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Australian comedian
Jane Turner
OAM
(born 1 December 1960) is an Australian actress, comedian and
Logie Award
-winning comedy series creator and screenwriter.
Career
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Turner, although best known as a comedy performer, made her acting debut in the internationally renowned TV cult drama series
Prisoner
in a 15-episode guest role.
She is notable for numerous comedy roles including the
sketch comedy
programs
The D-Generation
,
Fast Forward
,
Full Frontal
,
Big Girl's Blouse
and
Something Stupid
.
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On
Fast Forward
Turner (Svetta) recorded a song with cast member
Peter Moon (comedian)
(Victor), called "Don't Do Your Soviet Bloc".
In the 2000s Turner has received accolades for her performance in
Kath & Kim
, an
ABC
(later
Seven Network
) comedy series which she created, wrote, produced and starred in with her longtime friend and collaborator,
Gina Riley
.
Kath & Kim
became the most successful ABC syndicated show in Australian television history. Turner plays Kath Day Knight, one of the leading roles in the show and an occasional recurring character, Prue, a shop keeper at the Fountain Gate Shopping Centre.
Turner reprised the role in the 2005 telemovie
Da Kath & Kim Code
and the 2012 feature film
Kath & Kimderella
.
[2]
Turner made her West End theatrical debut in the Australian hit play
Holding the Man
at London's
Trafalgar Studios
in April 2010.
Personal life
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Turner attended
Sacre Cœur School
in
Glen Iris, Victoria
, and later studied law at
Monash University
.
[3]
Turner graduated from Monash with a
Bachelor of Arts
degree in 1988.
[4]
She is married to lawyer John Denton
[5]
and they have three children including model Anna Denton
[6]
and actor
Nicholas Denton
.
Filmography
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Television
Year
|
Title
|
Role
|
Notes
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1983–84
|
Prisoner
|
Belinda Johns
|
Seasons 5?6 (recurring; 15 episodes)
|
1987
|
The D-Generation
|
Various characters
|
Season 2 & Seven Network specials (8 episodes)
+ Writer (7 episodes)
|
1989–92
|
Fast Forward
|
Various characters
|
Seasons 1–4 (lead; 90 episodes)
+ Writer (90 episodes)
|
1992
|
Bligh
|
Mad Lottie
|
Season 1 (guest; 1 episode)
|
1993
|
Full Frontal
|
Various characters
|
Season 1 (guest; 13 episodes)
|
The Making of Nothing
|
Pasha
|
Television special
|
A Royal Commission Into the Australian Economy
|
Court Official / Travel Agent
|
Television special
|
1994
|
Big Girl's Blouse
|
Various characters
|
Season 1 (main; 9 episodes)
+ Writer & producer (9 episodes)
|
1998
|
Something Stupid
|
Various characters
|
Season 1 (main; 6 episodes)
+ Writer & producer (6 episodes)
|
2002–07
|
Kath & Kim
|
Kath Day-Knight
/ Prue
|
Seasons 1?4 & special (33 episodes)
+ Writer & executive producer (32 episodes); producer (25 episodes)
|
2007
|
Little Britain Down Under
|
Kath Day-Knight
|
Television documentary
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2015
|
Open Slather
|
Various characters
|
Season 1 (main; 11 episodes)
|
2018
|
Rake
|
Senator Penny Evans
|
Season 5 (recurring; 5 episodes)
|
2020
|
Parlement
(French TV series)
[7]
|
MEP
Sharon Redlion
|
Season 1 (recurring; 10 episodes)
|
References
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