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Anna Hruby

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Anna Hruby
BornOctober 1960 (age 64)
Occupation(s)Actress, voice artist, TV commercial advertiser
Years active1969–present
FamilyJoy Hruby (mother)

Anna Hruby (born October 1960) is an Australian actress and voice over artist band TV commercial advertiser, who has appeared in many Australian films, television series and theatre productions. She is the daughter of late actress, entertainer and television personality Joy Hruby and Czech jazz pianist Zdenek Hruby.

Career

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Hruby's first recurring role as a child actor was in the TV miniseries Seven Little Australians. She featured in the TV serial The Young Doctors as Sandy Pearce, girlfriend of Roger Gordon in from 1977 to 1978. Hruby then achieved recognition for her role in Prisoner as Paddy Lawson.

She has also appeared in TV series such as Sons and Daughters as Tracy Kingsford, A Country Practice, All Saints, Cop Shop and mini-series such as The Harp in the South and Poor Man's Orange. She was a regular cast member on Home and Away, playing Judith Ackroyd and Fireflies, playing Rebekah Sharp.

Hruby also works as a voice-over artist in advertisements and television network promotions for Foxtel, the Channel 7. She is the current voice artist for Telstra, Australia's largest telecommunications company. Often known as 'The Telstra Lady', she provides a majority of recorded messages for Telstra, such as "Your call could not be connected" and other menu prompts. Anna is also the voice in most of the self service checkouts in supermarkets in Australia.[1]

Filmography

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FILM

Year Title Role Type
1978 Silverbird Film Short
1979 Cathy's Child Delia Feature film
1979 The Journalist Sarah Feature film
1989 Action Replay Feature film
1990 Sonnet Film short
1992 De Anima Film short
2001 Melancholy Film short
2012 Straight Mum Film short
2016 Down Under Stacey's Mum Feature film

TELEVISION

Year Title Role Type
1969 Hans Christian Anderson Teleplay
1973 Seven Little Australians Nell Wolcott TV miniseries, 10 episodes
1974 The Evil Touch Child TV series, episode 25: "They"
1975 Behind the Legend Younger sister TV series, episode 6: "Henry Handel Richardson
1976 The Outsiders Denny Gosser TV series, episode 7: "The Bush Boy"
1977 The Sullivans Hilda Phipson TV series, 22 episodes
1977–78 The Young Doctors Sandy Pearce TV series, 23 episodes
1978 Chopper Squad First Girl TV series, episode 10: "J Is for Julie"
1978 Case for the Defence Christobel TV series, episode 6: "Made for Each Other"
1980 The Restless Years Sally Kennedy TV series, 3 episodes
1981 Sporting Chance TV series, episode 7: "A Perfect Ten"
1981 Bellamy Beth TV series, episode 21: "Come Fly with Me'
1981 Cop Shop Lynda Rowland TV series, 2 episodes
1981 Skyways Sharon Webster TV series, episode 177
1982; 1984; 1993 A Country Practice Dianne Nelson TV series, Season 2; episodes 21 & 22: "Never Called Me Mother"
1982–83 Prisoner Paddy Lawson TV series, 36 episodes
1984; 1993 A Country Practice Lucy Taylor TV series, Season 4; episodes 59 & 60: "Close to the Bone"
1985 Sons and Daughters Tracy Kingsford TV series, 10 episodes
1987 Rafferty's Rules Di Mulroney TV series, 1 episode
1987 The Harp in the South Roie Darcy TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1987 Fields of Fire Kate TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1987 Poor Man's Orange Roie Rothe TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1988 Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer Meg TV movie
1988 Richmond Hill TV series, 2 episodes
1989 E Street Diane Thompson TV series, 2 episodes
1989 The Flying Doctors Karen Palmer TV series, Season 5; episode 15: "Sky Above, Earth Below"
1991; 1994 G.P. Caroline TV series, Season 3; episode 28: "The View from Up Here"
1992 Big Ideas FACS Woman TV movie
1992–94 Sunday Joyride Herself TV series, 5 episodes
1993 A Country Practice Judy Colmer TV series, Season 13; episodes 83 & 84: "New Kid in Town"
1993 Lighting 'Dances with Wolves' with Dean Semler Narrator Video
1994 G.P. Jan White TV series, Season 6; 1 episode 24: "In Good Hands"
1995 Janus Madelaine Conner TV series, Season 2; 1episode 12: "Mute by Visitation"
1996 Police Rescue Robyn TV series, Season 5; episode 9: "The Only Constant"
1997 Heartbreak High Sharon Itkin TV series, episode 24
1998–2008 All Saints Bridget Mortimer TV series, Season 1, episode 40: "Hard Rain"
1998 Children's Hospital Maria Voyt TV series, episode 7: "Future Shock"
1999–2000 Home And Away Judith Ackroyd TV series, 44 episodes
2001 All Saints Sandra Connolly TV series, Season 4, 4 episodes
2004 Fireflies Rebekah Sharp TV series, 21 episodes
2004 Joy's World Guest TV series, 2 episodes
2008 All Saints Nicole Templeton TV series, Season 11, 2 episodes
2011 Blood Brothers Mother TV movie
2017 Ten News Herself – Joy Hruby Funeral Service TV series, 1 episode
2017 The Project Herself – Joy Hruby Funeral Service TV series, 1 episode
2022 Talking Prisoner Herself Podcast series, 1 episode

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