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name: "Kris McQuade"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kris-mcquade"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:02.449848+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Kris McQuade

Actor. Born 1 January 1952 in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1952, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia

## Biography

Kris McQuade is an Australian stage, television and film actress. She trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, graduating in 1971.

She is known for her roles in the films *Strictly Ballroom* (1992) as Charm Leachman, *Ned Kelly* (2003) as Ellen Kelly, *Cargo* (2017) as Etta and *Mortal Kombat* (2021) as the cargo plane pilot, as well as television series including *Wentworth* (2013) as Jacs Holt, *Rosehaven* and *Deadloch* (2023) as Victoria O'Dwyer.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Strictly Ballroom* (1992), Fi1m 83, as Charm Leachman — [page](https://film.one/film/strictly-ballroom.md)

## Also known for

- *Mortal Kombat* (2021), Cargo Plane Pilot
- *Cargo* (2017), Etta
- *Ned Kelly* (2003), Ellen Kelly
- *Wentworth* (2013), Jacs Holt
- *December Boys* (2007), Mrs. McAnsh
- *Deadloch* (2023), Victoria O'Dwyer
- *The Coca-Cola Kid* (1985), Juliana
- *Mystery Road* (2018), Liz Rutherford

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