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Leverne McDonnell is a Actor Australienne born on 27 june 1963
Leverne Ann McDonnell (27 June 1963 – 15 March 2013) was an Australian actress.
McDonnell spent three years as a member of "Energy Connection", a youth dance theatre company in Adelaide, South Australia, until she was admitted to the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. She graduated from NIDA in 1985.
In 1992, McDonnell played the role of Kelly in the 1992 ABC police drama series Phoenix—a role for which she was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama. She played a different role, Detective Sergeant Jan Murray, in Janus, a spin-off of Phoenix. Other television credits include the television series Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left, The Secret Life of Us, Horace & Tina and The Saddle Club; and the mini-series The Dirtwater Dynasty, Come In Spinner and Simone de Beauvoir's Babies. Her film appearances included roles in Oscar and Lucinda (1997) and The Interview (1998).
In 2008, McDonnell played the leading role of Detective Inspector Gina Sturrock in the feature film Four of a Kind, a film which she was also the Associate Producer on.
McDonnell died on 15 March 2013, aged 49, after a year-long battle with cancer. She was survived by her parents, Terry and Laurel, brother, Terrina, husband Matthew, and daughters, Belle and Indigo.
A documentary about her life and death, called All In Her Stride, was completed in 2014, with McDonnell as a co-producer.
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McDonnell spent three years as a member of "Energy Connection", a youth dance theatre company in Adelaide, South Australia, until she was admitted to the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. She graduated from NIDA in 1985.
In 1992, McDonnell played the role of Kelly in the 1992 ABC police drama series Phoenix—a role for which she was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama. She played a different role, Detective Sergeant Jan Murray, in Janus, a spin-off of Phoenix. Other television credits include the television series Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left, The Secret Life of Us, Horace & Tina and The Saddle Club; and the mini-series The Dirtwater Dynasty, Come In Spinner and Simone de Beauvoir's Babies. Her film appearances included roles in Oscar and Lucinda (1997) and The Interview (1998).
In 2008, McDonnell played the leading role of Detective Inspector Gina Sturrock in the feature film Four of a Kind, a film which she was also the Associate Producer on.
McDonnell died on 15 March 2013, aged 49, after a year-long battle with cancer. She was survived by her parents, Terry and Laurel, brother, Terrina, husband Matthew, and daughters, Belle and Indigo.
A documentary about her life and death, called All In Her Stride, was completed in 2014, with McDonnell as a co-producer.
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Four of a Kind (2008)
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Leverne McDonnell, Ben Steel, Peta Brady
Roles Gina
Rating66%
The King (2007)
, 1h40Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary
Actors Stephen Curry, Stephen Hall, Shaun Micallef, Monica Maughan, Jane Claire Allsop, Angus Sampson
Roles Mary Kennedy
Rating66%
The Interview (1998)
, 1h44Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin, Aaron Jeffery, Michael Caton, Peter McCauley, Leverne McDonnell
Roles Solicitor
Rating69%
Eddie Rodney Fleming a récemment perdu sa femme et son travail. Il est arrêté par deux inspecteurs qui l'emmènent en salle d'interrogatoire pour le questionner au sujet d'une voiture volée. Alors que l'interrogatoire devient de plus en plus agressif, il apparaît que l'inspecteur Steele et son adjoint Prior soupçonnent Fleming d'être un tueur en série et que les deux policiers sont eux-mêmes surveillés à leur insu par les affaires internes.
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
, 2h12Directed by Gillian Armstrong
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds, Richard Roxburgh, Clive Russell, Christian Manon
Roles Miss Malcolm
Rating64%
As a child living in Australia, Lucinda Leplastrier is given a Prince Rupert's Drop which sparks a lifelong obsession with glass.
Gross Misconduct (1993)
, 1h29Directed by George Miller, George Trumbull Miller
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about education
Actors Jimmy Smits, Naomi Watts, Shawn Ashmore, Sarah Chadwick, Leverne McDonnell, Alan Fletcher
Roles Miriam McMahon
Rating53%
At an all-girls academy in Australia, a married philosophy professor, Justin Thorne, attracts a fervent admirer in one of his students, Jennifer Carter.
The Distant Home (1992)
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy
Actors Graeme Blundell, Tina Bursill, Grant Dodwell, David Franklin, Melissa Jaffer, Leverne McDonnell
Roles Senior Nursing Sister
Rating66%
Il faisait un temps vraiment bizarre lorsque monsieur et madame Harrisson se rendirent à l'hôpital. Ils attendaient leur premier enfant. Mais... surprise totale... ce sont deux jumeaux qui voient le jour : un garçon et une fille, Bobby et Sally. Les années passent et ce n'est que parce que Sally a un accident et est emmenée à l'hôpital qu'elle se révèle être d'origine extra-terrestre !