Lauren Hewett is an Australian actress best known for her role in Ocean Girl

Ocean Girl

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as Mera, and also for her role as Lara Ritchie in Echo of Thunder

Echo of Thunder

The Echo of Thunder is an Australian family drama movie, released for television in 1998. It is based on the novel Thunderwith by Australian children's author Libby Hathorn...

. She also starred as Kathy Morgan in Spellbinder 2: Land of the Dragon Lord

Spellbinder 2: Land of the Dragon Lord

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Biography

Hewett won two Young Actors Awards at the Australian Film Institute

Australian Film Institute

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 Awards

Australian Film Institute Awards

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: in 1991 for the TV movie Act of Necessity and in 1994 for Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left

Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left

Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left is a 1985 novel by Australian children's author Robin Klein which also became a children's television series.The story focuses on an alien family who seek refuge on Earth, in the small town of Bellwood...

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She has been working in the entertainment industry since she was six years old.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Act of Necessity	Samantha	TV movie
1991–1992	The Miraculous Mellops The Miraculous Mellops (TV series) The Miraculous Mellops was a sci-fi/comedy television series, created by Posie Graeme-Evans and produced by Film Australia & Millennium Pictures in association with the Network Ten...	Minon / Ebony	TV series
1991	G. P. G. P. G.P. was an Australian television series produced by Roadshow, Coote & Carroll for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1989 and 1996.The series was set around a general medical practice in an inner-city suburb...	Narelle Olsen	Episode: "Just a Game"
1992	Kideo	Numerous Characters	TV series
1992	Strictly Ballroom Strictly Ballroom Strictly Ballroom is a 1992 Australian romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann and produced by M&A Productions. The film is the first installment in The Red Curtain Trilogy, Luhrmann's trilogy of theatre-motif-related films; the follow-ups were Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!...	Kylie Hastings
1992	A Country Practice A Country Practice A Country Practice is an Australian television drama series. One of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, it ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping,...	Bates Mullens	Episode: "Double Happiness: Part 2"
1993	A Country Practice A Country Practice A Country Practice is an Australian television drama series. One of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, it ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping,...	Zoe Jones	Episode: "Snakes and Ladders: Part 2"
1994	G. P. G. P. G.P. was an Australian television series produced by Roadshow, Coote & Carroll for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1989 and 1996.The series was set around a general medical practice in an inner-city suburb...	Liza Jackson	Episode: "Double Bind"
1994	Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left is a 1985 novel by Australian children's author Robin Klein which also became a children's television series.The story focuses on an alien family who seek refuge on Earth, in the small town of Bellwood...	X	28 episodes
1995	Mission Top Secret Mission Top Secret Mission Top Secret is an Australian TV series aired between 1992 and 1995. The pilot for the series was a 1991 telemovie of the same name.-Cast:* Jennifer Hardy as Victoria Wiggins * Andrew Shephard as Albert Wiggins...	Kat Fowler	6 episodes
1995–1997	Ocean Girl Ocean Girl Ocean Girl is an Australian science fiction TV series aimed for family audiences and starring Marzena Godecki as the lead character...	Mera	30 episodes
1996	Home and Away Home and Away Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...	Mikki Salter	5 episodes
1997	Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord	Kathy Morgan	26 episodes
1998	The Echo of Thunder	Lara Ritchie	TV movie
1998	All Saints All Saints (TV series) All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009...	Tracy Hornjack	Episode: "Forget Me Not"
1999	Error 2000	Tina Hagemann	TV movie
2001	All Saints All Saints (TV series) All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009...	Amy Watson	Episode: "Chains of Love"
2001	Cubbyhouse	Bronwyn McChristie

External links

• Official Lauren Hewett Homepage maintained by Merijn van der Meer
• UnOfficial Lauren Hewett Russian Fansite maintained by aserg88