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Zoe Carides (born 19 February 1962) is an Australian film and television actress who is best known for her roles in the television series G. P.
G. P.

G.P. is an Australian television series shown by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1989 and 1996.The series was set around a general medical practice in a suburb of Sydney and explored both the personal and professional lives of the doctors and other staff who worked there....
 as Dr. Sonia Kapek and Grass Roots
Grass Roots

Grass Roots is an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 2000 and 2003.The series is set around the fictional Arcadia Waters Council near Sydney, and was primarily a satirical look at the machinations of local government....
 as Liz Murray. Carides was born in Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
, New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
.

des’s parents are an English mother and a Greek father. She has a daughter named Paris. Her sister is actress Gia Carides
Gia Carides

Gia Carides is an Australian actress.Carides was born in Sydney, Australia, to a Greek father and an English mother. An actress since the age of 12, she has won awards for her films Strictly Ballroom and Brilliant Lies from the Australian Film Institute....
. Her brothers-in-law are actor Anthony LaPaglia
Anthony LaPaglia

Anthony M. LaPaglia is an Australian actor, best known for his role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series Without a Trace, a role which won him a Golden Globe Award....
 and former doctor now actor Jonathan LaPaglia
Jonathan LaPaglia

Jonathan LaPaglia, M.B.B.S. is an Australian actor best known for his role as Frank Parker in the television series Seven Days . He is the younger brother of Australian actor Anthony LaPaglia....
 (from New York Undercover
New York Undercover

New York Undercover is a one-hour Police procedural that aired on the FOX television network from 1994 in television to 1998 in television. The program was popular among its Hip hop culture target audience....
).

des has made cameos
Cameo appearance

A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television....
 in many successful Australian television shows, such as All Saints
All Saints (TV series)

All Saints: Medical Response Unit is a Logie Award-winning Australian medical drama which airs on the Seven Network. The programme debuted on February 24, 1998 as All Saints and has become one of Australia's highest-rating dramas....
, Acropolis Now
Acropolis Now

Acropolis Now was an Australian sitcom set in a Greek bar of the same name that ran for 63 episodes from 1989 to 1992 on the Seven Network. It was created by Nick Giannopoulos, George Kapiniaris and Simon Palomares, who also starred in the series....
 and White Collar Blue
White Collar Blue

White Collar Blue is an Australian television series made by Knapman Wyld Television for Network Ten from 2002 to 2003.Starring Peter O'Brien as Joe Hill and Freya Stafford as Harriet Walker, the series deals with a division of the police force working in the city of Sydney and the personal and professional tensions affecting their work...
.

Carides' first big movie was the 1991 film Death in Brunswick
Death in Brunswick

Death in Brunswick is a 1991 Australian film starring Sam Neill, Zoe Carides and John_Clarke_....
.






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Zoe Carides (born 19 February 1962) is an Australian film and television actress who is best known for her roles in the television series G. P.
G. P.

G.P. is an Australian television series shown by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1989 and 1996.The series was set around a general medical practice in a suburb of Sydney and explored both the personal and professional lives of the doctors and other staff who worked there....
 as Dr. Sonia Kapek and Grass Roots
Grass Roots

Grass Roots is an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 2000 and 2003.The series is set around the fictional Arcadia Waters Council near Sydney, and was primarily a satirical look at the machinations of local government....
 as Liz Murray. Carides was born in Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
, New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
.

Family

Carides’s parents are an English mother and a Greek father. She has a daughter named Paris. Her sister is actress Gia Carides
Gia Carides

Gia Carides is an Australian actress.Carides was born in Sydney, Australia, to a Greek father and an English mother. An actress since the age of 12, she has won awards for her films Strictly Ballroom and Brilliant Lies from the Australian Film Institute....
. Her brothers-in-law are actor Anthony LaPaglia
Anthony LaPaglia

Anthony M. LaPaglia is an Australian actor, best known for his role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series Without a Trace, a role which won him a Golden Globe Award....
 and former doctor now actor Jonathan LaPaglia
Jonathan LaPaglia

Jonathan LaPaglia, M.B.B.S. is an Australian actor best known for his role as Frank Parker in the television series Seven Days . He is the younger brother of Australian actor Anthony LaPaglia....
 (from New York Undercover
New York Undercover

New York Undercover is a one-hour Police procedural that aired on the FOX television network from 1994 in television to 1998 in television. The program was popular among its Hip hop culture target audience....
).

