Jacqueline Anne Woodburne (born 5 February 1956) is an Irish-born
Australian actress from Ireland, who is notable for her career on
Australian television, and who is best known for her role of Susan
Kennedy in Neighbours (a role she has played for 26 years) and her
previous TV soap opera roles in The Young Doctors, Cop Shop, Sons and
Daughters and Prisoner As of 2020, Along with Neighbours co-star Alan
Fletcher she is the third Third longest-serving television soap opera
actor in Australia, after Home and Away stars Ray Meagher and Lynne
McGranger.Woodburne was born in Carrickfergus. Her father was a member
of the Royal Ulster Constabulary. She has two older siblings: John and
Stephen. At age three she emigrated with her family to Australia. The
family assumed that her father would be able to join the Australian
police on arrival, but, owing to various rules and regulations, he was
unable to do so. Woodburne grew up in Frankston, Victoria and attended
Forest Hill Primary School, Monterey Secondary College, and Karingal
High School.Alongside future Neighbours castmate Janet Andrewartha,
Woodburne attended the National Theatre Drama School and graduated in
1980. Woodburne played Josie in the television miniseries Outbreak of
Love. Woodburne starred in the ABC Film 1915 as Dianne, alongside
Sigrid Thornton, Scott McGregor and Scott Burgess. Woodburne said the
fighting is not the only focus of the miniseries, as it shows how the
lives of the women were also affected by World War I. In 1990, she
auditioned for the role of Pippa Fletcher in Home and Away, but lost
out to Debra Lawrance.
Australian actress from Ireland, who is notable for her career on
Australian television, and who is best known for her role of Susan
Kennedy in Neighbours (a role she has played for 26 years) and her
previous TV soap opera roles in The Young Doctors, Cop Shop, Sons and
Daughters and Prisoner As of 2020, Along with Neighbours co-star Alan
Fletcher she is the third Third longest-serving television soap opera
actor in Australia, after Home and Away stars Ray Meagher and Lynne
McGranger.Woodburne was born in Carrickfergus. Her father was a member
of the Royal Ulster Constabulary. She has two older siblings: John and
Stephen. At age three she emigrated with her family to Australia. The
family assumed that her father would be able to join the Australian
police on arrival, but, owing to various rules and regulations, he was
unable to do so. Woodburne grew up in Frankston, Victoria and attended
Forest Hill Primary School, Monterey Secondary College, and Karingal
High School.Alongside future Neighbours castmate Janet Andrewartha,
Woodburne attended the National Theatre Drama School and graduated in
1980. Woodburne played Josie in the television miniseries Outbreak of
Love. Woodburne starred in the ABC Film 1915 as Dianne, alongside
Sigrid Thornton, Scott McGregor and Scott Burgess. Woodburne said the
fighting is not the only focus of the miniseries, as it shows how the
lives of the women were also affected by World War I. In 1990, she
auditioned for the role of Pippa Fletcher in Home and Away, but lost
out to Debra Lawrance.
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