Jane Harber is an Australian actress who is known from her role as Zara Perkich in the television series ''

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''.

Career

Television

Harber's television roles have included Susie Money in the series ''

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'', Zdenka Milanovic in ''

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'', and Bianca Nugent in ''

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''. She also appeared in season 5, part 1, episode 152 of ''

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 ...

'', titled "Sisterly Love", which aired on 22 July 1997, playing a young girl called Chloe Bassetti. In 2012, Harber starred as Cora Benson in the

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comedy series '' A Moody Christmas''. She reprised that role in ''

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'', a follow-up to ''A Moody Christmas''. In 2013, she regularly appeared in ''

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'', a sketch comedy show for the ABC. Harber appeared as a special guest in Episode 8 of the comedy program ''

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'' on the

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. In 2014, she played Michele Bennett, a former girlfriend of

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lead singer,

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, in the TV mini-series '' INXS: Never Tear Us Apart''. She is probably best known for her role as Zara Perkich in seven seasons (86 episodes) of ''Offspring''. In 2018, she was a team captain in the TV

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'', the other captain being

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. Harber played Karen in the 2018

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TV movie, ''Pretty Little Stalker'' and, in 2020, she took a leading role in

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crime show, ''

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''.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harber, Jane Australian soap opera actresses Australian television actresses Living people 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian actresses Year of birth missing (living people)