44 Notable alumni of
Edith Cowan University
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Edith Cowan University is 791st in the world, 16th in Oceania, and 12th in Australia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 44 notable alumni from Edith Cowan University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Hugh Jackman
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- executive producervoice actortelevision actormusicianfilm producer
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Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine in the X-Men film series (2000–2017, 2024), a role that earned him the Guinness World Record for "longest career as a live-action Marvel character", until his record was surpassed by Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier in May 2022. He has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and two Tony Awards, along with nominations for an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award. Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2019.
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Jai Courtney
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Jai Stephen Courtney is an Australian actor. He started his career with small roles in films and television series before being cast as Charlie in the action film Jack Reacher (2012). He has gone on to star in A Good Day to Die Hard (2013), I, Frankenstein (2014), and The Exception (2016).
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Dominic Purcell
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell is an Australian actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Lincoln Burrows in Fox's Prison Break (2005–2009; 2017), Mick Rory / Heat Wave in The CW's The Flash (2014–2016) and Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2021), as well as Drake / Dracula in Blade: Trinity (2004). He is also known for his role as Lewis "Lew" Brookbank in the 2004 film Three Way.
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Dacre Montgomery
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- film actoractor
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Dacre Kayd Montgomery-Harvey is an Australian actor. He is known for his roles as Billy Hargrove in the Netflix series Stranger Things (2017–2022), Jason Scott in the 2017 action film Power Rangers, and Steve Binder in the 2022 biographical film Elvis. In 2019, he released a podcast titled "DKMH," which features his own poetry.
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Tim Minchin
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- composersingercomedianstand-up comedianactor
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Timothy David Minchin AM is a British-born Australian comedian, actor, writer, musician, poet, composer, and songwriter.
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Frances O'Connor
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- film directorstage actorscreenwriterfilm actor
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Frances Ann O'Connor is a English–born Australian actress and director. She is best known for her roles in the films Mansfield Park, Bedazzled, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Timeline. O'Connor won an AACTA Award for her performance in Blessed, and also earned two Golden Globe Award nominations for her performances in Madame Bovary and The Missing. In 2022, her debut feature as writer and director, Emily was released.
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Viva Bianca
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- film actoractor
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Viva Bianca is an Australian actress best known for her role as Ilithyia on the Starz network series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Spartacus: Vengeance.
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Dustin Clare
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- television actorscreenwriterfilm actoractorfilm producer
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Dustin Clare is an Australian actor. He is known for his starring role as Gannicus in the Starz series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned, and as Riley Ward on the series McLeod's Daughters.
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Hélène Joy
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- television actorvoice actorfilm actoractor
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Hélène Joy is an Australian-born Canadian actress, who is best known for her work in television series Durham County and Murdoch Mysteries.
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Georgina Haig
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- film actoractor
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Georgina Haig is an Australian film and television actress, known for her roles in the Australian children's television series The Elephant Princess, as well as the American television series Fringe, Limitless and Once Upon a Time.
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Luke Arnold
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Luke Arnold is an Australian actor and author, who is well-known for portraying John Silver in the Starz drama series Black Sails.
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Jim Jefferies
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- writertelevision actorcomedianactorscreenwriter
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Geoff James Nugent, known professionally as Jim Jefferies, is an Australian comedian, actor, and writer who holds dual Australian and American citizenship. He created and starred in the American FX sitcom Legit (2013–2014) and the Comedy Central late-night show The Jim Jefferies Show (2017–2019).
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Shalom Brune-Franklin
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- actor
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Shalom Brune-Franklin is an English-born Australian actress known for playing Private Maisie Richards in the BBC series Our Girl, Umm Khulthum in The State, Ella in Love Me and Aoife in the Australian series Doctor Doctor.
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Eddie Perfect
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- television actoractor
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Eddie Perfect is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, comedian, writer and actor.
