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Wolf Creek (TV Series)
''Wolf Creek'' is an Australian horror web television series which screens on Stan. The series is a spin-off of the movies ''Wolf Creek'' and ''Wolf Creek 2''. John Jarratt, who portrayed Mick Taylor in the films, reprises his role for the show. The first season of ''Wolf Creek'' consisted of six episodes and was released on 12 May 2016. It follows Eve, a 19-year-old American tourist, who is targeted by the crazed serial killer Mick Taylor, but survives his attack and embarks on a mission of revenge. The show was renewed for a second season of six episodes in February 2017, which was released on 15 December 2017. The story centres around Taylor meeting a coach full of international tourists. Cast Season 1 Main * Lucy Fry as Eve Thorogood * Dustin Clare as Sullivan Hill * John Jarratt as Mick Taylor Recurring and guest * Deborah Mailman as Bernadette O'Dell * Maya Stange as Ingrid Thorogood * Damian De Montemas as Inspector Darwin * Miranda Tapsell as Fatima Johnso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (genre)
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, drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cawthorne
Richard Seymour Cawthorne (born 3 December 1976) is an Australian actor of theatre, film and television. Career Cawthorne has appeared in many film and television productions. His credits include ''Catching Milat'', ''Fat Tony & Co'', '' Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms'', ''The Straits'', ''East West 101'', '' Rush'', ''Noise'', ''Neighbours'', '' Underbelly: Squizzy'', '' Wolf Creek'' and '' Killing Time'', for which he won the 2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts ( AACTA).Biography/ref> was a Marketing Executive for the Hong Kong-based film company, Golden Harvest Studios. Cawthorne is a first cousin of Australian Labor Minister Martin Pakula Martin Philip Pakula (born 7 January 1969) is a former Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria since 2006: in the Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2010, and then in .... Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josephine Langford
Josephine Langford (born 18 August 1997) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her starring role as Tessa Young in the ''After'' film series. She also portrayed Emma Cunningham in the Netflix film ''Moxie'' while also portraying Zoey in upcoming Netflix romcom ''The Other Zoey'' and Katy Gibson in ''Gigi & Nate''. Early life Langford was born in Perth, Western Australia, and raised in Applecross, a riverside suburb of Perth. She is the youngest daughter of Stephen Langford, a flying doctor and the director of medical services at the Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations, and Elizabeth Green, a pediatrician. Her older sister, Katherine Langford, is also an actress. As a child, Langford became interested in music and played the saxophone, the violin, and the piano. She's also played cricket in her childhood. In 2008, at the age of 10, Langford wrote and performed a song called "Shadows" for a music competition, which won her the "Song of the Year" title. She als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa Cocquerel
Elsa Georgia Cocquerel is an Australian actress and model. She is known for her role as Michelle Scott in the Stan horror series ''Wolf Creek'' (2017), for which she was nominated for a Logie Award. Early life and education Cocquerel was born to Australian mother and French father. Her brother Thomas and two sisters Emilie and Anna are also actors. Cocquerel attended Pymble Ladies' College. She began her studies in Fashion Design at the University of Technology Sydney. She returned to university to complete a Bachelor of Business in Marketing at Swinburne University of Technology Swinburne University of Technology (often simply called Swinburne) is a public research university based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1908 as the Eastern Suburbs Technical College by George Swinburne to serve those without access ... in 2020. She was a model before turning to acting in her early twenties. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cocquerel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Wheelwright
Laura Wheelwright (born 10 September 1990) is an Australian actress best known for her role in the 2010 feature film ''Animal Kingdom (film), Animal Kingdom.'' Career Wheelwright's first major acting credit was in ''Animal Kingdom'', a 2010 Australian film in which she played Nicky Henry, and was nominated for Best Performing Actress at the 2010 Australian Film Institute Awards, 2010 AFI Awards for the role. She was 18 years old and midway through an acting course at Melbourne-based 16th Street Acting Studio when she received the part and continued her acting studies following the completion of the film. She went on to play the female supporting lead in the 2012 Network Ten docudrama ''Underground: The Julian Assange Story'' for which she received an AACTA nomination for AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama, Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama. She won the a Best Female Actor award at the 2013 Tropfest short film festival for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Clausen
Charlie Clausen (born 31 July 1977) is an Australian actor most known for his role as Jake Harrison on ''McLeod's Daughters'' in 2003 and as Acting Sergeant Alex Kirby on the police drama series ''Blue Heelers'', which he starred in for the majority of Season 12 (2005) and Season 13 (2006). In 2012 he joined the cast of '' Home and Away'' as Zac MacGuire. Clausen left ''Home and Away'' in May 2017 after four years. Personal life Clausen married his partner of 12 years Gemma Lee in Los Angeles on 23 September 2015. Their first child, a daughter, was born in September 2019. Clausen is a known supporter of the St Kilda Football Club in the AFL. Podcast From July 2010 to September 2012, Clausen collaborated on a free weekly podcast, '' TOFOP'' (aka 30 Odd Foot of Pod), with comedian Wil Anderson. ''TOFOP'' was placed on indefinite hiatus when Clausen began filming on ''Home and Away'' as the Seven Network deemed it a conflict of interest. Anderson then started another similar po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Chong
