Megan Smart

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Megan Smart is an Australian television and film actress.

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Early life

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]

Career

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]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Breath Karen
2017 Love Child Barbara Fitzgerald1 episode
2017The Secret DaughterAnna Hennessy4 episodes
2018 Harrow Charlotte1 episode
2019The Naked WandererJasmine
2020 Measure for Measure Jaiwara
2020 Between Two Worlds Bella GrayAs Megan Hajjar
2020 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway ExecutiveAs Megan Hajjar
2021 Wakefield Ivy2 episodes
2021 The Unusual Suspects Paloma2 episodes
2021 Home and Away Anne Sherman7 episodes
2022StonefishAlso director
2023 Class of '07 AmeliaLead role. 8 episodes
2023 Choose Love Amalia

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