Anna Hruby
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Anna Hruby is an Australian actress who has appeared in many Australian television series and theatre productions.
Hruby first achieved recognition for her role in Prisoner
as Paddy Lawson. She has also appeared in TV series such as Sons and Daughters
as Tracy Kingsford, A Country Practice
, All Saints
and mini-series such as The Harp in the South, Poor Man's Orange
and Seven Little Australians
.
More recently, she was a regular cast member on Home and Away
playing Judith Ackroyd and Fireflies
playing Rebekah Sharp.
Hurby has also worked as a voiceover artist in advertisements, television network promotions for Foxtel
, the Channel 7
.
Anna is also the current Telstra
voice artist, and is commonly known as 'The Telstra Lady', as she provides a large marjorty of recorded messages at Telstra, such as your call could not be connected, and other menu prompts.
She is the daughter of Joy Hruby, a recipient of an OAM
, and is also mother to Polly Cheshire.
Hruby first achieved recognition for her role in Prisoner
Prisoner (TV series)
Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison. The series was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and ran on Network Ten for 692 episodes from 27 February 1979 to 11 December 1986.The series was inspired by the 1970s...
as Paddy Lawson. She has also appeared in TV series such as Sons and Daughters
Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)
Sons and Daughters was a Logie Award winning Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation between 1981 and 1987. The first episode aired in December 1981, during the Christmas/New Year non-ratings period, and the official broadcast date of the final...
as Tracy Kingsford, A Country Practice
A Country Practice
A Country Practice is an Australian television drama series. One of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, it ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping,...
, All Saints
All Saints (TV series)
All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009...
and mini-series such as The Harp in the South, Poor Man's Orange
Poor Man's Orange
Poor Man's Orange is a novel by New Zealand born Australian author Ruth Park. Published in 1949, the book is the sequel to The Harp in the South and continues the story of the Darcy family, living in the Surry Hills area of Sydney....
and Seven Little Australians
Seven Little Australians
Seven Little Australians is a classic Australian children's novel by Ethel Turner. Set mainly in Sydney in the 1880s, it relates the adventures of the seven mischievous Woolcot children, their stern army father Captain Woolcot and flighty stepmother Esther.In 1994 the novel was the only book by an...
.
More recently, she was a regular cast member on Home and Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
playing Judith Ackroyd and Fireflies
Fireflies (TV series)
Fireflies is an Australian television show which aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia and RTÉ One in Ireland. It debuted on 7 February 2004 and screened as 22 episodes. The series was set in the fictional country town of Lost River, population 487...
playing Rebekah Sharp.
Hurby has also worked as a voiceover artist in advertisements, television network promotions for Foxtel
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, operating cable, direct broadcast satellite television and IPTV services. It was formed in 1995 through a joint venture established between Telstra and News Corporation....
, the Channel 7
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
.
Anna is also the current Telstra
Telstra
Telstra Corporation Limited is an Australian telecommunications and media company, building and operating telecommunications networks and marketing voice, mobile, internet access and pay television products and services....
voice artist, and is commonly known as 'The Telstra Lady', as she provides a large marjorty of recorded messages at Telstra, such as your call could not be connected, and other menu prompts.
She is the daughter of Joy Hruby, a recipient of an OAM
Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
, and is also mother to Polly Cheshire.