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Acting

Marg Downey

Career

Active from 1986 to 2026, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Newsreader
The Newsreader
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Marg Downey Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1
  • Tension
    4.4, average 6.0
  • Psychological
    4.1, average 5.5
  • Scare
    1.1, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Sharp Dialogue 2
  • Australian Sketch Comedy 2
  • Satirical Humor 2
  • Fast-Paced 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • Lighthearted 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

33
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Rex
Rex

as Susan

2020s

4 titles · average score 79
Ground Up
Ground Up (2026)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Catherine La Fontaine

Jones Family Christmas
Jones Family Christmas (2023)

as Sandra

Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Life
Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Life (2022)

as Marion

The Newsreader
The Newsreader (2021)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Evelyn Walters

2010s

7 titles · average score 62
Back in Very Small Business
Back in Very Small Business (2018)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Yvonne Giradoux

Dogstar: Christmas in Space
Dogstar: Christmas in Space (2016)

as Alice (voice)

The Doctor Blake Mysteries
The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Evelyn Toohey

Kath & Kimderella
Kath & Kimderella (2012)
GoodWatch score 36

as Marion

Exchange Student Zero
Exchange Student Zero (2012)

as Happy Peach Flower / Peg (voice)

Oranges and Sunshine
Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
GoodWatch score 67

as Miss Hutchison

Matching Jack
Matching Jack (2010)
GoodWatch score 64

as Nurse Celia

2000s

12 titles · average score 57
Very Small Business
Very Small Business (2008)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show · as Yvonne

Dogstar
Dogstar (2007)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Alice/Daina/Greta (voice)

The Starter Wife
The Starter Wife (2007)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Proper Lady

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Judy Diment

Queen of the Damned
Queen of the Damned (2002)
GoodWatch score 41

as Talamascan

Kath & Kim
Kath & Kim (2002)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Marion

Guru Wayne
Guru Wayne (2002)

as Mrs Marsh

The Real Thing
The Real Thing (2002)

as Psychologist

Sit Down, Shut Up
Sit Down, Shut Up (2001)

TV show · as Sue Dirkin

Gloria's House
Gloria's House (2000)

TV show

The New Adventures of Ocean Girl
The New Adventures of Ocean Girl (2000)

TV show · as Elgar, Mandrool, Sheema

The Magic Pudding
The Magic Pudding (2000)
GoodWatch score 56

as Additional Voices (voice)

1990s

7 titles · average score 72
The Games
The Games (1998)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Radio Newsreader (voice)

Good Guys, Bad Guys
Good Guys, Bad Guys (1997)

TV show · as Det. Glynnis Filch

Zone 39
Zone 39 (1996)
GoodWatch score 50

as Computer (voice)

Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers (1993)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Karen Rhinehardt

Full Frontal
Full Frontal (1993)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show

A Royal Commission Into The Australian Economy
A Royal Commission Into The Australian Economy (1993)

as Dame Victoria Market

The Late Show
The Late Show (1992)
GoodWatch score 90

TV show

1980s

2 titles · average score 77
Fast Forward
Fast Forward (1989)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

The D-Generation
The D-Generation (1986)

TV show