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Sara Zwangobani
Sara Zwangobani is an Australian actress. She has appeared in Australian TV and film in ''Love My Way'' and '' Monarch Cove'' (2006), '' All Saints'' (2005 & 2009), '' Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King'' (2006), '' Disgrace'' (2008), ''Packed to the Rafters'' (2009), '' Soul Mates'' (2014), ''Home and Away'' and '' Doctor Doctor'' (2019). Her most notable role is portraying Marigold Brandyfoot in Amazon Prime Video's '' The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'' in 2022. Early life Zwangobani was born in Canberra, (ACT), Australia, and brought up in Cook. She has a Zimbabwean father and a Zulu surname and a sibling, brother Elliott Zwangobani, Australian Sports Commission director, a former futsal player. She attended Cook Primary School, then undertook a drama program at Hawker College, Canberra. From 1985-1988, she trained in dance, many forms, such as ballet, jazz, modern, funk and as a tap dancer, at the Betsy Sawers School of Dance, and with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canberra
Canberra ( ; ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the Federation of Australia, federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's list of cities in Australia, largest inland city, and the list of cities in Australia by population, eighth-largest Australian city by population. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory at the northern tip of the Australian Alps, the country's highest mountain range. Canberra's estimated population was 473,855. The area chosen for the capital had been inhabited by Aboriginal Australians for up to 21,000 years, by groups including the Ngunnawal and Ngambri. history of Australia (1788–1850), European settlement commenced in the first half of the 19th century, as evidenced by surviving landmarks such as St John the Baptist Church, Reid, St John's Anglican Church and Blundells Cottage. On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies of Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Zwangobani LotR-TRoP Asia Premiere 2022
Sara may refer to: People * Sara (given name), a feminine given name People with the given name * Sara Aboobacker (1936–2023), Indian writer and translator * Sara Ahmed (born 1969), British-Australian writer * Sara Allgood (1880–1950), Irish-American actress * Sara Bareilles (born 1979), American musician * Sara Sun Beale (born 1949), American law professor * Sara Cox (born 1974), British broadcaster and author * Sara Davies (born 1984), British businesswoman, entrepreneur, and television personality * Sara Duterte (born 1978), 15th Vice-President of the Philippines * Sara Gadimova (1922–2005), Azerbaijani singer * Sara Ali Khan (born 1995), Indian actress * Sara Gilbert (born, 1975), American actress * Sara-Nicole Morales (1986–2021), American woman who was shot dead * Sara Elisabeth Moræa (1716–1806), Swedish founder of the Linnean Society of London * Sara Nuru (born 1989), German fashion model * Sara Agnes Rice Pryor (1830–1912), American novelist * Sara Qaed (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fallen Angels (Australian TV Series)
''Fallen Angels'' is an Australian television series, aired by the ABC in 1997. Twenty episodes were produced, portraying a community legal centre in Endeavour Park, a fictional western suburb of Sydney, and the interesting clients represented by its overworked lawyers. Cast Main / regular * Garry McDonald as Malcolm Lucas * Celia De Burgh as Erica Michaels * Brian Vriends as Nick Swan * Leah Purcell as Sharon Walker * Jeremy Ball as Warren Harvey * Eszter Marosszéky as Anita Malouf Recurring * Anthony Hayes as Roach * Geoff Morrell as Jack Landers * Richard Carter as Craig Douglas * Simon Chilvers as Bernie Levinson * Terry Serio as Cosimo Mazzoni Guests * Aaron Blabey as Jim Phelps * Bill Hunter as Frank Scraggs * Claudia Karvan as Yvonne * Danny Roberts as Quentin * George Spartels as Dan Playhard * Grant Dodwell as Paul * Joanne Samuel Joanne Samuel is an Australian film and television actress, who is best known for her role as the screen wife of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wet Nurse
A wet nurse is a woman who breastfeeding, breastfeeds and cares for another's child. Wet nurses are employed if the mother dies, if she is unable to nurse the child herself sufficiently or chooses not to do so. Wet-nursed children may be known as "milk-siblings", and in some societies, the families are linked by a special relationship of milk kinship. Wet-nursing existed in societies around the world until the invention of reliable formula milk in the 20th century. The practice has made a small comeback in the 21st century. Reasons A wet nurse can help when a mother is unable or unwilling to breastfeed her baby. Before the development of infant formula in the 20th century, wet-nursing could save a baby's life. There are many reasons why a mother is unable to produce sufficient breast milk, or in some cases to lactation, lactate at all. For example, she may have a chronic or acute illness, and either the illness itself, or the treatment for it, reduces or stops her milk. This abs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Rabe
Pamela Rabe (born Pamela June Koropatnick; 30 April 1959) is a Canadian–Australian actress and theatre director. A graduate of the Playhouse Acting School in Vancouver, Rabe is best known for her appearances in the Australian films '' Sirens'', '' Cosi'' and '' Paradise Road'', and for starring as Joan Ferguson in the television drama series '' Wentworth''. Early life Rabe was born in Oakville, Ontario, Canada in 1959. The seventh of eight children, she graduated from the Playhouse Acting School in Vancouver. Rabe relocated to Australia in 1983 with Australian director, Roger Hodgman. They were married in 1984. Career Theatre Rabe is a prolific contributor to theatrical life in her adopted country in acting and directing, across a wide range of genres - musicals, comedy and drama. She is a long-standing collaborator with the Sydney Theatre Company and the Melbourne Theatre Company. Rabe was once described by Melbourne theatre critic Alison Croggon as having the sort of pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
