Petra Georgina Yared (born 18 January 1979) is an Australian actress. She has also been credited as Petra Jared.[1]

Petra Yared
Born
Petra Georgina Yared

(1979-01-18) 18 January 1979 (age 45)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1993-present

Early life

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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,[1] 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.

Career

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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.[citation needed]

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, playing a friendly receptionist who was of the Baháʼí Faith. She plays FOCA analyst Joanne Peters, in Underbelly, episode "Badness".[2]

Appearances in films include The Real Macaw and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999).

She appeared in the Melbourne Theatre Company's stage production of Pride and Prejudice in Melbourne in 1999.[3]

On being an actress, she says "I never know what type of role will appeal to me until I read the script, and then it's usually an instinctive response. I sometimes just 'get' the character immediately and I know how I want to play her". Being an actress, she says, allows her to explore different worlds, "whether it's trying to understand the psychology of someone suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or researching a different religion or learning how to fire a gun."[4]

Personal life

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Yared is married to actor and playwright Travis Cotton. The couple have two children, Theodore (born 2011) and Vivien (born 2013). They live in Melbourne.[5]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Type
1998 The Real Macaw Kathy Girdis Feature film
2000 Muggers Sophie Feature film
2001 Sparky D Comes to Town Emma TV movie
2002 Holding Your Breath Voice Short film
2002 Blurred Yolanda the Limo Girl Feature film
2022 Slant Elizabeth Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Type
1990 Choices TV miniseries
1993 RFDS Sarah Aldridge TV series, 1 episode
1993 The Late Show Jo, aged 14 TV series, 1 episode
1994 Law of the Land Caroline Rodwell TV series, 1 episode
1994 Sky Trackers Nikki Colbert TV series, 26 episodes
1995 Mirror, Mirror Josephine 'Jo' Tiegan TV series, 20 episodes
1995 Eat My Shorts Debbie TV series, 1 episode
1996 Ocean Girl Patti TV series, 1 episode
1997 Good Guys Bad Guys Taylor TV series, 1 episode
1998 The Genie From Down Under 2 Marcia Huntly TV series, 8 episodes
1999 Halifax f.p. Alicia Polk TV series, season 4 episode 3: A Murder of Crows
1999 Journey to the Center of the Earth Raina TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1994-99 Blue Heelers Molly Malloy / Debbie Perkins / Kym Stewart TV series, 4 episodes
2002 BeastMaster Alima TV series, 1 episode
2002-05 MDA Layla Young TV series, 56 episodes
2001-05 The Secret Life of Us Shannon / Ingrid TV series, 4 episodes
1996-2008 Neighbours Georgia 'George' Brown / Mia Silvani TV series, 37 episodes
2008 All Saints Rhiannon Wilson TV series, 11 episodes
2010 Cops LAC Marielle TV series, 1 episode
2007-10 City Homicide Megan Chisholm-Walsh / Michelle Johnson TV series, 2 episodes
2011 The Jesters Mickey TV series, 1 episode
2011 Rescue Special Ops Zoe Hulme TV series, 5 episodes
2011 Crownies Paula Corvini TV series, 8 episodes
2012 Underbelly Badness Joanne Peters, FOCA Analyst TV series, 4 episodes
2014 Offspring Mia Buchdahl TV series, 2 episodes
2016 The Doctor Blake Mysteries Beryl Routledge TV series, 1 episode
2014-17 House Husbands Real Estate Agent / Elissa TV series, 2 episodes
2018 Playing for Keeps Lenita TV series, 1 episode
2019- Sonia & Cherry Sonia Web series

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b "The Petra Yared Website". www.petrayared.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Australian Television: Underbelly - Badness: episode guide". www.australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  3. ^ "The Petra Yared Website". www.petrayared.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Arab creatives tell of global success". The National. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  5. ^ "The Petra Yared Website". Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Past Winners 1990-1999". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from the original on 15 May 2012.
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