Jason Chong (born 29 October 1969) is an Australian actor. Chong was born in Sydney, Australia. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Australia. He is frequently seen on television; his credits include: '' Wildside'', ''Bondi Banquet'', ''Murder Call'', '' Going Home'', ''Farscape'', '' All Saints'' and ''Maximum Choppage''. In 2006, Chong played a news reporter in the American horror movie, '' See No Evil''. He plays the recurring role of General Kasar in Netflix's series ''Marco Polo''. Chong played the lead Chinese role of Zhang Lin in Sydney Theatre Company's 2017 production of ''Chimerica'' at the Roslyn Packer Theatre. In 2021, Chong starred in the voice role of Andy Ling in ''Space Nova ''Space Nova'' is an animated television series developed for the Nine Network and Australian Broadcasting Corporation that premiered on 9Go! in Australia on 5 March 2021. A full 13-eps marathon premiered on ABC ME on 2 April 2021 starting from ...''. Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicity Price
Felicity Price is an Australian actress and screenwriter. She co-wrote and starred in ''Wish You Were Here'' which saw her nominated for the 2012 AACTA Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role and won Best Original Screenplay. Filmography Television *'' Wolf Creek'' (2017) TV series – Nina Webber (6 episodes) *''Rescue Special Ops'' (2011) TV series – Wendy Schmidt (1 episode) *''Home and Away'' (2009) TV series – Jane Avent (8 episodes) *'' All Saints'' (2006) TV series – Katrina King (1 episode) *'' Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure'' (2005) TV movie – Dottie *'' The Alice'' (2004) TV movie – Felicity Marione *''The Postcard Bandit'' (2004) TV movie – Receptionist *''Always Greener'' (2002) TV series – Anne Clarke (4 episodes) *''Farscape'' (2002) TV series – Princess Katralla (3 episodes) *'' Water Rats'' (1997) TV series – Sally (1 episode) *'' Big Sky'' (1997) TV series – Kirstie (1 episode) Film *''Heartthrob'' (2017) – Collette *'' Bad Gir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Day
Matthew Day (born 28 September 1971) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. Early life Day was born in Melbourne, Victoria. When he was 11 years old, he went to live in the United States with his father, a newspaper correspondent, where he became interested in acting. On his return to Australia, he attended Princes Hill Secondary College, in North Carlton, Melbourne and joined St Martins Youth Arts Centre in South Yarra. Career Day was spotted by an agent at the age of 14 and was soon cast in his first role in the ABC television series '' c/o The Bartons''. At 17, he left his home in Carlton and relocated to Sydney for the role in the television series ''A Country Practice'' that was to be his first big break.Rand, Hannah (3 May 2009) "Passions in practice", ''Sunday Magazine'', p. 27 He has since gone on to establish a reputation as one of Australia's leading film, television and theatre actors, appearing in numerous Australian television series and telemovies including ''R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tess Haubrich
Tess Haubrich is an Australian actress and model who most recently played Heather in the 2022 Netflix sci-fi film ''Spiderhead''. Early life and education Haubrich was born on 1 April 1990 in Sydney, New South Wales. She was educated at Pittwater High School and SCECGS Redlands. Haubrich spent her late teens as a fashion model in Australia, Hong Kong, France and Germany. She trained for two years at the Actors Centre Australia, a private drama school in Sydney, where she trained in theatre. Career In 2009, she appeared in two episodes of the soap opera ''Home and Away'' as Catie Merrin. She returned to the series as a different character, Shandi Palmer, in 2014. Haubrich has appeared in a number of major international productions filmed in Australia, including minor roles in '' The Wolverine'' (2013) and ''Infini'' (2015); as Private Sarah Rosenthal in '' Alien: Covenant'', and as Woman in Black in the Jackie Chan film ''Bleeding Steel'', both in 2017. In late 2017, she h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fletcher Humphrys
Fletcher Humphrys (born 1 April 1976) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Brett 'Brick' Buchanon in ''McLeod's Daughters'' and as Alex Kearns in '' All Saints''. Career Humphrys made his acting debut in 1993, appearing in Australian drama film '' The Heartbreak Kid''. His first major acting role was in the children's television series '' The Genie From Down Under'', for which he played 'Conrad von Meister' for the shows two seasons from 1996 to 1998. Humphrys appeared in several episodes of the short-lived series '' Thunderstone''. In 2001, he received the recurring role of Brett 'Brick' Buchanon on the popular drama series ''McLeod's Daughters''; he appeared in the shows first three seasons until his character was killed off in 2003. Following his role on ''McLeod's Daughters'', Humphrys appeared in another recurring role in medical drama '' All Saints'', in which he played Alex Kearns from 2003 to 2004. During October 2006 and April 2008, he guest sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Gardiner
Alicia Gardiner is an Australian actress who is best known from her role on television series ''Offspring'' as Kim Akerholt. Her previous roles include the television series '' Last Man Standing'', mini-series ''Queen Kat, Carmel and St. Jude'', '' Wolf Creek'', ''Redfern Now'', '' Kath And Kim'' and the children's television series ''Fergus McPhail'' and ''Noah & Saskia''. Gardiner studied at the Victorian College of the Arts. In 2017 and 2018, Gardiner played the role of 'Rosie' in the Australian tour of '' Mamma Mia!'' the musical. In 2001 and 2002, Gardiner was a member of the original Australian cast of ''Mamma Mia!'', playing the role of 'Ali'. Gardiner has since appeared in ''Wakefield (TV series) ''Wakefield'' is an eight-part Australian television drama series that premiered on ABC iview on 2 April 2021 and was shown on ABC TV in weekly episodes from Sunday 18 April. At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the music was nominated for Best O ....''http://australiantele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
