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Joanne Samuel

Highest Rated: 90% Mad Max (1979)

Lowest Rated: 33% The Red Shoes: Next Step (2023)

Birthday: Aug 5, 1957

Birthplace: Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

An Australian actress who was cast in various Australian action films in the 1980s, Joanne Samuel has acted on major motion pictures, as well as playing recurring roles on television series. When Samuel was a frequent face on television, she acted on the Australian soap opera "The Young Doctors," but was written out when chosen to play Mel Gibson's wife in "Mad Max." The original actress for the character had gotten into a car accident and Samuel was the back-up for the part. The dystopian action film introduced the world to Australian New Wave cinema and Samuel became a sought-after actress. She became a regular fixture on the long-running soap opera "Skyways," and remained on the show for over 100 episodes. Samuel's first leading role was in the horror film "Alison's Birthday," playing a teenager terrorized by a deadly religious cult. In 1987, the actress was seen in the action thriller "Nightmaster" opposite Nicole Kidman. By the 1990s, Samuel became interested in family oriented projects and appeared in the Australian sitcom "Hey Dad...!," which chronicled the life of a single father raising his children. She has also played the school principal in the immensely popular children's musical group film "The Wiggles Movie." Before she retired from acting, her last appearance was on the medical drama "All Saints."

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Highest rated movies

90% 70% Mad Max
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33% 86% The Red Shoes: Next Step
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Early Frost
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The Long Way Home
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80% The Madness of Max
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My Pet Dinosaur
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8% Nightmaster
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25% Alison's Birthday
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Gallagher's Travels
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Christmas Down Under
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Filmography

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Credit
33% 86% The Red Shoes: Next Step Director - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mad Max Exposed Self - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Christmas Down Under Barbara Parker (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet 42% The Legend of the Five Director - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Pet Dinosaur Unknown (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 80% The Madness of Max Self - 2015
No Score Yet 8% Nightmaster Sonia Spane (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gallagher's Travels Sally (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Long Way Home Julie (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Early Frost Chris (Character) - 1981
90% 70% Mad Max Jessie Rockatansky (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 25% Alison's Birthday Alison Findlay (Character) - 1979