Julieanne Newbould


Julieanne Newbould is an Australian actress who came to prominence in the 1970s.

Career

Television

Newbould was 16 years old when she played Karen in the 1974 ABC telemovie Lindsay’s Boy set during the Second World War. Late in the same year she appeared in the six-part comedy series The Rise and Fall of Wellington Boots, also on the ABC.
She then worked in several television series for the Grundy Organisation, and in 1977 played a guest role in the soap opera, The Young Doctors. She then became a popular original cast member of The Restless Years as Alison Clark. The series started in late 1977 and Newbould left in early 1979. Soon afterwards she took a role as reporter Kate Ashton in Daily at Dawn.
She later played two roles in another Grundy series, Prisoner. She appeared first in 1982 as Hannah Simpson and then 1986 as Wendy Glover. In 1982, she also played Craig's girlfriend Wendy in Kingswood Country, Episode - 'Licence to Thrill.' She was also a regular in the soap opera E Street, first appearing in 1989 as a court lawyer, then in 1991 as Virginia Travis, the first victim of 'Mr Bad' in the infamous serial-killer storyline.

Theatre

Newbould's theatre credits include Tribute, Gypsy and On Our Selection.

Personal life

In the early 1980s, the press linked Newbould romantically with television news reporter George Negus.
She has two daughters.
Since 1999 and as of 2013 Newbould's partner was former Prime Minister of Australia Paul Keating.