Saskia Post (1 August 1960 – 16 March 2020) was a US-born Australian actress. She is best known for her

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in the 1986 film ''

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''. Post also acted in the 1985 film ''

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'' and the 1991 film '' Proof'', as well as numerous Australian television series.

Biography

Saskia Post was born in

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, in 1961. Her Dutch parents moved between America and Japan, before settling in Australia in 1975. At high school she studied acting and singing and after completing high school she spent a year attending acting workshops and dance classes in Sydney. Post then commenced a degree course in drama and arts at the

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but gave it up after 12 months to attend a full-time course at the Drama Studio in 1981. Shortly after completing the course she obtained her first television role as Julianna Sleven, a Dutch refugee, in ''

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'', an Australian

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about an average middle-class

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family and the effect World War II had on their lives. Post moved to Melbourne and worked on the series for 12 months before leaving in 1984 to take part in the

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film ''

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'', in which she played Eva, a Czech-born bank teller. In 1985, Post appeared in the

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winning film ''

'' as Honey Barbara's daughter. This was followed in 1986 with a feature role in the

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film ''

'', a story about a group of young musicians and music fans sharing a house in the inner

suburb of

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. In the film Post played the role of Anna, the girlfriend of Sam (

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). Post also appeared in numerous stage productions in Melbourne and Sydney, including ''Hating Alison Ashley'', ''Salome'', ''Endgrain'', ''Train to Transcience'', ''Could I Have this Dance?'', ''In Angel Gear'', ''Figures in Glass'', ''Skin'' and ''Vincent in Brixton''. Post also worked as a transpersonal art therapist and educator. Post died following a cardiac arrest at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne on 16 March 2020.

Filmography

References

External links

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Official Michael Hutchence Memorial Website , Saskia Post
{{DEFAULTSORT:Post, Saskia 1961 births 2020 deaths People from Martinez, California Actresses from California 20th-century Australian actresses American emigrants to Australia Australian people of Dutch descent 21st-century American women