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Satisfaction (Australian TV Series)
''Satisfaction'' is an Australian television drama series which screened on the subscription television channel Showcase. It also screens in the Republic of Ireland on free-to-air channel TV3 and its sister channel 3e, and in New Zealand on free-to-air channel TV2 respectively. The series was filmed in Melbourne, and was created by writer/producer Roger Simpson with producer Andy Walker and executive producer Kim Vecera. It centres on the lives and loves of a group of women who are sex workers in a high class brothel. Production for the third season began in June 2009 and commenced screening in December 2009. On 31 December 2010, it was revealed by TV Tonight that ''Satisfaction'' was officially cancelled, and that season 3 was the last season in production. Synopsis ''Satisfaction'' is set in and around '232', an up-market city brothel. The show is centred on five high class escorts and their manager as they juggle the pressures of their private lives with their professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kestie Morassi
Kestie Morassi (born 9 August 1978) is an People of Australia, Australian film and television actress. She played Natalie in the TV series ''Satisfaction (Australian TV series), Satisfaction'' (2007–2010) and Maggie Astoni in ''Home and Away'' (2017–2020). Morassi has also appeared in the films ''Dirty Deeds (2002 film), Dirty Deeds'' (2002), ''Wolf Creek (film), Wolf Creek'' (2005), ''The Illustrated Family Doctor'' (2005), and has made television appearances on ''Underbelly (TV series), Underbelly'' (2008), ''Wilfred (Australian TV series), Wilfred'' (2010) and Black Snow (2022) Early life Morassi was born in Adelaide, South Australia. She lived in Adelaide until she was thirteen years old. She studied at the National Theatre, Melbourne Drama School, graduating in 1994, and another five years at Drama with a Difference where she later became a full time teacher for the school.Author unknown (date unknown). "Dirty Deeds". Drama With A Difference. Retrieved on 5 April 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Tonight
TV Tonight is an Australian-based website which features reviews, news and programming information related to television in Australia as well as OzTAM ratings information. The site was started by television critic David Knox in 2007 after listeners of his radio programs asked him for information they had missed. Knox runs the site, publishing his interviews with Australian media actors, producers, directors and programmers. Knox regularly visits the sets of Australian television series and reviews television programs. Knox also served as television critic for ABC Radio National's breakfast program from 2009 to 2015. Dan Barrett is now in this role. Knox has an advanced diploma in screenwriting and was the founding Artistic Director of Screenplay. TV Tonight is also referenced in Australian media, including ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and news.com.au, while Knox gives commentary for other media outlets including News Corp Australia, MediaWeek and ABC. The website beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd MacDonald
Todd MacDonald (born 1973) is a Canadian Australian actor who is best known for his roles on the soap opera ''Neighbours'' and the drama series ''The Secret Life of Us'' and '' Rush''. Early life MacDonald and his older brother Paul were born in British Columbia to a Canadian father Deryle, who met their mother Margret, a former air hostess, while he was working in Australia. When MacDonald was seven years old, the family back-packed across Europe, before moving to Queensland, Australia. He developed an interest in acting while in primary school on the Gold Coast, and took classes at Gold Coast Little Theatre. He played Ham in a production of Samuel Beckett's '' Endgame'' in his high school senior year. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1996. Career After several minor roles, MacDonald secured a bigger role in the 1995 television film ''Sahara'', which was shot in Sydney. He considered the film his "big break", but he was out of work for a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Connor
