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Wanted (2016 Australian TV Series)
''Wanted'' is an Australian drama television series which premiered on the Seven Network in Australia on 9 February 2016. The first season consisted of six episodes. It was renewed for a six-episode second season, which premiered with a double-episode on 5 June 2017. The series was renewed for a third and final season which premiered on 15 October 2018. Plot Two women, Lola and Chelsea, are waiting at a suburban bus stop before midnight. A car crashes in front of them, and two masked men arrive and shoot the driver dead. Lola struggles with the masked attacker and the gun goes off, killing him. The other man is unmasked and he takes them both hostage. They escape but are caught up in a larger criminal conspiracy, and go on the run across Australia in a vehicle filled with cash. They are chased by criminals and corrupt police, being able to trust only each other. The end of season 1 seems to end with a resolution until Lola receives a disturbing call. Season 2 finds the wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Gibney
Rebecca Catherine Gibney (born 14 December 1964) is a New Zealand actress known for her roles on Australian television in ''The Flying Doctors'', ''Halifax f.p.'', ''Packed to the Rafters'', ''Winter (TV series), Winter'' and ''Wanted (2016 Australian TV series), Wanted''. She is a Gold Logie winner and has featured in a number of Australian films including ''Mental (2012 film), Mental'' and ''The Dressmaker (2015 film), The Dressmaker''. Biography Gibney is the youngest of six children; born in Levin, New Zealand and brought up in Wellington, where she attended Wellington Girls' College. She recounted that she was a "bit odd" as a child, stating "I was a bit like Wednesday Addams in ''The Addams Family''. "I walked around with this headless doll that I took everywhere." Gibney moved to Australia at the age of 19 after graduating from high school. Performance career Gibney worked as a model, then appeared on television in the New Zealand kidult series ''Sea Urchins'' from 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Box
Kate Box is an Australian stage, film and television actress. She is known for her roles as Nicole Vargas in ''Rake'' and as Lou Kelly in ''Wentworth''. Career In 2003, Box graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Her first stage performance was in 2004 as Helena in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at the Bell Shakespeare Company, while her other credits include the Sydney Theatre Company presentation of ''Top Girls'' which she received a Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play nomination, ''Dolores'' (Old Fitzroy Theatre), ''Macbeth'' (Sydney Theatre Company) and ''A Christmas Carol'' ( Belvoir). She went on to make her screen debut with a role in the 2005 television film sequel '' Small Claims: White Wedding''. Following this, she made her film debut in 2008 with '' The Black Balloon'' and she received guest spots on television shows such as the medical drama series '' All Saints'' and the children's drama series '' My Place''. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bishop (actor)
Paul Bishop is an Australian actor and politician who has served as the Division 10 Councillor in Redland City since 2012. Acting career Born in Gladstone, Queensland, raised in Wynnum, Queensland Bishop's film debut was in Bruce Beresford's 1997 movie '' Paradise Road'', and appeared as Sergeant Ben Stewart on ''Blue Heelers'' from 1998 to 2004 for which he received Logie nominations in both 1999 and 2000. Other roles include the TeleMovie " Never Tell me Never", MDA III, Heartbreak High, and GP with ABCTV, HouseGang with SBS, and Murder Call for Channel 9. Theatre roles include The Importance of Being Earnest, Three Days of Rain, Money and Friends, Take Me Out, The Shaughraun, at Melbourne Theatre Company, Blackrock, The John Wayne Principle and Anthony Crowley's The Frail Man at Melbourne's Playbox, The John Wayne Principle, As You Like It, Poor Super Man, Saint Joan, Amy's View and Money and Friends with Sydney Theatre Company. Romeo and Juliet, Oedipus Rex, Away, ... [...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] |
Ian Mune
Ian Barry Mune (born 1941) is a New Zealand character actor, director, and screenwriter. His screen acting career spans four decades and more than 50 roles. His work as a film director includes hit comedy ''Came a Hot Friday'', an adaptation of classic New Zealand play ''The End of the Golden Weather'', and ''What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (film), What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?'', the sequel to ''Once Were Warriors (film), Once Were Warriors''. Early life and family Mune was born in Auckland, and educated at Wesley College, Auckland, Wesley College in the same city. He was married to the writer Josie Mune until her death in 2015. Acting Mune acted on stage while training to be a teacher in Wellington. After time acting in the UK, he returned to his native New Zealand and won a Feltex award in 1975 after starring in one-off television drama ''Derek''. Another award followed for playing Leo Moynihan, the secretary of a trade union in television series ''Moynihan (TV serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Rooke
