Anita Hegh is an Australian actress, known for starring as Ellen 'Mac' Mackenzie in the television series '' Stingers'' and most recently Bianca Grieve in '' Janet King''.

Personal life

Her father was

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, and her mother is

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. Hegh has one brother, Arnold Hegh. Hegh studied to be a teacher at

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, where she joined the Sydney University Dramatic Society.Zuk, Tim
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, '' Australian Television Information Archive'', Retrieved 19 April 2010. After auditioning for and being accepted into the

National Institute of Dramatic Art The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is an Australian educational institution for the performing arts is based in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 1958, many of Australia's leading actors and directors trained at NIDA, including Cat ...

, in Sydney, she changed her career path. Hegh studied drama at the

, graduating in 1994,"Alumni"
, ''

'', Retrieved 28 March 2010 and has rarely been out of work since.

Career

After minor roles in ''

Così ''Così'' is a play by Australian playwright Louis Nowra which was first performed in 1992 at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney, Australia. Set in a Melbourne mental hospital in 1971, ''Così'' is semi-autobiographical, and is the sequel to his pr ...

'' (1996), '' Paradise Road'' (1997) and the children's television series ''

Return to Jupiter ''Return to Jupiter'' was an Australian television series, a 13-part follow-up to ''Escape from Jupiter''. It aired in Australia from 23 March to 15 June 1997. Plot After their escape from Io, Michael, Kumiko, Gerard and Anna, last seen in ''E ...

'', Hegh became well-known starring as Ellen 'Mac' Mackenzie on '' Stingers''. Hegh received an

Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role The AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is an accolade given by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote, and celebrate Australia's greatest ach ...

, for her work in

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. Other television credits include '' Last Man Standing'', ''Valentine's Day'', ''The Informant'', ''Carlotta'', ''Deep Water'', ''My Place'', ''

McLeod's Daughters ''McLeod's Daughters'' is an Australian drama television series created by Posie Graeme-Evans and Caroline Stanton for the Nine Network, which aired from 8 August 2001, to 31 January 2009, lasting eight seasons. It stars Lisa Chappell and Brid ...

'', ''Rescue Special Ops'' and ''Time of our Lives''. She played a major role in two series of '' Janet King'' as Janet’s colleague and lesbian lover, Bianca Grieve. Her film credits include ''Stuffed'', ''Maiden'' and '' Last Ride'' with

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. Hegh works extensively in theatre. She won both a Helpmann and Sydney Theatre Award for ''

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'' at

Belvoir Street Theatre Belvoir is an Australian theatre company based at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney, Australia, originally known as Company B. Since 2016 and its artistic director is Eamon Flack. The theatre contains a 330-seat Upstairs Theatre and a 80-seat ...

. She also won a Sydney theatre award for ''The City'' at the

Sydney Theatre Company Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is an Australian theatre company based in Sydney, New South Wales. The company performs in The Wharf Theatre at Dawes Point in The Rocks area of Sydney, as well as the Roslyn Packer Theatre (formerly Sydney Thea ...

. In 2017, after completing the second season of Janet King for the ABC, Hegh worked for the Sydney Theatre Company in '' Cloud Nine'' and also ''The Father'' (touring Melbourne Theatre Company) in 2017. She won the 2018

Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play The Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play is a theatre award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2003. In the following list, winners are listed first and marked in gold, ...

for her role in ''

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui ''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'' (german: Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui, links=no), subtitled "A parable play", is a 1941 play by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. It chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional 1930s Chicago m ...

''.

References

External links

*
Anita Hegh Fan
Anita Hegh Fan page

page at Malthouse Theatre.

2009-10-25) in Stingers, Stingers Undercover. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hegh, Anita 1972 births Living people AACTA Award winners Australian people of Scandinavian descent Australian people of Norwegian descent Australian people of Estonian descent Australian television actresses Helpmann Award winners National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni University of Sydney alumni