Vera Plevnik

Vera Plevnik (c. 1955/195627 January 1982) was an Australian actress, born to Yugoslav-Russian parents best known for winning a Logie for her performance as a resistance fighter Nadia Grosse in the TV movie The John Sullivan Story, a spin-off of the TV series The Sullivans

She initially trained at teachers college, but chose acting, training at the Victorian College of the Arts.

Plevnik died in a car crash on the Princes Highway near Batemans Bay when her late-model sedan was involved in a head-on collision. The 60-year-old driver of the other vehicle also was killed .

She had previously been a partner of musician James Reyne and her life inspired several of his songs.

Select credits The Golden Oldies (1977) – play The John Sullivan Story (1979) – TV movie The Sullivans (1980) – TV series Cop Shop (1980) – TV series Young Ramsay (1980) – TV series – episode "The Littlest Goldmine" The Same Stream (1981) – short The Fame is Shared (1981) – live performance Conundra (1982) – play Monkey Grip (1982) – Feature film Going Down (1982) – Feature film