Louise Le Nay is an Australian actress and writer, known for her role as Sandy Edwards in ''

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'' (1981–82), and Stella Stinson, Kim's adoptive mother in '' Lift Off'' (1992–95). Her novel, ''The Hero'', was published in 1996.

Career

Le Nay played Sandy Edwards in ''

'', in a role which spanned the end of 1981 and the beginning of 1982 on screen. In the show, Sandy became Top Dog whilst Bea Smith was in hospital, and was a popular and key character. Whilst working on the series, she discovered that she was pregnant and eventually left to have her daughter, Victoria. She later acted with her daughter when she had a guest role in ''

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'' in 1983, playing a single mother. At the end of 1985 Le Nay was appearing as Barbara Hill in the original run of ''

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'', when it was still screened by Australia's

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. Although not a main character, she played a key role in the run up to what was intended to be the show's final episode (episode 171) as the new girlfriend of respectable villain Charles Durham who planned to kill the first wife of Paul Robinson, Terry. Le Nay's novel, ''The Hero'' was published in 1996 by

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. She later moved into writing for television, writing scripts as well as progressing from a story liner to script editor for the popular series ''

'' during the time the show achieved its peak rating performance success when character

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was cheating on his wife with his receptionist. She also worked as a script editor on ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Filmography

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* Australian film actresses Australian soap opera actresses Living people 20th-century Australian actresses National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni 21st-century Australian women 21st-century Australian people 1957 births {{Australia-tv-actor-stub