Wendy Hughes
Biography
Wendy Hughes was an Australian actress who worked for more than 40 years in theater, film, and television. Born in Melbourne and raised in Alphington, she studied ballet before turning to acting and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1970. After guest roles on Homicide, she made her film debut in Petersen (1974) and became a leading figure in Australian cinema. Her films included Newsfront (1978), My Brilliant Career (1979), Lonely Hearts (1982), and The Heist (1989). She made her American debut in Happy New Year (1987). Later credits included Princess Caraboo (1994), Paradise Road (1997), and The Man Who Sued God (2001), plus television roles on Homicide: Life on the Street and State Coroner. She won the Australian Film Institute Best Lead Actress award in 1983 for Careful, He Might Hear You and was nominated six times. Her stage work included The Graduate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Pygmalion.
61years old at death
- Born Melbourne
- Died Sydney
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 23 years1978 to 2001
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Early training
Hughes won a scholarship to train at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Melbourne and graduated from its two year course in 1970.
First role
Hughes' first television work was in Homicide, where she played six guest roles as different characters between 1967 and 73.
Big break
In Lonely Hearts (1982), Hughes played Patricia, the part that first brought her notice abroad. It also marked the start of a collaboration with Paul Cox, the Dutch-Australian director, that lasted decades.
A first
In 1987, Wendy Hughes appeared in her first American film, John G. Avildsen's Happy New Year, sharing the screen with Peter Falk and Charles Durning.
Wendy Hughes movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Wendy Hughes shares two films with Judy Davis, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Judy Davis's page
Peter Whitford's page
Jim Broadbent's page
Pierce Brosnan's page
Sam Neill's page
John Lithgow's page
All films by Bruce Beresford
All films by Gillian Armstrong
Mark JoffeDirector, 1 film, 2001
All films by Mark Joffe
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Official profiles and reference pages.