Megan Smart
{{short description|Australian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Megan Smart
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| birth_date = 14 Dec 1997
| birth_place = Brisbane
| occupation = Actress |education = {{Plainlist|
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| television = Home and Away
Class of '07
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Megan Smart is an Australian television and film actress.
Early life
Smart grew up in Brisbane.{{cite web|url= https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/class-07-cast-reflect-high-052602991.html|website=Lifestyle.yahoo.com|accessdate=23 January 2024|title= Class of '07 cast reflect on their high school experiences|first1=Caitie|last1=Browne|first2=Marni|last2=Dixit|date=15 March 2023}} She graduated from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2016. She has Lebanese heritage and used Megan Hajjar, her mother’s maiden name, professionally for a spell from 2019.{{cite web|url=https://if.com.au/its-goodbye-to-megan-smart-and-hello-megan-hajjar/|website=if.com|accessdate=23 January 2024|title= It's goodbye to Megan Smart and hello Megan Hajjar|first=Don|last=Groves|date=23 April 2019}}
Career
She made her screen debut in the 2017 film Breath, winning the role after her first professional audition. She also appeared in Love Child. She played a serial killer named Charlotte in the ABC television series Harrow. She played troublemaker Anna Hennessy in Screentime and Channel Seven’s The Secret Daughter in which she appeared with Jessica Mauboy. She also had a role in Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway.{{cite web|url=https://www.who.com.au/caitlin-stasey-prime-video-class-of-07|accessdate=23 January 2024|website=Who.com.au|title= Aussie acting exports return home for a new Prime Video comedy series|first=Erin|last=Christie|date=14 December 2021}}{{cite web|url= https://www.thecurb.com.au/megan-smart-breaks-down-her-career-from-breath-to-class-of-07-in-this-interview/|website=The Curb|accessdate=23 January 2024|title=Megan Smart|date=6 October 2023 }}
In the 2019 film The Naked Wanderer, she played the former girlfriend of the lead character{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/even-with-john-cleese-the-naked-wanderer-is-more-ad-than-adventure-20190904-p52nuy.html| website=Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=23 January 2024|title= Even with John Cleese, The Naked Wanderer is more ad than adventure|first=Paul|last=Byrne|date=4 September 2019}}
In 2020, she played Jaiwara, a Lebanese Muslim woman who has a romance with a musician, in the film Measure for Measure, which also starred Hugo Weaving, and was a retelling of Shakespeare’s 1609 play of the same name. She appeared in Between Two Worlds, the Seven Network drama.{{cite web|url= https://www.russh.com/megan-smart-beauty-skincare/|website=Russh|accessdate=23 January 2024|title= Australian actress Megan Smart on her obsession with skincare and her tips for a healthy mental frame of mind|first=Elle|last=Presbury|date=11 August 2020}}{{cite web|website=Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=23 January 2024|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/bevan-lee-s-between-two-worlds-shows-how-the-other-half-lives-20200714-p55bw9.html|title= Bevan Lee's Between Two Worlds shows how the other half lives|first=
Bridget|last=McManus|date=15 July 2020}}
In 2021, she could be seen as Paloma in miniseries The Unusual Suspects.{{cite web|url= https://neoskosmos.com/en/2021/06/03/life/entertainment/the-unusual-suspects-andrea-demetriades-on-life-through-an-artistic-lens/|website=Neoskosmos.com|accessdate=23 January 2024|title= The Unusual Suspects' Andrea Demetriades on life through an artistic lens|first=Marianna|last=Alepidis|date=3 June 2021}} That year she also appeared in Wakefield for ABC.{{cite web|website=The Guardian|url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/apr/15/we-spoon-feed-audiences-too-much-behind-the-creation-of-wakefield-abcs-lauded-new-drama|accessdate=23 January 2024|title= 'We spoon-feed audiences too much': behind the creation of Wakefield, ABC's lauded new drama|first=Meg|last=Watson|date=15 April 2021}} Smart also appeared in soap opera Home and Away and in the Netflix interactive rom-com Choose Love. In 2022, Smart made her debut as a director with the short film Stonefish. It was nominated for Best Short Film at the 12th AACTA Awards in December 2022.{{cite web|url= https://www.refinery29.com/en-au/2022/12/11222640/aacta-award-winners-2022?callback=in&code=MMEZNZJHYWMTNTM1YI0ZY2RLLWE0ZMQTZTE5MJJIMWIWNTEW&state=5c9b27c18f3445aaa919a44882cc2db8|website=Refinery29.com|accessdate=23 January 2024|title= Here's The Full List Of 2022 AACTA Awards Winners|first=Alicia|last=Vrajlal|date=7 December 2022}}
Smart had the role of Amelia Collins on the 2023 Australian comedy series Class of '07 for Prime Video.{{cite web|accessdate=23 January 2024|website=Meaww.com|url=https://meaww.com/exclusive-class-of-07-star-megan-smart-reveals-why-filming-series-was-like-life-imitating-art|title= 'Class of '07' star Megan Smart reveals why filming Amazon series felt like 'life imitating art'|first=Aayush|last=Sharma|date=21 March 2023}}
Filmography
= Television appearances =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes !Ref |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| Barbara Fitzgerald | 1 episode | |
| The Secret Daughter
| Anna Hennessy | 4 episodes | |
| 2018
| Harrow | Charlotte | 1 episode | |
| 2020
| Bella Gray | As Megan Hajjar | |
| rowspan="3" | 2021
| Ivy | 2 episodes |
| The Unusual Suspects
| Paloma | 2 episodes | |
| Home and Away
| Anne Sherman | 7 episodes | |
| 2023
| Amelia | Lead role. 8 episodes |
| 2025
|Samara Kahlil |6 episodes |
| 2025
| |Post-production Sean|last= Slatter|date=18 February 2025}} |
| 2026
|Gnomes |Ellie McKay |In production |
= Film appearances =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2024
|A Rose for Katrina |Katrina |Short |
| 2023
|Amalia | |
| rowspan="2" |2020
|Jaiwara | |
| Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
|Executive |As Megan Hajjar |
| 2019
|The Naked Wanderer |Jasmine | |
| 2017
|Karen | |
= Staff credits =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Ref |
| 2022
|Stonefish |Director / Producer |
| 2013
|Showreel |Writer | |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|6024352}}
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Category:Australian television actresses
Category:Actresses from Brisbane
Category:Date of birth unknown
Category:21st-century Australian actresses
Category:Australian film actresses