Asher Keddie (born 1974) is an Australian actress . She is known for her theatre work and leading roles in the television series Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, Offspring, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and Love My Way.
Entertainment career
Television and film career
Keddie had guest roles early in her career in various television dramas, including her first role Five Mile Creek (in 1985), Janus (1994) (1996) Asher played the role of Marriane Sheridan in Blue Heelers episode 107, season 4 part one airing on 18 June 1996 and Good Guys Bad Guys (1997). From 1997 to 1998, she came to the attention of senior network television producers, starring in State Coroner. Following this, she had a recurring role in Stingers from 2000 until 2004.
Her big break came in 2004, where she had a leading role in Love My Way, a drama series airing on Foxtel. The series ended in late 2007. This role led to Keddie being nominated for various awards for playing the part of Julia Jackson, a woman who struggles to cope with her own identity in the midst of family tragedy. Keddie's award win came at the end of Love My Way's third series in 2006.
In 2009, Keddie appeared in three different roles. She portrayed police officer Liz Cruickshank in the television drama Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and journalist Jacinta Burns, in the TV series Rush, as well as Dr. Carol Frost in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
In 2010, she depicted author Blanche d'Alpuget in Hawke, a telemovie about the premiership of Bob Hawke (the Prime Minister of Australia 1983-91). Also, she became the star of the drama series Offspring, which began airing in August 2010. In April 2011, she had the leading role of Ita Buttrose in ABC1's tele-movie Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, the story of Buttrose’s rise to success as the editor of Cleo magazine.
Stage
Making her theatre debut for the Melbourne Theatre Company in 1998 in Patrick Marber’s Closer, Asher went on to appear in Cyrano de Bergerac, Les Liaisons dangereuses, Birthrights, Great Expectations, The Seagull and Hannie Rayson’s Life After George. Her performances in the 2005 Melbourne Theatre Company production of Les Liaisons dangereuses, and the Playbox’s The Ishmael Club, both earned her highly respected Green Room Award nominations.
In 2007 Keddie starred alongside Jay Bowen in the Melbourne Theatre Company's play The Glass Soldier written by Hannie Rayson.[2]
Personal
Keddie attended high school at St Michael's Grammar School, St Kilda.
She is married to actor and musician Jay Bowen.
Awards
Year Award Category Result Work
2005 Logie Award Most Outstanding Actress Nominated Love My Way
ASTRA Award Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Female
2006 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Lead Actress in Television Drama
Logie Award Most Outstanding Actress
ASTRA Award Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Female
2007 ASTRA Award Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Female Won
Logie Award Most Outstanding Actress Nominated
2008 Logie Award Most Outstanding Actress
ASTRA Award Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Female
2009 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Lead Actress in Television Drama Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities
2010 Logie Award Most Outstanding Actress
Australian Film Institute Awards Best Supporting Actress in Television Drama Hawke
2011 Gold Logie Offspring and Hawke
Logie Award Most Popular Actress Won Offspring
Logie Award Most Outstanding Actress Nominated
Equity Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (Shared with castmates)
2012 Equity Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (Shared with castmates)
Equity Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Mini Series or Telemovie (Shared with castmates) Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo
AACTA Awards Audience Award for Best Performance Won
AACTA Awards Best Lead Actress in Television Drama Nominated
Logie Award Most Outstanding Actress
Gold Logie Offspring and Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo
Logie Award Most Popular Actress Won