Megan Smart is an Australian television and film actress.

Early life

Smart grew up in

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. She graduated from

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in 2016. She has Lebanese heritage and used Megan Hajjar, her mother’s maiden name, professionally for a spell from 2019.

Career

She made her screen debut in the 2017 film ''

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'', winning the role after her first professional audition. She also appeared in '' Love Child''. She played a serial killer named Charlotte in the

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. She played troublemaker Anna Hennessy in

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and Channel Seven’s ''

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'' in which she appeared with

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. She also had a role in '' Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway''. In the 2019 film ''The Naked Wanderer'', she played the former girlfriend of the lead character In 2020, she played Jaiwara, a Lebanese Muslim woman who has a romance with a musician, in the film ''

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'', which also starred

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, and was a retelling of Shakespeare’s 1609 play '' of the same name''. She appeared in '' Between Two Worlds'', the

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drama. In 2021, she could be seen as Paloma in miniseries '' The Unusual Suspects''. That year she also appeared in ''

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'' for ABC. Smart also appeared in soap opera ''

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'' and in the

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interactive rom-com '' Choose Love''. In 2022, Smart made her debut as a director with the short film ''Stonefish''. It was nominated for Best Short Film at the

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in December 2022. Smart had the role of Amelia Collins on the 2023 Australian comedy series '' Class of '07'' for

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Filmography

Television appearances

Film appearances

Staff credits

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smart, Megan Australian television actresses Living people Actresses from Brisbane Date of birth unknown 21st-century Australian actresses Australian film actresses Australian people of Lebanese descent 1997 births