Heidi Arena is an Australian actress who is best known as for her roles as Dawn McConnichie in the comedy series '' The Librarians'', Ms Gonsha in the children's television series '' Little Lunch'' and Audrey Gordon in ''

Audrey's Kitchen ''Audrey's Kitchen'' is a satirical television cooking series produced by Working Dog Productions in Melbourne, Australia, for ABC Television. Each episode is only three minutes in length and features fictional writer, chef, life coach and chor ...

''. Arena graduated from the

National Institute of Dramatic Art The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is an Australian educational institution for the performing arts is based in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 1958, many of Australia's leading actors and directors trained at NIDA, including Cat ...

in 2003 and has since had many roles in television and theatre. She has two children with her art director husband Mick.

Career

Arena had a recurring role in the drama series ''

Blue Heelers ''Blue Heelers'' is an Australian police drama series that was produced by Southern Star Group and ran for 12 years on the Seven Network, from 1994 to 2006. Although based around the policing of the town, the series generally depicted the ever ...

'' as Captain Marissa Craddock in 2003 and 2004 and a supporting role in the comedy drama series '' Last Man Standing'' in 2005. She played deputy head librarian Dawn in three seasons of the

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series ''The Librarians''. Arena was a core cast member of the improvisational comedy ''

Thank God You're Here ''Thank God You're Here'' is an Australian television improvised comedy program created by Working Dog Productions, which premiered on Network Ten on 5 April 2006, and aired for the first three seasons and on Seven for the fourth season. Each ...

'' In 2012 and 2013, she played the eponymous host of the satirical cooking show ''

''. The show, created by

Working Dog Productions Working Dog Productions (originally Frontline Television Productions Pty. Ltd.) is a film and television production company based in Melbourne, Australia. It was formed in 1993 by actors Santo Cilauro, Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy (actor), Jane Ken ...

, stars Arena as Audrey Gordon, a fictional celebrity chef whose style is described as "Delia Smith meets Nigella Lawson". Arena had supporting roles on the children's series ''

Nowhere Boys ''Nowhere Boys'' is an Australian teen drama television series created by Tony Ayres. It was first broadcast on ABC3 (which is now officially named ABCME) on 7 November 2013. The first two series follow the adventures of four mismatched teenag ...

'' in 2013, ''

The Worst Year Of My Life - Again! ''Worst Year of My Life Again'' is an Australian children's television series that premiered on 26 April 2014 on ABC3. It was produced by the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) and Reflective Pictures for the Australian Broadcas ...

'' in 2014 and '' Little Lunch'' in 2015. Arena has appeared in stage productions such as Melbourne Theatre Company's productions of ''The Drowsy Chaperone'', and ''The Other Place'' at The Playhouse and ''Optimism'' at Malthouse Theatre.

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