Gennie Nevinson

Gennie Nevinson is a British-Australian actress. She is notable for her appearance in Muriel's Wedding.^[2]

Born Rima J. C. Hoyes-Cock in London in 1951,^[3] Gennie Nevinson is the daughter of the late Jewish actress Nancy Nevinson (nee Ezekiel).^[4][5] Nevinson's father Commander William Hoyes-Cock met her mother while Nancy was touring with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) during World War 2. Her parents also had two sons, Hugh Hoyes-Cock and actor Nigel Nevinson.^[6][7]

Nevinson studied drama and stage design at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Canada.^[8]

Nevinson's acting career began as a child, with a part in the Disney classic Greyfriars Bobby (1961).

She went on to feature in several British television series, including the first two seasons of Minder (playing Penny, the air hostess girlfriend of Terry).^[9] Guest appearances included The Professionals and The Bill and Sutherland's Law. She also worked on stage in the UK, and toured Germany with a production of Hair.^[10]

Nevinson moved to Australia in 1981, where she continued to work successfully as an actress.^[11] She played the regular supporting role of Peta Hamilton in the children's series Zoo Family, as well as recurring roles in Sons and Daughters, Home and Away, E Street, All Saints, and most recently, The Twelve. She has also made numerous guest appearances in series including Prisoner, G.P., Police Rescue, Murder Call, Wildside, Water Rats and Packed to the Rafters and Colin from Accounts.

She notably appeared as Deidre Chambers ('the other woman') in the 1994 Australian hit film Muriel's Wedding.

Nevinson has also undertaken a vast array of voice work, both locally and internationally. She voiced characters for the English-spoken version of Japanese cult series Monkey and narrated BBC television series Panorama. She post-synched female leads in cult classic Caligula (1979), Stanley Kubrick horror The Shining (1980) and James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981). In Australia she voiced characters in animated television series Dinky Di's (1997–98), and a number of animated tv films by Burbank Films, which were based on literary classics. She was also the voice one of the sheep in Australian film Babe (1995). She has narrated several radio documentary projects and featured in radio and tv advertisements for brands including Aldi, CommBank, and Betta Electrical.^[12]

Nevinson relocated from the UK to Australia in 1981, after meeting her first husband Peter while on holiday there. A hiatus from acting eventually saw Nevinson and her husband move to the Central Coast of New South Wales with their son Joss, and develop 'Amazement Farm & Fun Park' in the Yarramalong Valley, a family tourist attraction which boasted mazes, puzzles and animals. She sold the establishment however, after the sudden death of Peter. She eventually met and married her second husband, Viv Manwaring, through whom she has three stepsons and ten step-grandchildren, and still lives on the central NSW coast.^[13][14][15]

Nevinson was born to a Jewish mother and is therefore considered Jewish according to Halakha (Jewish law). However, she is a practicing Christian and has been a radio announcer for Rhema FM, a Christian radio station in Australia.^[16]

• Official website
• Gennie Nevinson at IMDb