Nadine Garner

Nadine Garner
Nadine Garner (2012)
Born	(1970-12-14) 14 December 1970 (age 46) Knoxfield, Victoria, Australia
Years active	1985 - present
Spouse(s)	Cameron Barnett
Children	2

Nadine Lynette Garner (born 14 December 1970 in Knoxfield, Melbourne) is an Australian actress, who started her career as a teen performer

Garner first came to public attention in 1985, as Tamara Henderson in the Australian TV series The Henderson Kids and then in her debut film, The Still Point. She made her stage debut in 1987 in the title role of the Melbourne Theatre Company production of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. Since then she has worked extensively in film, theatre and TV (both in Australia and the UK) and received awards and nominations for performances in each field. Also interested in writing, she wrote and performed in the stage work Birds Eye View in Sydney in 2002.

Garner has worked with most state theatre companies in a wide variety of roles in works by Shakespeare, Molière, Sheridan, Ibsen, Chekhov, Orton, Shaffer, Lawler, and Elton. She also played the role of Desire in the highly controversial Australian musical Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom.

Garner is married to Cameron Barnett, and they have two sons: Eden (born 2006) and Jem. She grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Knoxfield.

Garner's first major role was in 1985 at the age of 15 as Tamara in The Henderson Kids, a role for which she won several awards. This was followed by a role in the Australian teen drama Blue Water High.