Natalie McCurry

Natalie McCurry (7 July 1966 – 27 September 2014) was an Australian actress and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Australia in 1989.

Career Natalie McCurry was an original main cast member on Australian television series Chances, playing Rebecca Taylor for 71 episodes. She left in 1991, as many cast members were leaving due to increasing demands to do nude scenes. She also had guest roles in several television series including Sons and Daughters, Hey Dad..!, Time Trax, Flipper, Twisted Tales, Home and Away and All Saints.

McCurry played a lead role of Carmen in the Australian dystopian Ozploitation film Dead End Drive-In in 1986. Other film credits include the comedy Going Sane (1987), horror films Cassandra (1987) and Kadaicha (1988), erotic thriller Glass (1989), black comedy Mushrooms (1995) and romantic comedy/drama Oyster Farmer (2004). She also appeared in the television films Danger Down Under (1988) and Official Denial (1993).

Personal life McCurry was married to husband Sean, with whom she had four children.

In 1990, McCurry was injured, breaking her collarbone, after one of the cords broke while doing a promotional tandem bungee jump at Birkenhead Point in Sydney. This resulted in a temporary ban of the sport in New South Wales.

Death McCurry died from cancer, on 27 September 2014. Her funeral was held in Osborne Park, Western Australia.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Type 1986 Cassandra Sally Feature film 1986 Dead End Drive-In Carmen Feature film 1987 Going Sane Young Girl Feature film 1988 Kadaicha Tracy Hocking Feature film 1989 Glass Alison Baumer Feature film 1994 Mushrooms Maureen Feature film 2004 Oyster Farmer Pearl's Mum Feature film

Television Year Title Role Type 1986 A Country Practice Celia Arnold 2 episodes, including "Ghosts" 1986 Sons and Daughters Cheryl Harvey TV series, 2 episodes 1987 Danger Down Under (aka Harris Down Under) Katherine Dillingham TV film US/Australia 1989 Hey Dad...! Solva Elvirani TV series, 1 episode 1991 Chances Rebecca Taylor (as Natalie McCurrie) TV series, 71 episodes 1993 Time Trax Sergeant Nicole Nolan TV series US/Australia, 1 episode 1993 Official Denial Janine TV film US/Australia 1995 Flipper Deidre Cilione TV series US/Australia, 1 episode 1996 Flipper Rene Sipes TV series US/Australia, 1 episode 1996 Twisted Tales Tania TV series, 1 episode 4: "Bonus Mileage" 1997 Home and Away Julia Robson TV series, 3 episodes 2003 All Saints Irene Netterfield TV series, 1 episode