Shane Connor (born 3 April 1959) also billed/credited as Shane Feeney-Connor, is an Australian actor, who has had extensive experience in stage, television and film productions, both locally and internationally in the United Kingdom and United States. He is probably best known for his role in TV serial ''Neighbours'' as patriarch Joe Scully. Early life Connor was born in Woodville, South Australia in April 1959 and graduated from University of Melbourne drama division the Victorian College of the Arts in the early 1980s. He worked steadily in film, theatre and television for many years. Career Connor's television credits include the Channel Seven series ''Fire'', the Australian Broadcasting Corporation drama '' Heartland'', the miniseries '' The Harp in the South'' and '' Poor Man's Orange and Halifax f.p.'' (1998). He appeared in the USA television network miniseries ''Moby Dick'' as Flask. Connor also played guest roles in Australian soap operas: He played Kevin, husband ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacki Weaver
Jacqueline Ruth Weaver (born 25 May 1947) is an Australian theatre, film, and television actress. Her accolades include five AACTA Awards (including the Longford Lyell Award) and a National Board of Review Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Weaver emerged in the 1970s during the Australian New Wave through her work in Ozploitation films such as ''Stork'' (1971), '' Alvin Purple'' (1973), and '' Petersen'' (1974). She later starred in '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), '' Caddie'' (1976), '' Squizzy Taylor'' (1982), and a number of television films and miniseries. She also starred in Australian productions of plays such as '' Death of a Salesman'' and '' A Streetcar Named Desire''. Weaver received international attention and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in the crime film '' Animal Kingdom'' (2010) and the comedy drama film '' Silver Linings Playbook'' (2012), the former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Curry
Bernard Curry (born 27 March 1974) is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Jake Stewart in '' Wentworth'', Luke Handley in ''Neighbours'' and Hugo Austin in ''Home and Away''. Early life Alongside his actor brothers Stephen and Andrew, Curry attended acting classes at the Toorak Players (now known as Track Youth Theatre) in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Iris in the 1980s. Following their time there, they secured agents. He got his start, appearing in a television commercial for Wedgewood Pies, alongside his brothers. After appearing in several more advertisements, they all began picking up small television roles. Early in his career, he formed a three-piece band with his brothers, called Nev's Vindalooo, referencing their father. Career Curry first appeared in ''Neighbours'' in 1995 as Luke Handley, and remained on the television series for just over a year. He later returned to the show in a video cameo appearance in 2005 for the show's 20th anniversary. Curry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Taylor (Australian Actor)
Robert John Taylor (born 1963) is an Australian actor who has appeared in many films and television series in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. On television, he is known for playing the lead role of Walt Longmire in the A&E/ Netflix television series '' Longmire''. His film credits include Agent Jones in '' The Matrix'' (1999), and also had roles in '' Vertical Limit'' (2000) and '' The Meg'' (2018). Early life and education Robert Taylor was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia. His parents separated when he was nine, and he moved to a mining town in Western Australia to live with his aunt and uncle. He attended university three times. He worked as a miner when he was a teenager. At age 21, Taylor went to work on an oil rig in the Indian Ocean. His ship collided with another and sank off the west coast of Australia, but he and two crew mates escaped on a lifeboat. Taylor suffered a broken arm and ribs. While recovering in hospital, he saw an adver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Bell
Nicholas Bell (born 15 August 1958) is an English actor who has worked in Australia for more than 30 years. Bell works regularly with the Melbourne Theatre Company as well as with all the major television broadcasters in Australia, most notably the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In addition to his work in film and television, Bell has also recorded over a dozen audiobooks with Bolinda, a company based in Melbourne, Australia. In 2001, he accepted on behalf of the cast and crew of the Australian comedy series '' The Games'' the TV Week Logie Award for Most Outstanding Comedy Program. In 2023, Bell appeared in the Stan series '' Scrublands'', as well as the Tasmanian drama series '' Bay of Fires''. Also in 2023, Bell was named in the extended cast of the Foxtel/Binge series '' High Country''. Filmography Film Television Theatre Audiobooks *Reader of ''Murder at the Nineteenth'' by J. M. Gregson, 2001 *Reader of the part of Julian in ''Us'' by Richard Mason, 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sullivan Stapleton
