Meaghan Davies
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Meaghan Davies is an Australian born actor working internationally in film, television, radio, and stage. Based in London most recently, Meaghan Davies has returned to her native Australia to work on a variety of projects including the new animation series of Bananas in Pyjamas
where she voices Tomasina the Turtle. Meaghan is also currently the female voice of the Cartoon Network (Australasia) and Boomerang Channel (Australasia).
Meaghan's main body of work to date has been on the stage, performing for Belvoir
in five productions, for Queensland Theatre Company
, and as the lead role of Lucy in Nadia Tass
' musical production of "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
". She has also appeared in guest roles on a variety of television shows including All Saints
, Medivac
, and Cushion Kids
, and worked with directors including Neil Armfield
, Spike Jonze
, Nadia Tass
, Michael Kantor, Craig Handley, Karl Zwicky, Scott Feeney and Ian Munro.
In September 1998, Meaghan played alongside Geoffrey Rush
in the Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro
for the QTC. This was the opening production of the Optus Playhouse, at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre
at South Bank
in Brisbane
.
Bananas in Pyjamas
Bananas in Pyjamas is an Australian children's television show that premiered in July 1992 on ABC Television. It has since become syndicated in many different countries, and dubbed into other languages. In the United States, the "Pyjamas" in the title was modified to reflect the American spelling...
where she voices Tomasina the Turtle. Meaghan is also currently the female voice of the Cartoon Network (Australasia) and Boomerang Channel (Australasia).
Meaghan's main body of work to date has been on the stage, performing for Belvoir
Company B (theatre)
Belvoir is an Australian theatre company based at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney, Australia. Its Artistic Director is Ralph Myers.Belvoir receives government support for its activities from the federal government through the Major Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts and...
in five productions, for Queensland Theatre Company
Queensland Theatre Company
The Queensland Theatre Company was established in 1970 as the Royal Queensland Theatre Company. The Company is the state's flagship professional theatre company, headed up by multi-award winning playwright and director Wesley Enoch...
, and as the lead role of Lucy in Nadia Tass
Nadia Tass
Nadia Tass is a film director, producer and actress, originally from Macedonia, northern Greece, who moved to Australia in the 1960s. She began her career as an actress appearing in the television series Prisoner. Ms...
' musical production of "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. Published in 1950 and set circa 1940, it is the first-published book of The Chronicles of Narnia and is the best known book of the series. Although it was written and published first, it is second in the series'...
". She has also appeared in guest roles on a variety of television shows including 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...
, Medivac
Medivac (TV series)
Medivac was an Australian television drama series that ran on Network Ten from 1996 to 1998. There were 48 episodes produced. Medivac is an abbreviation of the term medical evacuation...
, and Cushion Kids
Cushion Kids
Cushion Kids is a computer-animated television show produced by Endemol that is seen daily on Tiny Pop. It is created by Hi-5, and is about five kids who are cushions...
, and worked with directors including Neil Armfield
Neil Armfield
Neil Geoffrey Armfield AO is an Australian director of theatre, film and opera.Born in Sydney, Armfield was the youngest of three boys. The son of a factory worker at the nearby Arnott's biscuit factory he was brought up in the suburb of Concord adjacent to Exile Bay...
, Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze is an American director, producer and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television...
, Nadia Tass
Nadia Tass
Nadia Tass is a film director, producer and actress, originally from Macedonia, northern Greece, who moved to Australia in the 1960s. She began her career as an actress appearing in the television series Prisoner. Ms...
, Michael Kantor, Craig Handley, Karl Zwicky, Scott Feeney and Ian Munro.
In September 1998, Meaghan played alongside Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Roy Rush is an Australian actor and film producer. He is one of the few people who has won the "Triple Crown of Acting": an Academy Award, a Tony Award and an Emmy Award. He has won one Academy Award for acting , three British Academy Film Awards , two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen...
in the Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro
Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata , K. 492, is an opera buffa composed in 1786 in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro .Although the play by...
for the QTC. This was the opening production of the Optus Playhouse, at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Queensland Performing Arts Centre
The Queensland Performing Arts Centre is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre and is located on the corner of Melbourne Street and Grey Street in Brisbane's South Bank precinct....
at South Bank
South Bank
South Bank is an area of London, England located immediately adjacent to the south side of the River Thames. It forms a long and narrow section of riverside development that is within the London Borough of Lambeth to the border with the London Borough of Southwark and was formerly simply known as...
in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
.