Jackie Woodburne
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| Born | Jackie Woodburne 5 February 1956 Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Other name(s) | Jacqueline Woodburne |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1980— present |
Jackie Woodburne (born February 5, 1956) is a Northern Irish-born Australian actress
[edit] Roles
Woodburne is best known for playing Susan Kinski (née Smith, formerly Kennedy) in Neighbours, whom she has played since 1994; and Julie Egbert "Chook" in Prisoner, whom she played from 1985 to 1986.
Woodburne previously played the sister of Alan Fletcher in Cop Shop in 1977, before they were cast as husband and wife Karl Kennedy and Susan Smith in Neighbours.
Other soap opera roles include a brief appearance in Sons and Daughters playing Patricia Dunne in a flashback, A Country Practice, and The Young Doctors where she played Maggie Gordon from 1980 to 1981.
Woodburne is a graduate of the National Theatre School in Melbourne.[1] In 2005, she was nominated for the Best Female Performance in a Soap Opera award at the international Rose d'Or television festival, but was beaten by English actress Lesley-Anne Down.
She also attended acting school with fellow cast mate Janet Andrewartha.
[edit] References
- ^ Jackie Woodburne, tv.com. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
