Anna Jennings-Edquist

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| occupation = Actress, lawyer

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Anna Jennings-Edquist (born 13 April 1985{{cn|date=November 2024}}) is an Australian lawyer, actress, playwright and director in both theatre and television. Jennings-Edquist has written and directed several Australian university and festival productions and is known for her acting roles on the popular soap opera Neighbours.

Career

Jennings-Edquist has acted in several television roles, most prominently in the soap opera Neighbours, in which she played the roles of Tahnee Coppin and Lisa Hayes.{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/hamish-blakes-anna-jennings-edquist-on-neighbours/story-e6frfmqr-1111118164658|title=Hamish Blake's Anna Jennings-Edquist on Neighbours|date=28 November 2008|work=News.com.au|accessdate=16 November 2010}} She wrote and directed The Throwback Players' 2006 production of Heat, and also directed the 2006 University of Melbourne Law Revue. She also appeared in The Pacific, "Ricketts Lane" and Lowdown on ABC1.

Since 2011,{{cn|date=November 2021}} Jennings-Edquist has worked as a solicitor. She is Senior Associate at Slater and Gordon.[https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au%2Fnews%2Fgeelong%2Fgeelong-mums-warning-after-daughter-hit-by-truck%2Fnewsstory%2Feab291c7304c32f676f646e28c9b5f49&usg=AOvVaw1aV_EQRiyMKjJ2DEOyKM0q "'Lives are changed forever': mum’s warning after truck scare"] – Geelong Advertiser, October 2021

Personal life

Jennings-Edquist's mother is Dr Gael Jennings, a science and medical journalist and current affairs presenter. Jennings-Edquist dated radio and TV celebrity Hamish Blake for five years until 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/heartbroken-hamish-and-anna-break-up/story-e6frewz0-1225822659569|title=Heartbroken Hamish and Anna break-up|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=23 January 2010|accessdate=23 January 2010}} She has two sisters: Grace Jennings-Edquist, a writer and online reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and Lola.

She is a graduate of the University of Melbourne, where she completed a Law/Arts degree and an honours degree. She graduated in 2010.[https://www.slatergordon.com.au/our-people/anna-jennings-edquist "Anna Jennings-Edquist"] - www.slatergordon.com.au

Filmography

=Television=

class="wikitable"
Year !Title !Role !Run
rowspan="2"\|2002 \|Short Cuts \|Cute Girl #1 \|1 episode
rowspan="2"\|Neighbours \|Tahnee Coppin \|2002–2003 33 episodes
2009 \|Lisa Hayes \|3 episodes
2010 \|The Pacific \|Joyce \|1 episode
rowspan="2"\|2010 \|Lowdown \|Sharne \|8 episodes

class="wikitable"

Year

!Title

!Role

!Run

rowspan="2"|2002

|Short Cuts

|Cute Girl #1

|1 episode

rowspan="2"|Neighbours

|Tahnee Coppin

|2002–2003

33 episodes

2009

|Lisa Hayes

|3 episodes

2010

|The Pacific

|Joyce

|1 episode

rowspan="2"|2010

|Lowdown

|Sharne

|8 episodes

=Theatre=

class="wikitable"
Year !Show !Role !Venue
rowspan="2"\|2006 \|Heat \|writer, director \|University of Melbourne
Law Revue \|director \|University of Melbourne

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Year

!Show

!Role

!Venue

rowspan="2"|2006

|Heat

|writer, director

|University of Melbourne

Law Revue

|director

|University of Melbourne