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Diane Mary Craig (born 1949), sometimes credited as Di Craig, is a Northern Irish-born Australian actress best known for her performances in film and television.
Her subsequent film appearances included roles in drama feature The Mango Tree (1977), Double Deal (1981), war film The Highest Honor (1982) and Travelling North (1987) starring Leo McKern and based on the David Williamson play of the same name. She played the lead role of Diane Lane in the 1989 political satire A Sting in the Tale. Her most recent film was the 2009 drama In Her Skin, based on the true story of the murder of 15-year-old Rachel Barber, alongside Guy Pearce, Sam Neill and Miranda Otto.
Additionally, she has appeared in several television films, including drama Roses Bloom Twice (1977), The Newman Shame (1978) starring one-time James Bond, George Lazenby and After Marcuse (1988). She has also featured in American comedy film Traveling Man (1989) alongside John Lithgow, sport biopic Never Tell Me Never (1998) opposite Claudia Karvan and One of the Lucky Ones (2007).
She is probably best known however, for her long-running roles in the soap operas The Restless Years as Gail Lawrence (from 1978 to 1979), and E Street, replacing actress Penny Cook as main character Dr. Elly Fielding (from 1991 to 1993).
Craig appeared several times in the cult television series Prisoner and played a recurring role in medical soap opera The Young Doctors as Diane Brooke (1980–1981). She had ongoing roles in Home and Away playing Theresa Lynch (1995) and Heartbreak High playing June Dyson (1995–1996). Craig's last long-running role was as Deborah McManus in the 2008 series Out of the Blue.
She has featured in several miniseries including political drama Dead Men Running (1971), crime drama Scales of Justice (1983), historical series All The Rivers Run (1983) alongside Sigrid Thornton and based on the book of the same name, True Believers (1988), underworld crime drama (2009) and media drama Howzat! Kerry Packer's War (2012).
Craig has also made guest appearances on numerous television series, including The Godfathers, Matlock Police, Homicide, Boney, Ryan, Young Ramsay, Bellamy, Holiday Island, A Country Practice, Chopper Squad, Skyways, Carson's Law, Special Squad, The Henderson Kids, Willing and Abel, Mother and Son (alongside husband Garry McDonald), Rafferty's Rules, the 1980s reboot of , Acropolis Now, The Flying Doctors, Law of the Land, Medivac, Murder Call, Wildside, All Saints, Packed to the Rafters and Crownies.
She has featured alongside husband Garry McDonald in several plays, including Let's Get a Divorce (1970), Double Act (1995), Two Brothers (2005) and Don Parties On (2011), the sequel to David Williamson Don's Party.
Her most recent appearance was in the David Williamson play Crunch Time in 2020.
Personal life
Craig met Garry McDonald when they were cast as husband and wife in a 1970 production of Let’s Get a Divorce at Hobart’s Theatre Royal. They were married on 13 April 1971. They have two grown children, including actor daughter Kate, who played McDonald's character's daughter on Mother and Son. The couple live in Berry on the New South Wales south coast.
Acting credits
Film
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Television
1971 Dead Men Running Teresa Doherty Miniseries, 6 episodes 1971 The Godfathers 1 episode 1971–1974 Matlock Police Madeleine Reynolds / Christine Anderson / Kate Wilson/Val Hudson 4 episodes 1972 Crisis TV pilot 1972 Homicide Trish Langley Season 9, episode 41:
"Change of Heart"1972 Snake Gully with Dad and Dave Mabel Smith 8 episodes 1973–1975 Division 4 Jenny Franklin 5 episodes 1973 Boney Marion Season 2, episode 4:
"Boney and the Powder Trail"1973 Ryan Lacey Glen Episode 29:
"A Little Something Special"1974 And The Big Men Fly Lil Miniseries, 6 episodes 1974 This Love Affair Episode 6: "Seven Tenths of a Second" 1975–1976 Certain Women Majorie Faber 27 episodes 1977 Hotel Story 1 episode 1977 Roses Bloom Twice Jenny TV movie 1977; 1980 Young Ramsay Tess Cameron / Sara 2 episodes 1978 Chopper Squad Jenny Season 2, episode 13:
"The Big Trip"1978 The Newman Shame Ginger TV movie 1978–1979 Cop Shop Alison Finlay 27 episodes 1978; 1979 The Sullivans Pamela Summers 28 episodes:
