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Amanda Muggleton
Muggleton in 2013
Born	Amanda Lillian Muggleton (1951-10-12)12 October 1951 (age 74) Stepney,London, England
Education	Sydenham School Guildhall School of Music and Drama Royal Academy of Dance, London
Occupations	Stage, television and film actress
Years active	1974–present
Known for	Prisoner as Chrissie Latham (1979–1983)
Website	www.amandamuggleton.com.au

Amanda Lillian Muggleton (born 12 October 1951) is anEnglish Australian theatre, television and film actress. She is best known for her supporting television role in soap operaPrisoner as inmate Chrissie Latham, with appearances between 1979 and 1983.

Her stage work in Australia includes the title roles in bothShirley Valentine andEducating Rita, and asMaria Callas inMaster Class, for which she won the 2002Helpmann Award forBest Actress in a Play. She won a second Helpmann Award in 2005, for her role as Mercedes Cortez in the musicalEureka!.

Amanda Lillian Muggleton^{[citation needed]} was born on 12 October 1951 inStepney, London, England,^[1][2] and emigrated to Australia in 1974.^[3]

She attended Sydenham School and left just before takingA-levels to go to drama school. She trained at theGuildhall School of Music and Drama and theRoyal Academy of Dance in London.^[4]

Muggleton's most widely known television role is perhaps that ofChrissie Latham in the Australian soap operaPrisoner. She also played the lead role of Connie Ryan in short lives soap operaRichmond Hill, and has had guest roles in television series includingA Country Practice,Cop Shop,HeadLand,City Homicide as well as British seriesHollyoaks and the telemovieSara Dane. Her film credits includeMad Max,Thirst,Street Hero,Queen of the Road,Mr. Reliable,Feeling Sexy,Idiot Box andMatching Jack.^[5]

In 2008, Muggleton's role of Kathy Booth in drama seriesCity Homicide earned her a nomination for theAACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama. In 2010, she appeared in two episodes of theABC comedy seriesThe Librarians. In March 2012, Muggleton went to Queensland for a role inFatal Honeymoon, a made-for-television film based on the death of Alabama womanTina Watson on herGreat Barrier Reef diving trip in 2003, shot for the American cable channelLifetime.

In 2016, Muggleton featured in the second episode ofChannel 7’sThe Secret Daughter, followed by a brief appearance in the UKChannel 4soap operaHollyoaks asDr. Barton, which she filmed in October whilst she was in London performingThe Book Club atKing's Head Theatre.

In June 2019, it was announced that Muggleton would begin appearing in theSeven Network soap operaHome and Away as recurring characterWendy Shaw, the mother ofRyan ‘Robbo’ Shaw (Jake Ryan).^[6] She made her first appearance on 27 June 2019 and her final appearance on 30 July 2020.

Muggleton has appeared with all the state and commercial theatre companies. On stage, her performances with state theatre companies includePrivates on Parade,The Matchmaker,The Seagull andShirley Valentine (withMTC),Master Class,Nicholas Nickleby,The Rise and Fall of Little Voice andSoulmates (withSTC),Duet for One,The Winter's Tale,Gigi andWe Were Dancing (withQTC),Twelfth Night andBlithe Spirit (withSATC),Educating Rita,Medea andShirley Valentine (withHole in the Wall, Perth).

Muggleton's commercial credits includeHMS Pinafore andEureka! (withEssgee),Hello Dolly (withThe Production Company),The Book Club andMaster Class (with ICA),Annie (with GFO/SEL/Macks), the originalSteaming (with Morley, Davis) andLosing Louis (withEnsemble Theatre).

Muggleton has won several very significant awards, forShirley Valentine andThe Rise and Fall of Little Voice (theNorman Kessell Award) and forMiss Hannigan inAnnie (the Colleen Clifford Award). For her role asMaria Callas inMaster Class, she won both aGreen Room Award and aHelpmann Award forBest Actress in a Play. She won a second Helpmann Award forBest Supporting Actress in a Musical for her role as Mercedes Cortez in the Australian musical,Eureka!

In 2003, Muggleton completed a highly successful national tour ofThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, playing the White Witch, withDennis Olsen as The Professor.^{[citation needed]} Together, Muggleton and Olsen also devised and co-producedMarvellous Party!, a production that celebrates the words and music ofNoël Coward, and which had two sell-out shows at theVictorian Arts Centre, a highly successful Victorian tour and toured Melbourne, Perth, Mandurah and Canberra, from 2003 to 2004. She also appeared in her own solo cabaret show.^{[citation needed]}

Out ofMarvellous Party! cameDarling It's Noel, produced by International Concert Attractions and directed byRodney Fisher at theSydney Opera House andHis Majesty's Theatre, Perth in 2004.^[5]

In 2009, Muggleton appeared in the thirtieth anniversary ofThe Man From Mukinupin forBelvoir Street Theatre, Sydney and in the roles of both Louis and Ethel Reid inThe Ruby Sunrise forEnsemble Theatre, Sydney.

In 2010, Muggleton appeared asBette Davis in the one-woman showMe & Jezebel at Mackay Entertainment Centre. One week after it finished, she began rehearsals for the role of Chris inCalendar Girls, which toured nationally, and took the role of Lillian inMadagascar forBlack Swan Theatre Company in Perth.

In 2011, Muggleton started playing multiple roles inLove Loss & What I Wore at theSydney Opera House alongsideMagda Szubanski andNatalie Bassingthwaighte. Subsequently, she played the role of Susan in a one-woman comedyJust the Ticket forEnsemble Theatre, Sydney. After a short break, Muggleton took over the role of Mrs Peachum inThe Threepenny Opera alongsidePaul Capsis for theSydney Theatre Company in September 2011, and then headed toPerth, where she played the role of Mrs Johnstone inBlood Brothers, from November to December 2011 – a role that she had longed to play.

In 2013, Muggleton starred in three different theatre productions. First she starred in a revival ofTorch Song Trilogy for Gaiety Theatre Presents, from February to March at theDarlinghurst Theatre in Sydney. Following this, she took to the road for a six-month tour ofThe Book Club, which visited Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and many regional areas. Midway through the tour she took a break to reprise her role inBlood Brothers at Brisbane'sCremorne Theatre,QPAC for two weeks in August. In 2014 she returned to the role of Ms Hannigan inAnnie (Sydney) as well as performing the cabaret showThe Men Who Got Away – Thank God! in Canberra.

In 2015, Muggleton performed inBoston Marriage atQPAC in February and March and won the 2015Norman Kessell Memorial Award for Best Actor (female) for her role inThe Book Club at theGlug Awards in Sydney.^[7]

Muggleton returned to the stage in 2016 to play Velma Von Tussle inHairspray in Brisbane (April) and Newcastle (July) just beforeThe Book Club returned to Melbourne'sSouthbank Theatre in July.

In 2017, Muggleton played the role of Helena Rubinstein inLip Service^[8] forEnsemble Theatre in Sydney, and reprised her award-winning role asMaria Callas inMaster Class in Perth, which continued in Melbourne in January 2018.^{[needs update]}

In 2009, Muggleton and her business partner Bernadette Eichner founded Scene & Heard, a new acting school based in Sydney'sLane Cove. Within its first year, the business became so successful that they had to relocate it to new, bigger premises.

Muggleton is qualified as a speech and drama teacher. She is also a public speaker and can pilot single-engine planes.^[5]

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