She made history in 2002 by winning both the Australian Film
Institute's Best Actress awards in film and television. She won for her
performance in the feature film 'Lantana', and for her role in the ABC
television series 'Seachange'.
Formerly married to Brad Robinson - a founding member and guitarist of
the band Australian Crawl. It is not known when the couple separated,
but he is not the father of any of her three children. Robinson died in
1996 after a battle with cancer.
She was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to the theatre, television and films through acting.
Gave birth to her 1st child, a son Sam Gudgeon, with her 3rd husband Mac Gudgeon.
"Human beings interest me greatly and I want them to have a better
time. And the way I can do that is to have a better time myself...to
entertain, and to change the world just a little bit".
"I don't know how the notion of celebrity got chucked onto people like
me...I'm an actor, that's it. There's no cause for celebration, there
is no celebrity anywhere near me".