Nadine Lynette Garner (born 14 December 1970 in Knoxfield, Melbourne, Victoria) is a Australian actress.
Garner first came to public attention in 1985, as Tamara Henderson in the Australian TV series, The Henderson Kids, and then in her debut film The Still Point. She made her stage debut in 1987, in the title role of the Melbourne Theatre Company production of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. Since then she has worked extensively in film, theatre and TV (both in Australia and the UK) and received awards and nominations for performances in each field. Also interested in writing, she wrote and performed in the stage work Birds Eye View in Sydney, 2002.
Garner has worked with most state theatre companies, in a wide variety of roles in works by Shakespeare, Moliére, Sheridan, Ibsen, Chekhov, Orton, Shaffer, Lawler and Elton, to name but a few. She also played the role of Desire in the highly controversial Australian musical Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom
Apart from The Henderson Kids - series I and II, other television appearances have included Blue Water High - series I, Prisoner, My Brother Tom miniseries, Neighbours, A Country Practice, The Flying Doctors, Shadows of the Heart miniseries, G. P., Twisted Tales, Good Guys Bad Guys, Raw FM, Tribe miniseries, Water Rats, The Love of Lionel's Life telemovie, Changi miniseries - Ep.5, Heroes' Mountain telemovie, Young Lions, The Secret Life of Us, Stingers and Through My Eyes miniseries. Her latest role is as Det.Sen.Constable Jennifer Mapplethorpe in the new police drama series City Homicide.
Garner has appeared in the following films: The Still Point (1985), Bushfire Moon* (1987), Mull* (1989), Metalskin* (1994), Fresh Air (1999), The Book of Revelation (2006), Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance (2007). (*Original Australian titles, which were changed for overseas release.)
In 2002-3 Garner played in a national tour of the musical Cabaret, and received enthusiastic reviews - as well as two theatre awards - for her performance as "Fraulein Kost/Fritzi".
