Susie Porter

Australian actress
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Susie Porter is an Australian television, film and theatre actress. She made her debut in the 1996 film Idiot Box, before rising to prominence in films including Paradise Road (1997), Welcome to Woop Woop (1997), Two Hands (1999), Better Than Sex (2000), The Monkey's Mask (2000), Mullet (2001), Teesh and Trude (2002), and The Caterpillar Wish (2006). Porter is also highly recognised for her roles in television series, most notably, as Patricia Wright in East West 101, Eve Pritchard in East of Everything, as Kay Parker in Sisters of War, and as Marie Winter in the prison drama, Wentworth.

Porter was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, to Bill, a doctor, and Jenny, a nurse. She has two older sisters, Cathy and Jackie, and a younger sister, Louise. Porter attended Newcastle Grammar School and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Newcastle. She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1995. Porter revealed in 2024 in an interview with 9honey that she was originally going to audition at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts but ended up with food poisoning and couldn't attend that audition.

Date of Birth1st January 1971
Age53 Years
Zodiac SignCapricorn
CountryAustralia
Birth PlaceNewcastle
LanguageEnglish
ReferenceIMDB

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