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Brooke Satchwell
Australian actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brooke Kerith Satchwell is an Australian actress and former model. She is known for playing Anne Wilkinson in the soap opera Neighbours from 1995 until 2000. She won the Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent in 1998. Since leaving Neighbours, Satchwell has starred in White Collar Blue, Tripping Over, Dangerous, Packed to the Rafters, Wonderland, and Mr Inbetween. She has also been a panellist on The Panel and Dirty Laundry Live, as well as a team captain on Show Me the Movie!.
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Early life
Satchwell lived in Teesdale, Victoria, for most of her early life and has one sibling. She attended Toorak College.[1][2]
Career
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Satchwell started acting in 1994 when a casting agent suggested she model in a few television advertisements. She also appeared in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation musical Harriet.[3] After she had completed work on an advertisement for Just Jeans, a make-up artist advised Satchwell to get an agent. A year later she successfully auditioned for the role of Anne Wilkinson in the daily television soap opera Neighbours.[4] Satchwell decided to leave Neighbours after three years, as she wanted a change. She filmed her final scenes in December 1999 and they aired in April 2000.[5] After Neighbours, Satchwell filmed a small role in the independent film Radio Samurai.[5] She also relocated to Sydney to appear in a production of The Caribbean Tempest at the Royal Botanic Garden alongside Alex Dimitriades and Bill Hunter.[5] Television roles in Water Rats, White Collar Blue and Tripping Over followed.[6]
After an appearance on The Panel, Satchwell was later invited back as a panellist.[6] She modelled for Pantene and was signed to act as their brand ambassador in 2004.[7] She received her first lead role in a film in Subdivision, which was released in cinemas on 20 August 2009. In 2012, Satchwell joined the cast of drama series Packed to the Rafters as Frankie, an electrician and employee of Dave Rafter.[6] In 2013, she became a regular panellist on celebrity gossip, comedy show Dirty Laundry Live.[6] That same year, Satchwell joined the cast of Wonderland as lawyer Grace Barnes.[8] After three seasons, Wonderland was cancelled due to falling ratings.[9] Satchwell has appeared in some episodes of children's television show Play School.[10]
In 2014, Satchwell made a guest appearance on sketch comedy series Black Comedy, as Tiffany.[11] She reprised the character in the second series in 2016.[12] She also appeared in the Jack Irish series.[13] 2018 saw Satchwell make guest appearances on Hughesy, We Have a Problem,[14] and the SBS drama Dead Lucky.[15] She also plays Ally, the girlfriend of hit-man Ray Shoesmith, in the black comedy-drama Mr Inbetween.[16] Towards the end of the year, Satchwell replaced Jane Harber as team captain for the second season of comedy panel show Show Me the Movie!.[17]
Satchwell plays park ranger Miranda Gibson, the estranged daughter of Laura Gibson (Sigrid Thornton), in the revival series of SeaChange.[18] Satchwell admitted that she almost missed the casting call, as she was moving house.[19] The actress flew between Sydney and Byron, Mullumbimby and Brunswick Heads to film SeaChange and the second season of Mr Inbetween.[18]
In 2024, Satchwell appeared in Triple Oh!.[20]
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Other activities
Satchwell has promoted charity work as a fundraiser for the Starlight Children's Foundation Gift of a Lifetime,[21] and in joining the fight against sand mining of Sydney's historic Kurnell sand dunes.[22]
In 2009, Satchwell supported Power Shift, a climate-change conference for young people held in Sydney.[23]
Personal life
Satchwell's five-year relationship with actor Matthew Newton ended in 2006. Newton was charged with four offences including common assault, intimidation and assault occasioning actual bodily harm against Satchwell. Three of the charges were withdrawn by prosecutors, Newton pleading guilty on the remaining charge of common assault.[24]
On 26 November 2008, Satchwell was in a building which was attacked by terrorists in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. She hid in a cupboard until gunfire ceased.[25]
Satchwell was engaged to film editor David Gross from 2012 until 2019.[26][19] In 2015, she stated that long times separated by distance made it hard for them to ever set a date for the wedding.[27]
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