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Gemma Pranita
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- actor
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Gemma Pranita is a Thai-born Australian actress. Pranita was encouraged to join the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) by her drama teacher, and from 1999 to 2003, she competed at state level in the Shakespeare Globe Association's annual Shakespeare festival. Pranita formed a theatre company called Cry Havoc! with her best friend in 2006. After graduating from WAAPA, Pranita joined the Bell Shakespeare theatre company. She has also had roles in the films, Crush and Resistance. In September 2010, Pranita joined the cast of Australian soap opera Neighbours as Jade Mitchell. She departed the serial in August 2012 and reprised the role of Jade on 1 March 2019
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Adam Voges
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- cricketer
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Adam Charles Voges is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who played for the Australian national team at Test, One Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20I) level, and also captained Western Australia and Perth Scorchers in domestic cricket. Voges' Test match batting average of 61.87 is third among batsmen that have played a minimum of 20 innings behind Don Bradman and Harry Brook, who has played exactly 20 innings as of 31 July 2023. Voges was included in the 2016 ICC Test Match Team of the Year.
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Tammy MacIntosh
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- actorfilm actorstage actor
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Tammy MacIntosh is an Australian actress known for portraying Dr. Charlotte Beaumont in the medical drama All Saints and Jool in the TV series Farscape. She is also known for her roles on television series The Flying Doctors, Police Rescue, Sea Patrol, the television film McLeod's Daughters which led to the acclaimed drama series of the same title, and played the role of Kaz Proctor in the prison drama series Wentworth, until her departure in June 2019.
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Lisa McCune
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- actorfilm actorstage actor
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Lisa McCune is an Australian actress, known for her role in TV series Blue Heelers as Senior Constable Maggie Doyle, and in Sea Patrol as Lieutenant Kate McGregor RAN. She has won four Gold Logie Awards.
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Lucy Durack
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- actor
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Lucy Durack is an Australian actress, singer and television personality who played Glinda in the Australian production of Wicked, and Elle Woods in the Australian production of Legally Blonde: The Musical. She starred as Tugger in Australian television drama Doctor Doctor in 2016 and as Roxy Karibas in Sisters in 2017.
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Paul Paddick
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- actor
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Paul Andrew Paddick is an Australian singer and actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Captain Feathersword, "the friendly pirate", a character associated with the children's band the Wiggles, where he eventually came to be known as "the fifth Wiggle".
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Marcus Graham
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Marcus Graham is an Australian film, television and stage actor, writer and director, with roles including Mulholland Drive and Josh Jarman. He was known as a teenage heartthrob in the early 1990s while starring in the Australian TV soap E Street as the character Stanley 'Wheels' Kovac He is also known for his role as Harvey Ryan in Home and Away
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Georgie Gardner
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- journalist
- Biography
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Georgie Gardner is an Australian television and news presenter and journalist.
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Musa Aman
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- politician
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Musa Bin Haji Aman is a Malaysian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister, State Minister of Finance from March 2003 to May 2018, Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Sibuga from February 1994 to September 2020, the former State Chairman of Barisan Nasional (BN) and United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) of Sabah. In April 2023, He become the direct member of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS). He is the longest-serving Chief Minister of Sabah by holding the position for 15 years and is the older half brother of Anifah Aman, the Special Advisor to the Chief Minister of Sabah on International Relations and Foreign Investments, President of Love Sabah Party (PCS) and former Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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Anne Aly
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- academicpoliticianuniversity teacherpolitical scientist
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Anne Azza Aly is an Australian politician who has been a Labor member of the House of Representatives since the 2016 election, representing the electorate of Cowan in Western Australia. Aly is currently the Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth in the Albanese ministry.
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Stella Donnelly
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- guitaristsinger-songwriter
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Stella Donnelly is a Welsh-Australian indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. After the success of her debut EP Thrush Metal in 2017, she signed with Secretly Canadian in 2018. She released her debut studio album Beware of the Dogs to critical acclaim in March 2019, peaking at number 15 on the ARIA Album Charts, and winning Independent Album of the Year at the AIR Awards. Her second studio album, Flood, was released in August 2022, debuting at number 29 on the ARIA Charts.
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Meg Mac
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- musiciansinger-songwriter
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Megan Sullivan McInerney, known by her stage name Meg Mac, is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. She signed to littleBIGMAN Records in 2014, locally, and 300 Entertainment in the United States.
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Nick Kay
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- basketball player
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Nicholas Colin Kay is an Australian professional basketball player for Shimane Susanoo Magic of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the Metro State Roadrunners before beginning his professional career in the National Basketball League (NBL). He won two NBL championships with the Perth Wildcats in 2019 and 2020. He also won a New Zealand NBL championship and league MVP honours with the Wellington Saints in 2019. In 2021, he won a bronze medal with the Australian national team at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Nic Westaway
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Nicholas Westaway is an Australian actor and singer. From 2012 until 2016, he starred as Kyle Braxton in the soap opera Home and Away.
