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Sweat (Australian TV Series)
''Sweat'' is an Australian drama television series created by John Rapsey and produced by Barron Entertainment in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Perth. The show aired on Network Ten in 1996 for one season of 26 episodes and centred on students at an Australian school for the athletically gifted. In early 1997, Ten announced that they had no plans for a second season. Scenes were shot in and around Perth including locations such as HBF Stadium, Arena Joondalup, the Town of Cambridge, the now defunct Perry Lakes Stadium and the Perth SpeedDome. Cast Main cast * Martin Henderson as Tom Nash * Inge Hornstra as Tatyana "Tats" Alecsandri * Melissa Thomas as Sandy Fricker * Tai Nguyen as Nhon "Noodle" Huong Tran * Tahnie Merrey as Evie Hogan * Heath Bergersen as Stewie Perkins * Heath Ledger as Snowy Bowles * Matt Castelli as Danny Rodriguez * Paul Tassone as Don Majors Additional cast * Peter Hardy as Sid O'Reilly * Frederique Fouche as Jenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teen Drama
In film and television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication Media (communication), medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of Transmission (telecommunications), television tra ..., drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police procedural, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular Setting (narrative), setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of Mood (literature), moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arena Joondalup
Arena Joondalup, known as HBF Arena under a commercial naming rights arrangement, is a multi-purpose sports complex in Joondalup, Western Australia, located on 35 ha of parkland approximately 25 km north of Perth. It was officially opened in 1994. An $11 million indoor aquatic centre, including a 50 m 10-lane competition pool, was completed in 2000. The capacity of the outdoor sports ground, known as Pentanet Stadium, is 16,000 people. Along with aquatic and swimming facilities, the stadium holds seven indoor basketball courts, as well as outdoor netball, field hockey, tennis, and rugby facilities. It is the largest athletic complex of its kind in Western Australia. History As the home stadium of the West Perth Football Club since 1994, HBF Arena is most notably an Australian rules football venue. It became the home of Perth RedStar FC (then known as Joondalup City SC) from 1995. The Joondalup Lakers Hockey Club and the Joondalup Giants (then Joondal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Kaczmarek
Marta Kaczmarek is a Polish-Australian theatre, television and film actress. Early life Kaczmarek was born in Krasnystaw, Poland, and trained at the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Krakow. She moved to Perth, Western Australia, with her husband and daughter in the 1980s before moving to Melbourne in 2007. Career After a career in theatre, Kaczmarek's first Australian film role was opposite Geoffrey Rush in '' Shine''. Kaczmarek has had guest roles in numerous Australian television series as well as recurring roles in ''Wild Kat'', ''Offspring'', ''Rake'' and ''Wentworth''. Between 2007 and 2010, she played the lead role of Ellie Zdybicka in the SBS drama '' The Circuit'' alongside Gary Sweet and Aaron Pedersen. Personal life Kaczmarek arrived in Perth in the 1980s and worked as a dancer, waitress, real estate agent, actor, director and lecturer at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Her book of poems, ''Ziemia Przybrana'' ''(Adopted Earth''), w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Sas
Igor Sas is an Australian film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his work on children's television series such as ''Parallax'', ''Wormwood'', ''Lockie Leonard'' and '' The Gift''. He has also appeared in a number of films, including ''Japanese Story''. Career Sas began his career in 1982 in the Australian soap opera '' Sons and Daughters''. He appeared in multiple episodes of television shows ''Ship to Shore'' between 1993 and 1994, '' The Gift'' in 1997, and '' Minty'' in 1998. Sas acted alongside Marcus Graham and Kerry Armstrong in 1998's ''Justice'', starred in ''Bad Credit and Aliens'' (2001) and played Fraser in the feature film ''Japanese Story'' with Toni Collette. He returned to TV in 2004, portraying Stefan Raddic in ''Parallax'', then Old Squasher in the 2007 ''Lockie Leonard'' television series based on the novels of the same name by Tim Winton. His next feature film is '' Woody Island''. He is also active in Australian theatre; in 1998, Sas played num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) was a government statutory authority tasked to protect Australia's sporting integrity through the elimination of doping. The authority was part of the Department of Health's portfolio and was established on 13 March 2006 under the Australian Sports Anti‑Doping Authority Act 2006. On 1 July 2020, it became part of Sport Integrity Australia. The ASADA drug tested Australian athletes who competed at state and national levels. ASADA also tested international athletes if they were competing in events held in Australia. It was also ASADA's role to inform the sporting community of drugs and related safety issues. The ASADA Advisory Group was relied upon by the Chief Executive Officer, David Sharpe, as a consultative forum on matters related to the agency's purpose. Officeholders Chair The following individuals have served as Chair of the Authority: Chief Executive Officer The following individuals have served as Chief Executi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keagan Kang
Keagan Kang (born 5 May 1976) is an Australian actor living and working in Singapore. Kang's first professional acting role was in '' Sweat''. Soon after, a theatre director invited him to star in the stage play '' Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' in Singapore, and his career grew. Some of Kang's notable stage performances include ''Wit'' by Margaret Edson, Horst in ''Bent'', Mercutio in ''Romeo and Juliet'', and Gideon in ''Fairytaleheart''. His film credits include ''City Sharks'', ''No Through Road'', ''Spoilt'', and '' 2000 AD''. More recently Kang starred in the Australian-Canadian television series ''Stormworld ''Stormworld'' is a drama television series which first aired on Space (Canadian TV channel), Space on 18 March 2009 in Canada with a repeat broadcast in August 2009 and aired in Australia on the Nine Network in 2009. The show follows two boys ...'', and the Australian film '' Woody Island''. Kang also played a leading role in the Singaporean le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia Vinci
