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All Saints (season 11)
The eleventh season of the long-running Australian medical drama '' All Saints'' began airing on 12 February 2008 and concluded on 25 November 2008 with a total of 40 episodes. Plot The 11th season opens with the majority of the team held hostage in the Emergency Department at gunpoint, the hospital's pathology lab exploding and a drug robbery underway. This is the All Saints team at its best, with patients to keep alive while their own safety is at risk. The siege unlocks a memory Von Ryan has managed to keep buried for decades and must now deal with. Despite this, Von is supportive when Bart West falls deeply in love with a woman whom he diagnoses with cancer and then later dies. Mike Vlasek donates a kidney to his son and must deal with post-op pain when he can't have morphine. A volatile triangle is formed between Steve Taylor, Gabrielle Jaeger, and Jack Quade with the men coming to blows when personal agendas spill into the professional arena. And finally Dan Goldman and E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Network
Seven Network (stylised 7Network, and commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is an Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of the five main free-to-air television networks in Australia. The network's headquarters are located in Sydney. As of 2014, it was the second-largest network in the country in terms of population reach. Seven Network shows various nonfiction shows—such as news broadcasts (''Seven News'') and sports programming—as well as fiction shows. In 2011, the network won all 40 out of 40 weeks of the ratings season for total viewers, being the first to achieve this since the introduction of the OzTAM ratings system in 2001. As of 2024, Seven Network is the highest-rated television network nationally, in Australia, ahead of the Nine Network, ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV, Network 10 and SBS (Australian TV channel), SBS. Hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celeste Barber
Celeste Barber (born 1982) is an Australian comedian and media personality. Early life and education Celeste Barber was born around 1982 and grew up in Terranora, on the far north coast of New South Wales coast. She has one sibling, a sister, Olivia. She was diagnosed with ADD at the age of 16, while attending Saint Joseph's College, Tweed Heads. Leaving school and home aged 17, she trained in acting at drama school at University of Western Sydney's Theatre Nepean (no longer in existence), graduating in 2002. Career Acting Barber became known for her role of paramedic Bree Matthews in the TV show '' All Saints'' (2005–2009), and for her roles in ''Office Correctness'' (a short video) and '' How Not to Behave''. Barber was a sketch writer/performer on '' The Matty Johns Show''. She stars in the lead role of the 2023 Netflix comedy '' Wellmania'', which is an adaptation of journalist Brigid Delaney's memoir, ''Wellmania: Misadventures in the Search for Wellness''. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Depression (mood)
Depression is a mental state of low Mood (psychology), mood and aversion to activity. It affects about 3.5% of the global population, or about 280 million people worldwide, as of 2020. Depression affects a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings, and subjective well-being, sense of well-being. The pleasure or joy that a person gets from certain experiences is reduced, and the afflicted person often experiences a loss of motivation or interest in those activities. People with depression may experience sadness, feelings of dejection or hopelessness, difficulty in thinking and concentration, or a significant change in appetite or time spent sleeping; Suicidal ideation, suicidal thoughts can also be experienced. Depression can have multiple, sometimes overlapping, origins. Depression can be a symptom of some mood disorders, some of which are also commonly called ''depression'', such as major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and dysthymia. Additionally, depression can be a norm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Dayman
Leslie Calmond Dayman (19 January 1933 – 20 October 2023), credited as Les Dayman, was an Australian actor with a career spanning over 50 years, he was best known for his performances on television (serials and telemovies) and film, major small screen roles including ''Homicide'', ''Prisoner'', '' Sons and Daughters'', and '' E Street''. Early life Leslie Calmond Dayman was born at Burn Brae Private Hospital in Footscray, Melbourne, on 19 January 1933. He was the son of Ria Dilks and Les "Bro" Dayman, whose address is given as 49 Napier Street, Footscray. His father was an Australian Rules footballer who played in both the South Australian Football League and Victorian Football League for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Footscray Football Club, and the baby's birth was announced in the ''Adelaide Advertiser''. Career Dayman started his career in theatre in 1955 and thereafter worked as an actor, director and narrator. Television roles Dayman was best known as a stap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Dean
Nathaniel Dean (born 24 January 1975) is an Australian actor and voiceover artist. His most recent performances include Sergeant Hallett in Ridley Scott's '' Alien: Covenant'' (2017), as well as colonial Australian settler William Thornhill in ''The Secret River'' for the Sydney Theatre Company. In 2002, he won an AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Tony Ayres' acclaimed '' Walking on Water''. Dean has performed in numerous stage plays, TV series, short films and Australian feature films. He has been the voice of numerous advertising campaigns and productions including ''Recipe to Riches'', the AFL, Victoria Bitter and Holden. Early life Dean grew up in the Yarra Valley region of Victoria, Australia. During his final year of high school, he resuscitated a woman at his local swimming pool. This event would later become the subject of Dean's first dramatic work. After performing in numerous productions in Melbourne's independent theatre scene, Dean auditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Strehlow
