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Brooke Satchwell
Born	Brooke Kerith Satchwell 14 November 1980 (1980-11-14) (age 28) Melbourne, Australia
Years active	1994 - present

Brooke Kerith Satchwell (born 14 November 1980 in Melbourne) is an Australian actress.

Satchwell started acting in 1994, appearing in the ABC's Musical Harriet and several commercials before landing the role of Anne Wilkinson in Neighbours.¹ She won the Best New Talent at the 1998 Logie Awards and an Australian People's Choice Award for Favourite Teen Idol in 1999.

On 26 November 2008, Satchwell narrowly escaped injury after being caught up in a terrorist attack as she sipped coffee in Cafe Leopold, Mumbai²³. Satchwell filmed a complaint about her treatment by the Australian consulate from the relative safety away from the terrorist activities ⁴. This complaint was released to the media while the hostage situation continued and while the Australian Government negotiated to assist the Indian government to end the crisis and sought information about Australians still caught up in the crisis ^{5 6}

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Career 1.2 Personal life 2 References 3 External links 4 Filmography

Biography

Career

• Satchwell got her big break when a casting agent suggested she model in a few commercials. Some words of advice from various make-up artists convinced her to get an agent and she stayed on their books for a year and a half. The audition for Neighbours came up, and two weeks later she was offered a role.⁷
• She modelled for Pantene and was signed to act as their 'brand ambassador' in 2004.⁸
• She has promoted charity work as a fundraiser for the Starlight Children's Foundation Gift of a Lifetime,⁹ and in joining the fight against sand mining of Sydney's historic Kurnell sand dunes.¹⁰

Personal life

• She grew up as a country girl on the Mornington Peninsula, and stated her friends and family in Melbourne are a big part of her life.¹¹
• 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 Three of the charges were withdrawn by prosecutors, Newton pleading guilty on the remaining charge of common assault.¹²
• On November 26 2008, Satchwell was in a building which was attacked by terrorists in the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks. Satchwell hid in a cupboard until gunfire ceased. One gunman passed by the cupboard as she sat hidden from view. Upon leaving the said hotel, she claimed to have seen several dead bodies.¹³

References

External links

• BrookeSatchwell.net official website
• Brooke Satchwell at the Internet Movie Database
• TV.com Biography

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1996-2000	Neighbours	Anne Wilkinson
1998	Live and Kicking	Herself
1998	Big Breakfast	Herself
1998	Fives Company	Herself
1998	Light Lunch	Herself
1998	Streets Apart	Herself
1998	Battle of the Sexes	Herself
1998	The Panel	Herself
1999	A Morning With Neighbours	Herself
1999	Francis Kiss	St.Tina
1999	Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens	St.Katrina
1999	The Caribbean Tempest	Miranda
1999	The Panel	Herself
1999,2000,2008	Good News Week	Herself
2000	SM:TV Live	Herself
2000	Six Appeal	Herself
2000-2001	Water Rats	Sophie Ferguson
2001	The Vagina Monologues	Herself
2001	The Graduate	Elaine Robinson
2001-2002	BeastMaster	Rhana
2001,2003	Rove Live	Herself
2002	Radio Samurai	Ethel
2002-2003	White Collar Blue	Sophia Marinkovitch
2004	Right Here Right Now	Jenny
2004	Small Claims: White Wedding	Imogen
2005-	Play School	Herself
2006	Tripping Over	Felicity/"Flick"
2007	Dangerous	Donna McCarthy
2008	Canal Road	Bridget Keenan
2009	Subdivision	Tiffany