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Troppo (TV Series)
''Troppo'' is an Australian television crime drama series starring Thomas Jane and Nicole Chamoun. The first season premiered on ABC TV on 27 February 2022. The show's second season premiered on 5 July 2024 on ABC TV and iview, with Amazon Prime and Freevee both airing it from 25 July 2024. Premise ''Troppo'' is based on the best-selling novel ''Crimson Lake'' by Candice Fox, in which a former police officer helps a private investigator look for a missing man in Far North Queensland. Cast Main Supporting and recurring Episodes Series 1 Series 2 Production The series was created by Yolanda Ramke, and Jocelyn Moorhouse is set-up director. Karl Zwicky is the series producer, with executive producers AGC's Stuart Ford and Lourdes Diaz; Thomas Jane and Courtney Lauren Penn (for Thomas's Renegade Entertainment banner); ABC's Sally Riley and Andrew Gregory; EQ Media Group's Greg Quail, Simonne Overend and Lisa Duff; Beyond Entertainment's Mikael Borglund and David O ...
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Drama (film And Television)
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, dra ...
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David Lyons (actor)
David Lyons (born 16 April 1976) is an Australian actor. He is known for his roles as Josh Holiday in the Nine Network navy drama ''Sea Patrol'' (2007-2009), Dr. Simon Brenner in the NBC medical drama '' ER'' (2008-2009) and as General Sebastian Monroe in the NBC post-apocalyptic drama ''Revolution'' (2012-2014). Early life and education Lyons was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He graduated from Yarra Valley Grammar school in 1993 and continued on to graduate from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 2004. Career In 2005, Lyons had a recurring role on the Seven Network police drama ''Blue Heelers'' and guest-starred on the Seven Network/Network Ten/10 Peach, Eleven soap opera ''Neighbours''. Lyons starred in the Nine Network police drama ''Sea Patrol'', where he played the Leading Seaman Josh Holiday for the show's first three series from 2007 until 2009. Lyons began starring in the NBC medical drama '' ER ...
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Caroline Brazier
Caroline Brazier is an Australian actress who is best known for the role of Chrissy Merchant in ''Packed to the Rafters'' and the starring roles of Veronica Johnson and her twin sister Betti in the children's television series '' Parallax''. Brazier has also had a number of roles in the theatre, films and other television series. Personal life Brazier was married to fellow Australian actor Geoff Morrell. Originally from Perth, Western Australia, Brazier graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1998. In between acting engagements, Brazier often heads home to spend time with her parents in Perth. Career Brazier has appeared in ''The Merchant of Venice'', ''Julius Caesar'' and '' Antony and Cleopatra'' for the Bell Shakespeare Company, ''Whale Music'' at Darlinghurst Theatre, and ''Speed-the-Plow'' for Perth Theatre Company. In 2012 she won Best Actress in a Leading Role in an Independent Production for ''I Want To Sleep With Tom Stoppard'' (Sydney Theatr ...
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Simon Lyndon
Simon Lyndon (born 18 February 1971 in London) is an English-born Australian actor and director who grew up in Fremantle, Western Australia. He is a WAAPA graduate. Career Film roles Lyndon played Jimmy Loughlin in '' Chopper'' with Eric Bana, for which he won an AFI award for Best Supporting Actor and a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for best supporting actor. He received AFI nominations for Best Supporting Actor for ''Blackrock'' (as Brett "Ricko" Ricketson) and Best actor in a telefeature or mini-series for his role in '' My Brother Jack''. Other films include ''Fresh Air'', '' Sample People'', '' The Thin Red Line'', ''From the Outside'' ''Caught Inside'', ''Falling into Paradise'', ''The Glenmore Job'' ''The Well'' and ''Dust off the Wings'' He has appeared on stage '' That Eye the Sky'', ''Blackrock'', ''Cloudstreet'' and '' Popcorn''. Television roles His TV appearances include ''Police Rescue'', ''Heartbreak High'', '' Wildside'', ''Underbelly'' '' Canal Ro ...
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Sara West
Sara West is an Australian actress, director and screen writer. She began her career with roles in short films and television roles. Her 2015 role as Liza Minnelli in television series '' Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door'' earned her a Logie Award nomination for Most Outstanding Newcomer. In 2017, West played Lyndal in the film, '' Don't Tell'' and was nominated for an AACTA Award. In 2023, West joined the cast of the soap opera ''Neighbours'', playing Cara Varga-Murphy. West also writes and directs films and has won awards at the 2014 and 2018 South Australian Screen Awards. Early life West grew up in the Murray River area of South Australia. When West was at high school, her mother encouraged her to take drama classes. West studied at the Flinders Drama Centre at Flinders University, Adelaide. West later moved to Sydney to continue perusing further work. She and her university drama teacher, Richard Back set up their own production company called Salvage Productions. Car ...
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Radha Mitchell
Radha Rani Amber Indigo Ananda Mitchell is an Australian actress. She started her career with various appearances on Australian television, including a regular role as Catherine O'Brien in the soap opera ''Neighbours'' (1996–97). Mitchell later transitioned to working in Hollywood, with leading and supporting roles in films such as ''High Art'' (1998), '' Pitch Black'' (2000), ''Phone Booth'' (2002), '' Man on Fire'' (2004), '' Finding Neverland'' (2004), ''Melinda and Melinda'' (2004), ''Mozart and the Whale'' (2005), ''Silent Hill'' (2006), '' Rogue'' (2007), '' The Crazies'' (2010), ''The Frozen Ground'' (2013), ''Olympus Has Fallen'' (2013) and its sequel ''London Has Fallen'' (2016), '' The Darkness'' (2016), and ''Run Hide Fight'' (2020). Early life Mitchell's first name ''Radha'' (Sanskrit:राधा) stems from the Hare Krishna faith. The other parts of her name ''Rani'' (रानी – queen) and ''Ananda'' (आनन्द – joy) also come from similar origins ...
