| Megan Smart | |
| Birth Place: | Brisbane |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Television: | Home and Away Class of '07 |
Megan Smart is an Australian television and film actress.
Smart grew up in Brisbane.[1] She graduated from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2016. She has Lebanese heritage and used Megan Hajjar, her mother’s maiden name, professionally for a spell from 2019.[2]
She made her screen debut in the 2017 film Breath, winning the role after her first professional audition. She also appeared in Love Child. She played a serial killer named Charlotte in the ABC television series Harrow.[2] She played troublemaker Anna Hennessy in Screentime and Channel Seven’s The Secret Daughter in which she appeared with Jessica Mauboy. She also had a role in .[3] [4]
In the 2019 film The Naked Wanderer, she played the former girlfriend of the lead character[5]
In 2020, she played Jaiwara, a Lebanese Muslim woman who has a romance with a musician, in the film Measure for Measure, which also starred Hugo Weaving, and was a retelling of Shakespeare’s 1609 play of the same name. She appeared in Between Two Worlds, the Seven Network drama.[6] [7]
In 2021, she could be seen as Paloma in miniseries The Unusual Suspects.[8] That year she also appeared in Wakefield for ABC.[9] Smart also appeared in soap opera Home and Away and in the Netflix interactive rom-com Choose Love. In 2022, Smart made her debut as a director with the short film Stonefish.[4] It was nominated for Best Short Film at the 12th AACTA Awards in December 2022.[10]
Smart had the role of Amelia Collins on the 2023 Australian comedy series Class of '07 for Prime Video.[11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Breath | Karen | ||
| 2017 | Love Child | Barbara Fitzgerald | 1 episode | |
| 2017 | The Secret Daughter | Anna Hennessy | 4 episodes | |
| 2018 | Harrow | Charlotte | 1 episode | |
| 2019 | The Naked Wanderer | Jasmine | ||
| 2020 | Measure for Measure | Jaiwara | ||
| 2020 | Between Two Worlds | Bella Gray | As Megan Hajjar | |
| 2020 | Executive | As Megan Hajjar | ||
| 2021 | Wakefield | Ivy | 2 episodes | |
| 2021 | The Unusual Suspects | Paloma | 2 episodes | |
| 2021 | Home and Away | Anne Sherman | 7 episodes | |
| 2022 | Stonefish | Also director | ||
| 2023 | Class of '07 | Amelia | Lead role. 8 episodes | |
| 2023 | Choose Love | Amalia |