Anna McGahan

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Anna McGahan
McGahan at the Call Me Fitz - FX Event at Swifts, Darling Point, Sydney, Feb 2012
Born	(1988-05-02) 2 May 1988 (age 33) Brisbane, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	QUT and AFTRS
Occupation	Actress playwright
Years active	2009–present
Notable work	Underbelly: Razor Anzac Girls
Spouse(s)	Jonathan Weir
Children	2

Anna McGahan (born 2 May 1988) is an Australian actress and playwright, who has appeared in Australian television, film and theatre.

She is best known for playing the roles of Nellie Cameron in the Australian television series, Underbelly: Razor (2011), Lucy in House Husbands (2012-2014), and Rose Anderson in The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2015-2018).

She received the Queensland Young Playwright's Award in 2008 and 2009, and was short-listed for the Queensland Premier's Drama Award in 2010, for her play 'He's Seeing Other People Now'. She co-wrote the immersive theatre piece 'The People of the Sun' with Joel McKerrow, which toured Melbourne and Sydney in 2016 and 2017.

In 2016 she was shortlisted for The Saturday Paper's national essay award, the Horne Prize.^[1]

Career[]

McGahan has appeared in Australian film, television and theatre. Her most notable appearance to date is starring as Nellie Cameron in the hit Australian TV series Underbelly: Razor, in which she plays a 16-year-old 1920s prostitute from a wealthy background who influenced some of the era's most powerful men, for which she won the Inside Film 'Out of the Box' Award and was nominated for two Logies.

In 2012 she received a 'Best Emerging Artist' Matilda Award for her performance in La Boite Theatre Company's Julius Caesar.

McGahan appeared in the 2012 film 100 Bloody Acres and Australian TV series "House Husbands" on the Nine Network in the same year.

On 27 June 2012, McGahan was awarded the Heath Ledger scholarship at the Australians in Film benefit in Los Angeles.

In 2014 she played Sister Olive Haynes in the six-part miniseries for ABC Television ANZAC Girls. Based closely on real characters, she plays opposite Brandon McClelland as the Australian soldier Norval 'Pat' Dooley, who married Haynes in 1917.

In May 2021, McGahan played Katharina in William Shakespeare's The taming of the shrew with Queensland Theatre (in the Bille Brown Theatre, Brisbane), directed by Damien Ryan.^[2] Petruchio was played by Nicholas Brown.

Personal life[]

McGahan grew up in Coorparoo, Queensland she went to Brisbane Girls Grammar School located in Brisbane City and studied for a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) at QUT, graduating in 2010. She subsequently relocated to Sydney. Growing up she was a dedicated ballet dancer and then began studying psychology upon finishing high school. It was then after in 2012 she moved again, this time in Melbourne.

Before moving to Melbourne, McGahan was against Christianity that served as her "own self-hatred". She converted to Christianity while reading a Gideon's Bible in a hotel room, which had a "series of spiritual encounters". She joined the Salvation Army in 2014 and works with several other local churches.^[3]

McGahan is also a playwright. She won the Queensland Theatre Company Young Playwright's Award in 2009 and 2010, and was shortlisted for the Queensland Premier's Drama Award in 2011. In 2012 she produced her full-length play He's Seeing Other People Now through the Metro Arts Independents Season in Brisbane.

McGahan married Jonathan Weir in April 2017.^[4] They welcomed their first child, Mercy Weir, in February 2018, born prematurely at 33 weeks.^[5]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Television[]

Awards and nominations[]

References[]

Sources[]

• QUT Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Australia.
• The Courier Mail - an Australian newspaper
• SMH The Sydney Morning Herald
• The Courier Mail - an Australian newspaper
• The Gatehouse^{[permanent dead link]} - Studio B
• Marquee

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External links[]

• Anna McGahan at IMDb