SeaChange
Overview
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2001 on the ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton
Sigrid Thornton
Sigrid Thornton is an Australian multi-award winning actress.-Early years:Thornton was born in Canberra, the daughter of Merle, a teacher of women's studies and writer, and Neil Thornton, an academic. She spent most of her formative years growing up and attending school at St. Peter's Lutheran...
, David Wenham
David Wenham
David Wenham is an Australian actor who has appeared in movies, television series and theatre productions. He is known in Hollywood for his roles as Faramir in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Carl in Van Helsing and Dilios in 300 and Neil Fletcher in Australia...
, William McInnes
William McInnes
William McInnes is an Australian film and television actor and writer.-Television:After a recurring role on A Country Practice in 1990, McInnes appeared in series such as Bligh, Ocean Girl, and Snowy before making his name as Senior Constable Nick Schultz on Blue Heelers in 1994...
, John Howard
John Howard (Australian actor)
John Howard is an Australian stage and screen actor. Howard is best known for his appearances in the film The Club, and the television series SeaChange, Always Greener, All Saints and Packed To The Rafters.-Film:Howard's first role was in 1978's My Boys Are Good Boys, in a minor role...
, Tom Long
Tom Long (actor)
-Early life:Long was born on 3 August 1968 in the United States when his Australian parents were there at the time, and grew up on a farm near Benalla, Victoria...
and Kerry Armstrong
Kerry Armstrong
Kerry Michelle Armstrong is an Australian actress on film, television, and stage. She is one of only two actresses to win two Australian Film Institute Awards in the same year...
. The director was Michael Carson
Michael Carson (television director)
Michael Carson was an Australian television director who was responsible for some of Australia's most significant series in the last decades of the twentieth century...
.
Filming was based at Barwon Heads, Victoria
Barwon Heads, Victoria
Barwon Heads is a coastal township on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is situated on the west bank of the mouth of the Barwon River below Lake Connewarre, while it is bounded to the west by farmland, golf courses and the ephemeral saline wetland Murtnaghurt...
.
Starring:
- Sigrid ThorntonSigrid ThorntonSigrid Thornton is an Australian multi-award winning actress.-Early years:Thornton was born in Canberra, the daughter of Merle, a teacher of women's studies and writer, and Neil Thornton, an academic. She spent most of her formative years growing up and attending school at St. Peter's Lutheran...
as Laura Gibson - David WenhamDavid WenhamDavid Wenham is an Australian actor who has appeared in movies, television series and theatre productions. He is known in Hollywood for his roles as Faramir in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Carl in Van Helsing and Dilios in 300 and Neil Fletcher in Australia...
as Daniel Della BoscaDaniel Della BoscaDiver Dan is a fictional character on the popular Australian television drama SeaChange, portrayed by David Wenham.-Personal history:...
('Diver Dan') [episodes 1 - 14] - William McInnesWilliam McInnesWilliam McInnes is an Australian film and television actor and writer.-Television:After a recurring role on A Country Practice in 1990, McInnes appeared in series such as Bligh, Ocean Girl, and Snowy before making his name as Senior Constable Nick Schultz on Blue Heelers in 1994...
as Max ConnorsMax ConnorsMax Connors is a fictional character on the popular Australian television drama SeaChange, portrayed by William McInnes.-Character:...
[episodes 15 - 39] - John HowardJohn Howard (Australian actor)John Howard is an Australian stage and screen actor. Howard is best known for his appearances in the film The Club, and the television series SeaChange, Always Greener, All Saints and Packed To The Rafters.-Film:Howard's first role was in 1978's My Boys Are Good Boys, in a minor role...
as Bob Jelly - and Kerry ArmstrongKerry ArmstrongKerry Michelle Armstrong is an Australian actress on film, television, and stage. She is one of only two actresses to win two Australian Film Institute Awards in the same year...
as Heather Jelly
Also starring
In alphabetical order:
- Bruce Alexander as Sergeant Graham Grey
- Kate AtkinsonKate Atkinson (actress)Kate Atkinson is an Australian television, film and theatre actress. She is best known for her roles on television series SeaChange as Karen Miller and Offspring as Renee....
as Karen Miller - Alan CassellAlan CassellAlan Cassell is an Australian actor, born in the UK and best known for his roles in film and television.Cassell was one of the actors who worked in Bruce Beresford's early Australian films....
as Harold Fitzwalter - Paul English (actor) as Jack Gibson [episodes 1 - 13]
- Patrick Dickson as Jack Gibson [episode 14+]
- Jill ForsterJill Forster-Career:Fortster has been in numerous Australian television dramas including Motel, Number 96, The Box, The Restless Years, Starting Out, Prisoner, A Country Practice, The Flying Doctors, The Power, The Passion and SeaChange...
as Meredith Monahan - Alice GarnerAlice GarnerAlice Garner is an Australian actress, musician and historian.She is the daughter of Australian writer Helen Garner and writer and actor Bill Garner.-Acting life and career:...
as Carmen 'Lois Lane' Blake [episodes 3 - 13, 18 - 30] - Kevin Harrington as Kevin Findlay
- Tom LongTom Long (actor)-Early life:Long was born on 3 August 1968 in the United States when his Australian parents were there at the time, and grew up on a farm near Benalla, Victoria...
as Angus Kabiri - Christopher Lyons as Trevor Findlay
- Cassandra MagrathCassandra MagrathCassandra Magrath is an Australian actress, best known for her portrayal of Miranda Gibson in the Australian ABC 1998–2000 television series SeaChange and in the lead role in the 2005 Australian horror film Wolf Creek.-Early life:Magrath attended a drama class for a ten year period...
as Miranda Gibson - Kane McNay as Rupert Gibson
- Georgina Naidu as Phrani Gupta
- Cameron Nugent as Craig Jelly
- Bryony Price as Jules Jelly
- Brett Swain as Griff
- Richard RoxburghRichard RoxburghRichard Roxburgh is an Australian actor who has starred in many Australian films and has appeared in supporting roles in a number of Hollywood productions, usually as villains.-Early life:...
In the opening episode, "Something Rich and Strange", we are introduced to Laura Gibson, a neurotic corporate lawyer.