Lara Jane Cox (born 1978) is an Australian actress, known for a variety of roles. Cox played the role of Anita Scheppers in ''

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'', Doctor Denman in ''

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'', and has appeared in ''Voodoo Lagoon'' and ''

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''. She guest-starred in ''

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'' playing intern Dr. Marie during the "Hospital Stalker" storyline. She also starred as Finn in the final season of ''

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''. In 2009 she starred in the thriller ''The Dinner Party''. In 2017, she took over the role of

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on ''

''. The character returned after 22 years, being played by Danielle Spencer in 1995. Quinn is the daughter of

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. She has done a television commercial for

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drug) in the US, and is in an Australian television commercial for

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Early life

Cox was born in

Canberra Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...

. She attended

Daramalan College Daramalan College is a Roman Catholic high school in Canberra, Australia, located in the suburb of Dickson. It encompasses Year 7 to Year 12, in a co-educational environment. Run by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, it has an emblem of a re ...

and Menai College. She was a model before she became an actress.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* 1978 births Living people 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian actresses Actresses from Canberra Australian child actresses Australian film actresses Australian television actresses People educated at Daramalan College {{Australia-tv-actor-stub