Linda Cropper is an Australian television actress.

Her credits include the lead role in Melba

Melba

Melba may refer to:* Dame Nellie Melba, Australian soprano opera singer* Melba , a 1953 film directed by Lewis Milestone* Melba Montgomery, a country music singer* Melba Moore, an American R&B singer and actress...

as well as roles in Palace of Dreams (1985), an ABC mini-series, Edens Lost, Ring of Scorpio, Bordertown

Bordertown (TV miniseries)

Bordertown is a 1995 Australian TV miniseries. It takes place in a post World War II refugee camp in Australia.-Cast:*Cate Blanchett as Bianca*Mitchell Butel as Nino Della Vergine*Linda Cropper as Bev Stafford*Petru Gheorghiu as Dante...

, Wildside

Wildside (TV drama)

Wildside is an Australian police procedural television series broadcast on the ABC from 1997 to 1999.The show consisted of a one hour format that followed police interactions in inner Sydney. It starred Rachael Blake, Tony Martin, Richard Carter and Alex Dimitriades...

, Water Rats

Water Rats (TV series)

Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney...

, 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...

, White Collar Blue

White Collar Blue

White Collar Blue was an Australian television series made by Knapman Wyld Television for Network Ten from 2002 to 2003.Starring Peter O'Brien as Joe Hill and Freya Stafford as Harriet Walker, the series dealt with a division of the police force working in the city of Sydney and the personal and...

and The Pacific

The Pacific (miniseries)

The Pacific is a 2010 television series produced by HBO, Seven Network Australia, Sky Movies, Playtone and DreamWorks that premiered in the United States on March 14, 2010....

, and more recently she has starred in Offspring

Offspring (TV series)

Offspring is an Australian television comedy-drama series which premiered on Network Ten in Australia on 15 August 2010. Offspring is centred around 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her family, as they navigate the chaos of modern life...

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She is possibly best known to international audiences for her recurring role as Xhalax Sun during the third season of the science fiction series Farscape

Farscape

Farscape is an Australian-American science fiction television series filmed in Australia and produced originally for the Nine Network. The series was conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by Jim Henson Productions and Hallmark Entertainment...

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Linda Cropper has a string of film credits to her name. She starred alongside Kate Hudson

Kate Hudson

Kate Garry Hudson is an American actress. She came to prominence in 2001 after winning a Golden Globe and receiving several nominations, including a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in Almost Famous. She then starred in the hit film How to Lose a Guy in 10...

 on Fool's Gold, as well as the award-winning Little Fish

Little Fish (film)

Little Fish is a 2005 Australian film directed by Rowan Woods and written by Jacquelin Perske. It was filmed in and around Sydney, in Cabramatta and in Fairfield...

with Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett

Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett is an Australian actress. She came to international attention for her role as Elizabeth I of England in the 1998 biopic film Elizabeth, for which she won British Academy of Film and Television Arts and Golden Globe Awards, and earned her first Academy Award...

, Teesh and Trude

Teesh and Trude

Teesh and Trude is an Australian drama directed by Melanie Rodriga, and was adapted from an original stage-play by Wilson McCaskill. The film was produced and shot entirely in Western Australia with Production Investment Funding Support from ScreenWest and Lotterywest...

and Envy.

Well renowned for her theatre performances, Linda most recently performed in Simon Phillip’s co-production of Poor Boy for the Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company. Her portrayal of Lady Macbeth in Bell Shakespeare’s Macbeth captivated audiences and drew widespread critical acclaim. Other productions with Bell Shakespeare include Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, As You Like It and Hamlet. Linda’s numerous Sydney Theatre Company productions include Arcadia, | Month in the Country, Top Girls and Great Expectations.

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