Simone Buchanan
Birthday: 1968-03-11
Place of Birth: Sydney - Australia
Synopsis
After playing Debbie Kelly for many years in Australia's most successful and longest running sitcom Hey Dad, Simone went on to star alongside Deborah Lee Furness in internationally acclaimed feature film Shame. Simone has also starred in many television dramas including Neighbours, McLeod's Daughters, Blue Heelers, Water Rats, All Saints, Pacific Drive, A Country Practice, Sons and Daughters and Upper Middle Bogan, Her film credits include: Forced Entry, Push, High Country, Doctors and Nurses , My Brilliant Career, Patrick alongside Rachel Griffiths and Charles Dance and most recently Boar starring alongside Huge Sheridan and John Jarratt. Simone Buchanan was born on March 11, 1968 in Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as Simone Louise Buchanan. She has been married to Brett Smith since April 5, 2008. They have two children.
Acting
The Possessed
as Carissa
A man with the ability to exorcise demons fights to protect his loved ones after a sudden surge in demonic possessions. After discovering his nephew's girlfriend has the same supernatural gift, they join forces for the ultimate confrontation. Inspired by actual events.
Boar
as Debbie
In the harsh, yet beautiful Australian outback lives a beast, an animal of staggering size, with a ruthless, driving need for blood and destruction. It cares for none, defends its territory with brutal force, and kills with a raw, animalistic savagery unlike any have seen before.
Patrick
as Patrick's Mother
Patrick lays comatose in a small private hospital, his only action being his involuntary spitting. When a pretty young nurse, just separated from her husband, begins work at the hospital, she senses that Patrick is communicating with her, and he seems to be using his psychic powers to manipulate events in her life.
Pacific Drive
as Laura Harris
Pacific Drive is an Australian television series The series was conceived as a flamboyant, melodramatic soap opera and dealt with the lives of wealthy Australians living on the Gold Coast. Although criticised for being an Australian copy of the American soap opera Melrose Place, its outrageous storylines - including corporate scheming, various affairs, serial killers and a lesbian love triangle - saw the series gain a cult reputation.
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Platypus Cove
as Jenny Nelson
After saving a drowning boy's life, a fifteen-year-old orphan is taken aboard by the family as a deckhand.
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Mystery at Castle House
as Kate
A trio of kids have many exciting adventures while exploring a spooky mansion in the hope of finding their missing friends.
