Simone Buchanan | |
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Born | Simone Louise Buchanan |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1978–present |
Spouse | Brett Smith (m. 2008) |
Children | 2 |
Simone Louise Buchanan is an Australian film and television actress, and television director. She is best known for her television roles as Debbie Kelly in the situation comedy Hey Dad..! and Samantha Fitzgerald in the soap opera Neighbours .
Buchanan's siblings Miles Buchanan and Beth Buchanan are also actors. [1] All three appeared in the children's television show Secret Valley . [1]
Buchanan's father later learned that he had a daughter from a relationship before he married Buchanan's mother. Buchanan's half-sister Rudie Chapman is also an actor and worked with Beth on Neighbours. The three sisters went onto star in a production of Crimes of the Heart together. [2]
Having attended a drama and dance school along with her brother, the siblings were cast in the 1978 feature film A Good Thing Going . [3] Buchanan went on to appear in a number of television series, including The Flying Doctors and Sons and Daughters , before she was cast in Hey Dad..! . [3]
Buchanan has appeared in several films, including playing a rape victim in Shame , and as Laura Harris – and eventually Anna Dodwell – in the Australian drama series Pacific Drive .
In 2008, Buchanan played Samantha Fitzgerald, the bipolar-suffering estranged wife of Dan Fitzgerald (Brett Tucker), in the long-running soap opera Neighbours . Originally appearing for three months, from March to June, the character's introduction was considered a success, leading to her return for a second three-month stint from November to February 2009. The character appeared for a four-week guest role in late 2010, to coincide with the 6,000th episode celebrations. [4]
Buchanan returned to the Neighbours set in 2018 as a director, after the series producer Jason Herbison asked her to do her director's attachment with the show. [1] Buchanan also appears in the 2018 horror film Boar , alongside John Jarratt, Ernie Dingo, Steve Bisley and Roger Ward. [1]
Buchanan has been married to Brett Smith since 2008. [5] She has a son, Tane (born 1998), from a previous relationship. [6] In August 2009, it was announced that Buchanan was expecting her second child, due in early 2010. The pregnancy was achieved with IVF treatment. [7] Buchanan gave birth to a son, Rémy, via caesarean section. [6]
In March 2010, Buchanan supported Sarah Monahan, a co-star on the Hey Dad..! television show, over allegations that fellow star Robert Hughes had engaged in inappropriate sexual behaviour on the set of the show. [8] Buchanan claimed she had approached the show's producer about the alleged assaults but that he instructed her to keep quiet. [9] She testified at Hughes' 2014 trial that she only heard allegations about his inappropriate behaviour and never saw it for herself. [10]
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1978 | Newsfront | Child | Feature film |
1979 | My Brilliant Career | Mary Anne | Feature film |
1981 | Doctors & Nurses | Jane Gilmour | Feature film |
1981 | Run Rebecca, Run | Rebecca | Feature film |
1982 | The Mystery at Castle House | Kate | Feature film |
1983 | Platypus Cove | Jenny Nelson | Feature film |
1984 | Run Chrissie Run! | Cathy | Feature film |
1987 | Shame | Lizzie Curtis | Feature film |
2004 | Swimming to the Boy | Mum | Film Short |
2005 | Forced Entry | Julie | Film Short |
2005 | Push | Susan | Film Short |
2006 | End of Town | Mother | Film Short |
2013 | Patrick | Patrick's Mother | Feature film |
2017 | Boar | Debbie | Feature film |
2021 | The Possessed | Carissa | Feature film |
2022 | Girl at the Window | Christina Ellis | Feature film |
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1978 | A Good Thing Going | Cathy Harris | TV movie |
1980; 1982 | Secret Valley | Simone | TV series, 15 episodes |
1982 | Runaway Island | Jemma McLeod | TV movie / TV pilot |
1983; 1984 | Carson's Law | Rose Gunn | TV series, 2 episodes |
1983 | High Country | Debbie Lomax | TV movie |
1984 | Carson's Law | Melanie Creswell | TV series, 2 episodes |
1984 | A Country Practice | Sharon Barnes | TV series, 2 episodes |
1984-85 | Runaway Island | Jemma McLeod | TV series, 8 episodes |
1985 | The Flying Doctors | Lucy Daniels | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
1985-1986 | Sons and Daughters | Donna Jackson/Palmer | TV series, 22 episodes |
1987 | Willing and Abel | Guest role | TV series, 1 episode |
1987-1994 | Hey Dad...! | Debbie Kelly | TV series, 167 episodes |
1989 | The Bert Newton Show | Guest - Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
1991 | A Country Practice | Sara Kennedy | TV series, 2 episodes |
1991 | The Main Event | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
1993 | G.P. | Mickey Davis | TV series, 1 episode |
1993 | R.F.D.S. aka 'The Flying Doctors' | Rebecca Owens | TV series, 13 episodes |
1994 | English at Work | Herself | TV series |
1995-98 | Pacific Drive | Laura Harris | TV series, 389 episodes |
1998 | All Saints | Mitchie Bell | TV series, 1 episode |
1999 | Water Rats | Jenny Spiro | TV series, 1 episode |
2000; 2003 | Blue Heelers | Nurse Angie Cohen | TV series, 2 episodes |
2003 | Stingers | Cathy Pearson | TV series, 1 episode |
2006 | McLeod's Daughters | Amy Tanaka | TV series, 1 episode |
2007 | Where Are They Now? | Herself with Hey Dad...! cast | TV series, 1 episode |
2008-10; 2020 | Neighbours | Samantha Fitzgerald | TV series, 91 episodes |
2008 | 9am with David & Kim | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2010; 2011 | A Current Affair | Herself with Hey Dad...! cast | TV series, 1 episode |
2014 | A Current Affair | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
2014 | Upper Middle Bogan | Kirby | TV series, 1 episode |
2018 | Boar: Bloopers | Herself | Video |
2018 | Boar: Director Chris Sun | Herself | Video |
2018 | Boar: Cast Interviews | Herself | Video |
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