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Anita Hegh

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Anita Hegh
Born
Australia
Alma materNational Institute of Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present
Known forStingers, Janet King

Anita Hegh is an Australian actress, known for starring in the television series Stingers, Janet King, and the ABC drama Total Control (TV series).

Life and career

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Born on 11 May 1972 in Perth, Australia, her father was Norwegian and her mother is Estonian.[citation needed] Hegh has one brother, Arnold Hegh.[citation needed]

Hegh studied to be a teacher at Sydney University, where she joined the Sydney University Dramatic Society.[1] After auditioning for and being accepted into the National Institute of Dramatic Art, in Sydney, she changed her career path. Hegh studied drama at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1994,[2] and has rarely been out of work since.

After minor roles in Così (1996), Paradise Road (1997) and the children's television series Return to Jupiter, Hegh became well-known starring as Ellen 'Mac' Mackenzie on Stingers.

Hegh received an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, for her work in MDA.[citation needed] Other television credits include Last Man Standing, Valentine's Day, The Informant, Carlotta, Deep Water, My Place, McLeod's Daughters, Rescue Special Ops and Time of our Lives. She played a major role in two series of Janet King as Janet's colleague and lesbian lover, Bianca Grieve.

Her film credits include Stuffed, Maiden and Last Ride with Hugo Weaving.

Hegh works extensively in theatre. She won both a Helpmann and Sydney Theatre Award for The Wild Duck at Belvoir Street Theatre. She also won a Sydney theatre award for The City at the Sydney Theatre Company.[citation needed]

In 2017, after completing the second season of Janet King for the ABC, Hegh worked for the Sydney Theatre Company in Cloud Nine and also The Father (touring Melbourne Theatre Company) in 2017.[citation needed]

She won the 2018 Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for her role in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.[3]

In 2019 Hegh was announced as part of the cast for ABC political drama Total Control (TV series). Hegh would reprise the role for the third and final season in 2024. [4] [5] Hegh in 2022 appeared in ABC movie Here Out West.[6]

Personal life

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Married to Peter Evans (2001, Divorced 2007) Current partner: Jay McEvoy. Daughter: Edie Anne-Maret McEvoy (Born September, 2019)

Filmography

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Film

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Year TItle Role Note
1996 Cosi Waitress Feature film
1997 Paradise Road Bett Feature film
2003 The Forest Ashley TV movie
2004 Loot Cynthia Allen TV movie
2008 The Informant Christine Button TV movie
Scorched Linda TV movie
Valentine's Day Sarah Hayes TV movie
2009 Last Ride Maryanne Feature film
2009 The Diplomat Annabelle TV movie
2012 My Mind's Own Melody Jude Short film
2013 Maiden Kate Short film
2014 Stuffed Ellen Short film
The Killing Field[7] Diedre Hughes TV movie
2015 Legacy Jocelyn Short film
2018 Dots Barbara Short film
2020 I Met a Girl Patricia Feature film
2021 We Have Me Mum Short film
2022 Here Out West Sharon

Television

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Year TItle Role Note
1997 State Coroner Jody Zelco TV series, 1 episode
Return to Jupiter Samanther TV series, 13 episodes
1998 Wildside Jane Gilham TV series, 2 episodes
Water Rats Sally Bates TV series, 1 episode
1998-02 Stingers[8] Ellen 'Mac' Mackenzie TV series, 110 episodes
2005 MDA Julia Delvecchio TV series, 4 episodes
Last Man Standing Marly Logan TV series, 6 episodes
Holly's Heroes Dana TV series, 1 episode
2008 McLeod's Daughters Sharon Buckingham TV series, 2 episodes
2009 Rogue Nation Young Elizabeth Macarthur TV series, 1 episode
Darwin's Brave New World Caroline Darwin TV miniseries, 3 episodes
My Place Emma TV series, 1 episode
2010 Rescue: Special Ops Melissa Gardner TV series, 1 episode
2014 Carlotta[9] Evelyn Byron TV miniseries
The Moodys Hazel TV series, 2 episodes
The Doctor Blake Mysteries Susan Wouton TV series, 1 episode
2013-14 The Time of our Lives[10] Maryanne TV series, 13 episodes
2015 Catching Milat Alison Small TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2016 Home and Away Claire Lewis TV series, 6 episodes
VR Noir[11] Veronica Coltrane Video Game
Deep Water Cheryl Hampton TV series, 3 episodes
2016-17 Janet King[12] Bianca Grieve TV series, 16 episodes
2017 High Life Maggie Turner TV series, 6 episodes
2014-20 Black Comedy[13] Guest Cast TV series, 5 episodes
2022 Pieces of Her Cable Host TV series, 1 episode
Joe vs. Carole TV miniseries, 1 episode
Irreverent Charmaine TV miniseries, 3 episodes
Upright Chrysanthe TV series. 2 episodes
Pieces of Her Cable Host TV series, 1 episode
2021-22, 23 Bump Edith Chalmers TV series, 15 episodes
2023 In Limbo Detective Blythe TV series, 1 episode
In Our Blood Clara Jones TV series, 1 episode
2021, 2024 Total Control Helena Rossi TV series, 10 episodes

References

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  1. ^ Zuk, Tim "Stingers: Actor Profiles-AnitaTim Hegh ", Australian Television Information Archive, Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Alumni" Archived 14 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, National Institute of Dramatic Art, Retrieved 28 March 2010
  3. ^ "2018 Nominees | Helpmann Awards". helpmannawards.com.au. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  4. ^ Knox, David (June 2023). "Total Control filming third and final series | TV Tonight". TV Tonight.
  5. ^ Knox, David (31 May 2023). "Total Control filming third and final series | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  6. ^ Knox, David (16 September 2022). "Here Out West | TV Tonight". TV Tonight.
  7. ^ "The Killing Field | TV Tonight". 6 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Australian Television: Stingers: Cast".
  9. ^ "Jessica Marais protective of trail-blazer Carlotta | TV Tonight". 11 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Returning: The Time of our Lives | TV Tonight". 4 June 2014.
  11. ^ "VR Noir – Apps on Google Play".
  12. ^ "Returning: Janet King | TV Tonight". 23 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Returning: Black Comedy | TV Tonight". 20 January 2020.
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