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Judith Anne Nunn[1] (AM) (born 1945 in Perth, Western Australia), (also published under the pen name of Judy Bernard-Waite), is an Australian fiction author, former theatre and television actress and radio and television screenwriter. Nunn was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2015 Australia Day Honours for her service to the performing arts as a scriptwriter and actor of stage and screen, and to literature as an author.[2]

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Judy Nunn AM
Nunn in 2010
Born	Judith Anne Nunn (1945-04-13) 13 April 1945 (age 77) Perth, Western Australia
Other names	Judy Nunn Judy Bernard-Waite (pen name)
Occupation	Actress author radio and television screenwriter
Notable work	The Box (1974–1977) Sons and Daughters (1984–1986) Home and Away (1988–2000, 2003)
Spouse	Bruce Venables (m. 1988)
Website	https://judynunn.com.au

Acting career

Early stage and TV career

After many years as a leading stage actress, starting in 1964[3] her breakout television role was as the scheming bisexual reporter Vicky Stafford in the risque soap opera The Box. Her character became a popular cult figure in the series. Nunn continued in the role for the show's entire 1974–77 run and appeared in the feature film version in 1975. In 1979 she briefly played Joyce Martin in the Australian TV series Prisoner and after that had a lengthy spell as Dr. Irene Fisher in television serial Sons and Daughters from 1984 until 1986.

Home and Away

Her role as original character Ailsa Stewart in the soap opera Home and Away, from 1988 until the character was killed off in 2000 after deciding to leave the series to devote more time with novels, is probably Nunn's most famous role. In 2002 she returned in a guest role playing the same character - it transpired this was an hallucination of her former on-screen husband, Alf Stewart, caused by a brain tumour.

Personal life

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Nunn attended Presbyterian Ladies' College, Perth. She married her husband, actor and writer and former Tasmanian & Royal Hong Kong police officer Bruce Venables, the same week in which she filmed her character Ailsa's marriage to Alf (Ray Meagher) in Home and Away in 1988. Formerly long-time residents of Bondi, New South Wales, Nunn and her husband now reside on the Central Coast, New South Wales.

Literary career

Nunn is a screenwriter of radio and television and author. She has written scripts for programme's Neighbours and Possession. In the 1980s she decided to turn her hand to prose. The result was two adventure novels for children, Eye in the Storm and Eye in the City, which remain popular in Australia and Europe. Embarking on adult fiction in the early 1990s, Judy's three novels, The Glitter Game, Centre Stage and Araluen, set respectively in the worlds of television, theatre and film, became bestsellers. A specialist in Australian period fiction, other books she has written include Kal, Beneath the Southern Cross, Territory, Pacific, Heritage, Floodtide, Maralinga, Tiger Men in 2011, Elianne in 2013 and Spirits of the Ghan in 2015.

Film

Acting
Year	Title	Role	Type
1975	The Box	Vicki Stafford	Feature film
1983	Hostage: The Christine Meresch Story	Mrs. Lewis	Feature film

Television

Acting
Year	Title	Role	Type
?	Z-Cars	unknown role	TV series UK, 1 episode
1971	The Onedin Line	Woman	TV series UK, Season 1, Episode 12 − "Cry of the Blackbird"
1972	The Befrienders	Mother	TV series UK, Season 1, Episode 7 − "Lots of Friends in the Big City"
1974	Matlock Police	Stella Davis	Episode − "The Prowler"
1974–1977	The Box	Vicki Stafford	Seasons 1–6 (206 episodes)
1978	Bit Part	Jo	ABC TV movie
1978	The Newman Shame	Veronica	TV movie
1979	Prisoner	Joyce Martin	TV series, Season 1 (9 episodes)
1980	Skyways	Bessie Langhurst	TV series, "The Return of Bessie Langhurst": Parts 1 & 2 (2 episodes)
1981	Holiday Island	unknown role	TV series, Unknown episode(s)
1982	A Country Practice	Nancy Brewer	TV series, Season 2, Episodes 23 & 24 − "Shootin' Through": Parts 1 & 2 (2 episodes)
1983	David Copperfield	(voice)	Animated TV film
1983	Hostage	Mrs. Lewis	Feature film
1983	Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear	(voice)	Animated film
1983	Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet	(voice)	Animated film
1983	Outbreak Of Hostilities	Edna Starling	TV movie
1984	Crime of the Decade	Rolly's Mother	TV movie
1984–1986	Sons and Daughters	Irene Fisher	Seasons 3–5 (150 episodes)
1985	The Pickwick Papers	(voice)	Animated TV film
1988–2000, 2002–2003	Home and Away	Ailsa Stewart (née Hogan)	Seasons 1–13 (main), Seasons 15–16 (recurring) (1313 episodes)
Self appearances
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Good Morning Australia	Herself & Bruce Venables	TV series, 1 episode
1996	Midday With Kerri-Anne	Herself & Bruce Venables	TV series, 1 episode
1996	Monday To Friday	Herself & Bruce Venables	TV series, 1 episode
1996	Burke's Backyard	Herself & Bruce Venables	TV series, 1 episode
1996	Good Morning Australia	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
1997	Surprise Surprise	Herself	Light entertainment show UK (1 episode)
1998	E News	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
1999	Denise	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
2000	The Morning Show	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
2001–2002	Beauty and the Beast	Herself	Panel show
2001	Ground Zero	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
2002	This Is Your Life - Judy Nunn	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
2002	The Best of Aussie Drama	Herself	Documentary
2006	It Takes Two	Herself	Music competition show (3 episodes)
2006	Where Are They Now	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
2012	First Tuesday Book Club	Herself	Panel Show (1 episode)
2014–2015	The Daily Edition	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
2015,2022	Studio 10	Herself & Lois Ramsay	TV series, 1 episode
2015–2021	A Current Affair	Herself	TV series
2015–2016	The Daily Edition	Herself	TV series
2016	The Daily Edition	Herself	TV series
2018	Endless Summer: 30 Years of Home and Away	Herself	Video Documentary
2018	News Breakfast	Herself	ABC TV series, 1 episode
2018	Weekend Sunrise	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
2020	7.30	Herself & Bruce Venables	ABC TV series, 1 episode
2021	A Current Affair	Herself & Bruce Venables	TV series, 1 episode
2021	Today Extra	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
2022	This Is Your Life Ray Meagher	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
2022	Studio 10	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
Additional credits
Year	Title	As	Notes
1985	Neighbours	Writer	Season 1 (3 episodes)

Bibliography

Children’s fiction

• The Riddle of the Trumpalar (1981, as Judy Bernard-Waite) with Patricia Bernard and Fiona Waite
• Challenge of the Trumpalar (1986, as Judy Bernard-Waite) with Patricia Bernard and Fiona Waite
• Eye in the Storm (1988)
• Eye in the City (1991)

Adult fiction

• The Glitter Game (1991)
• Center Stage (1994)
• Araluen (1994)
• Kal (1996)
• Beneath the Southern Cross (1999)
• Territory (2002)
• Pacific (2004)
• Heritage (2005)
• Floodtide (2008)
• Maralinga (2009)
• Tiger Men (2011)
• Elianne (2013)
• Spirits of the Ghan (2015)
• Sanctuary (2017)
• Khaki Town (2019)
• Show Time (2021)

References

Sources

• Nunn, Judy (27 November 2004). "Prime time for peeping Toms". The Weekend Australian. p. 21.

External links

• Official website
• Judy Nunn at Penguin Random House Australia
• Judy Nunn at IMDb
• Judy Nunn at Scholastic Australia

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