Doris Younane /jˈnn/ (born 25 February 1963) is an Australian stage and screen actress notable for her role in McLeod's Daughters where she played Moira Doyle. She is of Lebanese descent.[1]

Doris Younane
Born (1963-02-25) 25 February 1963 (age 61)
OccupationActress
Years active1988–present

Career

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Her roles include Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Yola Fatoush in Heartbreak High. Younane acted in McLeod's Daughters. In the early seasons, she was a recurring cast member and in later seasons she became a regular cast member. Younane also performed some of the songs heard during the series.

In 2018 Doris was announced as part of the cast for channel 10 series Five Bedrooms, a comedy drama set in a shared house. Younane would play Heather Doyle. Younane appeared in all four seasons of the show.[2][3][4]

In 2019 Younane was announced as part of the cast of ABC drama Frayed. Younane appeared in both series of the show.[5]

In 2023 Younane appeared in The Clearing.[6]

In 2024, Younane would appear in series 2 of Paramount+ series Last King of the Cross.[7]

Award nominations

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Doris also received her first ever award nomination for her role in Five Bedrooms as Heather Doyle during the 2022 AACTA award nominations.[8]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 Evil Angels Uncredited Feature film
1989 Mortgage Tina Dodd Feature film
1990 Death in Brunswick Carmel Feature film
1993 The Heartbreak Kid Evdokia Feature film
1994 Resistance Rosa Feature film
1998 13 Gantry Row Penny TV movie
2003 BlackJack: Murder Archive Christine Ormond TV movie
2004 BlackJack: Sweet Science Christine Vallas TV movie
2005 BlackJack: In the Money Christine Vallas TV movie
2005 BlackJack: Ace Point Game Christine Vallas TV movie
2009 The Combination Mary Feature film
2019 Measure for Measure Karima Feature film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
1988 Embassy Kaliani 1 episode
1992–93 All Together Now Sue Jacobs 2 episodes
1993 Phoenix Roz Horton 1 episode
1994 Secrets Kylie 1 episode
Ocean Girl Celia 1 episode
1994–95 Heartbreak High Yola Fatoush 52 episodes
1995 Us and Them Bernie 13 episodes
1996 G.P. Caroline Deacon 1 episode
1997 Murder Call Michelle Balzan 1 episode
1998 Wildside Zelda O'Sullivan 1 episode
1999 Stingers Lizzie Harper 2 episodes
SeaChange Elena Connors 2 episodes
Chuck Finn Natasha 1 episode
2000 Halifax f.p. Emma Ford 1 episode
2001 Water Rats Pam Elliot 1 episode
2005 All Saints Carlene Ponder 1 episode
2002–03; 2005–09 McLeod's Daughters Moira Doyle 94 episodes
2009 False Witness Jenny Basheer
2010 Rake Prosecution QC Ms Habib 1 episode
2012 Scratch Allergist Short
2014 Fat Tony & Co. Voula Papadopoulos 2 episodes
Janet King Magistrate Brenner 1 episode
Party Tricks Paula Doumani 6 episodes
2016 Wolf Michelle Short
Soul Mates Hatshepsut 4 episodes [9]
2016–17 The Wrong Girl Sasha 17 episodes [10]
2018 Harrow Sue Latchford 1 episode
2019 Secret City Jane 1 episode
2019–2023 Five Bedrooms Heather 32 episodes
2019–2021 Frayed Bev 12 episodes
2023 The Clearing Christine 8 episodes
2024 Last King of the Cross Wahiba Ibrahim 5 episodes [7]

References

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  1. ^ Doris Younane Archived 12 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine. The Advertiser. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  2. ^ Knox, David (30 May 2022). "Renewed: Five Bedrooms | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  3. ^ Knox, David (14 October 2019). "Five Bedrooms cast: "We haven't lost the love!" | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  4. ^ Knox, David (21 January 2019). "Cameras roll on Five Bedrooms drama | TV Tonight". tv tonight.
  5. ^ Knox, David (1 September 2021). "Returning: Frayed | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  6. ^ Knox, David (24 May 2023). "The Clearing | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b Knox, David (2 September 2024). "King's Cross & Oxford Street were "a pretty wild time back then" | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  8. ^ Knox, David (November 2022). ""Thank you for seeing me and appreciating what I'm doing." | TV Tonight". TV Tonight.
  9. ^ Knox, David (13 July 2016). "Returning: Soul Mates | TV Tonight". TVTonight.
  10. ^ Knox, David (5 September 2016). "Airdate: The Wrong Girl | TV Tonight". tv tonight.
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