''In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)'' is a 2009 play by Sarah Ruhl, published by Samuel French. It concerns the early history of the vibrator, when doctors allegedly used it as a clinical device to bring women to orgasm as treatment for "hysteria." Other themes include Victorian ignorance of female sexual desire, motherhood, breastfeeding, and jealousy. The play was nominated for three 2010 Tony Awards. List of characters *Catherine Givings – wife of Dr. Givings and mother to Letitia, a woman in her late twenties and full of life, but sexually frustrated with her marriage. *Dr. Givings – Catherine's husband, a man in his forties and a specialist in gynecological and hysterical disorders. *Sabrina Daldry – Dr. Givings' patient, a pianist in her early thirties struggling with hysteria and infertility. *Leo Irving – Another patient of Dr. Givings', an English artist in his twenties or thirties. *Annie – Dr. Givings' midwife assistant, a woman in her late thirties. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Ruhl
Sarah Ruhl (born January 24, 1974) is an American playwright, poet, professor, and essayist. Among her most popular plays are ''Eurydice'' (2003), '' The Clean House'' (2004), and '' In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play)'' (2009). She has been the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for a distinguished American playwright in mid-career. Two of her plays have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and she received a nomination for Tony Award for Best Play. In 2020, she adapted her play ''Eurydice'' into the libretto for Matthew Aucoin's opera of the same name. ''Eurydice'' was nominated for Best Opera Recording at the 2023 Grammy Awards. In 2018, ''Letters from Max: A Book of Friendship'', co-authored by Max Ritvo, was published by Milkweed Editions. Her most recent play, ''Becky Nurse of Salem'' (2019) premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Her memoir ''Smile'' was listed as one of Time magazine's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cate Blanchett
Catherine Élise Blanchett ( ; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor and producer. Regarded as one of the best performers of her generation, she is recognised for Cate Blanchett on screen and stage, her versatile work across stage and screen. Blanchett has received List of awards and nominations received by Cate Blanchett, numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Awards, Tony Award. A graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Blanchett began her career on the Australian stage in 1992 and made her feature film debut in 1997. She came to international prominence for her performance as Elizabeth I, Queen Elizabeth I in the period drama ''Elizabeth (film), Elizabeth'' (1998), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Streetcar Named Desire (play)
''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of personal losses, leaves her once-prosperous situation to move into a shabby apartment in New Orleans rented by her younger sister Stella and brother-in-law Stanley. ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is one of the most critically acclaimed plays of the 20th century and Williams's most popular work. It still ranks among his most performed plays, and has inspired many adaptations in other forms, notably a critically acclaimed film that was released in 1951.Production notesDecember 3, 1947—December 17, 1949IBDb.com Name Blanche is mentioned in the play as arriving at Stella's apartment by riding in a streetcar on the Desire streetcar line. Tennessee Williams was living in an apartment on Toulouse Street in New Orleans' French Quarter when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liv Ullmann
Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress and filmmaker. Recognised as one of the greatest European actresses of all time, Ullmann is known as the muse and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, whom she dated for five years. She acted in many of his films, including ''Persona (1966 film), Persona'' (1966), ''Cries and Whispers'' (1972), ''Scenes from a Marriage'' (1973), ''The Passion of Anna'' (1969), and ''Autumn Sonata'' (1978). Ullmann won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama in 1972 for the film ''The Emigrants (film), The Emigrants'' and has been nominated for another four. In 2000, she was nominated for the Palme d'Or for her second directorial feature film, ''Faithless (2000 film), Faithless''. She has received two BAFTA Award nominations, and two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for ''The Emigrants (film), The Emigrants'' and Ingmar Bergman's ''Face to Face (1976 film), Face to Face''. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Fitzroy Theatre
The Old Fitzroy Theatre (also called the Old Fitz Theatre) is a pub theatre in Woolloomooloo Woolloomooloo ( ) is a harbourside, inner-city eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1.5 kilometres east of the central business district, in the local government area of the City of Sydney. It is in a low-lying, former dockla ... in central Sydney, Australia. The 58-seat venue was established by Jeremy Cumpston in 1997 in the cellar of the Old Fitzroy Hotel. It is known for independent productions featuring emerging artists. Many leading Australian theatre makers participated in plays at the theatre early in their careers. The theatre was managed until 2012 by Tamarama Rock Surfers, and since 2014 by Red Line Productions. History In 2014, Red Line Productions was established marking a new chapter for the Old Fitzroy Theatre. Andrew Henry (Artistic Director,) Vanessa Wright (Executive Director), Seann Hawkins (Associate Producer.) Under Henry's artistic directi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffin Theatre Company
Griffin Theatre Company is an Australian theatre specialising in new works, based in Sydney. Founded in 1979, it is the resident theatre company at the Stables Theatre in Kings Cross. the artistic director is Declan Greene. Artistic directors *Declan Greene (2020–present) * Lee Lewis (August 2012–2020) * Sam Strong (2010–2012) * Nick Marchand (2006–2010) * David Berthold (2003–2006) *Ros Horin (1992–2003) *Ian Watson *Peter Kingston (inaugural artistic director) History Founded in 1979 its original founders were Peter Carmody, Penny Cook, Eadie Kurzer, Jenny Laing-Peach, and Rosemarie Lenzo. The organisation held its first meetings in Laing-Peach's cottage in Griffin Street, Surry Hills. Their first project was to present the Irish play '' The Ginger Man'' by James Patrick Donleavy at the Kirk Gallery in Cleveland Street, Surry Hills on 6 April 1979. The first Artistic Director was Peter Kingston who served until the appointment of Ian B Watson in 1988. For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
