Anna McGahan

Anna McGahan (born 2 May 1988) is an Australian actress and playwright, who has appeared in Australian television, film and theatre.

Anna McGahan
McGahan at the Call Me Fitz - FX Event at Swifts, Darling Point, Sydney, Feb 2012
Born (1988-05-02) 2 May 1988
Brisbane, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Alma materQUT and AFTRS
Occupation
  • Actress
  • playwright
Years active2009–present
Notable work
Underbelly: Razor Anzac Girls
Spouse(s)Jonathan Weir
Children2

She is best known for playing the roles of Nellie Cameron in the Australian television series, Underbelly: Razor (2011), Lucy in House Husbands (2012-2014), and Rose Anderson in The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2015-2018).

She received the Queensland Young Playwright's Award in 2008 and 2009, and was short-listed for the Queensland Premier's Drama Award in 2010, for her play 'He's Seeing Other People Now'. She co-wrote the immersive theatre piece 'The People of the Sun' with Joel McKerrow, which toured Melbourne and Sydney in 2016 and 2017.

In 2016 she was shortlisted for The Saturday Paper's national essay award, the Horne Prize.[1]

Career

McGahan has appeared in Australian film, television and theatre. Her most notable appearance to date is starring as Nellie Cameron in the hit Australian TV series Underbelly: Razor, in which she plays a 16-year-old 1920s prostitute from a wealthy background who influenced some of the era's most powerful men, for which she won the Inside Film 'Out of the Box' Award and was nominated for two Logies. In 2012 she received a 'Best Emerging Artist' Matilda Award for her performance in La Boite Theatre Company's Julius Caesar.

McGahan appeared in the 2012 film 100 Bloody Acres and Australian TV series "House Husbands" on the Nine Network in the same year.

On 27 June 2012, McGahan was awarded the Heath Ledger scholarship at the Australians in Film benefit in Los Angeles.

In 2014 she played Sister Olive Haynes in the six-part miniseries for ABC Television ANZAC Girls. Based closely on real characters, she plays opposite Brandon McClelland as the Australian soldier Norval 'Pat' Dooley, who married Haynes in 1917.

Personal life

McGahan grew up in Coorparoo, Queensland she went to Brisbane Girls Grammar School located in Brisbane City and studied for a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) at QUT, graduating in 2010. She subsequently relocated to Sydney. Growing up she was a dedicated ballet dancer and then began studying psychology upon finishing high school. It was then after in 2012 she moved again, this time in Melbourne.

Before moving to Melbourne, McGahan was against Christianity that served as her "own self-hatred". She converted to Christianity while reading a Gideon's Bible in a hotel room, which had a "series of spiritual encounters". She joined the Salvation Army in 2014 and works with several other local churches.[2]

McGahan is also a playwright. She won the Queensland Theatre Company Young Playwright's Award in 2009 and 2010, and was shortlisted for the Queensland Premier's Drama Award in 2011. In 2012 she produced her full-length play He's Seeing Other People Now through the Metro Arts Independents Season in Brisbane.

McGahan married Jonathan Weir in April 2017. They welcomed their first child, Mercy Weir, in February 2018, born prematurely at 33 weeks.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Bipolar Mopsy Short
2009 Maligayang Pasko Short
2010 Lance Johnson in Person Abby Short
2011 A Little Bit Behind Jen Short
2012 100 Bloody Acres Sophie
2012 Scratch Lola Short
2012 Reef 'n' Beef Daisy
2012 Gingers Ginge Short
2016 Spirit of the Game Elspeth
2016 Trolley Anna Short
2017 Project Eden: Vol. I Alice Lawson
2018 Fur Baby Colette Short

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Rescue: Special Ops Tegan Reid Episode: "It's Not the Fall That Kills You"
2011 Spirited Penelope Guest role (series 2)
2011 Underbelly: Razor Nellie Cameron Main role
2011 The Boys' Place Jane Alexander TV series
2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Miss Prout Episode: "Away with the Fairies"
2012 Undertow Newlywed TV film
2012 The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Rosanna Moore / The Queen TV film
2012–2014 House Husbands Lucy Crabb Main role (series 1–3)
2014 ANZAC Girls Olive Haynes TV miniseries
2016 The Kettering Incident Gillian Baxter / Dr. Colleen McKay Episode: "The Homecoming"
2016 Fancy Boy Karen / Rachel Episodes: "1.2", "1.3"
2016–17 The Doctor Blake Mysteries Rose Anderson Main role (series 4–5)
2017 The Doctor Blake Mysteries: Family Portrait Rose Anderson TV film
2018 Picnic at Hanging Rock Greta McCraw TV miniseries

Awards and nominations
Year Title of Work Award Category Result
2012 Underbelly: Razor TV Week Logie Awards Most Popular New Female Talent Nominated
2012 Underbelly: Razor TV Week Logie Awards Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent Nominated
2012 Various Heath Ledger Scholarship Won

References
  1. "Inaugural Horne Prize shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. Morris, Jessica (4 March 2017). "Anna McGahan: Bold, brave and blessed". Warcry. Salvos Warcry. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

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