Anna Hruby Explained

Birth Place:Australia
Occupation:Actress, voice artist, TV commercial advertiser
Years Active:1969–present
Family:Joy Hruby (mother)

Anna Hruby (born October 1960) is an Australian actress and voice over artist band TV commercial advertiser, who has appeared in many Australian films, television series and theatre productions. She is the daughter of late actress, entertainer and television personality Joy Hruby and Czech jazz pianist Zdenek Hruby.

Career

Hruby's first recurring role as a child actor was in the TV miniseries Seven Little Australians. She featured in the TV serial The Young Doctors as Sandy Pearce, girlfriend of Roger Gordon in from 1977 to 1978. Hruby then achieved recognition for her role in Prisoner as Paddy Lawson.

She has also appeared in TV series such as Sons and Daughters as Tracy Kingsford, A Country Practice, All Saints, Cop Shop and mini-series such as The Harp in the South and Poor Man's Orange. She was a regular cast member on Home and Away, playing Judith Ackroyd and Fireflies, playing Rebekah Sharp.

Hruby also works as a voice-over artist in advertisements and television network promotions for Foxtel, the Channel 7. She is the current voice artist for Telstra, Australia's largest telecommunications company. Often known as 'The Telstra Lady', she provides a majority of recorded messages for Telstra, such as "Your call could not be connected" and other menu prompts. Anna is also the voice in most of the self service checkouts in supermarkets in Australia.[1]

Filmography

FILM

YearTitleRoleType
1978 Silverbird Film Short
1979 Cathy's Child Delia Feature film
1979 The Journalist Sarah Feature film
1989 Action Replay Feature film
1990 Sonnet Film short
1992 De Anima Film short
2001 Melancholy Film short
2012 Straight Mum Film short
2016 Down Under Stacey's Mum Feature film

TELEVISION

YearTitleRoleType
1969Hans Christian AndersonTeleplay
1973Seven Little AustraliansNell WolcottTV miniseries, 10 episodes
1974The Evil TouchChildTV series, episode 25: "They"
1975Behind the LegendYounger sisterTV series, episode 6: "Henry Handel Richardson
1976The OutsidersDenny GosserTV series, episode 7: "The Bush Boy"
1977The SullivansHilda PhipsonTV series, 22 episodes
1977–78The Young DoctorsSandy PearceTV series, 23 episodes
1978Chopper SquadFirst GirlTV series, episode 10: "J Is for Julie"
1978Case for the DefenceChristobelTV series, episode 6: "Made for Each Other"
1980The Restless YearsSally KennedyTV series, 3 episodes
1981Sporting ChanceTV series, episode 7: "A Perfect Ten"
1981BellamyBethTV series, episode 21: "Come Fly with Me'
1981Cop ShopLynda RowlandTV series, 2 episodes
1981SkywaysSharon WebsterTV series, episode 177
1982; 1984; 1993A Country PracticeDianne NelsonTV series, Season 2; episodes 21 & 22: "Never Called Me Mother"
1982–83PrisonerPaddy LawsonTV series, 36 episodes
1984; 1993A Country PracticeLucy TaylorTV series, Season 4; episodes 59 & 60: "Close to the Bone"
1985Sons and DaughtersTracy KingsfordTV series, 10 episodes
1987Rafferty's RulesDi MulroneyTV series, 1 episode
1987The Harp in the SouthRoie DarcyTV miniseries, 3 episodes
1987Fields of FireKateTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1987Poor Man's OrangeRoie RotheTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1988MegTV movie
1988Richmond HillTV series, 2 episodes
1989E StreetDiane ThompsonTV series, 2 episodes
1989The Flying DoctorsKaren PalmerTV series, Season 5; episode 15: "Sky Above, Earth Below"
1991; 1994G.P.CarolineTV series, Season 3; episode 28: "The View from Up Here"
1992Big IdeasFACS WomanTV movie
1992–94Sunday JoyrideHerself TV series, 5 episodes
1993A Country PracticeJudy ColmerTV series, Season 13; episodes 83 & 84: "New Kid in Town"
1993Lighting 'Dances with Wolves' with Dean SemlerNarratorVideo
1994G.P.Jan WhiteTV series, Season 6; 1 episode 24: "In Good Hands"
1995JanusMadelaine ConnerTV series, Season 2; 1episode 12: "Mute by Visitation"
1996Police RescueRobynTV series, Season 5; episode 9: "The Only Constant"
1997Heartbreak HighSharon ItkinTV series, episode 24
1998–2008All SaintsBridget MortimerTV series, Season 1, episode 40: "Hard Rain"
1998Children's HospitalMaria VoytTV series, episode 7: "Future Shock"
1999–2000Home And AwayJudith AckroydTV series, 44 episodes
2001All SaintsSandra ConnollyTV series, Season 4, 4 episodes
2004FirefliesRebekah SharpTV series, 21 episodes
2004Joy's WorldGuestTV series, 2 episodes
2008All SaintsNicole TempletonTV series, Season 11, 2 episodes
2011Blood BrothersMotherTV movie
2017Ten NewsHerself – Joy Hruby Funeral ServiceTV series, 1 episode
2017The ProjectHerself – Joy Hruby Funeral ServiceTV series, 1 episode
2022Talking PrisonerHerselfPodcast series, 1 episode

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rmk.com.au/anna_hruby/ Anna Hruby, female actor and voice over artist RMK Sydney Australia