Sonia Vinci (born 1971) is a former journalist and co-anchor of ''Nine News'' in Perth. She began a journalist in 1990 at Perth radio 6PR and later became Australia's youngest female news director. During her time at 6PR, Sonia also worked at Channel Seven Perth as a weekend journalist for Seven News ''7NEWS'' is the television news service of the Seven Network and, as of 2021, the highest-rating in Australia. National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition television, high definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while f ..., and also read sports news for Seven's Footy Show in 1994. She later worked for regional station GWN as a news anchor before returning to 6PR and the Channel 9 in 2000. She worked initially as a stand-by news anchor, but later became weeknight anchor, and with Dixie Marshall was part of Australia's first female duo news team from 2003–2007. In January 2008, Nine announced that Vinci would host a new Western Australian version o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby Schmitz
Toby Schmitz (born 4 May 1977) is an Australian actor and playwright. He was born in Perth, Western Australia, attended Perth's Scotch College and briefly studied law at the University of Western Australia. He graduated from the acting course at National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1999 and has performed many times on stage for Sydney Theatre Company, Company B at Belvoir St Theatre and Griffin Theatre Company. He has also appeared in film and television, and writes plays. Theatre credits His Sydney Theatre Company credits include '' The School for Scandal'' directed by Judy Davis, the premiere and national tour of David Williamson's ''The Great Man'' directed by Robyn Nevin, and leading roles in George Bernard Shaw's '' Major Barbara'', Andrew Upton's '' Hanging Man'', Tony McNamara's ''The Great'', Brendan Cowell's ''Self Esteem'', Nina Raine's ''Rabbit'' and Tom Stoppard's '' Travesties''. Several of these productions toured to Melbourne and other Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivienne Garrett
Vivienne Garrett is an Australian-based theatre, film and television actress. She is a theatre director, acting and voice coach and also a qualified yoga instructor and therapist. She was born in Sydney, NSW and now lives in Western Australia. Garrett graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1970. Her best known role was as rebellious teenager Rose Godolfus in TV serial ''Number 96'', her character was involved in numerous controversial storylines Early career As a primary school student she was chosen to star in a theatrical production of The Little Mermaid where she was spotted by Geoff Harvey the then musical director for TCN-9 and subsequently began performing and singing on children's television talent show ''Comedy Capers''. While still a teenager, her first screen acting role was in '' The Unloved'' produced by NLT Productions in 1968. After graduating from NIDA she toured with a Theatre in Education company and had guest roles in police drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Baker
Simon Lucas Baker (born 30 July 1969) is an Australian actor in television and film, as well as a director. He is known for his lead roles in the CBS television series ''The Mentalist'' as Patrick Jane and ''The Guardian'' as Nicholas Fallin and has starred in several Hollywood films. Early life Baker was born on 30 July 1969 in Launceston, Tasmania. His father, Barry, was a mechanic and school caretaker, and his mother, Elizabeth, was a high school English teacher. He has an older sister, two half-brothers and a half-sister. Baker's family moved to New Guinea when Baker was nine months old. His parents' marriage ended when he was two and his father did not get in touch until Baker was an adult. His mother remarried to Tom Denny, a butcher, but Baker did not get on well with his stepfather. His mother and stepfather later got divorced. Baker spent part of his childhood living in the suburbs of Sydney but he mainly grew up in the Northern Rivers coastal town of Lennox Head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Saleeba
Natalie Saleeba (born 27 June 1978, in Perth) is an Australian actress of a Lebanese descent. Television Saleeba is best known for her roles as Jessica Singleton in the medical drama series '' All Saints'', Rosetta Cammeniti on ''Neighbours'' and more recently, Abi on ''House Husbands''. Early life Saleeba is a trained actress, beginning her career in the early 2000s touring with the Bell Shakespeare Company as well as guest appearances on '' Always Greener'', '' Stingers'', and '' The Secret Life of Us''. Saleeba's first lead role was as Debs in the British Foxtel co-production Lovebytes . Other early credits include Corridors of Power, Head Start and the feature film Under the Lighthouse Dancing. Roles Saleeba played the regular role of Nurse Jessica Singelton on '' All Saints'' from 2004 to 2006 before moving on to ''Neighbours'', playing Rosetta Cammeniti, the sister of Carmella. She made her on-screen debut on 12 October 2006 and remained with the series for 18 mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hardy (actor)
Peter Hardy (11 January 1957 – 16 March 2023) was an Australian actor, theatre performer, and musician. Early life and career Hardy was born in Perth, Western Australia on 11 January 1957. He began his music career in 1969 playing the French horn in the CCGS Orchestra. Hardy began his career on stage on the show "Revue - The Other Opening". Later, he played and sang in "An Officer And A Gentleman" in the Lyric Theatre in Sydney under the direction of Simon Phillips. Hardy began his film career in 1986 with '' The Pursuit of Happiness'', after which he played in a number of films, TV movies, TV series and shorts. In 1996, Hardy appeared in the Network 10 series ''Sweat''. Between 2006 and 2009 he appeared in 44 episodes of ''McLeod's Daughters'' as Phil Rakich. In 2012, Hardy appeared in a television film, ''Dangerous Remedy'', as Robbie McGregor. Death Hardy died while snorkelling at South Beach in Fremantle, Western Australia Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
