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Talking Heads: Kerry Armstrong

Is Kerry Armstrong "almost done" with acting?

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Ooops… just listed this one in the nick of time.

Kerry Armstrong is guest on Talking Heads tonight at 6:30pm on ABC1.

If you’re too late by the time you read this, it will also be available on iView.

This week’s guest on Talking Heads is Kerry Armstrong. In this enlightening interview Armstrong reveals to Peter Thompson that after a career ranging from The Sullivans, Dynasty, films such as Lantana, two AFI awards and a Logie, she is rethinking the future of her acting career.

“It feels like I’m almost all done!”

Armstrong started out as a Channel 9 weather girl while still in Year 11. She cut her acting teeth at the famous Hagen-Berghoff Studio in New York and was heavily influenced by its philosophy.

“There are actors who are really good liars and what they can do is…they can pretend to be someone else and then there are actors who…literally do a biography of the person, which is what I do.”

Heather Jelly in Seachange, still one of Armstrong’s best known roles, is a case in point. Armstrong’s view of the character’s psychology was different than that of the director and scriptwriter. She won. She admits that finding the ‘truth’ in her roles has led to a reputation for being difficult.

Although she’s happy to plug her current project, the third series of Bed of Roses, it’s clear that celebrity in itself holds no appeal.

“Whoever invented the word should be shot. It’s a bit like the casinos, you put the money into those machines and how much across the board do people get back?”

No mention of “Wonky Warrner?”

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  1. Bump- Hello David,

    Peter Thompson just called tonight’s Talking Heads (with Dr David Suziki) as the final after 6 years. That announcement had escaped me prior to tonight. Whilst I would never join the Peter Thompson fan club – I think the program is an important one. Does Aunty have Plan B up its sleeve?

  2. Even after all these years especially now with the DVD’s out she’s still probably best remembered for that role in Prisoner. By the way was there any mention at all of Wonky Warner?

  5. i missed most of the show tonight, I’ll catch up on iView, but I hope Kerry sent out a cheerio to Bea Smith… if Bea hadn’t steam pressed her hand in that first or second episode of Prisoner she’d never have gone on to be a star!

  6. Will never forget her amazing performance in the very early episodes of Prisoner as the innocent Lynn “Wonky” Warner when she was imprisoned and got 10 years for burying a child alive when in fact she didn’t really do it and nobody would believe her.

    She’s also a part of one of the most famous scenes in Australian television history where she gets her hands burnt by the Top Dog Bea Smith under the infamous steam press.

    She suited the role so well and played a big part in making Prisoner what it is as an original cast member.

    Please Kerry Armstrong don’t give up acting!

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