Anna Hruby

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Anna Hruby
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BornOctober 1960 (age 64)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • voice artist
  • television commercial advertiser
Years active1969–present
Family Joy Hruby (mother)

Anna Hruby (born October 1960) is an Australian actress and voice over artist band TV commercial advertiser, who has appeared in many Australian films, television series and theatre productions. She is the daughter of late actress, entertainer and television personality Joy Hruby and Czech jazz pianist Zdenek Hruby.

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Career

Hruby's first recurring role as a child actor was in the TV miniseries Seven Little Australians . She featured in the TV serial The Young Doctors as Sandy Pearce, girlfriend of Roger Gordon in from 1977 to 1978. Hruby then achieved recognition for her role in Prisoner as Paddy Lawson.

She has also appeared in TV series such as Sons and Daughters as Tracy Kingsford, A Country Practice , All Saints , Cop Shop and mini-series such as The Harp in the South and Poor Man's Orange . She was a regular cast member on Home and Away , playing Judith Ackroyd and Fireflies , playing Rebekah Sharp.

Hruby also works as a voice-over artist in advertisements and television network promotions for Foxtel and Channel 7. She is the current voice artist for Telstra, Australia's largest telecommunications company. Often known as 'The Telstra Lady', she provides a majority of recorded messages for Telstra, such as "Your call could not be connected" and other menu prompts. Anna is also the voice in most of the self service checkouts in supermarkets in Australia. [1]

Filmography

FILM

YearTitleRoleType
1978SilverbirdFilm Short
1979 Cathy's Child DeliaFeature film
1979 The Journalist SarahFeature film
1989Action ReplayFeature film
1990SonnetFilm short
1992De AnimaFilm short
2001MelancholyFilm short
2012StraightMumFilm short
2016 Down Under Stacey's MumFeature film

TELEVISION

YearTitleRoleType
1969Hans Christian AndersonTeleplay
1973 Seven Little Australians Nell WolcottTV miniseries, 10 episodes
1974 The Evil Touch ChildTV series, episode 25: "They"
1975 Behind the Legend Younger sisterTV series, episode 6: "Henry Handel Richardson
1976 The Outsiders Denny GosserTV series, episode 7: "The Bush Boy"
1977 The Sullivans Hilda PhipsonTV series, 22 episodes
1977–78 The Young Doctors Sandy PearceTV series, 23 episodes
1978 Chopper Squad First GirlTV series, episode 10: "J Is for Julie"
1978 Case for the Defence ChristobelTV series, episode 6: "Made for Each Other"
1980 The Restless Years Sally KennedyTV series, 3 episodes
1981 Sporting Chance TV series, episode 7: "A Perfect Ten"
1981 Bellamy BethTV series, episode 21: "Come Fly with Me'
1981 Cop Shop Lynda RowlandTV series, 2 episodes
1981 Skyways Sharon WebsterTV series, episode 177
1982; 1984; 1993 A Country Practice Dianne NelsonTV series, Season 2; episodes 21 & 22: "Never Called Me Mother"
1982–83 Prisoner Paddy LawsonTV series, 36 episodes
1984; 1993 A Country Practice Lucy TaylorTV series, Season 4; episodes 59 & 60: "Close to the Bone"
1985 Sons and Daughters Tracy KingsfordTV series, 10 episodes
1987 Rafferty's Rules Di MulroneyTV series, 1 episode
1987 The Harp in the South Roie DarcyTV miniseries, 3 episodes
1987 Fields of Fire KateTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1987 Poor Man's Orange Roie RotheTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1988 Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer MegTV movie
1988 Richmond Hill TV series, 2 episodes
1989 E Street Diane ThompsonTV series, 2 episodes
1989 The Flying Doctors Karen PalmerTV series, Season 5; episode 15: "Sky Above, Earth Below"
1991; 1994 G.P. CarolineTV series, Season 3; episode 28: "The View from Up Here"
1992Big IdeasFACS WomanTV movie
1992–94Sunday JoyrideHerselfTV series, 5 episodes
1993 A Country Practice Judy ColmerTV series, Season 13; episodes 83 & 84: "New Kid in Town"
1993Lighting 'Dances with Wolves' with Dean SemlerNarratorVideo
1994 G.P. Jan WhiteTV series, Season 6; 1 episode 24: "In Good Hands"
1995 Janus Madelaine ConnerTV series, Season 2; 1episode 12: "Mute by Visitation"
1996 Police Rescue RobynTV series, Season 5; episode 9: "The Only Constant"
1997 Heartbreak High Sharon ItkinTV series, episode 24
1998–2008 All Saints Bridget MortimerTV series, Season 1, episode 40: "Hard Rain"
1998 Children's Hospital Maria VoytTV series, episode 7: "Future Shock"
1999–2000 Home And Away Judith AckroydTV series, 44 episodes
2001 All Saints Sandra ConnollyTV series, Season 4, 4 episodes
2004 Fireflies Rebekah SharpTV series, 21 episodes
2004Joy's WorldGuestTV series, 2 episodes
2008 All Saints Nicole TempletonTV series, Season 11, 2 episodes
2011Blood BrothersMotherTV movie
2017 Ten News Herself – Joy Hruby Funeral ServiceTV series, 1 episode
2017 The Project Herself – Joy Hruby Funeral ServiceTV series, 1 episode
2022Talking PrisonerHerselfPodcast series, 1 episode

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