Megan Smart | |
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Occupation | Actress |
Television | Home and Away Class of '07 |
Megan Smart is an Australian television and film actress.
Smart grew up in Brisbane. [1] She graduated from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2016. She has Lebanese heritage and used Megan Hajjar, her mother’s maiden name, professionally for a spell from 2019. [2]
She made her screen debut in Simon Baker’s 2017 film Breath , winning the role after her first professional audition. She also appeared in Sarah Lambert series Love Child . She played a serial killer named Charlotte in the ABC television series Harrow. [2] She played troublemaker Anna Hennessy in Screentime and Channel Seven’s The Secret Daughter in which she appeared with Jessica Mauboy. She also had a role in Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway . [3] [4]
In the 2019 film The Naked Wanderer, she played the former girlfriend the lead character, played by Angus McLaren. The film also starred John Cleese. [5]
In 2020, she played Jaiwara, a Lebanese Muslim woman who has a romance with musician Claudio (Harrison Gilbertson), in Paul Ireland film Measure for Measure , which also starred Hugo Weaving, and was a retelling of Shakespeare’s 1609 play of the same name . She appeared in Between Two Worlds , the Seven Network drama created by Bevan Lee with Hermione Norris in the lead. [6] [7]
In 2021, she could be seen as Paloma in miniseries The Unusual Suspects . [8] That year she also appeared in Wakefield for ABC. [9] Smart also appeared in soap opera Home and Away and in the Netflix interactive rom-com Choose Love . In 2022, Smart made her debut as a director with the short film Stonefish. [4] It was nominated for Best Short Film at the 12th AACTA Awards in December 2022. [10]
Smart had the role of Amelia Collins on the 2023 Australian comedy series Class of '07 for Prime Video alongside Emily Browning and Caitlin Stasey. [11]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Breath | Karen | |
2017 | Love Child | Barbara Fitzgerald | 1 episode |
2017 | The Secret Daughter | Anna Hennessy | 4 episodes |
2018 | Harrow | Charlotte | 1 episode |
2019 | The Naked Wanderer | Jasmine | |
2020 | Measure for Measure | Jaiwara | |
2020 | Between Two Worlds | Bella Gray | As Megan Hajjar |
2020 | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Executive | As Megan Hajjar |
2021 | Wakefield | Ivy | 2 episodes |
2021 | The Unusual Suspects | Paloma | 2 episodes |
2021 | Home and Away | Anne Sherman | 7 episodes |
2022 | Stonefish | Also director | |
2023 | Class of '07 | Amelia | Lead role. 8 episodes |
2023 | Choose Love | Amalia |
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