#289-291 & #410-4341978–1979 The Restless Years Gail Lawrence 43 episodes 1979 Mr Squiggle and Friends Guest Host 1 episode 1979 Skyways Catherine Tissot Season 1, episode 83: "Catnip" 1980 Cop Shop Eve Kadar 2 episodes 1980 The Great Australian Comedy TV pilot 1980–1981 The Young Doctors Diane Brooke 7 episodes 1980–1985 Prisoner (aka Prisoner Cell Block H) Jacki Nolan / Anita Selby / Sarah Forrest 22 episodes 1981 Holiday Island Marie-Claude 1 episode: "Treasure Shop" 1981 Bellamy Connie Season 1, episode 17: "A Minor Charge of Murder" 1982 Taurus Rising Libby Hilton 1982; 1983; 1987; 1991 A Country Practice Diane Irving / Deborah Townsend / Carmel Hutchins / Judy Harper 10 episodes 1983 For Love or Money Herself Film documentary 1983 Scales of Justice Meredith Miniseries, episode 3: "The Numbers" 1983 All The Rivers Run Dorothy Barrett Miniseries, episode 1 1984 Carson's Law Anne Preston 2 episodes 1984 Special Squad 1 episode 1985 The Henderson Kids Alice Henderson 2 episodes 1987 Have a Go Guest Judge 3 episodes 1987 Willing and Abel 1 episode 1988 Mother and Son Delores Season 4, episode 4:
"The Surprise"1988 True Believers Elsie Miniseries, 6 episodes 1988 After Marcuse Liz TV movie 1988 Rafferty's Rules 1 episode 1988 Stringer 1 episode 1989 Lady Michelle Faulkner 1 episode: "The Lions" 1989 Travelling Man TV movie 1989 Chances Barbara Taylor TV pilot (never screened on TV) 1989 Living with the Law 1 episode 1990 Family and Friends Pamela Chandler 1990 The Flying Doctors Marion Burgess Season 7, episode 10:
"A Little Tenderness"1991 Acropolis Now Miss Joan Wilson Season 3, episode 6: "The Kid" 1991–1993 E Street Dr. Elly Fielding 153 episodes 1993 Law of the Land Season 1, 2 episodes 1994 Love Rules Host 1995 This Is Your Life: Garry McDonald Guest 1 episode 1995 Home and Away Theresa Lynch 22 episodes 1996 Medivac Mrs. Flynn Season 3, episode 8: "Code Purple" 1996–1997 Heartbreak High June Dyson 24 episodes 1997 Murder Call Diane Cochrane Season 1, episode 5: "Who Killed Cock Robin?" 1998 Never Tell Me Never Shirley Shepherd TV movie 1998 Wildside Robyn Stark 2 episodes 1999; 2001 All Saints Colleen Collins / Sophia Hanrahan 4 episodes 2002; 2015 Australian Story Herself 2 episodes 2007 One of the Lucky Ones Neighbour TV movie 2008–2009 Out of the Blue Deborah McManus 75 episodes 2009 Barbara Mackay 3 episodes 2009 Packed to the Rafters Marjory Season 2, episode 5:
"Brave New World"2011 Crownies Carolyn Fletcher Season 1, episode 17 2012 Howzat! Kerry Packer's War Well Dressed Woman at SCG Miniseries, 1 episode
Theatre
UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney The Jane with NIDA The Jane with NIDA NIDA Theatre, Sydney NIDA Theatre, Sydney National Theatre, Launceston, Devonport Town Hall, Theatre Royal, Hobart with AETT Glenrowan and District Soldiers Memorial Hall, Glenrowan UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney, Canberra Theatre with Tasmanian Theatre Company Nimrod St Theatre, Sydney (double bill with Housey under season title of On Yer Marx) Nimrod St Theatre, Sydney (double bill with Bigotry V.C. under season title of On Yer Marx) Theatre Royal, Hobart UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC Sydney Opera House with STC Sydney Opera House Ensemble Theatre Playhouse, Perth with Perth Theatre Company Playhouse, Perth, Ford Theatre, Geelong with Perth Theatre Company Ensemble Theatre, University of Sydney Railway Street Theatre, Penrith Railway Street Theatre, Penrith Ensemble Theatre, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Playhouse, Canberra, Bruce Gordon Theatre, Wollongong Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney & Regal Theatre, Perth with Christine Dunstan Productions Q Theatre, Penrith with Railway Street Theatre Company Ensemble Theatre Ensemble Theatre, Theatre Royal Sydney Monash University, Melbourne, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre with Griffin Theatre Company Playhouse, Melbourne, Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Canberra, Newcastle Civic Theatre, Glen Street Theatre, Sydney, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre with STC & MTC Playhouse, Melbourne, Sydney Theatre with MTC Ensemble Theatre Ensemble Theatre
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