Leah Vandenberg is a New Zealand-born Australian theatre, television, and film actress. She has appeared in many well-known Australian productions including the award-winning Netflix series ' The Letdown' and SBS Drama '

The Hunting ''The Hunting'' is an Australian drama series starring Asher Keddie and Richard Roxburgh, screening on SBS TV and SBS on Demand on 1 August 2019. The four-part miniseries was created by Sophie Hyde and Matthew Cormack at Closer Productions, ...

'. Leah received an ASTRA nomination for 'Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor-Female' in the comedy series '' Stupid, Stupid Man''. She is a presenter on the long-running ABC TV Kids television program '' Play School'', a role she maintains today.

Early life and education

Vandenberg was born in New Zealand to a Sri Lankan father, who had grown up in Fiji, and an Australian mother of Irish and Scottish heritage. She studied at the

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan University (ECU) was established in 1980 to provide performing arts tuition. WAAPA (commonly pronounced "whopp-a") operates as a part of ECU, located at the ECU campus in ...

, graduating in 1993.

Career

On stage, Vandenberg has performed in ''Grace'' (

Melbourne Theatre Company The Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1953 as the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the Union Theatre at the University of Melbourne, it is the oldest professional theatre com ...

); ''Criminology'' ( Arena Theatre Company); ''The Country'' (B Sharp @ Belvoir Street); ''The Perfumed Garden''; ''The Taming of the Shrew''; ''A Clockwork Orange''; and ''Love and Understanding''. She received a 2007 ASTRA nomination of "Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Female" for her role as Anne in ''Stupid Stupid Man'' (series 1 & 2).

Filmography

Vandenberg has appeared in a wide range of genres in TV series as well as a few feature films, including:*

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* Australian television actresses Australian film actresses Living people Edith Cowan University alumni New Zealand film actresses New Zealand television actresses Australian people of New Zealand descent Australian actresses of Indian descent New Zealand people of Indian descent New Zealand television presenters Australian children's television presenters New Zealand children's television presenters Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian actresses Australian women television presenters New Zealand women television presenters {{Australia-screen-actor-stub