Jennifer Hagan (born 5 October 1943)[1] is an Australian actress who was the acting tutor at the National Institute of Dramatic Art from 1991 until 1997.
[5] Early in Hagan's career she played the lead in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and Berline in Molière's The Imaginary Invalid[6] at the Old Tote.
As a contract player in the 1970s with the Melbourne Theatre Company,[7] Hagan was seen in a wide range of roles including Yvette in Brecht's Mother Courage,[8] Ilona Szabo in Molnar's The Play's the Thing, Jennifer Dubedat in Shaw's The Doctor's Dilemma , Beatrice in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing,[9] and Electra in Sophocles' Electra.
The plays were produced using a "limited life" grant awarded by the Australia Council and the cast included Ron Haddrick, Ruth Cracknell, John Gaden, Drew Forsythe and Arthur Dignam.
[12] Hagan appeared occasionally on television The Restless Years[13] and in films such as For Love Alone (1986)[14] and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)[15] but mainly divided her time between the theatre, teaching and directing.