Judy Nunn
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Judy Nunn | |
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.jpg) Nunn in 2010 | |
| Born | Judith Anne Nunn 13 April 1945 |
| Other names | Judy Bernard-Waite (pen name) |
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| Years active | Author 1981- present, Actress 1964-2003 |
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| Spouse | Bruce Venables (m. 1988) |
| Website | https://judynunn.com.au |
Judith Anne Nunn[1] (AM) (born 13 April 1945), (also published under the pen name of Judy Bernard-Waite), is an Australian author, of both adult and children's fiction titles. she has collaborated with writers Patricia Bernard and Fiona Waite.[2]
Nunn is a former theatre and television actress and radio and television screenwriter for nearly 50 years,[3] best known for her 15 year tenure in TV soap opera Home and Away as original character Ailsa Hogan.
Nunn was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2015 Australia Day Honours for her service to the performing arts as a scriptwriter and actor of stage and screen, and to literature as an author.[2]
Acting career[edit]
Nunn worked for many years as a leading stage actress, starting in 1964[3]
Her breakout television role was as in the risque soap opera The Box, as scheming bisexual reporter Vicki Stafford. Her character became a popular cult figure in the series and she continued Nunn in the role for the show's entire 1974–77 three year run and reprised in the feature film version in 1975.
In 1979 she briefly played Joyce Martin in the Australian TV series Prisoner and after that as Dr. Irene Fisher in television serial Sons and Daughters from 1984 until 1986.
Best known for her role as original character Ailsa Stewart in the soap opera Home and Away, from 1988 until the character was killed off in 2000 after deciding to leave the series to devote more time with novels, is probably Nunn's most famous role. In 2002 she returned in a guest role playing the same character - it transpired this was an hallucination of her former on-screen husband, Alf Stewart, caused by a brain tumour.
Personal life[edit]
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Nunn attended Presbyterian Ladies' College, Perth. She married her husband, actor and writer and former Tasmanian & Royal Hong Kong police officer Bruce Venables, the same week in which she filmed her character Ailsa's marriage to Alf (Ray Meagher) in Home and Away in 1988. Formerly long-time residents of Bondi, New South Wales, Nunn and her husband now reside on the Central Coast, New South Wales.
Screenwriting[edit]
Nunn is a screenwriter of radio and television and author. She has written scripts for programmes Neighbours and Possession.
Literary career[edit]
In the 1980s she decided to turn her hand to prose. The result was two adventure novels for children, Eye in the Storm and Eye in the City, which remain popular in Australia and Europe.
Embarking on adult fiction in the early 1990s, Judy's three novels, The Glitter Game, Centre Stage and Araluen, set respectively in the worlds of television, theatre and film, became bestsellers. A specialist in Australian period fiction, other books she has written include Kal, Beneath the Southern Cross, Territory, Pacific, Heritage, Floodtide, Maralinga, Tiger Men in 2011, Elianne in 2013 and Spirits of the Ghan in 2015.
Filmography[edit]
Film
| Acting | |||
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| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1975 | The Box | Vicki Stafford | Feature film |
1978
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Bit Part | Jo | TV movie |
1978
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The Newman Shame | Veronica | TV movie |
| 1983 | Hostage: The Christine Meresch Story | Mrs. Lewis | Feature film |
1983
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David Copperfield | Voice | Animated TV film |
1983
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Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear | Voice | Animated film |
1983
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Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet | Voice | Animated film |
1983
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Outbreak of Hostilities | Edna Starling | TV movie |
1984
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Crime of the Decade | Rolly's Mother | TV movie |
1985
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The Pickwick Papers | Voice | Animated TV film |
Television
| Acting | |||
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| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| Z-Cars | TV series, 1 episode | ||
1971
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The Onedin Line | Woman | TV series, Season 1, Episode 12: "Cry of the Blackbird" |
1972
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The Befrienders | Mother | TV series, Season 1, Episode 7: "Lots of Friends in the Big City" |
1974
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Matlock Police | Stella Davis | TV series, Episode: "The Prowler" |
1974–1977
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The Box | Vicki Stafford | Seasons 1–6, 206 episodes |
1979
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Prisoner | Joyce Martin | TV series, Season 1, 9 episodes |
1980
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Skyways | Bessie Langhurst | TV series, 2 episode: "The Return of Bessie Langhurst" |
1981
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Holiday Island | TV series | |
1982
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A Country Practice | Nancy Brewer | TV series, Season 2, Episodes 23 & 24:"Shootin' Through" (2 episodes) |
1984–86
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Sons and Daughters | Irene Fisher | Seasons 3–5, 150 episodes |
1988–2000, 2002–03
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Home and Away | Ailsa Stewart (née Hogan) | Seasons 1–13 (main), Seasons 15–16 (recurring) (1313 episodes) |
| Self appearances | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1978
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The Mike Walsh Show | Guest - Herself with Lois Ramsay | TV series, 1 episode |
1978
