''Bad Mothers'' is an Australian television drama series that premiered on the
Nine Network
Nine Network (stylised 9Network, and commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of the five main free-to-air television ...
on 18 February 2019. The show centres around five women whose lives collide following a series of shocking events and learn that life can get a whole lot more complicated, outrageous and fun, than they ever imagined.
Synopsis
Sarah's suburban bliss is destroyed when her husband has an affair with her best friend, Charlotte, head of the Bedford Mothers’ Club. Ousted from the snooty club, Sarah finds unexpected support among the titular Bad Mothers. The new friends exact revenge on Charlotte that leads to deadly results.
Cast
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Melissa George
Melissa Suzanne George (born 6 August 1976) is an Australian and American actress. She began her career playing Angel Parrish on the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' between 1993–1996. After moving to the United States, George made her ...
as Charlotte
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Tess Haubrich
Tess Haubrich is an Australian actress and model who most recently played Heather in the 2022 Netflix sci-fi film '' Spiderhead''.
Early life and education
Haubrich was born on 1 April 1990 in Sydney, New South Wales. She was educated at Pittwa ...
as Sarah
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Daniel MacPherson
Daniel MacPherson is an Australian actor and television presenter, known for his roles as Joel Samuels in ''Neighbours'', PC Cameron Tait in ''The Bill'', Sergeant Samuel Wyatt in Sky and Cinemax's '' Strike Back'', Whit Carmichael in the ...
as Anton
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Don Hany
Don Hany (born 18 September 1975) is an Australian film, television and stage actor.
He has received a number of accolades and nominations. He won a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor, playing the protagonist, Zane Malik, in the SBS serie ...
as Kyle
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Steve Bastoni
Steve Bastoni (born 4 March 1966) is an Italian-born Australian actor. He became a household name in Australia for his role as Constable Yannis 'Angel' Angelopoulos in ''Police Rescue'' and as Steve Parker in ''Neighbours''. His memorable per ...
as Tom
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Mandy McElhinney
Mandy McElhinney (born 9 September 1970) is an Australian actress best known for playing Rhonda in AAMI insurance advertisements. She appeared on the sketch comedy television series, '' Comedy Inc.'', from 2003 to 2006. She appeared as Gina Ri ...
as Maddie
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Shalom Brune-Franklin
Shalom Brune-Franklin is a British and Australian actress. She is known for playing Private Maisie Richards in the BBC series '' Our Girl'', Umm Khulthum in ''The State'', Ella in '' Love Me'' and Aoife in the Australian series ''Doctor Doctor' ...
as Bindy
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Jessica Tovey
Jessica Tovey (born 10 November 1987) is an Australian actress. Tovey graduated from the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts and has made appearances for various drama companies. She is best known for her role of Belle Taylor on the lo ...
as Danielle
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Kate Lister as Phoebe
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Helen Thomson as Liz
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Toby Truslove
Toby Truslove is an Australian film, theatre and television actor.
Early life
Truslove grew up in Perth, Western Australia, and holidayed on Rottnest Island with his family every summer. His father, Mike, went to the seminary for three years w ...
as Detective Holland
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Eddie Baroo
Eddie Baroo (born 25 September 1968) is an Australian actor, screenwriter, singer and guitarist. He is the lead singer and frontman of the band Stodgewood. His notable films are '' Red Hill'' (2010), ''Crawlspace
A crawl space or crawlspace ...
as Matt
Episodes
Ratings
Adaptation
In September 2020, Jungle Entertainment announced they are in active development on creating an adaptation of the series for U.S. audiences.
References
External links
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{{Nine Network programming
Nine Network original programming
2010s Australian drama television series
2019 Australian television series debuts
2019 Australian television series endings