Claudia Karvan

Claudia Karvan (born 19 May 1972) is an Australian actress popular for her roles in the television series The Secret Life of Us and Love My Way. She is also a producer and writer on Love My Way and played in the 2010 film Daybreakers as Audrey Bennett. She currently stars in the drama series Spirited. Description above from the Wikipedia article Claudia Karvan licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

FuturisticTragicAdventurousViolent

The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power -- and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Lucas
CAST:  Hayden Christensen  •  Ewan McGregor  •  Natalie Portman  •  Ian McDiarmid

The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power -- and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Lucas
CAST:  Hayden Christensen  •  Ewan McGregor  •  Natalie Portman  •  Ian McDiarmid

Aquamarine (2006)

Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love exists, and enlists the girls' help in winning the heart of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum
CAST:  Emma Roberts  •  JoJo  •  Sara Paxton  •  Jake McDorman

Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love exists, and enlists the girls' help in winning the heart of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum
CAST:  Emma Roberts  •  JoJo  •  Sara Paxton  •  Jake McDorman

Dating the Enemy (1996)

One messy science journalist (Tash) and a neat television host (Brett). Two very different people whose relationship is nose diving to get the opportunity to experience life in their partners shoes when they wake up one morning in each others bodies. Valuable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Megan Simpson Huberman
CAST:  Guy Pearce  •  Claudia Karvan  •  Matt Day  •  Lisa Hensley

One messy science journalist (Tash) and a neat television host (Brett). Two very different people whose relationship is nose diving to get the opportunity to experience life in their partners shoes when they wake up one morning in each others bodies. Valuable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Megan Simpson Huberman
CAST:  Guy Pearce  •  Claudia Karvan  •  Matt Day  •  Lisa Hensley

The Heartbreak Kid (1993)

Christina (Claudia Karvan) is a school teacher from a wealthy Greek-Australian background, engaged to a lawyer and content with the traditional course of her life. She begins teaching at an inner-city working-class school and she finds her ideas challenged by the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Jenkins
CAST:  Claudia Karvan  •  Alex Dimitriades  •  Steve Bastoni  •  Nico Lathouris

Christina (Claudia Karvan) is a school teacher from a wealthy Greek-Australian background, engaged to a lawyer and content with the traditional course of her life. She begins teaching at an inner-city working-class school and she finds her ideas challenged by the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Jenkins
CAST:  Claudia Karvan  •  Alex Dimitriades  •  Steve Bastoni  •  Nico Lathouris

Saved (2009)

The advocate for a young Iranian refugee held in detention. Amir Ali claims to be an Iranian student persecuted by the government but the Department of Immigration dispute his identity. When Julia meets Amir, he is severely depressed and close to deportation. Julia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Ayres
CAST:  Claudia Karvan  •  Andy Rodoreda  •  Osamah Sami  •  Elise McCredie

The advocate for a young Iranian refugee held in detention. Amir Ali claims to be an Iranian student persecuted by the government but the Department of Immigration dispute his identity. When Julia meets Amir, he is severely depressed and close to deportation. Julia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Ayres
CAST:  Claudia Karvan  •  Andy Rodoreda  •  Osamah Sami  •  Elise McCredie

Never Tell Me Never (1998)

This is the story of Janine Shepard, a world class skier faced with tragedy, being hit by a car and being told she will never walk again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Elfick
CAST:  Claudia Karvan  •  Michael Caton  •  John Howard  •  Diane Craig

This is the story of Janine Shepard, a world class skier faced with tragedy, being hit by a car and being told she will never walk again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Elfick
CAST:  Claudia Karvan  •  Michael Caton  •  John Howard  •  Diane Craig

33 Postcards (2011)

Dean Randall has sponsored a young Chinese orphan Mei Mei for many years, when she arrives in Sydney out of the blue to thank him, their lives are changed forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pauline Chan
CAST:  Guy Pearce  •  Lin Zhu  •  Claudia Karvan  •  Elaine Jin

