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

Early life

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.

Career

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

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.

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."

Personal life

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.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

• Australian Film Institute Young Actor Award 1996, for Mirror, Mirror

References

1. ^ "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.

External links

• Petra Yared website
• Petra Yared at IMDb

• 1979 births
• Australian people of Lebanese descent
• Australian television actresses
• Australian film actresses
• Australian stage actresses
• Living people
• Actresses from Melbourne
• Australian child actresses