Sandy Gore (born 28 June 1950) is an Australian film, stage and television actress. She has had an extensive stage career in Australia with the

Melbourne Theatre Company The Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1953 as the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the Union Theatre at the University of Melbourne, it is the oldest professional theatre com ...

and Sydney Theatre Company including playing Vivian in '' Wit'' (2000) and Maria in ''

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'' (2010), reprising the latter role in New York in 2012.

Career

On television, Gore appeared in the hit series ''

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'' in 1980, as Kay White, the payroll-embezzling accountant who met a sticky end when her gambling addiction gets the better of her. Also, she has starred as Mother Ambrose in the 1991 mini-series ''

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'' and had guest roles in TV series such as ''

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'' and '' Farscape''. She played Heckla in the 1992 children's sci-fi series '' Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left''. She also appeared as Anja in '' Paws'' and as a guest role in ''

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''. She was nominated three times for the Australian Film Institute Award (now

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) for Best Supporting Actress, for her work in the Australian films ''

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'' (1982), ''

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'' (1983) and '' Street Hero'' (1984). She also appeared in ''

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'' (1988), ''

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'' (1992) and in the epic film '' Australia'' (2008) Gore has worked extensively with the

and the Sydney Theatre Company. Her stage roles include an acclaimed performance in the play '' Wit'' in 2000. She played Baptista in the 2009 Australian tour of ''The Taming of the Shrew'' with the

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, while in 2010, she was cast as Maria in the Sydney theatre company production of Chekhov's ''Uncle Vanya'', alongside Cate Blanchett and

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and reprised the role in 2012, when it transferred to New York at the

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theatre.

Filmography

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References

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* 1950 births Australian film actresses Australian stage actresses Australian television actresses Living people {{Australia-actor-stub