Saskia post biography

Saskia Post

Saskia Post

Born

Saskia Steenkamer


(1961-01-01)1 January 1961

Martinez, California, U.S.

Died16 March 2020(2020-03-16) (aged 59)

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

OccupationActress
Years active1982–2020

Saskia Post (1 January 1961 – 16 March 2020) was American-born Australianactress.[1] She is best known for her leading role in the 1986 movie, Dogs in Space, with Michael Hutchence.[1]

Post also acted in the 1985 AFI Award winning movie, Bliss and in the 1991 movie Proof.[1] It was chosen as "Best Film" at the 1991 AFI Awards.

Early life and education

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Saskia Post was born in Martinez, California in 1961. Her family moved to Australia in 1975. In high school she studied acting and singing. After graduation, she spent a year attending acting workshops and dance classes in Sydney. Saskia then studied drama and arts at the University of New South Wales but dropped out after one year. She took acting classes at The Drama School in 1981.

Career

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Saskia Post

American-born Australian actress (1960–2020)

Saskia Post

Born

Saskia Steenkamer


(1960-08-01)1 August 1960

Martinez, California, US

Died16 March 2020(2020-03-16) (aged 59)

Melbourne, Australia

NationalityAustralian
OccupationActress
Years active1982–2020

Saskia Post (1 August 1960 – 16 March 2020) was a US-born Australian actress.[1] She is best known for her leading role in the 1986 film Dogs in Space.[1] Post also acted in the 1985 film Bliss and the 1991 film Proof,[2] as well as numerous Australian television series.

Early life

Saskia Post was born in Martinez, California, in 1961. Her Dutch parents moved between America and Japan, before settling in Australia in 1975.[2] At high school she studied acting and singing and after completing high school she spent a year attending acting workshops and dance classes in Sydney. She studied writing at RMIT. She then commenced a degree course in drama and arts at the University of New South Wales but gave it up aft

Saskia Post – Saskia Steenkamer was born in Martinez, California in 1961. Her Dutch parents moved between America and Japan, before settling in Australia in 1975. At high school she studied acting and singing and after completing high school she spent a year attending acting workshops and dance classes in Sydney.

Saskia then commenced a degree course in drama and arts at the University of New South Wales but gave it up after twelve months to attend a full-time course at The Drama Studio in 1981. Shortly after completing the course she obtained her first television role as Julianna Sleven, a Dutch refugee, in The Sullivans, an Australian drama television series about an average middle-class Melbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives.

Post moved to Melbourne and worked on the series for twelve months before leaving in 1984 to take part in the John Duigan film, “One Night Stand”, where she played Eva, a Czech-born bank teller. In 1985, Post appeared in the AFI Award winning film Bliss, as Honey Barbara’s daughter.

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