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Ben O'Toole
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- film actor
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Ben O'Toole is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as Rex Coen in Bloody Hell, his recurring roles in several Australian TV series such as Amazing Grace, as well as for his supporting roles in films such as Hacksaw Ridge and 12 Strong (2018).
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Deidre Brock
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- politician
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Deidre Leanne Brock is an Australian-born Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh North and Leith in May 2015 — the first SNP representative to hold the seat at either a Westminster or Scottish Parliament level. She has been the SNP House of Commons Business Spokesperson since December 2022.
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Simon Lyndon
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- film actoractor
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Simon Lyndon is an English-born Australian actor and director who grew up in Fremantle, Western Australia. He is a WAAPA graduate.
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Ashley Hansen
- Years
- 1983-.. (age 41)
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- Australian rules football player
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Ashley Hansen is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL), and has been an assistant coach in the AFL since 2013.
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Linda May Han Oh
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- composerdouble-bassistjazz musicianjazz bassist
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Linda May Han Oh is an Australian jazz bassist and composer. She is currently Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music and is also part of the Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice.
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Ben Lewis
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- actor
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Ben Lewis is an Australian actor and baritenor. His most well-known role is The Phantom of the Opera in the original Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies. In 2017 and 2018, he reprised the role in Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera in the original West End production.
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Terry Mills
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- politician
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Terence Kennedy Mills is an Australian politician. He served as chief minister of the Northern Territory from 2012 to 2013 and was leader of the Country Liberal Party (CLP) from 2003 to 2005 and 2008 to 2012.
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John Tonkin
- Enrolled in Edith Cowan University
- Studied in 1921-1922
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
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John Trezise Tonkin was an Australian politician who was the premier of Western Australia from 3 March 1971 to 8 April 1974. He was a minister in the governments of John Willcock, Frank Wise and Bert Hawke, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from April 1933 to February 1977, making him the longest serving member of the Parliament of Western Australia as of 2021.
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Stephen Dawson
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- politician
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Stephen Noel Dawson is an Australian politician who has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia since 2013, representing the Mining and Pastoral Region. He is the current Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Innovation and the Digital Economy, Minister for Medical Research, Science, Minister assisting the Minister for State and Industry Development, Jobs and Trade, and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council.
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Salem Al Ketbi
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- political scientistauthor
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Salem Al Ketbi is an Emirati political analyst, researcher and opinion writer. Al Ketbi has a Ph.D. in Public Law and Political Science from the Hassan II University, Casablanca, for his thesis titled "Political and religious propaganda and leadership through the social media in the Arab World".
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Nicholas Papademetriou
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Nicholas Papademetriou is an Australian actor of Greek Cypriot descent with many television, film and theatre credits. He is a graduate of Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He has had an extensive career in film and television since he graduated in 1984, but is best known as a stage actor, having appeared in productions in Australia, London, New York and Edinburgh.
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Gretel Scarlett
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- actor
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Gretel Scarlett Jahnke, known as Gretel Scarlett (born 9 November 1987) is an Australian actress and performer. Having appeared in theatre productions including Wicked and Mamma Mia!, she is best known for starring as Sandy in the 2013–2015 Australian production of Grease and Kathy Selden in the 2016/2017 Australian production of Singin' in the Rain which opened at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne. She most recently appeared in Disney's Frozen as the Elsa understudy.
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Mark Gasser
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- pianist
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Mark Gasser is a British concert pianist.
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Alice Ingley
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- archer
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Alice Ingley is an Australian archer from Western Australia. She competes for the Yokine Archery Club, and made her national debut in 2007 at the Australian Junior National Championships. She first competed internationally in 2009 at the World Cup 2 in Turkey.
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Karla Hart
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- performing artist
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Karla Hart is a writer, film-maker, dancer, actress and director and has been the event coordinator for Wardarnji Festival 2011- 2015. She is currently the drive time presenter for Noongar Radio, which broadcasts in Perth, Western Australia.
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Marcella Polain
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- writerpoet
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Marcella Polain is an Australian-resident poet, novelist and short fiction writer.
