Annie Jones (actress)
| Annie Jones | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Annika Jancso 13 January 1967 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Spouse(s) | Paul Moloney |
Annie Jones (born Annika Jancso 13 January 1967 in Adelaide) is an Australian actress, known in Australia and overseas for her role as Jane Harris in the soap opera Neighbours. She has won two Logie Awards.
Biography
Her parents were Hungarian immigrants who met when in Adelaide, and married after her father found employment as an opal miner. She has an older brother. The family spent many years in Coober Pedy.[1]
Career
Working under the name Annie Jones, she undertook some modelling, and began acting aged 17 in the role of Chrissie in the drama Run Chrissie Run!. She then appeared in The Henderson Kids (1985), and Sons and Daughters (1986) as Jesse Campbell.[2]
Having auditioned for the role of tomboy Charlene Mitchell (which she lost to Kylie Minogue), at age 19,[3] she landed the role of Jane Harris in Neighbours (1986–89), which brought her a high public profile. This culminated in her receiving the Logie Award for Most Popular Actress in 1989.[4] She was also an opalminer's daughter in "The Flying Doctors" in 1990. Jones played the title role in the drama Jackaroo (1990), which won her a second Logie award in 1991 – Most Popular Actress in a Telemovie or Mini-series.[5] She also starred as Eva Kovac in the historical mini-series Snowy (1993).
In comedy, she co-starred in the Australian sitcom Newlyweds (1993–94) and guest starred in The Adventures of Lano & Woodley (1997). In children's TV, she played the mother in Pig's Breakfast (1999) and appeared in the Mortified episode Mother in the Nude (2006).[6] Jones has also guest starred in many Australian series including Wentworth (2013), City Homicide (2007), Stingers (2003), Blue Heelers (1994, 2002), Marshall Law (2002), Good Guys, Bad Guys (1997) and Halifax f.p. (2006).[3]
In 2010, she was cast in the television movie Tell Them Lucifer Was Here, which tells of the biggest criminal investigation in the history of the state of Victoria.[7] Jones appeared in a documentary special celebrating Neighbours' 30th anniversary titled Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite, which aired in Australia and the UK in March 2015.[8][9]
Personal life
Jones is married to the television director, Paul Moloney. After her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in the mid-1990s, she put her career second to look after her.[1]
References
- 1 2 Annie Jones glad she put her mum before acting AgedCareCrisis.com
- ↑ "Where Are They Now: Plain Jane Superbrain from Neighbours". Comedycentral.co.uk. 11 August 2010. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- 1 2 "Neighbours stars – where are they now?". Orange.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ↑ 1989 Logie Awards TV Week
- ↑ 1991 Logie Awards TV Week
- ↑ Annie Jones at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ "Nine begins production on Underbelly Files | The Spy Report". Mediaspy.org. 21 June 2010. Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ↑ Knox, David (28 February 2015). "Airdate: Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ↑ Kilkelly, Daniel (4 March 2015). "Neighbours 30th anniversary schedule confirmed by Channel 5". Digital Spy. Retrieved 5 March 2014.