---
name: "Wendy Hughes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wendy-hughes"
fi1m_id: "wendy-hughes"
imdb_id: "nm0400998"
tmdb_id: 42134
wikidata_id: "Q276365"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 July 1952"
died: "8 March 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:32:18.119441+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."
---

# Wendy Hughes

## Identity

Wendy Hughes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wendy-hughes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wendy-hughes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0400998
- **TMDB ID:** 42134
- **Wikidata ID:** Q276365
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Hughes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276365, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400998/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42134

Actor. Born 29 July 1952 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died 8 March 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 July 1952, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Died:** 8 March 2014
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Hughes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276365, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400998/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42134

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*My Brilliant Career*](https://film.one/film/my-brilliant-career.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Wendy Hughes (29 July 1952 – 8 March 2014) was an Australian actress. She trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney and performed with the Melbourne Theatre Company before making her film debut in *Petersen* (1974).

Hughes was among the leading performers in the revival of Australian cinema in the 1970s and 1980s. Her credits include *Newsfront* (1978), *My Brilliant Career* (1979) as Aunt Helen, *Lonely Hearts* (1982), which began a long collaboration with director Paul Cox, *Careful, He Might Hear You* (1983) and *Paradise Road* (1997). On television she appeared in *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993) as Dr Carol Blythe and *Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries* (2012) as Adele Freeman.

She also worked in the United States, including the film *Happy New Year* (1987).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Brilliant Career* (1979), Fi1m 82, as Aunt Helen — [page](https://film.one/film/my-brilliant-career.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries* (2012), series, as Adele Freeman
- *Salvation* (2009), as Gloria
- *The View from Greenhaven* (2008), as Dorothy
- *City Homicide* (2007), series, as Victoria Semple
- *The Caterpillar Wish* (2006), as Elizabeth Roberts
- *The Man Who Sued God* (2001), as Jules Myers
- *State Coroner* (1997), series, as Kate Ferrari
- *Paradise Road* (1997), as Mrs. Dickson
- *Lust and Revenge* (1996), as George's Advisor
- *The Man from Snowy River* (1994), series, as Kathleen O'Neil
- *Princess Caraboo* (1994), as Mrs. Worrall
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, as Dr. Carol Blythe, M.E. — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue* (1991), as Elle
- *A Woman Named Jackie* (1991), series, as Janet Lee Bouvier
- *Donor* (1990), as Dr. Farrell
- *The Heist* (1989), as Sheila
- *Luigi’s Ladies* (1989), as Sara · Writer, Executive Producer
- *Shadows of the Peacock* (1988), as Maria
- *Boundaries of the Heart* (1988), as Stella Marsden · Associate Producer
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, as Lt. Cmdr. Nella Daren — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *Happy New Year* (1987), as Carolyn
- *Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train* (1987), as Girl
- *Amerika* (1987), series, as Marion Andrews
- *An Indecent Obsession* (1985), as Honour Langtry
- *Remember Me* (1985), as Jenny
- *I Can't Get Started* (1985), Actor
- *My First Wife* (1984), as Helen
- *Return to Eden* (1983), series, as Jilly Stewart
- *Careful, He Might Hear You* (1983), as Vanessa
- *A Dangerous Summer* (1982), as Sophie McCann
- *Lonely Hearts* (1982), as Patricia
- *Duet for Four* (1982), as Barbara Dunstan
- *Hoodwink* (1981), Actor
- *Lucinda Brayford* (1980), series, as Lucinda Brayford
- *Touch and Go* (1980), as Eva
- *My Brilliant Career* (1979), as Aunt Helen — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/my-brilliant-career.md)
- *Kostas* (1979), as Carol
- *Puzzle* (1978), as Claudine Cunningham
- *Newsfront* (1978), as Amy Mackenzie
- *High Rolling* (1977), as Barbie
- *The Alternative* (1977), as Melanie Hilton
- *Is There Anybody There?* (1976), as Marianne Dickinson
- *Power Without Glory* (1976), series, as Mary West
- *Sidecar Racers* (1975), as Lynn Carson
- *Petersen* (1974), as Dr. Patricia Kent
- *Number 96* (1972), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Wendy Hughes](https://film.one/media/person/3922291/gallery-f57ff6d47232.jpg) Wendy Hughes — Image via TMDB
- ![Wendy Hughes](https://film.one/media/person/3922291/gallery-11fd911910cf.jpg) Wendy Hughes — Image via TMDB

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