Amanda Douge

Amanda Douge (born December 1976) is an Australian actress, best known from various television and feature film roles.

Early life and education

Douge was born in Melbourne in 1976, and studied law at Melbourne University (1993). She has a Masters of Letters in Creative Writing and is a PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow (2024).

She has extensively studied the Michael Chekhov technique (1997–2001).

Career

Douge's first on-screen was in an episode of '' The Flying Doctors'' in 1990. Shortly afterwards, she appeared as Annabelle Deacon in 8 episodes of ''Neighbours''. She eventually secured regular roles in TV series' '' Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left'' (1993–1994) as the voice of Dovis, '' The Man from Snowy River'' (1994–1996) as Victoria Blackwood and '' Raw FM'' (1997–1998) as Gerry Sano, she also played Kylen Celina in Fox's ''Space Above and Beyond'' (1995–96). From 2002 to 2003 she had a recurring role as Jennifer, a medical colleague of Alex and Rex on '' The Secret Life of Us''.

She has also appeared on film, as Nellie Bolster in '' Hammers Over the Anvil'' (1993), Elloise Noble in '' Body Melt'' (1993) and most notably as Tegwyn Flack in the film adaptation of Tim Winton' novel, '' That Eye, The Sky'' (1994), a role for which she won a Best Supporting Actress award at the Australian Film Institute Awards.

Douge has performed with the Melbourne Theatre Company, La Mama Theatre and Malthouse Theatre. In 2002, she founded the Hoist Theatre Group, an ensemble which produced four critically acclaimed plays in Australia.

Douge has been based in the UK since 2005. Her first role after moving to London was starring opposite David Suchet in '' Poirot: Taken at the Flood''.

She became interested in arts education and has taught drama in the UK, at Blackheath Conservatoire. From 2016-2023 Douge ran a local children's theatre ensemble from Mycenae House, Greenwich.

She played Becky Gallagher, the mentally ill twin sister of Dr. Jack Gallagher on the US Foz drama '' Mental'' (2009).

Douge appeared in two episodes of '' Hijack'', starring Idris Elba (2023). Douge appears in the series '' Kaos'' for Netflix in the role of Andromache (2024).

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

As actor

As crew

Awards

References

External links

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Australian film actresses
Australian television actresses
Actresses from Melbourne
Living people
1976 births
Best Supporting Actress AACTA Award winners

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