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The Mike Walsh Show | Guest - Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
1995
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Good Morning Australia | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1996
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Midday with Kerri-Anne | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1996
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Monday to Friday | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1996
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Burke's Backyard | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1996
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Good Morning Australia | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1997
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Surprise Surprise | Guest | Light entertainment show, 1 episode |
1998
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E! News | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
1999
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Denise | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2000
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The Morning Show | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2001–02
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Beauty and the Beast | Panellist | Panel show |
2001
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Ground Zero | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
2002
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This Is Your Life - Judy Nunn | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
2002
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The Best of Aussie Drama | Herself | Documentary |
2006
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It Takes Two | Contestant | Music competition show, 3 episodes |
2006
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Where Are They Now? | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
2011
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The Morning Show | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
2012
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First Tuesday Book Club | Panellist | Panel Show, 1 episode |
2014–15
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The Daily Edition | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2015, 2016, 2022
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Studio 10 | Guest | TV series, 3 episodes |
2015–21
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A Current Affair | Guest | TV series |
2015
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The Daily Edition | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2016
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The Daily Edition | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2018
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Endless Summer: 30 Years of Home and Away | Herself | Video Documentary |
2018
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News Breakfast | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2018
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Weekend Sunrise | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2020
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7.30 | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2021,2023
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A Current Affair | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2021
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Today Extra | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2022
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This Is Your Life: Ray Meagher | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
2023
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Lest We Forget | Herself | TV special |
2023
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A Current Affair | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| Additional credits | |||
| Year | Title | As | Notes |
1985
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Possession | Writer | |
1985
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Neighbours | Writer | Season 1 (3 episodes) |
Bibliography[edit]
Children’s fiction[edit]
- The Riddle of the Trumpalar (1981, as Judy Bernard-Waite) with Patricia Bernard and Fiona Waite
- Challenge of the Trumpalar (1986, as Judy Bernard-Waite) with Patricia Bernard and Fiona Waite
- Eye in the Storm (1988)
- Eye in the City (1991)
Adult[edit]
| Title | Year | ISBN |
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| The Glitter Game | 1991 | |
| Center Stage | 1994 | |
| Araluen | 1994 | |
| Kal | 1996 | |
| Beneath the Southern Cross | 1999 | |
| Territory | 2002 | |
| Pacific | 2004 | |
| Heritage | 2005 | |
| Floodtide | 2008 | |
| Maralinga | 2009 | |
| Tiger Men | 2011 | |
| Elianne | 2013 | |
| Spirits of the Ghan | 2015 | |
| Sanctuary | 2017 | |
| Khaki Town | 2019 | ISBN 9780143795186 |
| Showtime! | 2022 | ISBN 9781761042546 |
| A Poem for Sally | 2022 | ISBN 9780143777076 |
| Black Sheep | 2023 | ISBN 9781761340123 |
| The Long Weekend (short story collection) | 2023 | ISBN 9781761344619 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Home". itsanhonour.gov.au. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ a b Northover, Kylie (23 January 2015). "Australia Day honours: Judy Nunn, actress and author, awarded AM". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ a b "Judy Nunn theatre credits". The Australian Live Performance Database. AusStage.
Sources[edit]
- Nunn, Judy (27 November 2004). "Prime time for peeping Toms". The Weekend Australian. p. 21.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Judy Nunn at Penguin Random House Australia
- Judy Nunn at IMDb
- Judy Nunn at Scholastic Australia
| International | |
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| National | |
| Other | |
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Australian screenwriters
- People educated at Presbyterian Ladies' College, Perth
- Australian women novelists
- Members of the Order of Australia
- Australian film actresses
- Australian soap opera actresses
- Australian stage actresses
- Australian voice actresses
- 20th-century Australian actresses
- 21st-century Australian actresses
- 20th-century pseudonymous writers
- Pseudonymous women writers