Helen Buday (born 1962) is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Savannah Nix in the film ''

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome ''Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'' is a 1985 Australian post-apocalyptic dystopian action film directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie and written by Miller and Terry Hayes. It stars Mel Gibson and Tina Turner in a story of a lone roving warri ...

''. She was awarded Best Actress at the 48th Valladolid International Film Festival in 2003 for her role in ''

Alexandra's Project ''Alexandra's Project'' is a 2003 Australian drama thriller film written and directed by Rolf de Heer and starring Gary Sweet and Helen Buday. Plot Upon returning home from work on his birthday, Steve (Gary Sweet), a middle class husband and fa ...

''.

Biography

Buday graduated from the National Institute for Dramatic Art in 1983, and has since become one of Australia's leading theater actresses. She has performed with most theater companies, including roles in ''

A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict amon ...

'', ''Three Sisters'', ''

The Importance of Being Earnest ''The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious ...

'', and ''A Doll's House''. Buday is also a singer, and she has portrayed the lead roles in ''

My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons f ...

'', ''Cabaret'', ''High Society'', and ''The Three-penny Opera''. She made her major screen debut as Savannah Nix, leader of the feral children, in ''Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome''. Besides her regular theater work, she has also appeared in various television series including '' Land of Hope'', ''Secrets'', ''Water Rats'', and ''Stingers''.

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* 1962 births Australian stage actresses Living people 20th-century Australian women singers 20th-century Australian actresses Australian television actresses {{Australia-theat-actor-stub