Anna McGahan is an Australian television and film actress, who has mainly appeared in Australian television programs and short films. She is best known for playing the role of Nellie Cameron

Nellie Cameron

Nellie Cameron , known as "The Kiss of Death Girl", was a notorious Sydney prostitute in the 1920s and 1930s, who was featured extensively in the 2011 Australian television mini-series Underbelly: Razor...

 in the Australian television series, Underbelly: Razor

Underbelly: Razor

Underbelly: Razor is a 13-part Australian television mini-series detailing real events that occurred in Sydney between 1927 and 1936. The series depicts the "razor gangs" who controlled the city's underworld during the era and the violent war between the two "vice queen" powers, Tilly Devine and...

 in 2011.

She is also a playwright

Playwright

A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...

.

Career

Anna's has mainly appeared in short films and Televisions series. Her most noble appearance to date is staring as Nellie Cameron

Nellie Cameron

Nellie Cameron , known as "The Kiss of Death Girl", was a notorious Sydney prostitute in the 1920s and 1930s, who was featured extensively in the 2011 Australian television mini-series Underbelly: Razor...

 in the hit Australian TV Series Underbelly: Razor

Underbelly: Razor

Underbelly: Razor is a 13-part Australian television mini-series detailing real events that occurred in Sydney between 1927 and 1936. The series depicts the "razor gangs" who controlled the city's underworld during the era and the violent war between the two "vice queen" powers, Tilly Devine and...

, whom she plays a 16-year-old 1920's prostitute from a wealthy background who influenced some of the era's most powerful men.

Anna is currently focusing on a play she's written and produced called He's Seeing Other People Now which she began writing as a student at QUT.

Personal life

Anna grew up in Coorparoo, Queensland

Coorparoo, Queensland

Coorparoo is a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located approximately four kilometres from the city. Surrounding suburbs include Camp Hill, Holland Park, Greenslopes, East Brisbane, Norman Park and Seven Hills.-Aboriginal history:...

 and studied Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) at Queensland University of Technology

Queensland University of Technology

Queensland University of Technology is an Australian university with an applied emphasis in courses and research. Based in Brisbane, it has 40,000 students, including 6,000 international students, over 4,000 staff members, and an annual budget of more than A$750 million.QUT is marketed as "A...

 (QUT) graduating in 2010. She has recently relocated to Sydney.

Anna is a skilled dancer (Ballet, Contemporary), Taekwondo, Photographer and Playwrighter.

Anna has said playing a notorious prostitute Nellie Cameron, does have its downsides. Many of her scenes in Underbelly: Razor

Underbelly: Razor

Underbelly: Razor is a 13-part Australian television mini-series detailing real events that occurred in Sydney between 1927 and 1936. The series depicts the "razor gangs" who controlled the city's underworld during the era and the violent war between the two "vice queen" powers, Tilly Devine and...

 are either semi or fully nude, meaning imaginary and videos are viral online. She has spoken about feeling uncomfortable from the attention received and was even less impressed to discover footage was available to watch any time of day or night on replays on Nine Network

Nine Network

The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...

's website. In fact, the actress was so shy about baring all, journalists were banned from talking to her about the nudity during any interviews.

Film / Television / Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Maligayang Pasko	As herself	Short/Co-director
2009	BiPolor	Mopsy	Short
2010	A Boys' Place	Jane Alexander	TV Series
2010	Rescue Special Ops	Teagan Reid	Episode: "It's Not the Fall That Kills You"
2010	Undertow	Newlywed	Film
2010	Reef’n’Beef	Daisy	Film
2011	Spirited	Penelope	Episode: "The Real thing; If You See Her, Say Hello; Sweet Child O'Mine; Alone with You; Changes"
2011	Underbelly: Razor Underbelly: Razor Underbelly: Razor is a 13-part Australian television mini-series detailing real events that occurred in Sydney between 1927 and 1936. The series depicts the "razor gangs" who controlled the city's underworld during the era and the violent war between the two "vice queen" powers, Tilly Devine and...	Nellie Cameron Nellie Cameron Nellie Cameron , known as "The Kiss of Death Girl", was a notorious Sydney prostitute in the 1920s and 1930s, who was featured extensively in the 2011 Australian television mini-series Underbelly: Razor...	TV Series
2011	He's Seeing Other People Now	Writer/Producer	"Play - currently working on"
2012	Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries	Miss Prout	ABC TV ABC TV ABC1 is a national public television channel in Australia. Launched on 5 November 1956 it is the responsibility of the ABC's television division, and is available nationally...

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