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Australian actress

Belinda McClory (born 1968) is an Australian film, television and stage actress, mainly known for her role as Switch in The Matrix.

McClory was born in Adelaide, Australia. Her father was a police officer, giving her insight to the life of a cop and their family. On 30 January 1999 she married director Jon Hewitt. She received a Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for her role in the 2004 Australian production of Frozen.

Education

Attended Marymount College and Sacred Heart College Snr; both being Private Catholic schools in South Australia.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Life	Sharon
1996	Hotel de Love	Janet Campbell
1996	The Big Maybe	Death	Short
1999	The Matrix	Switch
1999	Redball	Det. JJ Wilson
2001	Mullet	Kay
2001	Cubbyhouse	Lynn Graham
2006	Darklovestory	Gretchen	Also writer
2006	The Book of Revelation	Jeanette
2008	Acolytes	Kay Wright
2011	X: Night of Vengeance	Katherine / Marilyn	Also writer
2014	Turkey Shoot	Meredith Baxter	Also writer
2017	The Wheel	Chairperson	Post-production

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	A Country Practice	Tess	"Kiss Me Kate: Part 1"
1991	The Flying Doctors	Tina	"Swinging on the Rope"
1993	Seven Deadly Sins		"Envy"
1993	Phoenix	Cilla	"Snow Job"
1993	The Feds: Deadfall	Pauline	TV film
1994–95	Janus	Kirsty Nichols	Main role
1994	Blue Heelers	Jennifer Willis	"Payback"
1995	Halifax f.p.	Paula Kingsley	"Hard Corps"
1997	Simone de Beauvoir's Babies	Wendy	TV miniseries
1997	The Adventures of Lano and Woodley	Girl Across the Road	"Star Quest"
1998	Good Guys, Bad Guys	Carmen Francis	"Car Wars"
1998	SeaChange	Dorothy Della Bosca	"Stormy Weather"
1998	Murder Call	Carol Magnus	"Skin Deep"
1999	Blue Heelers	Sr. Const. Robyn Taylor	Recurring role
2001	BackBerner	Susan Lamb	"1.129"
2001	Corridors of Power	Tanya Dunne	Main role
2002	All Saints	Nicola Lewis	"Opening Night", "The Show Must Go On"
2003	Kath & Kim	Mona	"The Shower"
2013	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	Madam Lyon	"Murder Most Scandalous"
2013	Camp	Aunt Jeanette	"Last Days of Summer"
2014–2017	The Doctor Blake Mysteries	Alice Harvey	Main role (season 2–5)
2016	Little Acorns	Belinda	"United Nations of Toddlers", "She's a Man", "Eat Cake"
2017	Glitch	Vicky Carmichael	"A Duty of Care"
2017	Oddlands	Civix (voice)	TV film, completed

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v t e Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play
Jane Harders (2003) Belinda McClory (2004) Zoe Carides (2005) Alison Bell (2006) Deborah Mailman (2007) Julie Forsyth (2008) Marta Dusseldorp (2009) Alison Whyte (2010) Anita Hegh (2011) Robyn Nevin (2012) Amber McMahon (2013) Robyn Nevin (2014) Helen Thomson (2015) Sarah Peirse (2016) Amber McMahon (2017) Anita Hegh (2018) Vaishnavi Suryaprakash (2019)

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