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Marg Downey

  • Actress
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Marg Downey
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Marg Downey was born in 1961 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is an actress and writer, known for The Newsreader (2021), Queen of the Damned (2002) and Something Stupid (1998).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    Known for

    Anna Torv and Sam Reid in The Newsreader (2021)
    The Newsreader
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Evelyn Walters
    Aaliyah and Stuart Townsend in Queen of the Damned (2002)
    Queen of the Damned
    5.3
    • Talamascan
    • 2002
    Something Stupid (1998)
    Something Stupid
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Various Characters
    Lisa McCune in Blue Heelers (1994)
    Blue Heelers
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Kaye Fisher
    • Kanga
    • Karen Rhinehardt

    Credits

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    Actress

    • Rex
      • Susan
      • Post-production
    • Sam Pang in Ground Up (2026)
      Ground Up
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Catherine La Fontaine
      • 2026
    • Dear Life (2026)
      Dear Life
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Caroline
      • 2026
    • Anna Torv and Sam Reid in The Newsreader (2021)
      The Newsreader
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Evelyn Walters
      • 2021–2025
    • Jones Family Christmas (2023)
      Jones Family Christmas
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • Sandra
      • 2023
    • Fisk (2021)
      Fisk
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Lindy
      • 2021–2022
    • Rachel King and Roslyn Oades in Kitty Is Not a Cat (2018)
      Kitty Is Not a Cat
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Narrator
      • Stanley (voice)
      • 2018–2019
    • Back in Very Small Business (2018)
      Back in Very Small Business
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Yvonne Giradoux
      • 2018
    • Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan in Get Krack!n (2017)
      Get Krack!n
      7.2
      TV Series
      • McCartney's Mum
      • 2017
    • The Other Guy (2017)
      The Other Guy
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Wilma
      • 2017
    • Elisabeth Moss in Top of the Lake (2013)
      Top of the Lake
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Isadore
      • 2017
    • Claudia Karvan, Georgina Naidu, Brett Tucker, Toby Schmitz, and Miranda Tapsell in Newton's Law (2017)
      Newton's Law
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Melinda Whitley
      • 2017
    • Dana Miltins in The Birth (2017)
      The Birth
      5.0
      Short
      • Midwife
      • 2017
    • Dogstar: Christmas in Space (2016)
      Dogstar: Christmas in Space
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • Alice
      • Daina
      • Greta Clark (voice) ...
      • 2016
    • Stephen Curry, Gina Riley, Glenn Robbins, Magda Szubanski, and Shane Jacobson in Open Slather (2015)
      Open Slather
      4.4
      TV Series
      • Various Characters
      • 2015
    • Craig McLachlan in The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013)
      The Doctor Blake Mysteries
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Evelyn Toohey
      • 2014–2015

    Writer

    • Stephen Curry, Gina Riley, Glenn Robbins, Magda Szubanski, and Shane Jacobson in Open Slather (2015)
      Open Slather
      4.4
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2015
    • Let Loose Live (2005)
      Let Loose Live
      2.7
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2005
    • Something Stupid (1998)
      Something Stupid
      8.7
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1998
    • Get a Life (1997)
      Get a Life
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 1997
    • Rob Sitch and Jason Stephens in The D Generation: The Bottom Drawer (1997)
      The D Generation: The Bottom Drawer
      8.6
      Video
      • writer
      • 1997
    • Fast Forward (1989)
      Fast Forward
      7.9
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1989–1992
    • Nicholas Bufalo, John Harrison, and Michael Veitch in The D Generation Goes Commercial (1988)
      The D Generation Goes Commercial
      8.4
      TV Series
      • additional material
      • 1988–1989
    • The D Generation (1986)
      The D Generation
      8.2
      TV Series
      • writer
      • additional material
      • 1986–1987
    • While You're Down There (1986)
      While You're Down There
      6.5
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1986

    Producer

    • Something Stupid (1998)
      Something Stupid
      8.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 1998

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    Matching Jack
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    Matching Jack

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Margaret Downey
    • Born
      • 1961
      • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Wrote and performed in the 1984 Melbourne University Revue "Let's Talk Backwards", with Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Nicholas Bufalo and John Harrison.

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