Zoe Bertram

Zoe Bertram is an Australian actress, who is known for her role as Olivia Baxter in The Restless Years from 1977 to 1981.

Career Bertram started her acting career in 1977, on the teen-oriented television soap opera The Restless Years, playing the role of Olivia Baxter – eventual wife of Dr Bruce Russell – until 1981. In 1983, she joined Prisoner, playing scheming prostitute Randi Goodlove for 14 episodes, until her character met a grisly demise.

In 1991, Bertram starred in children's series Animal Park playing Sarah Halliday. She played Paula Taylor in Paradise Beach from 1993 to 1994. She also appeared as Laurel Trent in 1994 film The Roly Poly Man with Paul Chubb. From 1995 to 1996, she featured in a number of The Feds telemovies, alongside Robert Taylor.

Bertram played Dorothy Ryan, opposite Richard Roxburgh in The Last of the Ryans – a 1997 tv biopic about Ronald Ryan, the last man to be executed in Australia. That same year, she appeared as Juliet in the drama film Under the Lighthouse Dancing, alongside Jacqueline McKenzie, Jack Thompson and Naomi Watts. From 1997 to 1998, she starred in children's adventure series Mirror, Mirror as Violette de Lutrelle.

From 2009 to 2010, she appeared in a series of television advertisements for Australian Pensioners Insurance.

In July 2011, Bertram joined the cast of Neighbours in a recurring guest role as Polish cleaner Lorraine Dowski. She re-joined the cast in 2017, in the recurring role of Fay Brennan, making her first onscreen appearance on 28 July. She departed the series in 2021, with Faye (who had been living with Huntington's disease), dying after developing pneumonia.

Bertram also appeared in 2017 miniseries Seven Types of Ambiguity, playing the part of May Heywood opposite Hugo Weaving.

Her television guest credits include Chopper Squad, Patrol Boat, Cop Shop, A Country Practice, miniseries Come in Spinner, Blue Heelers, The Flying Doctors, G.P., Home and Away, Good Guys, Bad Guys, Stingers, Rush, City Homicide, Winners & Losers and the TV series reimagining of Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Acting credits

Film YearTitleRoleType 1982 Verdict - The Schippan Mystery TV film 1994 The Roly Poly Man Laurel Trent Feature film 1997 The Last of the Ryans Dorothy Ryan TV film 1997 Under the Lighthouse Dancing Juliet Feature film 1999 Kick Sonia Quaid Feature film 2008 Monash: The Forgotten Anzac Lizette Bentwitch TV film 2009 Turning Back the Clocks Film short 2011 The Winking Boy Supervisor June Peters Film short

Television YearTitleRoleType 1977 The Young Doctors Jennifer Granger TV series, 5 episodes 1977–1981 The Restless Years Olivia Baxter / Olivia Russell TV series, 122 episodes 1978 Chopper Squad Peg TV series, 1 episode 1979 Patrol Boat TV series, 1 episode 1983 Prisoner Randi Goodlove TV series, 14 episodes 1984 Cop Shop TV series, 1 episode 1984; 1989 A Country Practice Jenny Cooper / Sue Pitt TV series, 3 episodes 1987 Butterfly Island TV series, 1 episode 1987; 1992 The Flying Doctors Sky / Sally TV series, 2 episodes 1989 Home and Away Rosemary White TV series, 1 episode 1989; 1994 G.P. Maureen Clark TV series, 2 episodes 1989 Bodysurfer Victoria TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1990 Come In Spinner Nolly TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1991 Animal Park Sarah Halliday TV series, 13 episodes 1993–1995 The Feds Sarah Griffin TV film series, 8 episodes: 'Abduction' / 'Deadfall ' / 'Deception' / 'Obsession' / 'Seduction' / 'Terror' / 'Vengeance' / 'Suspect' 1993–1994 Paradise Beach Paula Taylor TV series, 254 episodes 1995 Mirror, Mirror Violette de Lutrelle TV series, 13 episodes 1996 Shark Bay Kylie Delaney TV series 1997 The Adventures of Lano & Woodley Woman at Counter TV series, 1 episode 1997–1998 Mirror, Mirror 2 Violette de Lutrelle TV series, 13 episodes 1998 Good Guys Bad Guys Det Sgt Maxine Hendrix TV series, 1 episode 1998 State Coroner Michelle Powell TV series, 1 episode 1999; 2000 Stingers Debbie Wilmot TV series, 2 episodes 2000 Blue Heelers Brenda Lawson TV series, 1 episode 2000 Sit Down, Shut Up Mrs. Dawson TV series, 1 episode 2001 The Wonderful World of Disney Mrs. Pelucci TV series (US), 1 episode 2008 City Homicide Dierdre Kincaid TV series, 1 episode 2008 Rush Rita Thomas TV series, 1 episode 2009 Dirt Game Morag TV miniseries, 1 episode 2011 Neighbours Lorraine Dowski TV series 2014 Winners & Losers Jacqui Grbowski TV series, 2 episodes 2017 Seven Types of Ambiguity May Heywood TV miniseries, 3 episodes 2017–2021 Neighbours Faye Brennan TV series 2018 Picnic at Hanging Rock Miranda's Mother TV miniseries, 1 episode

