Wendy Hughes

Wendy Hughes
Born	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Actress

Wendy Hughes is an Australian actress.

Career

Hughes began her career on television in the early 1970s with appearances in Homicide, Number 96, Matlock Police and in 1976, ABC Mini-Series, Power Without Glory. Her big screen debut was in 1974 in the film Petersen in which she appeared naked in several scenes.

She then spent the rest of the 1970s and 1980s as one of the leading actresses in Australian cinema, with roles in Newsfront, Kostas, My Brilliant Career, Lucinda Brayford, Touch and Go, Hoodwink, Lonely Hearts, Careful, He Might Hear You, My First Wife, I Can't Get Started, An Indecent Obsession, Echoes of Paradise, Boundaries of the Heart, Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (1988), and Luigi's Ladies.

Hughes made her American debut in John G. Avildsen's film Happy New Year opposite Peter Falk and Charles Durning.

She also continued to make occasional appearances on television, such as playing Jilly Stewart in the mini-series Return to Eden.

During the early 1990s, she spent time in the United States where she was a regular cast member of the television series Homicide: Life on the Street, played a major role in the miniseries Amerika, and made a guest appearance on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Back in Australia, she played lead roles on television in The Man From Snowy River ("Snowy River: The McGregor Saga"), and State Coroner. Film appearances around this time include Princess Caraboo and Paradise Road.

Awards

She has been nominated for Australian Film Institute acting awards six times, and won the Best Lead actress award in 1983 for her performance in Careful, He Might Hear You.

External links

• Wendy Hughes at the Internet Movie Database
• Wendy Hughes at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)