Rebecca Smart
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Rebecca Elizabeth Smart (born 30 January 1976) is an Australian actress born in Tamworth
, Australia.
Smart has performed in movies like The Coca-Cola Kid
, Violet's Visit and Blackrock
as well as television shows and miniseries like Elly & Jools
, The Shiralee
and Water Rats
.
She won the Most Popular Actress in a Miniseries/Telemovie Silver Logie at the Logie Award
s for her performance in the 1987 Australian Miniseries The Shiralee. She was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Australian Film Institute
Awards and the Film Critics Circle of Australia
Awards for her performance in Blackrock.
Tamworth, New South Wales
Tamworth is a city in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Peel River, Tamworth, which contains an estimated population of 47,595 people, is the major regional centre for southern New England and in the local government area of Tamworth Regional Council. The city...
, Australia.
Smart has performed in movies like The Coca-Cola Kid
The Coca-Cola Kid
The Coca Cola Kid is a romantic comedy Australian film, released in 1985. It was directed by Dušan Makavejev and starred Eric Roberts and Greta Scacchi. The film is based on short stories in The Americans, Baby, and The Electrical Experience by Frank Moorhouse, who wrote the screenplay...
, Violet's Visit and Blackrock
Blackrock (film)
Blackrock is a 1997 Australian film directed by Steven Vidler and written by Nick Enright. Internationally, it is best remembered as the first prominent role of actor Heath Ledger.-Origin:...
as well as television shows and miniseries like Elly & Jools
Elly & Jools
Elly & Jools is an Australian children's television series that originally aired on the Nine Network in 1990. It starred Rebecca Smart as Elinor 'Elly' Lockett and Clayton Williamson as Julian 'Jools' Trevaller...
, The Shiralee
The Shiralee (1987 film)
The Shiralee is a 1987 Australian TV film directed by George Ogilvie, based on the novel of the same name by D'Arcy Niland.-External links:*...
and Water Rats
Water Rats (TV series)
Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney...
.
She won the Most Popular Actress in a Miniseries/Telemovie Silver Logie at the Logie Award
Logie Award
The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award, the name 'Logie' awards honours John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...
s for her performance in the 1987 Australian Miniseries The Shiralee. She was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Australian Film Institute
Australian Film Institute
The Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
Awards and the Film Critics Circle of Australia
Film Critics Circle of Australia
The Film Critics Circle of Australia is a group of cinema critics that judge Australian films.-External links:**...
Awards for her performance in Blackrock.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
---|---|---|---|
1984 | Cowra Breakout (TV) | Shirley Murphy | |
1985 | Winners: Top Kid (TV) | Jennie Nelson | |
The Coca-Cola Kid The Coca-Cola Kid The Coca Cola Kid is a romantic comedy Australian film, released in 1985. It was directed by Dušan Makavejev and starred Eric Roberts and Greta Scacchi. The film is based on short stories in The Americans, Baby, and The Electrical Experience by Frank Moorhouse, who wrote the screenplay... |
DMZ | ||
The Empty Beach | Little Girl | ||
1987 | Echoes of Paradise (TV) | Tessa | aka Shadows of the Peacock |
The Shiralee The Shiralee (1987 film) The Shiralee is a 1987 Australian TV film directed by George Ogilvie, based on the novel of the same name by D'Arcy Niland.-External links:*... |
Buster | aka Macaulay's Daughter | |
1988 | Celia Celia (film) Celia is a 1988 Australian drama film written and directed by Ann Turner.-Plot:Set in rural Australia in the 1950s amidst the Red Scare and a rabbit plague, it stars Rebecca Smart as troubled nine year old Celia as the movie follows her descent into madness.-Cast:* Rebecca Smart as Celia... |
Celia Carmichael | aka Celia: Child of Terror (US Title) |
Spit MacPhee (TV) | Sadie Tree | ||
1990 | Come In Spinner (TV) | Luen | |
Elly & Jools Elly & Jools Elly & Jools is an Australian children's television series that originally aired on the Nine Network in 1990. It starred Rebecca Smart as Elinor 'Elly' Lockett and Clayton Williamson as Julian 'Jools' Trevaller... |
Elinor "Elly" Lockett | ||
More Winners: Mr Edmund (TV) | Cherry | ||
1991 | Eggshells (TV) | Zoe Rose | |
1992 | Clowning Around | Linda Crealy | |
1993 | Say A Little Prayer | Lynne | |
1995 | Violet's Visit | Violet | |
1996 | House Gang (TV) | V.J. | 2 episodes |
Heartbreak High Heartbreak High Heartbreak High is an Australian television series that ran for seven years from 1994 to 1999. The series dealt with the students of Hartley High, a tough high school in a multi-racial area of Sydney, and proved to be a more gritty and fast-paced show than many of its contemporaries... (TV) |
Melanie Black | multiple episodes from 1996–1997 | |
1997 | Blackrock Blackrock (film) Blackrock is a 1997 Australian film directed by Steven Vidler and written by Nick Enright. Internationally, it is best remembered as the first prominent role of actor Heath Ledger.-Origin:... |
Cherie Milenko | |
Doom Runners Doom Runners Doom Runners is an Australian science fiction television children's film.The story concerns a group of children in a post-apocalyptic world searching for the last unpolluted place on Earth, New Eden. However, the Doom Troopers , led by Dr. Kao , want to get there first and will do anything to stop... (TV) |
Lizzie | ||
1998 | Murder Call (TV) | Claudine Kent | 1 episode |
1999 | Tom's Funeral | Rebecca | |
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... |
Charlotte 'Charlie' Wilde | 1 episode | |
2000 | Water Rats Water Rats (TV series) Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney... |
Constable Donna Janevski | 60 episodes from 2000–2001 |
2004 | Blue Heelers Blue Heelers Blue 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 :... (TV) |
Dana | 1 episode |