Australian actress with AACTA Awards for "Careful, He Might Hear You" and a long career across Australian, British, and American film and television.
Background
Born in Melbourne, Australia, Hughes trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, graduating in 1971. She began her career in Australian repertory theater before moving to film.
Career
She broke through in Phillip Noyce’s “Newsfront” (1978) and worked steadily through the Australian New Wave. Carl Schultz’s “Careful, He Might Hear You” (1983) earned her a second AFI Award for Best Actress.
Style
Hughes was a defining figure of the Australian New Wave alongside Judy Davis and Jacki Weaver. She returned to Australian stage work in her later career and continued in supporting roles until her death in 2014.
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