External links
- Angela Punch McGregor at IMDb
- Urban Cine File: The World of Film in Australia – on the Internet(Wayback Machine)
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Angela Punch McGregor | |
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| Born | 21 January 1953 Sydney, Australia |
| Other names | Angela Punch |
| Education | National Institute of Dramatic Art (1973) |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, drama teacher |
| Known for | The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) We of the Never Never (1982) Annie's Coming Out (1984) |
| Spouse | Ross McGregor |
| Children | 1 |
Angela Punch McGregor (born 21 January 1953) is an Australian stage and film actress.
Punch McGregor fell in love with theatre, while acting in school plays from the age of 13. Her first role was as the 'Spoon' in The Owl and the Pussy-Cat . [1]
Punch McGregor studied at Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating with a Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Acting) in 1973. [2]
Punch McGregor has starred in numerous television series including a regular role as Jane Potter in Class of '75 (1975). She played Ros Parrish (mother of series regulars Shane and Nick Parrish) in soap opera Home and Away from 1994 to 1995. Other roles included guest appearances in Rafferty's Rules (1988), crime series Halifax f.p. (1994), Fire (1995), medical drama All Saints (1998), police procedural series White Collar Blue (2002), drama Love My Way (2004–2005) and miniseries The Principal (2015).
Her film credits include The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith (1978) and Newsfront (1978), both of which won her AFI Awards. She also received AFI nominations for her roles in We of the Never Never (1982) and Annie's Coming Out (1984). She appeared in The Delinquents (1989) with Kylie Minogue, Spotswood (1991) opposite Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn and Russell Crowe, Tom White (2004) alongside Colin Friels and Savages Crossing (2010) with John Jarratt. She also appeared the TV biopic Mary: The Making of a Princess (2015), about the courtship of Australian Mary Donaldson and Frederik X of Denmark (who at the time was Crown Prince).
She has also worked for most of Australia's major theatre companies, in plays including The Importance of Being Earnest (1975/1993), Othello (1976), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1985), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1987–1988), A Streetcar Named Desire (1988), Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1991), Dial M For Murder (1991–1992), Long Day's Journey into Night (2004), Festen (2005) and Equus .
She played Juliet to Mel Gibson’s Romeo in a 1979 production of Romeo and Juliet , fresh off the heels of Gibson's success in Mad Max . In 2002, she played Miss Havisham in an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations . [1]
In 1995, she was appearing in Nick Enright’s play Blackrock , when she fell ill. Her illness, combined with insecurity and burnout lead her to take a hiatus from acting, during which time she studied a four-year course in natural medicine. For a year, she practised Orthomolecular medicine full-time and she still runs a clinic part-time from her home. [1]
Punch McGregor was Lecturer in Acting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts from 2006 to 2014. She also taught young people getting into the theatrical business at The HubStudio in Sydney. One of her classes was titled Angela Punch McGregor Master Class – Series 1. [3] [4]
Punch McGregor is married to director and screenwriter Ross McGregor, who is also her former drama teacher. Together, they have a son. [1]
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
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| 1976 | A Handful of Jelly Babies | Film short | |
| 1978 | The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith | Gilda Marshall | Feature film |
| 1978 | Newsfront | Fay | Feature film |
| 1979 | D'Arcy | Film short | |
| 1980 | The Island | Beth | Feature film |
| 1981 | The Survivor | Beth | Feature film |
| 1982 | The Best of Friends | Melanie | Feature film |
| 1982 | We of the Never Never | Jeannie Gunn | Feature film |
| 1983 | Double Deal | Christine Sterling | Feature film |
| 1984 | Annie's Coming Out | Jessica Hathaway | Feature film |
| 1985 | Double Sculls | Edwina Larkin | Feature film |
| 1986 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Esmerelda (voice) | TV movie (animated) |
| 1988 | Alterations | Ann | TV movie |
| 1989 | The Delinquents | Mrs. Lovell | Feature film |
| 1991 | Spotswood (aka The Efficiency Expert) | Caroline Wallace | Feature film |
| 1995 | Halifax f.p.: Lies of the Mind | Anthea | TV movie |
| 1998 | Terra Nova | Margie | Feature film |
| 2000 | Grace | Film short | |
| 2003 | Ash Wednesday | Film short | |
| 2004 | Tom White | Irene | Feature film |
| 2010 | Savages Crossing | Sue | Feature film |
| 2015 | Mary: The Making of a Princess | Queen Margrethe | TV movie |
| 2023 | Violett | Laura | Feature film |
| 2023 | Y | Film short |
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
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| 1975 | Shannon's Mob | Prostitute | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1975 | Class of 75 | Jane Potter | TV series, 98 episodes |
| 1976 | Alvin Purple | Lucy | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1978 | Case for the Defence | Ruth | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1979 | Patrol Boat | Sue Halloran | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1980 | The Timeless Land | Ellen | Miniseries, 7 episodes |
| 1986 | Tusitala | Fanny Stevenson | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1986 | Whose Baby? | Gwen Morrison | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1988 | Rafferty's Rules | Christine Stanton | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994–95 | Home and Away | Ros Parrish | TV series, 20 episodes |
| 1995 | Law of the Land | Angela Goodman | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1996 | Fire | Dr Prudence Eberhardt | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 2002 | Bad Cop, Bad Cop | Evelyn Bowers | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2003 | All Saints | Carmen Shaw | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2003 | White Collar Blue | Win Absolom | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2004–05 | Love My Way | Angela Morris | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 2015 | The Principal | Sue Longworthy | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2022–2024 | Troppo | Dr Val | TV series, 10 episodes |
| 2025 | The Last Anniversary | Connie | TV series, 6 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
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| 1993 | The Grace of Mary Traverse | Director | NIDA Theatre |
| 1993 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Director | Theatre 3 with Canberra Repertory Society |
| 2003 | Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde | Director / Set Designer | Theatre 3 with Canberra Repertory Society |
| 2004 | Communicating Doors | Director / Set Designer | Theatre 3 with Canberra Repertory Society |
| 2012 | Lost in Yonkers | Director | Theatre 3 with Canberra Repertory Society [5] |
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
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| 1978 | The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith | AFI Award for Best Actress | Won |
| 1978 | Newsfront | AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Won |
| 1982 | We of the Never Never | AFI Award for Best Actress | Nominated |
| 1984 | We of the Never Never | London Daily Telegraph Award for Actress of the Year | Won |
| 1984 | Annie's Coming Out | AFI Award for Best Actress | Won |
| 1998 | Terra Nova | AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 2003 | Great Expectations | Helpmann Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
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