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Justine Clarke (born November 1971) is an Australian actress, singer and television host. She has been acting since the age of seven and has appeared in some of Australia's best-known TV shows. She is also a film and stage actor, and won the Best Actress Award at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina in 2006 for her role in independent film ''Look Both Ways''. ==Career== Justine was born in Sydney, and at the age of seven, whilst attending Woollahra Public School with other up and coming talents like Mouche Phillips and Deni Hines, Clarke began appearing in television commercials, one of which was Arnott's Humphrey B. Bear biscuits.〔(Look every which way – TV & Radio – Entertainment – theage.com.au )〕 At eleven she played the role of Brigitta in the stage musical, ''The Sound of Music''.〔(Play School >> faces >> presenters >> justine )〕 Clarke's first significant acting role was as the character Anna Goanna in the 1985 film ''Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome''. The same year she appeared in the TV series ''The Maestro's Company'' and featured in the 1986 mini-series ''Professor Poopsnaggle's Steam Zeppelin''. The following year she made appearances in ''A Country Practice'' and ''Willing and Abel''〔Harrison, Tony ''The Australian Film and Television Companion'' Simon and Schuster 1994 ISBN 0-7318-0455-4〕 In 1988, Clarke began an eighteen months role on the soap opera, ''Home and Away'', as one of 17 original cast members, playing the character of Ruth "Roo" Stewart. The character of Roo was reinstated in the cast list, in 2010, but was now portrayed by Georgie Parker, hence along with Ray Meaghers character of Alf Stewart, she is only of only two original characters. She was one of several ''Home and Away'' cast-members to star in a stage musical about the soap, which toured the UK in 1991.〔"(Home and Away musical )", ''mook''. URL last accessed on 2007-01-29.〕 Following her departure from ''Home and Away'' in 1989, Clarke appeared in the short-lived series ''Family and Friends'' before going on to act in several mini-series including ''Come In Spinner'', ''Golden Fiddles'' and ''Tracks of Glory''. In 1991, she formed a Dolly Parton inspired band called the Honky Tonk Angels, which disbanded three years later. In the late '90s she was a backing vocalist in the Sydney band Automatic Cherry, that also featured The Cruel Sea guitarist James Cruickshank. The band released the album ''Slow Burner'' in 1997. Clarke is also a jazz vocalist and cabaret singer, popular on the Sydney club circuit.〔 A popular children's entertainer and presenter on the landmark children's television program ''Play School'', Clarke has made solo albums and DVDs for children including ''I Like to Sing'', ''Songs to Make You Smile'', ''Great Big World'' & the Aria winning ''A Little Day Out With Justine Clarke''. Clarke's film ''Turning April'' in 1996 was followed by ''Blackrock'' with Heath Ledger in 1997. More recently she has starred in the films ''Danny Deckchair'' and ''Look Both Ways''. The role of Meryl Lee in ''Look Both Ways'' scored Clarke a nomination for an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Lead Actress award in 2005〔(Look both ways – Sarah Watt, William McInnes, Justine Clarke, Anthony Hayes – CIA )〕 and the award for Best Actress at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival. After three episodes of the series ''Wildside'', she played Dr Samantha O'Hara in 21 episodes of ''All Saints''. She also played the leading role in the Australian medical drama ''The Surgeon'' and appeared in the third season of the critically acclaimed Australian TV Drama series ''Love My Way'', as Simone, the estranged sister of Asher Keddie's Julia. An experienced stage actor, Clarke has worked with the Sydney Theatre Company is productions such as ''The Man with Five Children'', ''Trelawey of the Wells'', ''Cyrano de Bergerac'', ''The Herbal Bed'', "Hedda Gabler" and ''Stiffs'', and for Belvoir Company B in Michael Gow's ''Toy Symphony''. In 2009, she starred as the main character in the television series for Showcase ''Tangle''. In 2010, Clarke starred in the short film ''Peekaboo''. In 2012, she appeared in the television series ''Woodley''. In 2013 and 2014, she starred in the television series The Time of Our Lives playing Bernadette.〔http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/timeofourlives.htm〕 In 2015, she plays as Eve on House Husbands " House Husbands" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Justine Clarke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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