Sally Cooper (actress)

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Sally Cooper
Born
Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1978–2010

Sally Cooper is an Australian actress. For her performance in Simone de Beauvoir's Babies she was nominated for the 1997 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama. [1]

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Cooper's career began with the lead role in Gail on ABC TV followed by All the Green Year , Network Ten's Prisoner and an eight-week run on Ten's The Restless Years . [2] [3] Other roles include Moving Out [4] [5] and Simone de Beauvoir's Babies in 1997. [6] She played Maggie Hancock on Neighbours . [7]

Cooper has appeared on stage [8] in plays such as After Dinner for the Melbourne Theatre Company [9] [10] and Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) for State Theatre Company of South Australia. [11] [12]

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References

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  2. Adams, Clay (8 July 1991), "Sally's no dummy", The Australian Woman's Weekly
  3. Waby, Heather (14 January 1991), "Zany sex-symbol", The Australian Woman's Weekly
  4. Jillett, Neil (4 April 1983), "Local 'unknowns' make one to stand with the best:", The Age
  5. Adams, Clay (4 March 1981), "Movie role for Sally", The Australian Woman's Weekly
  6. "My Kind Of Place", The Age, 11 February 1997
  7. Caruso, Carla (7 November 2004), "Sally doesn't love thy Neighbours", The Advertiser
  8. Sally Cooper, AusStage
  9. Steger, Jason (9 March 1997), "Food for - thought - Performance - Theatre Review", The Age
  10. After Dinner, AusStage
  11. McDonald, Patrick (13 September 2004), "Bard girls", The Advertiser
  12. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), AusStage