Jackie Woodburne

Jacqueline Anne Woodburne (born 5 February 1956)[1] is an Irish actress, known for her numerous roles in television soap operas.

She appeared in Cop Shop as Gina Rossi, A Country Practice, and Sons and Daughters, before she was cast as inmate Julie "Chook" Egbert in Prisoner.

In the 1980s, Woodburne appeared in multiple miniseries', including Outbreak of Love, Sara Dane, and 1915, which earned her a Logie Award nomination.

[10][11] She also brief made an appearance in the very first episode of Sons and Daughters, playing the iconic Pat the Rat character Patricia Dunne in flashbacks.

[13] Woodburne previously played the sister of Alan Fletcher's character in Cop Shop, before they were cast as husband and wife in Neighbours.

[11] In 2005, she was nominated for the Best Female Performance in a Soap Opera award at the international Rose d'Or television festival, but was beaten by fellow British actress Lesley-Anne Down.

[14] In 2014 she became the lead in Night Terrace, a narrative comedy audio series in which she told David Knox of TV Tonight that she plays "basically a female Doctor Who".

Both seasons have been licensed for broadcast, with the first commencing on BBC Radio 4 Extra on Sunday 21 April 2019 as part of The 7th Dimension programming block.