Asher Keddie

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Asher Keddie
Asher Keddie, 2012.jpg
Keddie in May 2012
Born (1974-07-31) 31 July 1974 (age 50)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Education St Michael's Grammar School
OccupationActress
Years active1984–present
Spouses
Jay Bowen
(m. 2007;div. 2011)
(m. 2014)
Children1

Asher Keddie (born 31 July 1974) is an Australian actress. Beginning her career in the television series Five Mile Creek in the mid 1980s, Keddie received wide recognition for her role in the television series Offspring . Her significant repertoire in television has led to her being dubbed as the 'Golden Girl of Australian Television'. [1] Keddie also had a small role in the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine , as Dr. Carol Frost. Aside from television and film work, she has several theatre credits, including in the Melbourne Theatre Company production of Les Liaisons dangereuses as Madame de Tourvel.

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She won the Logie Award for Most Popular Actress five times in a row between 2011 and 2015. Keddie won the 2013 Gold Logie award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television, for her role as Dr Nina Proudman in the Network Ten drama Offspring . She had previously been nominated twice for the award. Keddie has a total of seven Logie Awards.

Early life

Keddie was born to Robi and James Keddie, both school teachers. [2] As a child, she took dancing lessons for nine years and at age 14, she dislocated her knee prior to an audition at the Australian Ballet School. Despite her initial misfortune, she landed an acting gig in a dance wear ad while at ballet school and subsequently landed an agent. [3] Keddie completed her secondary education at St Michael's Grammar School, St Kilda. In 2000 she scored a starring role as dancer in the music video, “Since I Left You” by the Avalanches, which by 2024 had been viewed 16 million times. [4]

Entertainment career

Television and film career

Keddie had guest roles early in her career in various television dramas, including her first roles in Five Mile Creek (1985), Fortress (1986) and Janus (1994). She played the role of Marriane Sheridan in Blue Heelers (season 3, episode 21) airing on 18 June 1996 and Good Guys, Bad Guys (1997). From 1997 to 1998, she came to the attention of senior network television producers, appearing in State Coroner . Following this, she had a recurring role in Stingers from 2000 to 2004.

Keddie's big break came in 2004, where she had a leading role in Love My Way , a drama series airing on Foxtel. The series ended in late 2007. This role led to Keddie being nominated for various awards for playing the part of Julia Jackson, a woman who struggles to cope with her own identity in the midst of family tragedy. Keddie's award win came at the end of Love My Way's third series in 2006.

In 2009, Keddie appeared in three different roles. She portrayed police officer Liz Cruickshank in the television drama Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and journalist Jacinta Burns, in the TV series Rush , as well as Dr Carol Frost in X-Men Origins: Wolverine .

In 2010, Keddie depicted author Blanche d'Alpuget in Hawke , a telemovie about the premiership of Bob Hawke (the Prime Minister of Australia, 1983–91). She also became the star of the drama series Offspring , which began airing in August 2010. In April 2011, she had the leading role of Ita Buttrose in ABC1's telemovie Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo , the story of Buttrose's rise to success as the editor of Cleo magazine.

In 2014, Keddie starred in Party Tricks as Premier Kate Ballard. Ballard faces an election campaign alongside newly announced Opposition candidate David McLeod (Rodger Corser), with whom she once had a tumultuous affair.

In 2019, Keddie starred in the ABC1 acclaimed series "The Cry". In March 2020, she starred in a 6 part series on ABC1, "Stateless". The series also stars and is produced by Australian actress, Cate Blanchett and is set in a detention centre in the middle of the Australian outback.

In 2021, Keddie played Heather Marconi in the Nicole Kidman led Hulu series, Nine Perfect Strangers alongside Melissa McCarthy, Samara Weaving and Bobby Cannavale. [5] [6] [7]

In August 2024, Keddie would return for the second season of Strife . [8] On 31 August, Keddie was named in the cast of ABC series Plum. [9]

Stage

Making her theatre debut for the Melbourne Theatre Company in 1998 in Patrick Marber's Closer, Keddie went on to appear in Cyrano de Bergerac , Les Liaisons dangereuses , Birthrights , Great Expectations , The Seagull and Hannie Rayson's Life After George . Her performances in the 2005 Melbourne Theatre Company production of Les Liaisons dangereuses, and the Playbox's The Ishmael Club, both earned her Green Room Award nominations. [10]

In 2007 Keddie starred alongside Jay Bowen in the Melbourne Theatre Company's play The Glass Soldier written by Hannie Rayson. [11]

