Petra Yared
| Petra Yared | |
|---|---|
| Born |
18 January 1979 Melbourne, Australia |
| Occupation | actress |
| Years active | 1993-present |
Petra Yared (born 18 January 1979) is an Australian actress. She has also been credited as Petra Jared.
Yared was born in Melbourne to Rick and Shelley, having an older sister, Sara and younger brother, Nicholas. Yared is of Lebanese descent. At nine, she took part in acting workshops at the National Theatre in Melbourne, going on to audition and gain small television roles. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Melbourne, specialising in the history of the Middle East.
She began her career in children's television series including Sky Trackers and The Genie From Down Under 2.
With a major role as Jo Tiegan, in the Australian-New Zealand television production Mirror, Mirror, she won the Australian Film Institute award for Best New Talent.
In 1996, she appeared in Neighbours as Georgia ("George") Brown. She returned to the soap in late 2007 in the recurring role of Mia Silvani.
Yared also had significant roles in series including Blue Heelers and The Secret Life of Us, and guest roles on All Saints (2008), City Homicide (2010), Rescue (2011) and Crownies (2011).
From 2002 to 2005, she was a main cast member on MDA alongside Shane Bourne and Kerry Armstrong as the receptionist of Baha'i faith. She plays FOCA analyst Joanne Peters, in Underbelly, episode "Badness".
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