Helen Buday

{{Short description|Australian actress and singer}}

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Helen Buday (born 1962) is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Savannah Nix in the film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. She was awarded Best Actress at the 48th Valladolid International Film Festival in 2003 for her role in Alexandra's Project.

Biography

Buday graduated from the National Institute for Dramatic Art in 1983, and has since become one of Australia's leading theatre actresses. She has performed with most theatre companies, including roles in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Three Sisters, The Importance of Being Earnest, and A Doll's House.

Buday is also a singer, and she has portrayed the lead roles in My Fair Lady, Cabaret, High Society, and The Threepenny Opera.

She made her major screen debut as Savannah Nix, leader of the feral children, in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

Besides her regular theatre work, she has also appeared in various television series including Land of Hope, Secrets, Water Rats, and Stingers.{{cite web

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Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Type

1985Mad Max Beyond ThunderdomeSavannah NixFeature film
1986For Love AloneTeresaFeature film
1991DingoJane AndersonFeature film
1992Road to AliceAliceFilm short
2001Let's Get SkaseJudith TurnerFeature film
2003Alexandra's ProjectAlexandra / WifeFeature film
2022Passing ThroughJanetFeature film

=Television=

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Type

1984

| Five Mile Creek

| Guest role: Bess

| TV series, 1 episode

1985

| The Making of Mad Max III: Beyond Thunderdome

| Herself

| TV special

1986

| Land of Hope

| Regular role: Sarah Quinn

| TV miniseries, 10 episodes

1986

| The 1986 Australian Film Institute Awards

| Nominee – Best Actress in Leading Role (for For Love Alone)

| TV special

1989

| Shadow of the Cobra

| Recurring role: Monique Leclerc

| TV miniseries, 2 episodes

1992

| In Sydney Today

| Guest

| TV series, 1 episode

1993

| Secrets

| Guest role

| TV series, 1 episode

1996

| Water Rats

| Guest role: Peggy Newland

| TV series, 1 episode

2002

| Stingers

| Guest role: Lois Dunlap

| TV series, 1 episode

2003

| All Saints

| Guest role: Belinda Mawson

| TV series, 1 episode

2008

| Alexandra's Project: In the Eye of the Beholder

| Herself

| Video

2016-2019

| Butterfly Effect (aka Points de Reperes)

| Herself

| TV series FRANCE, 39 episodes

2021

| Dingo: Helen Buday in Conversation with Paul Harris

| Interviewee

| Video

=Accolades=

References

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