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Josh Helman
Joshua Helman (born 22 February 1986) is an Australian television and film actor. Helman played William Stryker in '' X-Men: Days of Future Past'', and its sequel, '' X-Men: Apocalypse''. He has also appeared in the 2015 installment of the ''Mad Max'' franchise, '' Mad Max: Fury Road'', as Slit. Helman has also appeared on a number of television series and mini-series, including recurring roles in '' Home and Away'', '' The Pacific'', ''Flesh and Bone'' and ''Wayward Pines''. Early life Helman was born in Adelaide, South Australia. Career Helman started acting when he got a recurring role on the Australian television show '' Home and Away'' in 2007, playing Denni Maitland. He then got a small role in a short film ''Aidan's View'' where he played the role of an intruder trying to break into the house of the protagonist. A few years later, he was cast as ''Cpl. Lew "Chuckler" Juergens'' in the American television show, '' The Pacific''. He appeared in 6 episodes. He was then sig ...
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Damien Garvey
Damien Garvey is an Australian actor and former musician known for his film and television roles. Early life Garvey graduated from Padua College in 1982. Career Garvey had guest roles in several drama series in his early part of his acting career. Some of his early roles include shows like '' Medivac'' (his first role, in 1998), '' Water Rats'' (2000), '' Young Lions'' (2002), and in the children's drama ''Cybergirl'' (2001). Garvey appeared on ''McLeod's Daughters'', in a recurring role from 2001 until 2007. He then had a role in season one of ''Sea Patrol'' (2007). In 2008 and 2009, he appeared on ABC1's drama ''East of Everything''. In 2010, acting in Channel Nine's '' Underbelly: The Golden Mile'', Garvey won an AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama (2010). In 2011, he had a role as a bartender and former soldier Tom Boylan, in the American sci-fi series '' Terra Nova'', filmed entirely on the Gold Coast in Queensland. In 2012, he r ...
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Angela Punch McGregor
Angela Punch McGregor (born 21 January 1953, in Sydney) is an Australian stage and film actress. Film credits Her film credits include: ''The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith'' (1978), ''Newsfront'' (1978), '' The Island'' (1980), '' The Survivor'' (1981), '' We of the Never Never'' (1982), '' Double Deal'' (1983), ''Annie's Coming Out'' (1984), ''Double Sculls'' (1985), '' The Delinquents'' (1989), '' Spotswood'' (1992), '' Terra Nova'' (1998) and '' Tom White'' (2004). Filmography FILM Television credits As "Angela Punch" she acted in television serial '' Class of '75'' and had a guest role in the situation comedy ''Alvin Purple'' (1976). In the 1980 ABC Television production ''The Timeless Land'', she played the role of the convict Ellen Prentice who eventually gains public respectability.''The Timeless Land'', Television guide compiled by Kate Reid, photographs by Martin Webby, Australian Broadcasting Commission, pg. 56, Sydney, 1980; In 1995, she starred in an episode ("L ...
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Peta Wilson
Peta Gia Wilson (born 18 November 1970) is an Australian actress, lingerie designer and model. She is best known as Nikita in the television series '' La Femme Nikita''. Biography Early life Wilson was born in Sydney on 18 November 1970. She is the daughter of the caterer Karlene White Wilson and Darcy Wilson, a former Warrant Officer in the Australian Army. She spent several years in Papua New Guinea when her father was stationed there. Her parents divorced in 1982. Career Wilson worked first as a model in Australia and in Europe before moving to Los Angeles in 1991. There she studied acting with Arthur Mendoza at the Actors Circle Theatre, and with Tom Waits at the TomKat Repertory Group. After five years of study, she was hired for some small roles in independent films such as ''Naked Jane'' and ''Loser''. In 1996, she was preparing to continue her studies at an acting school in New York City, but decided to audition first for a new television show being produced for th ...
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Kate Beahan
Kate Beahan (born 12 October 1974) is an Australian film actress. Beahan was born in Perth. She appeared mostly in movies and TV series in Australia. Her best-known American film role was playing Sister Willow Woodward in the 2006 horror remake ''The Wicker Man'' opposite Nicolas Cage. Her father, Michael Beahan, was an Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms the f ... Senator from Western Australia from 1987 to 1996. Filmography Film Television External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beahan, Kate Australian film actresses Australian people of Irish descent Living people 1974 births Actresses from Perth, Western Australia 21st-century Australian actresses ...
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Ling-Hsueh Tang
Ling-Hsueh Tang is a Chinese Australian actress. She is best known for her work as Dr. Kylie Preece on '' All Saints'', an Australian hospital drama, and in 2001 she appeared on the cover of ''TV Week'' to promote the series. She has also appeared in the films ''Son of the Mask'', '' Strange Planet'' and ''Ghost Rider''. In addition to ''All Saints'', Tang has made guest appearances on many prominent television series including ''Fireflies'', '' Breakers'', ''Children's Hospital'', ''Sea Patrol'' and the mini-series ''Tribe''. In 2009, Tang was nominated for the Matilda Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role for her stage acting in a Queensland production of ''The Ghost Writer''. According to a report by the Australian Film Commission, Tang is considered a breakthrough actress given her racial background. She has been cast in several non ethnic-specific roles for mainstream shows, which is considered unusual for Australian broadcast television. Tang graduated from the theate ...
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