Anna Hruby
{{short description|Australian actress}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2008}}
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| birth_place = Australia
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| years_active = 1969–present
| family = Joy Hruby (mother)
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Anna Hruby (born October 1960) is an Australian actress and voice over artist band TV commercial advertiser, who has appeared in many Australian films, television series and theatre productions. She is the daughter of late actress, entertainer and television personality Joy Hruby and Czech jazz pianist Zdenek Hruby.
Career
Hruby's first recurring role as a child actor was in the TV miniseries Seven Little Australians. She featured in the TV serial The Young Doctors as Sandy Pearce, girlfriend of Roger Gordon in from 1977 to 1978. Hruby then achieved recognition for her role in Prisoner as Paddy Lawson.
She has also appeared in TV series such as Sons and Daughters as Tracy Kingsford, A Country Practice, All Saints, Cop Shop and mini-series such as The Harp in the South and Poor Man's Orange. She was a regular cast member on Home and Away, playing Judith Ackroyd and Fireflies, playing Rebekah Sharp.
Hruby also works as a voice-over artist in advertisements and television network promotions for Foxtel, the Channel 7. She is
the current voice artist for Telstra, Australia's largest telecommunications company. Often known as 'The Telstra Lady', she provides a majority of recorded messages for Telstra, such as "Your call could not be connected" and other menu prompts. Anna is also the voice in most of the self service checkouts in supermarkets in Australia.[http://www.rmk.com.au/anna_hruby/ Anna Hruby, female actor and voice over artist RMK Sydney Australia]
Filmography
FILM
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| Year
!Title !Role !Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Silverbird | Film Short | |
| 1979 | Cathy's Child | Delia | Feature film |
| 1979 | The Journalist | Sarah | Feature film |
| 1989 | Action Replay | Feature film | |
| 1990 | Sonnet | Film short | |
| 1992 | De Anima | Film short | |
| 2001 | Melancholy | Film short | |
| 2012 | Straight | Mum | Film short |
| 2016 | Down Under | Stacey's Mum | Feature film |
TELEVISION
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| Year
!Title !Role !Type |
|---|
| 1969
| Hans Christian Anderson | | Teleplay |
| 1973
| Nell Wolcott | TV miniseries, 10 episodes |
| 1974
| Child | TV series, episode 25: "They" |
| 1975
| Younger sister | TV series, episode 6: "Henry Handel Richardson |
| 1976
| Denny Gosser | TV series, episode 7: "The Bush Boy" |
| 1977
| Hilda Phipson | TV series, 22 episodes |
| 1977–78
| Sandy Pearce | TV series, 23 episodes |
| 1978
| First Girl | TV series, episode 10: "J Is for Julie" |
| 1978
| Christobel | TV series, episode 6: "Made for Each Other" |
| 1980
| Sally Kennedy | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1981
| | TV series, episode 7: "A Perfect Ten" |
| 1981
| Bellamy | Beth | TV series, episode 21: "Come Fly with Me' |
| 1981
| Cop Shop | Lynda Rowland | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1981
| Skyways | Sharon Webster | TV series, episode 177 |
| 1982; 1984; 1993
| Dianne Nelson | TV series, Season 2; episodes 21 & 22: "Never Called Me Mother" |
| 1982–83
| Prisoner | Paddy Lawson | TV series, 36 episodes |
| 1984; 1993
| Lucy Taylor | TV series, Season 4; episodes 59 & 60: "Close to the Bone" |
| 1985
| Tracy Kingsford | TV series, 10 episodes |
| 1987
| Di Mulroney | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1987
| Roie Darcy | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1987
| Kate | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1987
| Roie Rothe | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1988
| Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer | Meg | TV movie |
| 1988
| | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1989
| E Street | Diane Thompson | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1989
| Karen Palmer | TV series, Season 5; episode 15: "Sky Above, Earth Below" |
| 1991; 1994
| G.P. | Caroline | TV series, Season 3; episode 28: "The View from Up Here" |
| 1992
| Big Ideas | FACS Woman | TV movie |
| 1992–94
| Sunday Joyride | Herself | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 1993
| Judy Colmer | TV series, Season 13; episodes 83 & 84: "New Kid in Town" |
| 1993
| Lighting 'Dances with Wolves' with Dean Semler | Narrator | Video |
| 1994
| G.P. | Jan White | TV series, Season 6; 1 episode 24: "In Good Hands" |
| 1995
| Janus | Madelaine Conner | TV series, Season 2; 1episode 12: "Mute by Visitation" |
| 1996
| Robyn | TV series, Season 5; episode 9: "The Only Constant" |
| 1997
| Sharon Itkin | TV series, episode 24 |
| 1998–2008
| Bridget Mortimer | TV series, Season 1, episode 40: "Hard Rain" |
| 1998
| Maria Voyt | TV series, episode 7: "Future Shock" |
| 1999–2000
| Judith Ackroyd | TV series, 44 episodes |
| 2001
| Sandra Connolly | TV series, Season 4, 4 episodes |
| 2004
| Rebekah Sharp | TV series, 21 episodes |
| 2004
| Joy's World | Guest | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2008
| Nicole Templeton | TV series, Season 11, 2 episodes |
| 2011
| Blood Brothers | Mother | TV movie |
| 2017
| Ten News | Herself – Joy Hruby Funeral Service | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2017
| Herself – Joy Hruby Funeral Service | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2022
| Talking Prisoner | Herself | Podcast series, 1 episode |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0398663}}
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Category:Australian film actresses
Category:Australian soap opera actresses
Category:20th-century Australian actresses
Category:21st-century Australian actresses
Category:Australian people of Czech descent
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