Sullivan Stapleton (born 14 June 1977) is an Australian actor who is best known for his roles in the television series ''The Secret Life of Us'', '' Strike Back'' and '' Animal Kingdom''. He also starred in the NBC crime drama '' Blindspot''. Stapleton played the lead role, Greek leader Themistocles, in the film '' 300: Rise of an Empire'' (2014). In 2013, he was honoured with a Breakthrough Award at an exclusive Australians in Film Benefit Dinner held in Los Angeles. Early life Stapleton was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He was eight years old when he and his younger sister, actress Jacinta Stapleton, six at the time, joined an acting and modelling agency. The idea first came to their aunt who signed her kids with the agency. She then asked her nephew and nieces if they would like to join and their mother signed them in. Stapleton's younger brother Joshua also launched into acting in early childhood; as well as acting, he pursued talents in dance and musical theatre. Stapleton' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mammone
Robert Mammone (born 1969) is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as AK in ''The Matrix'' movies, as Sid Walker in the soap opera ''Home and Away'', and as Tim Palmer in '' Sons and Daughters''. Mammone played the main villain opposite former WWE wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin in the WWE Films action movie '' The Condemned'', and portrayed Carlos 'Charlie' Blanka in ''Street Fighter'', opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia. He is best known for his portrayal of convicted drug baron Tony Mokbel in the Australian television series '' Underbelly'' and its sequels, ''Fat Tony & Co'' and ''Informer 3838 ''Informer 3838'' is an Australian television series focusing on criminal barrister-turned police informer Nicola Gobbo (codenamed informer 3838) and her involvement in the Melbourne gangland killings. It is a spin-off of the '' Underbelly'' ...''. As of April 2025, Mokbel was released from prison after the collapse of his case due to the Lawyer X scan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satisfaction (season 3)
Season 3 of '' Satisfaction'' began airing on 8 December 2009, and ended on 9 February 2010. ''Satisfaction'' continued to air on Foxtel's Showcase channel, airing all 10 episodes for the 2nd season. Season 3 saw the departures of Chloe, Diana Glenn and Heather, Peta Sergeant and the new arrivals of Tess, Renai Caruso and Amy, Camille Keenan. Cast Starring *Kestie Morassi as Natalie *Madeleine West as Mel *Dustin Clare as Sean *Alison Whyte as Lauren *Camille Keenan as Amy *Renai Caruso as Tess Guest Starring *Grant Bowler as Daniel *John McCoy as Robert *Shane Conner as Karl Special Guest Star *Madeleine West Melanie Ann Weston (born 26 July 1979), known professionally as Madeleine West, is an Australian actress, author and director. She is best known for her television roles, having played Dee Bliss and Andrea Somers on the soap opera ''Neighbour ... as Mel Episodes Release On 5 October 2010, '' Satisfaction'' season 3 was released on DVD, featuring, 10 episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satisfaction (season 2)
Season 2 of '' Satisfaction'' began airing on 2 December 2008, and ended on 3 February 2009. ''Satisfaction'' continued to air on Foxtel's Showcase channel, airing all 10 episodes for the 2nd season. Season 2 saw the arrival of new character Sean (Dustin Clare), and also the departure of Tippi (Bojana Novakovic). Cast Starring *Diana Glenn as Chloe *Kestie Morassi as Natalie *Bojana Novakovic as Tippi (Episode 1–4) *Peta Sergeant as Heather *Madeleine West as Mel *Dustin Clare as Sean (Episode 3–) * Alison Whyte as Lauren Guest Starring *Jacki Weaver as Gillian *Liam Hemsworth Liam Hemsworth (born 13 January 1990) is an Australian actor. He played the roles of Josh Taylor (Neighbours), Josh Taylor in the soap opera ''Neighbours'' and Marcus in the children's television series ''The Elephant Princess''. In American fi ... as Marc *Jez Constable as William Special Guest *Benard Curry as Married Man Episodes Release On 1 October 2009, '' Satisfaction'' season 2 was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
