Fiona Corke
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Fiona Corke is an Australian actress best known for her role as Gail Robinson on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
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Corke continued to guest star on a variety of prime time shows, and had a recurring role as Trudi Dawson on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
drama SeaChange
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After a cameo appearance as Gail on Neighbours in 2005, Corke returned for guest appearances in 2006 and 2007.
Fiona will appear in a forthcoming episode of police drama City Homicide.
while they were both appearing on Neighbours in 1987. The couple did not go public with their relationship until he left the show in 1988, fearing their real-life romance would confuse viewers.
Corke is a well known animal activist and campaigner for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
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Career
Corke began her career with a minor role in the film 'I Live with Me Dad'. She then had a role in Prisoner Cell Block H in 1986, and after that she joined the cast of Neighbours, playing Gail Lewis/Robinson from 1987 to 1989.Corke continued to guest star on a variety of prime time shows, and had a recurring role as Trudi Dawson on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
drama SeaChange
SeaChange
SeaChange was a popular Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2001 on the ABC. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard, Tom Long and Kerry Armstrong...
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After a cameo appearance as Gail on Neighbours in 2005, Corke returned for guest appearances in 2006 and 2007.
Fiona will appear in a forthcoming episode of police drama City Homicide.
Personal life
Corke met her husband Nick CarrafaNick Carrafa
Nick Carrafa is an Australian actor best known for his television roles as Tony Romeo on the Australian soap opera Neighbours and Alfredo on the comedy series Acropolis Now.-Career:...
while they were both appearing on Neighbours in 1987. The couple did not go public with their relationship until he left the show in 1988, fearing their real-life romance would confuse viewers.
Corke is a well known animal activist and campaigner for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Roles
- I Live with Me Dad (Nursing Sister – 1985)
- Prisoner (TV series)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...
(Alison Mills – 1986) - NeighboursNeighboursNeighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
(Gail Lewis Robinson – 1987–1989; 2005; 2006; 2007) - A Slow Night at the Kuwaiti Cafe (1992)
- Cluedo (game show)Cluedo (game show)Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a reenactment of the murder at the stately home Arlington Grange of a visiting guest was played and, through a combination of interrogating the suspects and deduction, celebrity guests had to discover who...
(Jan Mustard – 1992) - The Man from Snowy River (TV series)The Man From Snowy River (TV series)The Man from Snowy River is an Australian television series based on Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River". Released in Australia as Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River, the series was subsequently released in the United States as Snowy River: The McGregor Saga.The television...
(Lola Hatton – 1993) - Phoenix (TV series)Phoenix (TV series)Phoenix is an Australian police drama television series. Phoenix screened as two thirteen-part series on Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1992 and 1993....
(Dog 1 – 1993) - Gross Misconduct (Det. Coote – 1993)
- Undying (Cara – 1994)
- Police RescuePolice RescuePolice Rescue was an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by ABC and Southern Star Xanadu in association with the BBC....
(Sandra – 1995) - Halifax f.p: Cradle and All (Christine – 1996)
- Flynn (Miss Taylor – 1996)
- Mercury (Karin Grunewald – 1996)
- Blue HeelersBlue HeelersBlue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :...
(Thea Copeland – 1997) - Driven Crazy (Rhonda – 1998)
- SeaChangeSeaChangeSeaChange was a popular Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2001 on the ABC. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard, Tom Long and Kerry Armstrong...
(Trudi Dawson – 1998–2000) - Halifax f.p: The Spider and the Fly (Lisa McNamara – 2000)
- The Saddle ClubThe Saddle ClubThe Saddle Club is a children's television series based on the books written by Bonnie Bryant and is an Australia/Canada co-production. Like the book series, the scripted live action series follows the lives of three teenage girls in training to compete in equestrian competitions at the fictional...
(Dee Marsden – 2001) - Short Cuts (Elisa Bennett – 2002)
- City Homicide (Judith Wellings – 2007, 2008)