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Brooke Satchwell
Brooke Satchwell
	Satchwell in 2010
Born	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)	Actress, model, spokesperson
Years active	1994–present
Television	Anne Wilkinson in Neighbours; Donna McCarthy in Dangerous; Show Me the Movie!; The Twelve;

Brooke Kerith Satchwell is an Australian actress and former model.

Early life

Satchwell lived in Teesdale, Victoria, for most of her early life and has one sibling. She attended Toorak College.^[1]^[2]

Career

Satchwell started acting in 1994 when a casting agent suggested she model in a few television advertisements. She also appeared in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation musical Harriet.^[3] After she had completed work on an advertisement for Just Jeans, a make-up artist advised Satchwell to get an agent. A year later she successfully auditioned for the role of Anne Wilkinson in the daily television soap opera Neighbours, which she played until 2000.^[4] After leaving Neighbours, Satchwell appeared in Water Rats, White Collar Blue and Tripping Over.^[5] She also appeared on The Panel and was later invited back as a panellist.^[5] Satchwell modelled for Pantene and was signed to act as their brand ambassador in 2004.^[6]

Satchwell got her first lead role on a film in 2008 in Subdivision which was released in cinemas on 20 August 2009. In 2012, Satchwell joined the cast of drama series Packed to the Rafters as Frankie, an electrician and employee of Dave Rafter.^[5] In 2013, she became a regular panellist on celebrity gossip, comedy show Dirty Laundry Live.^[5] That same year, Satchwell joined the cast of Wonderland as lawyer Grace Barnes.^[7] After three seasons, Wonderland was cancelled due to falling ratings.^[8] Satchwell has appeared in some episodes of children's television show Play School.^[9]

In 2014, Satchwell made a guest appearance on sketch comedy series Black Comedy, as Tiffany.^[10] She reprised the character in the second series in 2016.^[11] She also appeared in the Jack Irish series.^[12] 2018 saw Satchwell make guest appearances on Hughesy, We Have a Problem,^[13] and the SBS drama Dead Lucky.^[14] She also plays Ally, the girlfriend of hit-man Ray Shoesmith, in the black comedy-drama Mr Inbetween.^[15] Towards the end of the year, Satchwell replaced Jane Harber as team captain for the second season of comedy panel show Show Me the Movie!.^[16]

Satchwell plays park ranger Miranda Gibson, the estranged daughter of Laura Gibson (Sigrid Thornton), in the revival series of SeaChange.^[17] Satchwell admitted that she almost missed the casting call, as she was moving house.^[18] The actress flew between Sydney and Byron, Mullumbimby and Brunswick Heads to film SeaChange and the second season of Mr Inbetween.^[17]

In 2024, Satchwell appeared in Triple Oh!.^[19]

Other activities

Satchwell has promoted charity work as a fundraiser for the Starlight Children's Foundation Gift of a Lifetime,^[20] and in joining the fight against sand mining of Sydney's historic Kurnell sand dunes.^[21]

In 2009, Satchwell supported Power Shift, a climate-change conference for young people held in Sydney.^[22]

Personal life

Satchwell's five-year relationship with actor Matthew Newton ended in 2006. Newton was charged with four offences including common assault, intimidation and assault occasioning actual bodily harm against Satchwell. Three of the charges were withdrawn by prosecutors, Newton pleading guilty on the remaining charge of common assault.^[23]

On 26 November 2008, Satchwell was in a building which was attacked by terrorists in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. She hid in a cupboard until gunfire ceased.^[24]

Satchwell was engaged to film editor David Gross from 2012 until 2019.^[25]^[18] In 2015, she stated that long times separated by distance made it hard for them to ever set a date for the wedding.^[26]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996–2000	Neighbours	Anne Wilkinson	Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent (1998) People's Choice Award for Most Popular Teen Idol (1999)
2000–2001	Water Rats	Sophie Ferguson
2001–2002	BeastMaster	Rhana
2002–2003	White Collar Blue	Sophia Marinkovitch
2005–2010	Play School	Herself
2006	Tripping Over	Felicity
2007	Dangerous	Donna McCarthy
2008	Canal Road	Bridget Keenan
2010	Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation	Herself
2011	The Jesters	Herself	Episode: "Stunted"
2012–2013	Packed to the Rafters	Frankie Calasso
2013–2016	Dirty Laundry Live	Panelist
2013–2015	Wonderland	Grace Barnes
2014–2016	Black Comedy	Tiffany
2016	Jack Irish	Tina Longmore	2 episodes
2018	Hughesy, We Have a Problem	Herself	Celebrity problem
2018	Dead Lucky	Claire
2018–2021	Mr Inbetween	Ally
2019	Show Me the Movie!	Herself	Team captain
2019	SeaChange	Miranda Gibson
2019–2021	Love On The Spectrum	Narrator
2020	ABC Reef Live	Herself	Co-host
2022	The Twelve	Georgina Merrick	AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama (2022)
2023	Black Snow	Chloe Walcott	Written by Lucas Taylor; released on Stan
2023	Inside Sydney Airport	Narrator
2024	Triple Oh!	Tayls	5 episodes
2024	The Jury: Death on the Staircase	Narrator

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Radio Samurai	Ethel
2004	Right Here Right Now	Jenny	Not distributed
2004	Small Claims: White Wedding	Imogen	Telemovie
2008	Corrections	Amy Perrin	Short film
2009	Echo	Bella	Short film
2009	Subdivision	Tiffany	Feature film
2019	Ride Like a Girl	Therese Payne	Feature film
2022	Poker Face	Nicole Foley	Feature film

Theatre

Year	Production	Role	Director
1999	Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens	Tina	Leon Gallagher
	The Caribbean Tempest	Miranda	Toby Gough, Holders Season, Barbados
	Vagina Monologues	Herself	Caroline Stacey, Adrian Bohm Productions
2001	The Graduate	Elaine Robinson	Terry Johnson, The Really Usefull [sic] Co
2010	The Clean House	Matilde	Kate Cherry