Brooke Satchwell

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Brooke Satchwell
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Satchwell in 2010
Born
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)Actress, model, spokesperson
Years active1994–present
Television

Brooke Kerith Satchwell is an Australian actress, model, and environmental spokesperson.

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Early life

Satchwell lived in Teesdale, Victoria, for most of her life and has one sibling. She attended Toorak College. [1] [2]

Career

Satchwell started acting in 1994 when a casting agent suggested she model in a few television advertisements. She also appeared in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation musical Harriet. [3] After she had completed work on an advertisement for Just Jeans, a make-up artist advised Satchwell to get an agent. A year later she successfully auditioned for the role of Anne Wilkinson in the daily television soap opera Neighbours , which she played until 2000. [4]

Satchwell modelled for Pantene and was signed to act as their brand ambassador in 2004. [5]

Satchwell got her first lead role on a film in 2008 in Subdivision which was released in cinemas on 20 August 2009. In 2012, Satchwell joined the cast of drama series Packed to the Rafters as Frankie, an electrician and employee of Dave Rafter. In 2013, she became a regular panellist on celebrity gossip, comedy show Dirty Laundry Live . That same year, Satchwell joined the cast of Wonderland as lawyer Grace Barnes. [6] After three seasons, Wonderland was cancelled due to falling ratings. [7] Satchwell has appeared in some episodes of children's television show Play School. [8]

In 2014, Satchwell made a guest appearance on sketch comedy series Black Comedy , as Tiffany. [9] She reprised the character in the second series in 2016. [10] She also appeared in the Jack Irish series. [11] 2018 saw Satchwell make guest appearances on Hughesy, We Have a Problem , [12] and the SBS drama Dead Lucky . [13] She also plays Ally, the girlfriend of hit-man Ray Shoesmith, in the black comedy-drama Mr Inbetween . [14] Towards the end of the year, Satchwell replaced Jane Harber as team captain for the second season of comedy panel show Show Me the Movie! . [15]

Satchwell plays park ranger Miranda Gibson, the estranged daughter of Laura Gibson (Sigrid Thornton), in the revival series of SeaChange . [16] Satchwell admitted that she almost missed the casting call, as she was moving house. [17] The actress flew between Sydney and Byron, Mullumbimby and Brunswick Heads to film SeaChange and the second season of Mr Inbetween. [16]

Other activities

Satchwell has promoted charity work as a fundraiser for the Starlight Children's Foundation Gift of a Lifetime, [18] and in joining the fight against sand mining of Sydney's historic Kurnell sand dunes. [19]

In 2009, Satchwell supported Power Shift, a climate-change conference for young people held in Sydney. [20]

Personal life

Satchwell's five-year relationship with actor Matthew Newton ended in 2006. Newton was charged with four offences including common assault, intimidation and assault occasioning actual bodily harm against Satchwell. Three of the charges were withdrawn by prosecutors, Newton pleading guilty on the remaining charge of common assault. [21]

On 26 November 2008, Satchwell was in a building which was attacked by terrorists in the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks. She hid in a cupboard until gunfire ceased. [22]

Satchwell was engaged to film editor David Gross from 2012 until 2019. [23] [17] In 2015, she stated that long times separated by distance made it hard for them to ever set a date for the wedding. [24]

Filmography

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Satchwell signing autographs for fans in 2007

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996–2000 Neighbours Anne Wilkinson Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent (1998)
People's Choice Award for Most Popular Teen Idol (1999)
2000–2001 Water Rats Sophie Ferguson
2001–2002 BeastMaster Rhana
2002–2003 White Collar Blue Sophia Marinkovitch
2005–2010 Play School Herself
2006 Tripping Over Felicity
2007 Dangerous Donna McCarthy
2008 Canal Road Bridget Keenan
2010 Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation Herself
2011 The Jesters HerselfEpisode: "Stunted"
2012–2013 Packed to the Rafters Frankie Calasso
2013–2016 Dirty Laundry Live Panelist
2013–2015 Wonderland Grace Barnes
2014–2016 Black Comedy Tiffany
2016 Jack Irish Tina Longmore2 episodes
2018 Hughesy, We Have a Problem HerselfCelebrity problem
Dead Lucky Claire
2018–2021 Mr Inbetween Ally
2019 Show Me the Movie! HerselfTeam captain
SeaChange Miranda Gibson
2020ABC Reef LiveHerselfCo-host
2022 The Twelve Georgina Merrick AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama (2022)
2023 Black Snow Chloe WalcottWritten by Lucas Taylor; released on Stan
Inside Sydney AirportNarrator

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Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002Radio SamuraiEthel
2004Right Here Right NowJennyNot distributed
Small Claims: White Wedding Imogen Telemovie
2008 Corrections Amy PerrinShort film
2009EchoBellaShort film
Subdivision TiffanyFeature film
2019 Ride Like a Girl Therese PayneFeature film
2022 Poker Face Nicole FoleyFeature film

Theatre

YearProductionRoleDirector
1999 Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens TinaLeon Gallagher
The Caribbean TempestMirandaToby Gough, Holders Season, Barbados
Vagina Monologues HerselfCaroline Stacey, Adrian Bohm Productions
2001The GraduateElaine RobinsonTerry Johnson, The Really Usefull[ sic ] Co
2010 The Clean House MatildeKate Cherry

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