Georgia Chara

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Georgia Chara
Born (1987-07-30) 30 July 1987 (age 36) [1]
Geelong, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present

Georgia Chara (born 30 July 1987) is an Australian television and theatre actress. After starting her acting career in her twenties, she made guest appearances in various television series', including Bed of Roses , Killing Time and Mr & Mrs Murder . In 2013, Chara was cast as Jess Lockwood in Home and Away . She also joined the cast of Wentworth in the starring role of Jess Warner. Chara appeared in the second and third seasons. In 2015, Chara starred as Wednesday in comedy series Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane and made a guest appearance in Neighbours . She also made her stage debut in a production of Exit the King .

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Early life

Chara grew up on a farm in Bellbrae. During her teenage years, she moved to Highton and attended Sacred Heart College. [2] For six months she studied finance at Deakin University, before dropping out. She then worked as a personal trainer in Torquay. [2] When she was 20 years old, Chara joined the Screen Actors Studio and she also taught improvisation classes at Mooregrace Acting Studios. [2]

Career

Chara has made guest appearances in Rush , Bed of Roses , [3] Killing Time , [4] and Mr & Mrs Murder . [5] In 2013, Chara was cast in the guest role of Jess Lockwood in Home and Away for six episodes. [2] While she was filming for the Home and Away , Chara successfully auditioned for the recurring role of Jess Warner in the prison drama Wentworth . [3] Chara described her character as "a wrongly accused and scared innocent girl". [3] She made her debut in the second season, which aired in 2014. [3]

Chara also joined the cast of feature film Before Dawn, alongside Samara Weaving and Marcus Graham. [6] In 2015, Chara appeared in the third season of Wentworth and the ABC comedy show Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane . [7] She also joined the cast of Neighbours in the guest role of Indiana Crowe. [8] Chara made her stage debut in a production of Eugène Ionesco's Exit the King at the Geelong Arts Centre. She played the female lead Queen Marguerite. [4]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Rush StudentEpisode: "Season 2 Episode 15"
2011 Bed of Roses Bike SalespersonEpisode: "Heartache"
Killing Time CharleneEpisode: "1.3"
2013 Mr & Mrs Murder Jennifer TraversEpisode: "A Flare for Murder"
2013–14 Home and Away Jess Lockwood Guest role; Seasons 26–27
2014–15 Wentworth [9] Jess Warner Recurring role; Seasons 2–3
2015 Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane [10] [11] Wednesday
Footballer Wants a Wife Bella
Neighbours Indiana Crowe Guest role; Season 31
2017Living SpaceAshley
2019 Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries Julie ThomasEpisode: "Dead Beat"

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
2024 Between the Sheets LeadUK / AUS / US tour [12] [13]
2023 Proof Geelong Repertory Theatre Company
2022Some GirlsWoodbin Theatre [14]
2021Forget Me NotSallyGeelong Repertory Theatre Company [15]
2018 A Doll’s House Nora Helm
Exit the King Queen Marguerite Geelong Arts Centre

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Millard, Julia (9 July 2015). "Queen Georgia Chara gets her big break". The Weekly Review. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Luby, Miranda (12 December 2013). "Guest spot: Georgia Chara". Geelong Advertiser . Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 Iannello, Emily (3 July 2015). "Logie nominee Georgia Chara debuts Geelong". Geelong Independent . Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Mr & Mrs Murder – Series 1 – 8. Flare for Murder". Radio Times . Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Lee, Ben (9 March 2014). "Home and Away's Samara Weaving to shoot Before Dawn next month". Digital Spy . Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Wentworth actor Georgia Chara on her Logie nomination and future plans". Geelong Advertiser . 2 March 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Georgia Chara prepares for Neighbours shoot!". Mooregrace Acting Studios. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  9. ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2015/02/returning-wentworth-2.html
  10. ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2014/11/cameras-roll-on-new-sammy-j-and-randy-comedy.html
  11. ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2015/08/sammy-j-randy-in-ricketts-lane.html
  12. ↑ https://www.screenstar.tv/libbygeorgia
  13. ↑ https://www.wentworthcon.com/between-the-sheets-mel
  14. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Chkvu7hPrQY/
  15. ↑ https://www.theatreofthewingedunicorn.com.au/?easy-photo-album=a-dolls-house
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