Wendy Strehlow ( 1958) is an Australian actress, particularly in soap opera and theatre, she has appeared in numerous TV series and tele-dramas but is probably best known for her role as the much loved nurse sister Judy Loveday in the television soap opera '' A Country Practice'', from 1981 to 1986 (217 episodes), for which she won a Logie Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1985. From mid-2005 to 2008, she played the role of Paramedic Lorraine Tanner in the Seven Network medical drama '' All Saints''. Television and theatre roles Other TV credits include: '' E Street'', '' Blue Heelers'', '' McLeod's Daughters'', ''Home and Away'', '' A Step in the Right Direction'' and '' The Saddle Club''. She has appeared in numerous stage productions including, ''The Greening of Grace'', '' Henry IV'', '' The Memory of Water'', ''Travesties'' and the Pulitzer Prize winning production, '' Clybourne Park''. In 2023, Strehlow appeared at an event for ''A Country Practice'' where fans had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Davies
Alexandra Davies (born 8 March 1977) is an English-born Australian actress. She is known for her roles in '' Young Lions'', as Det. Sr. Const. Donna Parry, and '' All Saints'', as Cate McMasters. Biography She attended Castle Hill High school from 1989 to 1994 Davies graduated from the University of Western Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts in Performance In her breakthrough role, Davies played Donna Parry in the Australian police drama '' Young Lions'' in 2002. She was a Most Popular New Female Talent nominee at the 2003 Logie Awards. Davies also starred in the sitcom ''Flat Chat'' and has made guest appearances on '' Water Rats'', '' McLeod's Daughters'' and '' The Secret Life of Us''. In 2005 she also had a very brief role in the film '' Stealth''. Since 2004 Davies has portrayed character Cate McMasters in the medical drama '' All Saints''. She previously appeared in two early episodes of the show as a woman with whom previous character Ben Markham had a fling. Perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Mann
Tracy Mann is an Australian actress and voice artist. After appearing in a number of television series, she won an Australian Film Institute award in 1980 for the film '' Hard Knocks'' . She has also won awards for her work in the mini-series ''Sword of Honour'' and 2005 comedy film '' Hating Alison Ashley''. Early life and education Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Tracy Mann first expressed interest in becoming an actress at the age of four. She undertook drama classes as a child, then as a teenager with the Saturday Company, a branch of the State Theatre Company of South Australia (STCSA). Fresh from high school in 1973, she performed in ''Winnie the Pooh'' for Adelaide Festival Theatre and joined Actors Equity of Australia. She subsequently studied in London under Phillipe Gaulier in the 1990s. Career Television Mann got her first big break playing Tina Harris in 1970s soap opera '' The Box''. Mann is possibly best remembered to audiences for playing deaf bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Cook
Penelope Cook (13 July 1957 – 26 December 2018) was an Australian actress, stage director, TV presenter and writer. She played roles in the soap opera ''A Country Practice'', as Vicki Dean Bowen from 1981 to 1985, '' E Street'' as lead anchor-character, Dr Elly Fielding, between 1989 and 1991, and ''Neighbours'' in the recurring role of Prue Brown from 2007 to 2010. She was also a presenter on travel show '' The Great Outdoors'' Early life Cook was born in Melbourne and grew up in Woollahra, Sydney. Her mother was a physiotherapist and her father served in the Royal Australian Navy based at Garden Island Naval Precinct. After completing high school, Cook auditioned for the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) but failed to gain a place. Instead, her mother helped her obtain a radiography traineeship at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. A year later, Cook auditioned for NIDA again and was successful. She graduated in 1978. Career Television Cook made her debut on tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia Todd
Sonia Todd (born 1959) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her television roles as Sgt. Georgia Rattray in ''Police Rescue'' (1989–1996), Meg Fountain in '' McLeod's Daughters'' (2001–2008) and Gina Austin in the soap opera ''Home and Away'' (2009–2013). Career Todd studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art where she starred in the play ''Strictly Ballroom'', directed by Baz Luhrmann. Todd became known from her role of 'Georgia Rattray' in the television series ''Police Rescue'', for which she won for an AFI Award in 1991. She was also nominated for an AFI Award for her role in the four-part mini-series ''The Potato Factory'' (2000). From 2001–06, 2007, 2009 (guest), she played Meg Fountain in '' McLeod's Daughters''. Todd held a recurring role in '' All Saints'' from late 2007 to early 2008; portraying psychiatrist Dr Elizabeth Foy, after having previously played the part of Kate Larson In January 2009, Todd joined the cast of Seven Network ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yael Stone
Yael Stone is an Australian actress. She has worked extensively in Australian theatre and has won two Sydney Theatre Awards. On screen, she is best known for her portrayal of Lorna Morello in the Netflix series ''Orange Is the New Black''. Stone is also known for her support of abortion rights and climate protection, and has vocally advocated for women's issues. Early life and education Yael Stone was born and raised in Sydney, New South Wales, the daughter of Judy, a nurse, and Harry Stone, an architect. Her father was born in Czechoslovakia, to Holocaust survivor parents. Stone's father is from a Jewish family and her mother, who is of Romanian descent, converted to Judaism. Her brother, Jake Stone, was the lead singer of the band Bluejuice. Her sister, Elana Stone, is also a musician. She was a sickly child, spending periods in hospital with asthma and pneumonia, so did not participate in sport. She took speech and drama lessons with a local woman, Robin Fraser, who encoura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
