Worth the wait
It took a stint in City Homicide to finally land an AFI nomination, says former Prisoner actress Amanda Muggleton.
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One who nearly escaped the eye of many press on the AFI red carpet was actress Amanda Muggleton.
Many viewers will remember her all those years ago as the outspoken ‘Chrissie Latham’ in Prisoner.
At the AFIs she was nominated for her guest role in City Homicide. The recognition has been a long time coming for this fine actress, who concedes she has been off screen for some time, focussing on theatre.
“I’ve been buried in the theatre for so long, twenty years, waiting for a really good role,” she said.
City Homicide producers have been very versatile in their casting, bringing back many familiar faces to our screens in one-off crime roles. Muggleton admitted it was an offer too good to refuse.
“I said ‘yes I’ll do it.’ So I’m thrilled to be nominated –actually nervous! Me, nervous! I’m so used to performing, but I find this more nerve-wracking than an opening night.
“I’ve done Shirley Valentine, Masterclass, the Maria Callas play, Nicholas Nickleby, Hello Dolly, and yes, Chrissie Latham in Prisoner, I know. But this is the most nerve-wracking thing I’ve ever done. My father, Charles, he’s come all the way from England.”
Many years ago Muggleton took a leap of faith when she mortgaged her house to buy the stage rights for the one-woman stage show Shirley Valentine. It was a move that won her universal accolades.
“It paid off,” she laughs. “It bought this dress!”
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4 Responses
Some interesting guest actors so far..my favorite has been Zoe Bertram being that I’m a huge fan of The Restless Years. I’ve kind of gone off this show since the repeats started but if they get more old soapie actors in I might watch it again.
Also caught Amanda in a couple of episodes of A Country Practice last week..possibly the last tv she did before CI.
Amanda was great in her guest role,hope to see her back on our tv screens again soon.So many woman of a certain age are not given roles on tv dramas and l find that very sad,as viewing public enjoy watching these performers.And not some young kid who cant act straight out of drama school.
Logies interviews were worth posting but we didn’t get many ‘one on ones’ at the AFIs, so the audio is too frenzied and way too much background noise. It was difficult enough to decipher a few sentences into stories here!
David, is there anywhere we can hear the interviews you did at AFIs? I really enjoyed the ones you did at this year’s Logies and it was great actually hearing the voice of the man whose words we read everyday!