Simone Buchanan

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name = Simone Buchanan


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birthname = Simone Louise Buchanan
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birthplace = Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
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occupation = Television actor
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Simone Buchanan (born 11 March 1968, in Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian film and television actress. Her full name is Simone Louise Buchanan. She is best known for her role as Debbie Kelly on the Australian television sit-com "Hey Dad...!". She began her career in children's television on the ABC network. Since then she has appeared in several films, including playing a rape victim in Shame and as "Laura Harris" (and eventually "Anna Dodwell") in the Australian drama series "Pacific Drive".

Buchanan comes from a family of actors and musicians. Her younger sister Beth is well known for her appearances on "Neighbours" and "Blue Heelers", and has also appeared in "Hey Dad...!". Her brother Miles Buchanan is a musician and sometime actor. Buchanan attended Avalon Primary School. In 1998 she gave birth to a boy she named Tane. Simone recurringly starred in Neighbours in 2008 as Samantha Fitzgerald, the estranged and bipolar-suffering wife of Dan.

Films & television

*"A Good Thing Going" (TV), 1978
*"My Brilliant Career" (Film), 1979
*"Secret Valley" (TV Series), 1980
*"Runaway Island" (TV Series), 1982
*"Run, Rebecca, Run" (Film), 1981
*"Doctors & Nurses" (Film), 1981
*"The Mystery at Castle House" (TV), 1982
*"High Country" also known as "The Man from the High Country" (Film), 1984
*"Run Chrissie Run!" (Film), 1984
*"Sons and Daughters" (TV Series), 1985
*"Hey Dad!" (TV Series), 1987-1990
*"Shame" (Film), 1987
*"A Country Practice" (TV), 1984, 1991
*"Pacific Drive" (TV), 1995
*"All Saints" (TV), 1998-1999
*"Water Rats" (TV), 1999
*"Blue Heelers" (TV), 2000-2003
*"Stingers" (TV), 2003
*"Forced Entry" (Short Film), 2005
*"McLeod's Daughters (guest role)
*"Neighbours, 2008

External links

*imdb name|0118079
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=9306 New York Times Entry]