Anita Hegh

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Anita Hegh (born May 11, 1972) is an Norwegian-Australian actor. She is well-known for starring as Ellen 'Mac' Mackenzie on Stingers.

[edit] Life

Her father is Norwegian and her mother is Estonian.^{[citation needed]} Her father came to Australia at the age of 14. Anita has one brother. She married her long-time friend Peter Evans in 2001.

Anita studied drama when she was younger to overcome shyness. She originally set out to be a teacher, but after auditioning for NIDA and being accepted she changed her career path. Anita graduated from NIDA in 1994 and has rarely been out of work since.

Hegh studied drama at NIDA, graduating in 1994.

[edit] Career

After minor roles in Cosi (1996), Paradise Road (1997 and the children's television series Return to Jupiter, Hegh became well-known starring as Ellen 'Mac' Mackenzie on Stingers, which she starred on from 1998 to 2002.

Hegh's most recent roles were starring alongside Jason Donovan in the ABC miniseries Loot, a four episode guest role on MDA in 2005, for which she won the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and a recurring role on Last Man Standing. She also guest starred as an American Coach in an episode of Holly's Heroes.

In 2005, she performed in a psychodrama entitled The Yellow Wallpaper which was an adaptation from a novella of the same title by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. This play was adapted by Hegh and Evans and directed by Evans. Hegh is a nominee Green Room Award as the best female actor for the role. [1]