Tushka Bergen (born 1969, in

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, England) is an Australian actress who has worked in Australia, England, Germany and the United States. In 1988, she was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini Series for her role in '' Always Afternoon''. Her mother is New Zealander

Beverley Bergen Beverley Bergen is a New Zealand soprano opera singer and concert performer who was born in Dunedin and began her singing studies while a student at the University of Otago. Career She worked first as a television presenter and broadcaster for th ...

, a soprano opera singer and scriptwriter. Her father is Anthony Hose, a conductor and pianist. She is married to

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presenter John Vause, with whom she has one daughter, Katie Vause, born in 2004.

Select credits

*' (as Tushka Benthaak) (1981) *''

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome ''Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'' is a 1985 Australian post-apocalyptic dystopian action film directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie and written by Miller and Terry Hayes. It stars Mel Gibson and Tina Turner in a story of a lone roving war ...

'' (1985) *'' The Place at the Coast'' (1987) *'' Always Afternoon'' (1988) *'' Minnamurra'' (1989) *'' Swing Kids'' (1993) *''

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'' (1993) *''

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'' (1994) *'' Voices'' (1995) *'' Turning April'' (1996) *'' Invisible Child'' (TV Movie) (1999) *''

Journey to the Center of the Earth ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (french: Voyage au centre de la Terre), also translated with the variant titles ''A Journey to the Centre of the Earth'' and ''A Journey into the Interior of the Earth'', is a classic science fiction novel ...

'' (TV Mini-Series) (1999) *''

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'' (TV Show) (2000,2001) *'' Horseplay'' (2003)

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