Jane Turner (born 1 December 1960) is an Australian actress, comedian and
Logie Award-winning comedy series creator and screenwriter.
Career
Turner, although best known as a comedy performer, made her acting debut in the internationally renowned TV cult drama series ''
Prisoner'' in a 15 episode guest role.
She is notable for numerous comedy roles including the
sketch comedy
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is ...
programs ''
The D-Generation'', ''
Fast Forward'', ''
Full Frontal'', ''
Big Girl's Blouse'' and ''
Something Stupid''.
On ''Fast Forward'' Turner (Svetta) recorded a song with cast member
Peter Moon (comedian)
Peter Moon (born 18 January 1953) is an Australian comedian, best known for writing and performing in the sketch comedy ''Fast Forward''.
Biography
Moon was born in Yarram, Victoria.
On ''Fast Forward'', his characters were often oafish sideki ...
(Victor), called "Don't Do Your Soviet Bloc".
In the 2000s Turner has received accolades for her performance in ''
Kath & Kim
''Kath & Kim,'' (also written as ''Kath and Kim'') is an Australian sitcom created by Jane Turner and Gina Riley, who portray the title characters of Kath Day-Knight, a cheery, middle-aged suburban mother, and Kim, her self-indulgent daughter. ...
'', an
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
(later
Seven Network) comedy series which she created, wrote, produced and starred in with her longtime friend and collaborator,
Gina Riley. ''Kath & Kim'' became the most successful ABC syndicated show in Australian television history. Turner plays Kath Day Knight, one of the leading roles in the show and an occasional recurring character, Prue, a shop keeper at the Fountain Gate Shopping Centre.
Turner reprised the role in the 2005 telemovie. ''
Da Kath & Kim Code
''Da Kath & Kim Code'' is a 2005 Australian comedy telemovie of the television series ''Kath & Kim''.
After three seasons of ''Kath & Kim'' (2002–2004), Gina Riley and Jane Turner initially planned to take 2005 off from television. But in July, ...
'' and the 2012 feature film ''
Kath & Kimderella''
Turner made her West End theatrical debut in the Australian hit play
Holding the Man
''Holding the Man'' is a 1995 memoir by Australian writer, actor, and activist Timothy Conigrave. It tells of his 15-year love affair with John Caleo, which started when they met in the mid-1970s at Xavier College, an all-boys Jesuit Catholi ...
at London's
Trafalgar Studios in April 2010.
Personal life
Turner attended
Sacré Cœur School
Sacré Cœur is a Roman Catholic, independent, day school for girls, located in Glen Iris, a south eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Established in 1888, the school caters to over 700 students from Prep to Year 12 and has an o ...
in
Glen Iris,
Melbourne, and later studied law at
Monash University. Turner graduated from Monash with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1988. She is married to lawyer John Denton and they have 3 children including model Anna Denton.
Filmography
References
External links
Kath & Kim BBC site
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1960 births
Australian film actresses
Australian soap opera actresses
Australian television producers
Australian women television producers
Living people
Australian women comedians
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
20th-century Australian actresses
21st-century Australian actresses
People educated at Sacré Cœur School
People from Newcastle, New South Wales
Monash University alumni