Wendy Hughes

About

Australian stage and screen actress who played leading roles in such 1970s and 1980s films as My Brilliant Career and Echoes of Paradise.

Before Fame

She studied ballet as a child and went on to train as an actor at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Kensington, Australia.

Trivia

She earned a 1983 Australian Film Institute award for her role in Careful, He Might Hear You.

Family Life

Over the course of her three marriages -- to actors Sean Scully and Chris Haywood and chef Patrick Juillet -- she had two children.

Associated With

She worked with director Paul Cox on many projects, including the 1982 movie Lonely Hearts.