Acting roles

Carides has made cameos
Cameo appearance

A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television....
 in many successful Australian television shows, such as All Saints
All Saints (TV series)

All Saints: Medical Response Unit is a Logie Award-winning Australian medical drama which airs on the Seven Network. The programme debuted on February 24, 1998 as All Saints and has become one of Australia's highest-rating dramas....
, Acropolis Now
Acropolis Now

Acropolis Now was an Australian sitcom set in a Greek bar of the same name that ran for 63 episodes from 1989 to 1992 on the Seven Network. It was created by Nick Giannopoulos, George Kapiniaris and Simon Palomares, who also starred in the series....
 and White Collar Blue
White Collar Blue

White Collar Blue is an Australian television series made by Knapman Wyld Television for Network Ten from 2002 to 2003.Starring Peter O'Brien as Joe Hill and Freya Stafford as Harriet Walker, the series deals with a division of the police force working in the city of Sydney and the personal and professional tensions affecting their work...
.

Carides' first big movie was the 1991 film Death in Brunswick
Death in Brunswick

Death in Brunswick is a 1991 Australian film starring Sam Neill, Zoe Carides and John_Clarke_....
. She also went on to star in Gino, Brilliant Lies
Brilliant Lies

Brilliant Lies is an Australian film released in 1996 in film, produced by Bayside Pictures and Beyond Films.Directed by Richard Franklin ....
, The Kiss and Police Rescue
Police Rescue

Police Rescue is an Australian television series which aired on Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1991 and 1996....
. She also starred in the independent Australian production of Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns.

After turning 40, Carides set two goals: She wanted to have a solo exhibition of her paintings and to record an album of her own music.

In 2005, Carides starred in the Sydney Theatre Company
Sydney Theatre Company

The Sydney Theatre Company is one of Australia's best-known and notable theater company operating from The Wharf Theatre near The Rocks area of Sydney, as well as the Sydney Theatre and the Sydney Opera House....
’s stage show Influence. In 2008, she played the part of Pia Jones in the BBC-commissioned Australian soap opera Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue (2008 TV series)

Out of the Blue is an Australian serial drama commissioned by the BBC, produced by Australia's Southern Star Entertainment. It began screening on BBC One on weekday afternoons on 28 April 2008....
.

Television roles

  • Lucy (2003)
  • My Husband, My Killer
  • Grass Roots
    Grass Roots

    Grass Roots is an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 2000 and 2003.The series is set around the fictional Arcadia Waters Council near Sydney, and was primarily a satirical look at the machinations of local government....
  • Police Rescue
    Police Rescue

    Police Rescue is an Australian television series which aired on Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1991 and 1996....
     (1994)
  • Heartland
    Heartland (Australian TV series)

    Heartland was an Australian television drama series that ran on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1994. It ran for thirteen episodes and starred Cate Blanchett and Ernie Dingo....
  • G. P.
    G. P.

    G.P. is an Australian television series shown by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1989 and 1996.The series was set around a general medical practice in a suburb of Sydney and explored both the personal and professional lives of the doctors and other staff who worked there....
     (1989) TV Series


Film roles

  • Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns (Fovou tous Ellines) (2000)
  • Midas (1999) as Narrator
  • Fuckwit (1994)
  • Gino (1994)
  • Shotgun Wedding (1993)
  • Mad Bomber in Love (1992)
  • Seeing Red (1992)
  • Death in Brunswick
    Death in Brunswick

    Death in Brunswick is a 1991 Australian film starring Sam Neill, Zoe Carides and John_Clarke_....
     (1991)
  • Kadaicha (1988)


Other roles

  • "Veronica
    Veronica (song)

    "Veronica" is a single from Elvis Costello's 1989 album Spike , co-written by Costello with Paul McCartney. The song "Veronica" was co-produced by T-Bone Burnett and Kevin Killen, and features Paul McCartney on his trademark H?fner Bass guitar....
    "     music film clip (1989) for Elvis Costello
    Elvis Costello

    Elvis Costello is an England musician and singer-songwriter. Costello came to prominence as an early participant in London's Pub rock scene in the mid-1970s, and later became associated with the punk rock and New Wave musical genres, before establishing his own unique voice in the 1980s....


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