Dean Randall has sponsored a young Chinese orphan Mei Mei for many years, when she arrives in Sydney out of the blue to thank him, their lives are changed forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pauline Chan
CAST:  Guy Pearce  •  Lin Zhu  •  Claudia Karvan  •  Elaine Jin

Risk (2001)

Three people discover jealousy and larceny are a dangerous combination in this tense drama. John (Bryan Brown) is a veteran insurance investigator who succumbs to temptation and veers towards the wrong side of the law. With the help of novice con man Ben (Tom Long) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan White
CAST:  Tom Long  •  Claudia Karvan  •  Melissa Madden-Gray  •  Bryan Brown

Three people discover jealousy and larceny are a dangerous combination in this tense drama. John (Bryan Brown) is a veteran insurance investigator who succumbs to temptation and veers towards the wrong side of the law. With the help of novice con man Ben (Tom Long) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan White
CAST:  Tom Long  •  Claudia Karvan  •  Melissa Madden-Gray  •  Bryan Brown

Going Down (1983)

Karli's over the Sydney scene and its small-pond bohemian excesses. That's why she's moving to New York City in the morning. But over the course of one unforgettable night, Karli's best friends will show her that a little Sydney goes a long way .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Haydn Keenan
CAST:  Tracy Mann  •  Vera Plevnik  •  Julie Barry  •  Moira MacLaine-Cross

Karli's over the Sydney scene and its small-pond bohemian excesses. That's why she's moving to New York City in the morning. But over the course of one unforgettable night, Karli's best friends will show her that a little Sydney goes a long way .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Haydn Keenan
CAST:  Tracy Mann  •  Vera Plevnik  •  Julie Barry  •  Moira MacLaine-Cross

Redheads (1992)

Lucy is apparently very confident, and quite "forward," as the saying used to be; she has made all the moves to pick up a staid lawyer-type for sex. Once back at her apartment, she sets a video camera going to record their coupling. However, someone breaks into the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danny Vendramini
CAST:  Claudia Karvan  •  Catherine McClements  •  Alexander Petersons  •  Mark Hembrow

Lucy is apparently very confident, and quite "forward," as the saying used to be; she has made all the moves to pick up a staid lawyer-type for sex. Once back at her apartment, she sets a video camera going to record their coupling. However, someone breaks into the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danny Vendramini
CAST:  Claudia Karvan  •  Catherine McClements  •  Alexander Petersons  •  Mark Hembrow

Flynn (1993)

A biographical movie on the film star Errol Flynn's early life before Hollywood fame.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Howson
CAST:  Guy Pearce  •  Steven Berkoff  •  Claudia Karvan  •  John Savage

A biographical movie on the film star Errol Flynn's early life before Hollywood fame.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Howson
CAST:  Guy Pearce  •  Steven Berkoff  •  Claudia Karvan  •  John Savage

Lust and Revenge (1996)

This caustic Australian comedy is meant to burn those commercial interests who sponsor artists for tax breaks. It also a sexually unresponsive wife's revenge against her cheating husband. Heiress Georgina Oliphant, the daughter of pharmaceutical magnate George ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Cox
CAST:  Nicholas Hope  •  Małgorzata Dobrowolska  •  Claudia Karvan  •  Victoria Eagger

This caustic Australian comedy is meant to burn those commercial interests who sponsor artists for tax breaks. It also a sexually unresponsive wife's revenge against her cheating husband. Heiress Georgina Oliphant, the daughter of pharmaceutical magnate George ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Cox
CAST:  Nicholas Hope  •  Małgorzata Dobrowolska  •  Claudia Karvan  •  Victoria Eagger

Exile (1994)

When Peter Costello is exiled to a deserted island for stealing sheep, Mary, a maid, decides to join him there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Cox
CAST:  Aden Young  •  Beth Champion  •  Claudia Karvan  •  Norman Kaye

When Peter Costello is exiled to a deserted island for stealing sheep, Mary, a maid, decides to join him there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Cox
CAST:  Aden Young  •  Beth Champion  •  Claudia Karvan  •  Norman Kaye

Passion (1999)

Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at) which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to love him. It is set ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Duncan
CAST:  Richard Roxburgh  •  Barbara Hershey  •  Claudia Karvan  •  Simon Burke

Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at) which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to love him. It is set ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Duncan
CAST:  Richard Roxburgh  •  Barbara Hershey  •  Claudia Karvan  •  Simon Burke

Long Weekend (2009)

Peter and Carla, a couple whose marriage is faltering, decide to go on a camping weekend. When they become lost, the pair sets up camp on a remote beach that doesn't seem to be on any map. At first the trip is the romantic getaway they imagined – then slowly things ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jamie Blanks
CAST:  Jim Caviezel  •  Claudia Karvan  •  Robert Taylor  •  John Brumpton

Peter and Carla, a couple whose marriage is faltering, decide to go on a camping weekend. When they become lost, the pair sets up camp on a remote beach that doesn't seem to be on any map. At first the trip is the romantic getaway they imagined – then slowly things ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jamie Blanks
CAST:  Jim Caviezel  •  Claudia Karvan  •  Robert Taylor  •  John Brumpton

Broken Highway (1993)

In this moody black and white drama, very much in the mode of the American "western," but with its own film noir characteristics, a whole town is heaved out of its doldrums when a pair of mysterious strangers come visiting. In the beginning of the film, Angel is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurie McInnes
CAST:  Aden Young  •  David Field  •  Bill Hunter  •  Claudia Karvan

In this moody black and white drama, very much in the mode of the American "western," but with its own film noir characteristics, a whole town is heaved out of its doldrums when a pair of mysterious strangers come visiting. In the beginning of the film, Angel is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurie McInnes
CAST:  Aden Young  •  David Field  •  Bill Hunter  •  Claudia Karvan

Shadows of the Peacock (1988)

The love story between an Australian woman and a Balinese dancer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phillip Noyce
CAST:  Wendy Hughes  •  John Lone  •  Steve Jacobs  •  Peta Toppano

The love story between an Australian woman and a Balinese dancer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phillip Noyce
CAST:  Wendy Hughes  •  John Lone  •  Steve Jacobs  •  Peta Toppano

High Tide (1987)

A rock and roll singer gets stranded in a small Australian town after losing her job in a band. She winds up in a trailer park only to encounter, by accident, the teenage daughter she deserted following her husband's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillian Armstrong
CAST:  Judy Davis  •  Jan Adele  •  Claudia Karvan  •  Frankie J. Holden

A rock and roll singer gets stranded in a small Australian town after losing her job in a band. She winds up in a trailer park only to encounter, by accident, the teenage daughter she deserted following her husband's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillian Armstrong
CAST:  Judy Davis  •  Jan Adele  •  Claudia Karvan  •  Frankie J. Holden

$9.99 (2009)

Have you ever wondered "What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?" The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! You'll find it in a small yet amazing booklet, which will explain, in easy to follow, simple terms your reason for being! The booklet ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatia Rosenthal
CAST:  Tom Budge  •  Josef Ber  •  Joel Edgerton  •  Leon Ford

Have you ever wondered "What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?" The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! You'll find it in a small yet amazing booklet, which will explain, in easy to follow, simple terms your reason for being! The booklet ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatia Rosenthal
CAST:  Tom Budge  •  Josef Ber  •  Joel Edgerton  •  Leon Ford

Still Twisted (1997)

Four new mind bending tales where truth takes a detour and nothing is what it seems. The characters in each tale discover that their preconceived notions of reality couldn't be further from the truth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Krige  •  Michael Offer  •  Ian Gilmore  •  Kate Dennis
CAST:  Bryan Brown  •  Dee Smart  •  Nadine Garner  •  Claudia Karvan

Four new mind bending tales where truth takes a detour and nothing is what it seems. The characters in each tale discover that their preconceived notions of reality couldn't be further from the truth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Krige  •  Michael Offer  •  Ian Gilmore  •  Kate Dennis
CAST:  Bryan Brown  •  Dee Smart  •  Nadine Garner  •  Claudia Karvan
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