Victoria Eagger

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Victoria Eagger
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Victoria Eagger is an Australian actress. A graduate of NIDA, [1] she had major supporting roles in the films Lust and Revenge [2] [3] and Diana & Me [4] and played in The Loved Ones [5] On TV she joined the main cast of The Librarians for the third season [6] [7] where she won, along with fellow cast members, the first Equity Ensemble Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. [8] She had a supporting role in Janus [9] On stage she has featured in many productions such as Drums of Thunder (1988, Belvoir Street), [10] [11] The Road to Mecca (1989, Russell Street Theatre), [12] [13] Call of the Wild (1990, Belvoir Street Theatre), [14] [15] Baby, Honey. Thirteen Studies in Exile (1995, La Mama), [16] [17] Sweet Road (2000, Merlyn Theatre and The Space), [18] [19] [20] Salt (2001, Playbox at the Malthouse), [21] [22] and Only the End (2005, La Mama) [23]

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