''Secretary'' is a 2006 Australian television film. It was the

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for a television series which had never produced.

Premise

A look at four secretaries and a receptionist at a law firm.

Cast

Pia Miranda Pia Miranda (born 15 June 1973) is an Australian actress whose career was launched with her role in the 2000 feature film '' Looking for Alibrandi'', an Australian film based on the novel of the same name by Melina Marchetta. She is also know ...

as Nadia Baranova *

Maeve Dermody Maeve Dermody ( ; born 2 November 1985) is a UK-based Australian actress. After a film appearance at 5 years old, her adult acting career has included work in Australian and British television, theatre, short films, and movies. She characterises ...

as Morgan Wells * Kimberley Davies as Annabel *

Jessica McNamee Jessica McNamee (born 16 June 1988) is an Australian actress. She rose to fame in Australia playing roles in the Seven Network television programs '' Home and Away'' and ''Packed to the Rafters''. From 2014 to 2015, she starred as patrol officer ...

as Lucy Tuckett * Ming-Zhu Hii as Tamara Streeter *

Vince Colosimo Vincenzo Colosimo (born 11 November 1966) is an Australian AFI Award winning stage, television and screen actor. He has worked in both Australia and the United States. He is of Italian descent and lives in Melbourne, Australia. He was previously ...

as Justin Gallagher * David Hoflin as Dick McKew * Peter O'Brien as Shane Cox *

Susie Porter Susie Porter (born 1970 or 1971) is an Australian television, film and theatre actress. She made her debut in the 1996 film '' Idiot Box'', before rising to prominence in films including '' Paradise Road'' (1997), ''Welcome to Woop Woop'' (1997) ...

as Aviva Bloch * Dave Roberts as Ken Kehoe

Production

Southern Star Entertainment made the pilot for Channel Ten. It was from the same producer as ''

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''. Filming began in June 2006 in Melbourne. Channel Ten passed on the series in September 2006. Network programmer David Mott said at the time the show had not "come up to a standard we were comfortable with". A copy of the pilot episode was uploaded to the internet for a time.Michael Bodey, "Snubbed pilot pops up online"
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'', 7 December 2006, accessed 1 April 2015

References

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External links

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