Wendy Strehlow
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Wendy Strehlow | |
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Born | 1958 (age 63–64) Australia |
Occupation | Actress (theatre and television) |
Years active | 1981-present |
Family | Sophie Hensser (daughter) |
Wendy Strehlow (c. 1958) is an Australian actress, particularly in soap opera and theatre, she has appeared in numerous TV series and tele-dramas but is probably best known for her role as the much loved nurse sister Judy Loveday in the television soap opera A Country Practice, from 1981 to 1986 (217 episodes), for which she won a Logie Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1985. From mid-2005 to 2008, she played the role of Paramedic Lorraine Tanner in the Seven Network medical drama All Saints. [1]
Television and theatre roles[]
Other TV credits include: E Street, Blue Heelers, McLeod's Daughters, Home and Away, A Step in the Right Direction and The Saddle Club.
She has appeared in numerous stage productions including, The Greening of Grace, Henry IV, The Memory of Water, Travesties and the pulitzer prize winning production, Clybourne Park.
Personal life[]
Strehlow is originally from the city of Rockhampton, Queensland. She took ballet lessons and joined Rockhampton Little Theatre at age 11, before studying drama at Flinders University in South Australia. She is married to a television sound technician. Her parents were both farmers who ran a bakery, and she is the mother of soap actress Sophie Hensser.[2]
Filmography[]
Title | Year | Role |
A Step in the Right Direction (TV movie) | 1981 | Robyn |
Hoodwink | 1981 | Martin's Sister |
For the Term of His Natural Life (TV miniseries) | 1983 | Jenny |
A Country Practice (TV series) | Judy Loveday | 1981-1986 217 episodes |
The Dirtwater Dynasty (TV miniseries) | 1988 | St. Lukes Sister |
How Wonderful (TV movie) | 1989 | ? |
Family and Friends (TV series) | 1990 | Janet Simmonds |
Act of Necessity (TV movie) | 1991 | Cressa Buchanan |
E Street | 1991 | Ruth Sloman |
G.P. (TV series) | 1992 | Alice Meyer |
Bay City (TV series) | 1993 | Sue Walker |
Ship to Shore (TV series) | 1993-1994 | Denise |
Bush Patrol (TV series) | 1996 | Maggie Dean |
National Justice: Heat | 1996 | Council Clerk |
Dead End | 1999 | Det. Maggie Layton |
Halifax f.p. (TV series) | 1999 | Carol Witherspoon |
Blue Heelers (TV series) | 1997-2000 | Maxine Ambrose/Anita Harvey |
The Saddle Club (TV series) | 2001 | Chelsea Owens |
Crash Zone (TV series) | 2001 | Mrs. Sparks |
Dalkeith | 2002 | Miss. Denham |
McLeod's Daughters (TV series) | 2002 | Helen |
Don't Blame the Koalas (TV series) | 2002 | Mrs. Krantz |
The Libertine (short) | 2005 | Woman |
Home and Away | 2002-2007 | Coroner/Jane Willis |
All Saints (TV series) | 2002-2008 | Lorraine Tanner |
Dear Diary (short) | 2009 | Rhonda |
The Storymaker (short) | 2009 | Grinning Goalkeeper |
Skit Box (TV series) | 2013 | ? |
Soul Mates (TV series) | 2014 | Cersei |
Here Come the Habibs! (TV series) | 2015 | Border Security |
Hyde and Seek' (TV miniseries) | 2016 | Elaine |
Drop Dead Weird (TV series) | 2017 | Aubrey |
On the Ropes (TV miniseries) | 2018 | Gloria |
Hardball' (TV series) | 2019 | Wanda |
Tales for Uncertain Times (TV series) | 2020 | Stepmother |
Remember my Name (TV series) | post production | Doctor Keats |
References[]
- ^ http://www.suebarnett.net/voices/women/wendy-strehlow/
- ^ Schipp, Debbie (6 May 2012). "Sophie Hensser finds acting is real family affair". DailyTelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
External links[]
- Wendy Strehlow at IMDb
- Holding the Mirror Up to Wendy - Interview with Wendy Strehlow (2014)
- 20th-century Australian actresses
- Australian stage actresses
- Australian television actresses
- Living people
- Logie Award winners
- 1958 births
- 21st-century Australian actresses
- Australian television actor stubs
- Australian television biography stubs