Steven Rooke is an Australian actor who has performed on stage, in films and television. Education Rooke graduated from Noosa District State High School in 1996, and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) from the Queensland University of Technology in 2000. Career Rooke joined theatre company ''Shake and Stir'' as a Masterclass instructor. Reviews In ''Aussie Theatre'' Bobbie-Lea Dionysius wrote of Rooke's performance in Gasp! that he was, " enjoyable to watch as always". Rooke's performance in ''Gloria'' was reviewed as, Having come into the rehearsal period as a late replacement, Rooke did a great job fitting into the cast. Rooke always has a strong presence onstage and is enjoyable to watch. However, the role felt quite stifling for the actor capable of so much moreSonny Clarke wrote of Rooke in ''Kelly'' "the night really belonged to the exceptional talents of Steven Rooke and ..." Awards 2009 Matilda Awards Winner Best Actor in a Main Role 2010 Matilda Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Bliss
Ian Bliss (born June 30, 1966) is an Australian film, television, and stage character actor. With a career that has spanned 30 years, he has appeared in numerous iconic Australian Television dramas including Heartbreak High, Wentworth (TV series), Underbelly (TV series) and more. Career Bliss starred in an episode of Halifax f.p. in 1996. Bliss is best known for his role as Bane and Agent Smith in ''The Matrix Reloaded'' and ''The Matrix Revolutions'' (2003), for which he was chosen by the Wachowskis because of his accurate impersonation of Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith's program form), and also his partial resemblance to Weaving. After the ''Matrix'' sequels, Bliss took minor roles in the feature films '' Stealth'' and ''Superman Returns''. He also played the Peacekeeper scientist Drillic in the '' Farscape'' episode "Losing Time". Bliss also appeared on the episode 8 of the 2010 HBO miniseries '' The Pacific'' as Capt. ''Le Francois'' and surf series The Reef. He has also app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Fanning
Neil Fanning (born 12 April 1967) is an Australian actor, voice actor, stuntman and safety supervisor. He is best known for performing the voice of the lead character Scooby-Doo in the movies ''Scooby-Doo'' and '' Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed''. Neil's entertainment career has spanned over 30 years performing live shows and over 50 movie, television and commercial roles. Career Beginning as an opening day entertainer in June 1991, Neil continued to perform for 14 years in the highly successful and number 1 rated attraction the ''Police Academy Stunt Show'' at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia and was the theme parks Employee of the Year in 1997. Neil was the Manager of the Police Academy Stunt Show for many years and represented Warner Bros. Movie World internationally performing shows in Asia. Neil was nominated as Australia's International Performer of the Year at the 1998 International Theme Parks Awards in the USA. In 2015 Neil returne ... [...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] |
Kerry Fox
Kerry Lauren Fox (born 30 July 1966) is a New Zealand actress. She came to prominence playing author Janet Frame in the movie ''An Angel at My Table'' directed by Jane Campion, which gained her a Best Actress Award from the New Zealand Film and Television Awards. Early life Fox was born in Lower Hutt, Wellington. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1987 with a Diploma in Acting. Career Fox has had an international career, working in independent films and on television. She received praise and a nomination for the Australian Film Institute Awards for her leading role in '' Country Life'', starred in Danny Boyle's breakout British hit ''Shallow Grave'', and was nominated for the Canadian Genie Award for her supporting role in '' The Hanging Garden''. For her role as Claire in ''Intimacy'' (2001), directed by Patrice Chéreau, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival. In this film she performed real, rather than simulated, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robyn Malcolm
Robyn Jane Malcolm (born 15 March 1965) is a New Zealand actress, who first gained recognition for her role as nurse Ellen Crozier on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street''. She is best known for six seasons of playing Cheryl West, matriarch to a sometimes criminal working-class family in the television series '' Outrageous Fortune'', Kirsty Corella in the Australian television series '' Rake'', Julie Wheeler in ''Upper Middle Bogan'' and Marina Baxter in '' The Code''. Early life and education Malcolm was born in Ashburton, and attended Ashburton College, and graduated from Toi Whakaari (New Zealand Drama School) with a Diploma in Acting in 1987. She won an International Actors Fellowship at the Globe Theatre in London for 2003. Career Malcolm's first long-running television role was nurse Ellen Crozier in soap opera ''Shortland Street''. She appeared on the show for five years and was nominated for Best Actress at the 1998 TV Guide Television Awards. She was nomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean O'Gorman
Dean Lance O'Gorman (born 1 December 1976) is a New Zealand actor, artist, and photographer. He played the dwarf Fíli in the ''Hobbit'' trilogy and the Norse God Bragi/Anders Johnson in the fantasy series ''The Almighty Johnsons''. He also portrayed Kirk Douglas in '' Trumbo'' (2015). Early life O'Gorman was born in Auckland, New Zealand, to parents Lance, a landscape painter, and Christine O'Gorman. He has a younger brother, Brett, who is also an actor as well as a comedian. He has Irish and English ancestry; his maternal grandfather was an English paratrooper in the Second World War. O'Gorman earned a black belt in karate by the age of ten, and attended Rangitoto College in Auckland. He initially planned to study graphic design. Career Film At 12 years old, O'Gorman was discovered by a casting agent during a school speech competition. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |