best Performance in a Television Comedy Series and Best Television Comedy Series. Phil is co-creator, co-writer, co-star (as Prime Minister Julia Gillard's romantic partne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiaan Van Vuuren
Christiaan Van Vuuren (born 1982), known as The Fully Sick Rapper in his first video series, is an actor, writer, director and video blogging, video blogger from Sydney, Australia. He often collaborates with his brother, Connor Van Vuuren, and their YouTube channel is called Van Vuuren Bros. Early life Van Vuuren was born in 1982 at Sutherland Hospital in Caringbah and grew up in Cronulla. His parents met in London, his father a South African and his mother a Kiwi people, Kiwi. Career While Van Vuuren was placed in quarantine in a Sydney hospital for tuberculosis for six months in 2010, he gained fame via videos posted under the name The Fully Sick Rapper. He collaborated with his brother Connor Van Vuuren and Nicholas Boshier on the web series ''Bondi Hipsters''. In 2014 and 2016, along with Connor, he co-wrote, co-directed and starred with Boshier in the ABC Television (Australian TV network) , ABC Television series ''Soul Mates (TV series), Soul Mates''. He has featured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connor Van Vuuren
Connor Van Vuuren () is an Australian stuntman, writer, actor, and director. He co-wrote and co-directed the TV mini-series '' Bondi Hipsters'' with his brother Christiaan Van Vuuren. He has created, written, directed and starred in two seasons of ABC's '' Soul Mates'' series in 2014 and 2016 as Phoenix with his brother and Nicholas Boshier, and as a stunt actor in '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' (2015), '' The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'' (2014), and '' The Wolverine'' (2013). Early life Van Vuuren grew up in Cronulla. His parents met in London, his father a South African and his mother a Kiwi. He graduated with a degree in Media Arts and Production from the University of Technology Sydney and trained in acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). Filmography Films Television Nominations Australian Directors Guild Awards *2017: Best direction in a TV or Svod comedy program (shared with Christiaan Van Vuuren) References External links * Bondi H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacha Horler
Sacha Horler (born 1971) is an Australian actress. Her parents were lawyers, but co-founded Sydney's Nimrod Theatre Company in the early 1970s. Career Sacha Horler graduated from Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1993 and made her film debut two years later with a role in the music-themed comedy ''Billy's Holiday''. Among her Sydney stage credits were featured roles in the one-act play collection ''Playgrounds'' (1996) and Harold Pinter's theater classic '' The Birthday Party'' (1997). In 1997, Horler was featured in the Australian-produced drama ''Blackrock'', and the following year she appeared in the international hit '' Babe: Pig in the City''. Horler's breakthrough role was in the 1998 gritty drama ''Praise'' which featured a significant amount of nudity and sex scenes. In 1999, her follow-up supporting role in ''Soft Fruit'' required her to gain weight for the part. That same year she had a supporting role in the drama ''My Mother Frank''. Over the next t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krew Boylan
Krew Boylan (born 1982 or 1983) is an :Australian actors, Australian actress. Boylan has appeared in different television programmes in her career, while she has appeared in many theatre productions. After initially filming only guest roles in ongoing series, Boylan secured a regular role in Seven Network, Seven Network's period drama series, ''Wild Boys''. In 2010, Boylan portrayed the character of Mel in horror movie ''Primal''. That year, the media dubbed her one of Australia's fastest rising stars. Career In 2006 Boylan was starring in the theatre production of ''The Sisters Project'' and featured her own player interval. In 2009, Boylan starred as a lead in the high profile theatre production, ''Bliss''. Boylan played Oracle, the director Shannon Murphy stated that character was so central that the audiences were "actually watching the production through her mind." In early 2010 ''The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), The Daily Telegraph'' said that Boylan was the latest up and com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uli Latukefu
Talia'uli Latukefu is an Australian actor and singer, best known for his roles as Dwayne Johnson in the NBC comedy ''Young Rock'' and Byamba in the American Netflix series ''Marco Polo''. He also played Darren Ngata in the popular Australian dramatic series '' Doctor Doctor'' in series 2–4 from 2017 to 2020. He played Cole in the short film '' Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper'' and the feature film '' Alien: Covenant'', both directed by Ridley Scott; ''Last Supper'' was released on February 22, 2017, and ''Covenant'' on May 19, 2017. He is also known for his role as Father Matteo in the psychological thriller miniseries '' Devil's Playground'' and as "Kool Kris" in the Chris Lilley mockumentary series ''Jonah from Tonga''. In 2004, he was a contestant in the reality singing competition series ''Australian Idol''. In 2022, he portrayed the superhero The Champion in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film ''Black Adam''. Of Tongan descent, Latukefu is a graduate of the Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firass Dirani
Firass Dirani (born 1984) is an Australian film and television actor. Early life Dirani was born in Sydney in 1984, and is of Lebanese descent. Career Dirani pursued his acting career in Hollywood before receiving a call to play the role of John Ibrahim in '' Underbelly: The Golden Mile''. In April 2010, Dirani was named Cleo Bachelor of the Year. In 2020, it was announced Dirani would be participating the Seven Network's reality program '' SAS Australia''. ''TV Blackbox''. Retrieved 2 October 2020. Filmography Film * '' Pitch Black'' (2000) ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Carlton
Rob Carlton (born 4 May 1971) is a Logie Award winning Australian actor and writer. He is best known for writing and starring in the comedy series ''Chandon Pictures''. He also had starring roles in the comedy satire ''The Hollowmen'' and the children's television series '' Ocean Star''. Career Carlton has been a professional actor since the age of 14 and has appeared in many television series from ''Young Ramsay'' to '' A Country Practice'', '' Home and away'', ''Blue Heelers'', '' Water Rats'', ''Fireflies'', ''McLeod's Daughters'' and '' All Saints''. He has also appeared in many movies including '' Emu Runner'', '' Strange Bedfellows'', '' You Can't Stop the Murders'' and ''The Year My Voice Broke''. Carlton trained with the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney, Australia for many years learning the foundations of acting for screen and stage. In the mid-1990s, Carlton was living in Los Angeles. He accepted the role of continuity coordinator for an Australian film i ... [...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] |
New South Wales
) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of New South Wales , established_title2 = Establishment , established_date2 = 26 January 1788 , established_title3 = Responsible government , established_date3 = 6 June 1856 , established_title4 = Federation , established_date4 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Wales , demonym = , capital = Sydney , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center = 128 local government areas , admin_center_type = Administration , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 = Margaret Beazley , leader_title3 = Premier , leader_name3 = Dominic Perrottet (Liberal) , national_representation = Parliament of Australia , national_representation_type1 = Senat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC (Australian TV Channel)
ABC TV, formerly known as ABC1, is an Australian national public television network. It is owned and operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is the flagship ABC Television network. The headquarters of the ABC TV channel and the ABC are in Ultimo, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. The network began operating on 5 November 1956 as the ABC National Television Service, starting in Sydney, followed by Melbourne, with other stations being established in state capitals and regional areas in the following years. In the 1960s and 1970s, the network was also referred to as ABC National Television, or ABC Television. Until the introduction of digital television in 2001, the network was the only domestic television service broadcast by the ABC. On 8 February 2008, the channel was renamed ABC1, before being rebranded as ABC TV on 20 July 2014. As of 2022, the ABC is the third-rated television network in Australia, behind the Seven Network and Nine Netwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Original Programming
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) The continent of Australia, sometimes known in technical contexts by the names Sahul (), Australia-New Guinea, Australinea, Meganesia, or Papualand to distinguish it from the country of Australia, is located within the Southern and East ... ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
