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Simone De Beauvoir's Babies
''Simone de Beauvoir's Babies'' is a 1997 Australian television mini-series broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1997. The series comprises four one-hour episodes starring Sally Cooper, Anne Looby, Leverne McDonnell and Sonia Todd as women in their late 30s who are single, childless and aware of their biological clocks ticking down. David Wenham won the 1997 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actor in Television Drama 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 Au ... for his role as Ian. The soundtrack for the series was composed by Jen Anderson. References External links 1997 Australian television series debuts 1990s Australian drama television series Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming English-language televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deb Cox
Deborah Cox (born 29 January 1958) is an Australian screenwriter and producer for television and film. Cox started working in the television industry as a production assistant for the Crawford Productions television series ''Skyways''. It was at Crawfords that she met her long-time writing and producing partner, Andrew Knight, and the duo would later go on to found a production company, CoxKnight Productions. Their partnership resulted in the development of the popular ABC TV series ''SeaChange'' and ''After the Deluge'', the Network Ten dramas ''CrashBurn'' and ''Worst Best Friends'', and the feature film ''Dead Letter Office''. With Roger Monk, she also wrote the two seasons of the ABC drama series ''East of Everything'' which starred Richard Roxburgh as the main character. Cox also founded Every Cloud Productions with producer Fiona Eagger which developed and produced ''The Gods of Wheat Street'', ''East of Everything'', ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries ''Miss Fisher' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Woods
Kate Woods is an Australian film and television director who has directed and produced mini series, television shows, pilots and feature films. Career Woods made her feature film directorial debut with the film '' Looking for Alibrandi'' (2000), which won 5 AACTA Awards from Australian Film Institute, including Best Film. Filmography Director Films * Looking for Alibrandi TV * ''G. P.'', ''Phoenix'' * ''Police Rescue'' * ''Person of Interest (TV series)'' * ''Changi'', * ''Escape from Jupiter'' ''Heartland'' * ''Crossing Jordan'', * ''Without a Trace'' * ''Bones'', * ''Castle'', * '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' * ''Hawaii Five-0'' * ''Private Practice'' * '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' * ''Body of Proof'' * ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' * '' Unsolved'' * ''Underground Underground most commonly refers to: * Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth Underground may also refer to: Places * The Underground (Boston), a music club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leverne McDonnell
Leverne Ann McDonnell (27 June 1963 – 15 March 2013) was an Australian actress. Biography McDonnell spent three years as a member of "Energy Connection", a youth dance theatre company in Adelaide, South Australia, until she was admitted to the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. She graduated from NIDA in 1985. In 1992, McDonnell played the role of Kelly in the 1992 ABC police drama series ''Phoenix''—a role for which she was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama. She played a different role, Detective Sergeant Jan Murray, in '' Janus'', a spin-off of ''Phoenix''. Other television credits include the television series '' Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left'', ''The Secret Life of Us'', '' Horace & Tina'' and ''The Saddle Club''; and the mini-series '' The Dirtwater Dynasty'', '' Come In Spinner'' and ''Simone de Beauvoir's Babies''. Her film appearances included roles in ''Oscar and Lucinda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Looby
Anne Looby is an Australian actress, producer and stage director. She is known for playing character roles in TV serials. Career Since graduating from NIDA in 1988, Looby has worked in theatre, television and film. She appeared in the serial ''A Country Practice'' as vet Anna "Lacey" Newman and '' All Saints'' as Julie Archer and the award-winning ABC mini-series ''Simone de Beauvoir's Babies''. She was awarded the AFI for Best Actress in a mini-series for this role. She has appeared in the feature films ''Daydream Believer'' (1992), ''Willful'' (2001) and with John Malkovich in ''Disgrace''. In 2007, Looby was in ''Company'' in the role of Joanna. She appeared in the play ''Arcadia'', winning the Sydney Critic Award. Looby directed the stage productions of '' Hi-5 House Hits'' for international touring in 2014, followed by '' Hi-5 House of Dreams'' touring production in 2015. Between 2012 and 2016, she directed school productions of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia Todd
