She has become one of the most iconic actresses in Australian TV, butTV WEEKreaders will always remember Brooke Satchwell as Anne Wilkinson fromNeighbours.
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With no prior acting experience but pure talent, she first appeared inNeighboursin 1996 as schoolgirl Anne. Almost three decades after her breakthrough role, the soap continues to hold a special place inBrooke’sheart.
At the 2024 AACTA Awards, Brooke spoke toTV WEEKon the red carpet about whether or not she reminisces on the show all these years later.
“Of course! I was talking to Bibs the other day, who played my brother (Lance Wilkinson) and some of my best mates are crew from the Neighbours days,” she said.
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“I’ve been catching up with my friends who were in the makeup department when I was in Melbourne at Christmas, seeing the family.
“It’s a family that has stuck together and I’ve been really lucky that that was the tribe I walked into on my first job. They’re loyal.”
Sadly, Brooke won’t be reappearing in her other hit showsThe TwelveorBlack Snowwhen they return for their second seasons. Though, the reason is clear: her characters were one season wonders.
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Brooke jokes she need to work on finding a “returnable series.”
“I’m a baddie so I stay in season one ofBlack Snow,it’s likeThe Twelve– I can’t come back for that either,” she tells TV WEEK. “I haven’t really worked that one out.”
However, she did reveal she recently had a career-first by performing in a play at the Sydney Theatre Company which “was a huge experience.”
“As we all are with 2024, we’re a bit like ‘what’s going to happen next?’ So we’ll see,” she concluded.
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After completing a Bachelor of Communication, majoring in Journalism and Media Production, Tia began her career in media 2022. She writes on the Now To Love website, particularly for the legacy brand TV Week and manages its social media platforms. She is currently the Senior Digital Content Producer on Now To Love, writing predominately for TV Week while managing all its social media platforms. It is here she can combine her professional and personal passions for reality TV, drama, celebrity, Australian and International TV – and donning her favourite clothes for a red carpet to interview some of television’s best.
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