Imogen Annesley (born 28 May 1970) is an Australian actress and director who is perhaps best known for her performances in the films ''

Playing Beatie Bow ''Playing Beatie Bow'' is a popular Australian children's novel, written by Ruth Park and first published on 31 January 1980. It features a time slip in Sydney, Australia. Plot summary Lynette Kirk has been a happy child, cheery about her paren ...

'', '' Howling III: The Marsupials'' and ''

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''. Annesley made her feature film debut as a teenager, with the leading role of Abigail Kirk in the 1986 Australian film ''

''. A time travel drama based on the novel by

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and directed by

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, it was a failure at the box-office despite a number of positive reviews of the film and Annesley's performance. The film proved more popular on video release. at Oz Movies- Accessed 2016-1-5Greg Kerr, "Playing Beatie Bow", ''Australian Film 1978–1992'', Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p203 Her television credits include: ''

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'', '' Water Rats'', ''

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'', '' Above the Law'', '' Blue Water High'' and ''

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''. Annesley is also the lady with the child in the Jimmy Barnes 1987 Australian music video, ''I'm Still On Your Side'', filmed at Sydney's picturesque Hawkesbury River Train Station.�
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Filmography

* 1986 ''

'' Feature Film, as Abigail Kirk (Leading Role) * 1987 ''

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'' TV Mini-Series Episodes: 1.1, 1.5 as Annie Phelan (9th Billing) * 1987 '' Howling III: The Marsupials'' Feature Film, as Jerboa (2nd Billing) * 1987 '' Future Past'' TV Movie, as Simone (2nd Billing) * 1989 ''

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'' (aka William Tell) Episode 3.4:" Doppelganger", as Pamenta (Main Guest Star) * 1989 ''

Strapless ''Strapless'' is a 1989 film written and directed by David Hare. Plot summary An expatriate American doctor in London allows herself to lighten up when her freewheeling younger sister and a mysterious man enter her life. Her inhibitions releas ...

'' Feature Film, as Imogen (Bit Part) * 1989 ''

Candy Regentag ''Candy Regentag'' is a 1989 Australian film directed by James Ricketson about a young woman who works in a brothel. The movie was fully funded by the Australian Film Commission and was shot in 16mm in Kings Cross, Sydney during August and Septe ...

'' Feature Film, as Sascha (12th Billing) * 1990 '' Flair'' TV Mini-Series, as Sally Clarke (6th Billing) * 1990 ''

'' TV Series Episodes: 1.1,1.46,1.55, as Justine Stevens (Main Guest Star) * 1991 '' Sweet Talker'' Feature Film, as Salesperson (Bit Part) * 1992 '' Garbo'' Feature Film, as Jane (5th Billing) * 1993 ''

The Nostradamus Kid ''The Nostradamus Kid'' is a 1992 Australian feature film written and directed by Bob Ellis. The film is about the religious and sexual coming of age of a 1950s and 1960s Seventh-day Adventist boy. Ken Elkin (Noah Taylor) is a "randy young m ...

'' Feature Film, as Beat Girl (Bit Part) * 1997 '' Emmerdale: The Dingles Down Under'' Video, as Wendy Dingle (Bit Part) * 1997 ''

Water Rats (TV series) ''Water Rats'' is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based on the work of the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime around Sydney Harbour and surrounding local ...

'' TV Series Episodes: "Import/Export", "Jilted" as Jennifer Campbell (Main Guest Star) * 2000 ''

'' TV Series Episodes: "Nerve","Hidden Memory" as Niem (10th and 12th Billing) * 2000 ''

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'' TV Series Episode: "Love Pizza" as Angelina (Main Guest Star) * 2000 '' Above the Law'' TV Series Episode: "Friendship First" as Anna King (2nd Guest Star) * 2000 ''

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'' TV Series Episode: "The Statue" (Guest Star) * 2002 ''

'' Feature Film, as Club Vampire (Minor Role) * 2002 '' The Outsider'' TV Movie, as Bar Girl (Bit Part) * 2005 '' Blue Water High'' TV Series Episode: "Peri Lies Low", as Karen Moss (Guest Star) * 2007 ''Cross Life'' Feature Film, as Zana (Top Billing) * 2008–9 ''

'' TV Series Episodes: 1.1 to 1.6, as Suzy Barns (11th Billing)

Theatre

References

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* Australian television actresses Australian film actresses Living people Actresses from Adelaide 1970 births {{Australia-screen-actor-stub