Stage YearTitleRoleNotes Children's Pantomimes Independent Theatre, Sydney 1976 Saturday Sunday Monday Guilianella Independent Theatre, Sydney The Importance of Being Earnest Axis Theatre Company (6 month schools tour) The Glass Menagerie Axis Theatre Company (6 month schools tour) A Jubilee Number Whitehorse Hotel 1979 Tribute Sally Haines Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane with Peter Williams Productions 1979–1980 The Vampire Show Angie Bronte Inn, Sydney, Kirribilli Pub Theatre, Sydney 1981 The Private Eye Show Corinne / Milo Kirribilli Pub Theatre, Sydney 1981 The Corn is Green Bessie Watty Bondi Pavilion, Sydney with Players Theatre Company 1981; 1982 Little Red Riding Hood Axis Theatre Company & Lamington Productions with Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney 1982 Buccaneer Show Kirribilli Pub Theatre, Sydney 1982 The Anniversary Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney with Peter Williams Productions 1982 Saturday Sunday Monday Guilianella SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC 1982 The Tempest Miranda Albert Park Amphitheatre, Brisbane with QTC 1983 Applause Eve Harrington SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC 1984 Torch Song Trilogy Laurel / Lady Blues Seymour Centre, Sydney, Universal Theatre, Melbourne, National Theatre, Melbourne, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney with J. C. Williamson's 1985 What If You Died Tomorrow? Kirsty Marian Street Theatre, Sydney 1985 Arms and the Man Louka Seymour Centre, Sydney with Nimrod Theatre Company 1986; 1987 Snoopy! The Musical Lucy Cremorne Theatre, Brisbane, Gold Coast Arts Centre with QTC 1987 Arms and the Man Raina Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane with QTC 1987–1988 Les Misérables Factory Girl Theatre Royal Sydney with Cameron Mackintosh 1988 A Stephen Sondheim Evening Theatre Royal Sydney with Cameron Mackintosh & The MLC Theatre Royal Company 1989 Les Misérables Eponine The Domain, Sydney with Cameron Mackintosh 1990 Anything Goes Hope Harcourt Hayden Attractions 1991 Arsenic and Old Lace Sydney Opera House, Laycock Street Theatre, Gosford with Peter & Ellen Williams Productions 1991 Great Expectations: The Musical Estella Seymour Centre, Sydney with John Meillon Enterprises 1991 Love Letters Melissa Gardner Seymour Productions 1992 Wet & Dry Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company 1993 A Spring Song Newtown Theatre, Sydney 1995 Rookery Nook / When We Are Married Mietta's, Melbourne & Period Pieces Company for MICF 1998 Les Misérables Eponine / Factory Girl Cameron Mackintosh