Bridie Carter is a highly regarded and critically acclaimed actor, having worked extensively in television, film and theatre. She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1994. Bridie’s television credits are numerous, but perhaps her best known role was for her depiction ‘Tess McLeod’ on the Nine Network drama series McLeod’s Daughters, which today still plays to millions of viewers on free-to-air and streaming platforms around the world. This role saw her nominated twice for a Gold Logie and five times for a Silver Logie. Other television credits include the break-out Australian/NZ TV drama 800 Words (Seven Network/South Pacific Pictures) playing the feisty and beloved ‘Jan Andrews’, as well as more recently playing the intriguing ‘Suzie McAllister’ on Home and Away. Further credits include It’s A Date, Wild Boys, Rescue Special Ops, My Husband My Killer, Going Home, Above The Law, All Saints, Murder Call, Water Rats and GP.
Bridie competed in and was the winner of the 2007 Dancing With The Stars. Bridie returned to Dancing With The Stars in 2021 to compete in the second All Stars season, premiering in early 2022. Bridie was also seen on our screens in the ABC documentary/drama The Exhibitionists, which premiered on International Women’s Day in 2022 and was nominated for a Palme D-Or in the Arts category. Bridie’s film credits include the Australian comedy feature film EMO The Musical, I Love You Too alongside Brendan Cowell and Peter Hellier, Envy and Fresh Air. Some of Bridie’s short film credits include Nostalgia, Skin, The Things My Father Never Taught Me and Ragtime.
On stage Bridie performed in Hedda for Queensland Theatre in 2018 playing ‘Thea Elvsted’ and played leading lady ‘Blanche Dubois’ in A Street Car Named Desire for La Boite Theatre. Other theatre credits include Love Letters (Ripe Productions and NIDA Theatre Company), No Names….No Pack Drill (NIDA Company), Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (Ensemble Theatre) and Communicating Doors (Marion St Theatre).
Bridie also works as a Voice Over Artist, has been National and International Ambassador for many companies including La-Z-Boy (Australasia), EziBuy (Australia/NZ), Subaru (Australia) and Dymetapp (Australia).