Personal life

Keddie married actor and musician Jay Bowen in January 2007. [12] The pair separated in December 2011. [12] In April 2014, she married artist Vincent Fantauzzo. [13] On 19 November 2014 she announced at the GQ Men's Award that she was pregnant. On 1 March 2015, their first child was born. [14] [15]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Fortress SueFilm based on a novel by Gabrielle Lord
1988 Two Brothers Running Ruthie BornsteinFilm
1993 The Feds: Deadfall Susan LehmanTV film
1997The Devil GameKarinTV film
1999 Redball Girl #2Film
2003Roy Hollsdotter LiveCateTV film
2006The Society MurdersPrue ReedTV film
PhaseIoneTV film
2007 Curtin Elsie Curtin JnrTV film
Murder in the Outback Anne BarnettTV film
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Dr. Carol Frost Film
Possession(s)SelinaFilm
2010 Hawke Blanche d'AlpugetTV film
2018 Swinging Safari Gale MarshFilm
2019Dark Whispers Vol 1ZoeFilm
2020 Rams AngelaFilm

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
1985 Five Mile Creek EmmaEpisode: Possum
Glass Babies Anna SimpsonMiniseries
Palace of Dreams Young Girl (uncredited)Miniseries
1986 The Last Frontier Emma HannonMiniseries
1988 Dusty Miniseries
1993 Snowy Young GirlEpisode: Dams, Schemes & Damn Schemes
1994 Janus LisaEpisodes: Without Prejudice, Burden of Proof, Improper Influences
1996 Law of the Land Shannon RaynerEpisode: Leader of the Pack
1996–2003 Blue Heelers Marriane Sheridan/Kelly Lonsdale/Lee-Anne Rheinberger4 episodes
1997 Good Guys, Bad Guys AimeeEpisode: The Sound of One Hand Killing
Simone de Beauvoir's Babies Karla (aged 17)Miniseries
1997–1998 State Coroner Claire FerrariMain cast (15 episodes)
2000–2004 Stingers Samantha Piper7 episodes
2002 The Secret Life of Us MelissaEpisode: “From Little Things Big Things Grow”
MDA Rachel O’ConnorEpisode: “1.6”
2004–2007 Love My Way Julia JacksonMain cast (30 episodes)
2005 Last Man Standing JemimaEpisode: “1.6”
2006 Two Twisted SarahEpisode: “A Date with Doctor D”
2009 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Detective Liz CruickshankMain cast (13 episodes)
Rush Jacinta Burns7 episodes
2010–2017 Offspring Nina ProudmanMain role (86 episodes)
2010 Satisfaction Ruby O’KaneEpisode: “Bug Crush”
2011 Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo Ita Buttrose Miniseries
2013 It’s A Date VerityEpisode: “1.3”
2014 Party Tricks Kate Ballard6 episodes
2018 The Cry AlexandraMiniseries: 4 episodes
2019 The Hunting SimoneMiniseries: 4 episodes
2020 Stateless Claire Kowitz6 episodes
2021 Nine Perfect Strangers Heather MarconiMiniseries
2023 The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart SallyMiniseries
2023-present Strife Evelyn Jones8 episodes [16]
2024 Fake Birdie BellIn production [17]
Plum TV series [18]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultWork
2005 Logie Award Most Outstanding Actress [19] Nominated Love My Way
ASTRA Award Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – FemaleNominated
2006 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Lead Actress in Television Drama [19] Nominated
Logie Award Most Outstanding Actress [19] Nominated
ASTRA Award Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – FemaleNominated
2007 ASTRA Award Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – FemaleWon
Logie Award Most Outstanding ActressNominated
2008 Logie Award Most Outstanding ActressNominated
ASTRA Award Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – FemaleNominated
2009 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Lead Actress in Television DramaNominated Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities
2010 Logie Award Most Outstanding ActressNominated
Australian Film Institute Awards Best Supporting Actress in Television DramaNominated Hawke
2011 Gold Logie Nominated Offspring and Hawke
Logie Award Most Popular ActressWon Offspring
Logie Award Most Outstanding ActressNominated
Equity Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (Shared with castmates)Nominated
2012 Equity Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (Shared with castmates)Nominated
Equity Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Mini Series or Telemovie (Shared with castmates)Nominated Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo
AACTA Awards Audience Award for Best PerformanceWon
AACTA Awards Best Lead Actress in Television DramaNominated
Logie Award Most Outstanding ActressNominated
Gold Logie Most Popular Personality on Australian TelevisionNominated Offspring and Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo
Logie Award Most Popular ActressWon
2013 Gold Logie Won Offspring
Logie Award Most Popular ActressWon
Equity Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (Shared with castmates)Nominated
2014 Logie Award Most Popular ActressWon Offspring
Logie Award Most Outstanding ActressWon
2015 Gold Logie Most Popular Personality on Australian TVNominated Offspring and Party Tricks
Logie Award Most Popular ActressWon
2017 Logie Award Best ActressNominated Offspring
2018 Logie Award Most Popular ActressNominated
2019 Logie Award Most Outstanding Supporting Actress

Most Popular Actress

Nominated The Cry

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