Lynette Curran
Curran in 1998
Born	1945 (age 79–80) Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1965–present

Lynette Curran is an Australian actress known for many roles in Australian television series and films, including the soap operaBellbird, and the filmsCountry Town (1971) andBliss (1985).

She started acting in the theatre in 1964. Theatre work includesThe Country Wife,Rookery Nook,Richard II,Just Between Ourselves, andAshes for theMelbourne Theatre Company. She also played inSteaming for theSeymour Centre inSydney.^[1]

Curran was a cast member of soap operaBellbird when it started in 1967. She left the series permanently in 1974; at the time she left she was the program's last remaining original cast member.^[2]

Curran acted in the film version of the serialCountry Town (1971). She made several other film appearances in the 1970s, with roles in sex comedyAlvin Purple (1973), and in dramasI'm Here, Darlings! (1975),Caddie (1976). Late 1970s television appearances include soap operaNumber 96 (in 1976), andpolice proceduralsBluey andCop Shop. Curran was a recurring cast member of soap operaThe Restless Years (1977–1981), playing the scheming Jean Stafford. She won aSammy Award for her role inAustralian Broadcasting Corporation seriesSpring and Fall.^[1]

She co-starred withBarry Otto in the acclaimed 1985film adaptation ofPeter Carey's award-winning novelBliss.^{[citation needed]}

Other roles include feature filmsHeatwave (1982),The Delinquents (1989),The Boys (1998),Japanese Story (2003),Somersault (2004),These Final Hours (2013),A Few Less Men (2017) andBrothers' Nest (2018).^{[citation needed]}

For her appearance inSomersault she won the 2004AACTA award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.^[3]

On television she played Brenda Jackson in theLove My Way, and acted inUnderbelly: The Golden Mile andCleverman. She was inWentworth as Vera Bennett's elderly, terminally-ill mother (2015).^{[citation needed]}

Curran appears in Season 2 ofAftertaste (2022).^[4]

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Curran was married when she was 19, but the marriage was short-lived. She has had two substantial relationships since then, but bore no children. She lives alone in Sydney. A sexual assault and incest survivor, Curran is estranged from her family.

Curran hasIndigenous Australian heritage, as she discovered two of her great-grandmothers wereAboriginal.

She dabbles as a medium, which she got into after foreseeing the death of a friend in a car accident. She first had premonitions as a child. She offers readings at Sydney markets, using tarot cards, numerology and astrology.^[9]

Curran is often mistaken for good friend and fellow Australian actressJacki Weaver, whom she has previously worked with, most notably in the 2008Ensemble Theatre production ofDerrida In Love.^[10]

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