Wendy Hughes - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

Explore Wendy Hughes net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Australian screen and stage actress who played lead roles in films from the 1970s and 1980s such including My Brilliant Career and Echoes of Paradise. In this article, we will discover how old is Wendy Hughes? Who is Wendy Hughes dating now & how much money does Wendy Hughes have?

Wendy Hughes Biography

Wendy Hughes is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actress who was born on July 29, 1952 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She collaborated alongside producer She worked with director Paul Cox on many projects, including the 1982 movie Lonely Hearts. on several projects including the 1982 film Lonely Hearts.

As one of the leading actresses in Australian cinema, Hughes’s roles in the 1970s and 1980s included those in Newsfront, Kostas, My Brilliant Career, Lucinda Brayford, Touch and Go, Hoodwink, Lonely Hearts, Careful, He Might Hear You, My First Wife, I Can’t Get Started, An Indecent Obsession, Echoes of Paradise, Boundaries of the Heart, Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (1988) and Luigi’s Ladies.

Called “one of the important players in the development and productivity of Australian film”, Hughes worked closely with prominent Australian artists such as the cinematographer John Seale and the writers David Williamson and Bob Ellis. She was one of the leading players in the 1970s’ “New Australian Film” renaissance.

In the course of her three marriages – the actors Sean Scully and Chris Haywood and chef Patrick Juillet – she had two children.

She won an 1983 Australian Film Institute award for her role in Careful She Might Hear You.

Wendy Hughes (29 July 1952 – 8 March 2014) was an Australian actress known for her work in theatre, film and television. Hughes was an award-winning actress. Her career spanned more than forty years and established her reputation as one of Australia’s finest and most prolific actors. Her biggest role was in Lonely Hearts, played in 1982 (this film was the beginning of a long collaboration with director Paul Cox). In her later career she acted in Happy New Year along with stars Peter Falk and Charles Durning. In 1993 she played Dr. Carol Blythe, M. E. in Homicide: Life on the Street. In the late 1990s, she starred in State Coroner and Paradise Road.

Wendy Hughes Net Worth

Wendy is one of the richest Movie Actress from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wendy Hughes's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

She was a ballet student as a young girl and later was later trained to become an actress through the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Kensington, Australia.

She was nominated for Australian Film Institute acting awards six times, and won the Best Lead actress award in 1983 for her performance in Careful, He Might Hear You.

Hughes made her American debut in 1987 in John G. Avildsen’s film Happy New Year opposite Peter Falk and Charles Durning. In 1989 she starred opposite Pierce Brosnan in The Heist, a TV movie made by HBO. She continued to make occasional appearances on television, such as playing Jilly Stewart in the mini-series Return to Eden in 1983. During the early 1990s, she spent time in the United States, where she played medical examiner Dr Carol Blythe in the television series Homicide: Life on the Street. She also appeared in the miniseries Amerika and made a guest appearance as Lieutenant Commander Nella Daren on Star Trek: The Next Generation, in the episode Lessons, as one of the few love interests that Captain Jean-Luc Picard had on the show. Back in Australia, Hughes played lead roles on television in The Man From Snowy River (“Snowy River: The McGregor Saga”) and State Coroner. Hughes’s film appearances at this approximate time included the fact-based comedy-drama Princess Caraboo and Paradise Road. Her later film roles included Salvation (2007), The Caterpillar Wish (2006) and The Man Who Sued God (2001).

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Hughes’s first internationally known role was the character Patricia in Lonely Hearts (1982). This role commenced a decades-long collaboration with the Dutch-Australian director Paul Cox.

Who is Wendy Hughes Dating?

According to our records, Wendy Hughes married to Sean Scully . As of January 13, 2024, Wendy Hughes’s is not dating anyone.

Stage appearances by Hughes during this time included as Mrs. Robinson in the 2001 Melbourne version of The Graduate, Martha in a 2007 staging of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by the Melbourne Theatre Company, the character of Honor in Honour in 2010, and Henry Higgins’s mother in Pygmalion (2012).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Born in Melbourne, Australia to English-born parents, Hughes originally studied to become a ballerina but during her teenage year she turned her focus to acting and later graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and, after honing her skills with the Melbourne Theatre Company, had her first film role in Petersen (1974). During the early 1970s she also had her first television parts, including appearing in Power Without Glory, a television series first broadcast in 1976.

Hughes died of cancer on 8 March 2014, aged 61. Actor Bryan Brown announced her death to an audience attending the play Travelling North in Sydney that afternoon, asking the audience to join him in a standing ovation in tribute to the late actress.

Facts & Trivia

Wendy Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Wendy Hughes celebrates birthday on July 29 of every year.

How old was Wendy Hughes when she died?

61 years (1952–2014)

What happened Wendy Hughes?

Hughes died of cancer on 8 March 2014, aged 61.

Who played Lieutenant Commander in Star Trek: The Next Generation?

Wendy Hughes (29 July 1952 – 8 March 2014; age 61) was an Australian actress who played Lieutenant Commander Nella Daren in the Star Trek: The Next Generation sixth season episode “Lessons”.

Who played Commander Nella Daren?

StarTrek.com is saddened to report the passing of acclaimed Australian actress and Star Trek: The Next Generation guest star Wendy Hughes. She played Captain Picard’s love interest, Lt. Commander Nella Daren, in the sixth-season hour “Lessons,” which aired in 1993.

Who is Wendy Hughes married to?

Sean Scully

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