Sonia Todd (born 1959; Adelaide) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her television roles as Sgt. Georgia Rattray in ''Police Rescue'', Meg Fountain in ''McLeod's Daughters'' and Gina Austin in the soap opera ''Home and Away''. Biography She studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art and starred in the play '' Strictly Ballroom'', directed by Baz Luhrmann. She also played the waitress, Sylvia, in the film '' Shine'' directed by Scott Hicks, in the café scene where Geoffrey Rush plays '' Flight of the Bumblebee'' by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to an understandably stunned audience. Todd is married to Rhett Walton and has two sons (born in 1992 and 2000), the first from a previous relationship. Todd became known from the role of 'Georgia Rattray' in the television series ''Police Rescue'', for which she won for an AFI Award in 1991. She was also nominated for an AFI Award for her role in the four-part mini-series ''The Potato Factory'' (2000). From 2001–0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Masters
Sue Masters is an Australian television producer who is currently the executive producer of drama for Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). Family Master's mother Olga Masters was a journalist and writer. Her siblings Roy, Ian, Quentin, Chris and Deb have all been notably involved in media, television and film. Career From 1983 to 2000, Masters worked at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). During her career, Masters has produced and executive produced multi-award-winning drama series, including ''Brides of Christ'', ''SeaChange'', ''The Road from Coorain'' and ''Changi''. From 2000 to 2009, Masters was executive producer of Drama for Channel Ten. Under her stewardship, successful series ''The Secret Life of Us'' and ''White Collar Blue'' were commissioned. In 2009, Masters returned to work with the ABC, and in 2014 she joined SBS. Masters features in a 2011 ''Australian Story'' episode that details her work with members of the controversial Bra Boys "gang" Macario De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Vizard
Stephen William Vizard AM (born 6 March 1956) is an Australian television and radio presenter, producer, writer, lawyer and businessman. He is an adjunct professor at Monash University and University of Adelaide. Vizard has written for and produced various Logie and AFI award-winning television shows – from ''Fast Forward'' to Kangaroo Palace; he has hosted his own five night a week national tonight show, ''Tonight Live With Steve Vizard'' for which he was three times nominated for and won a Gold Logie in 1991. He has broadcast on the Austereo, Fairfax and Macquarie radio networks and in 2011 was nominated for best Talkback Presenter in Australia; he has written several books ranging on topics ranging from humour to Australia's population policy; and has written works for theatre including ''The Last Man Standing'', the Melbourne Theatre Company's commemorative Gallipoli production in 2015. Vizard founded one of Australia's largest independent Production houses, Artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-owned body that is politically independent and fully accountable, with its charter enshrined in legislation, the ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983''. ABC Commercial, a profit-making division of the corporation, also helps to generate funding for content provision. The ABC was established as the Australian Broadcasting Commission on 1 July 1932 by an act of federal parliament. It effectively replaced the Australian Broadcasting Company, a private company established in 1924 to provide programming for A-class radio stations. The ABC was given statutory powers that reinforced its independence from the government and enhanced its news-gathering role. Modelled after the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which is funded by a tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wenham
David Wenham (born 21 September 1965) is an Australian actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre. He is known for his roles as Faramir in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, Friar Carl in ''Van Helsing'', Dilios in ''300'' and its sequel '' 300: Rise of an Empire'', Al Parker in ''Top of the Lake'', Lieutenant John Scarfield in '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'', and Hank Snow in ''Elvis''. He is known in his native Australia for his role as Diver Dan in ''SeaChange'' and Price Galese in ''Les Norton''. Early life Wenham was born on 21 September 1965 in Marrickville, New South Wales, the son of Kath and Bill Wenham. He has five older sisters; Helen, Anne, Carmel, Kathryn, and Maree; and one older brother, Peter. He was raised in the Roman Catholic faith and attended Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham, Sydney. Career Wenham started his career as an actor after graduating from Theatre Nepean at the University of Western Sydney with a B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Film Institute Award For Best Lead Actor In Television Drama
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) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatew ...'', 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 (disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Film Institute
The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry. It is responsible for producing Australia's premier annual film and television awards, the AACTA Awards (previously the AFI Awards)."The Australian Film Institute – Celebrating 50 Years of Pride and Passion" Overview The work of the institute is supported by government funding, corporate sponsors and approximately 10,000 members nationally. As Australia's foremost motion picture industry association, AFI promotes the Australian film and television industry and plays a cent ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Australian Television Series Debuts
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