Jane Harber

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Jane Harber is an Australian actress who is known for her role as Zara Proudman in the television series Offspring.[1]

OccupationActress
Yearsactive1996–present
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Jane Harber
EducationWesley College, Melbourne
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
Known forOffspring
The Moodys
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Early life

Harber became involved in theatre while at high school, at Wesley College in Melbourne. At the age of 13, she toured South America and Thailand with Handspan Theatre.[2] Her mother was a teacher.[3]

Career

Television and film

Harber's first television role was in 1997 biopic The Last of the Ryans. This was followed by a guest role in a 1997 episode of Blue Heelers, titled "Sisterly Love", in which she played a young girl called Chloe Bassetti.[4]

She went on to play Bianca Nugent in long-running soap opera Neighbours, a role she played for three years.[5] She also had a recurring role as Zdenka Milanovic in The Secret Life of Us and played Susie Money in the crime drama series Underbelly,[6] girlfriend of Rodger Corser’s character.[2]

Following this, Harber furthered her craft by attending acting schools in New York and LA, before landing a role in the first season of comedy series Lowdown,[2] playing Lucy.[7]

In 2012, Harber starred as Cora Benson in the ABC comedy series A Moody Christmas.[2][7] She reprised the role in The Moodys, a follow-up to A Moody Christmas.[8][7] In 2013, she regularly appeared in The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting, a sketch comedy show for the ABC.[9] She also appeared as a special guest in an episode of the comedy game show SlideShow on the Seven Network.[citation needed]

In 2014, Harber played Michele Bennett, a former girlfriend of INXS lead singer, Michael Hutchence, in the TV miniseries INXS: Never Tear Us Apart.[10]

Harber is probably best known for her role as midwife, Zara Proudman in seven seasons (86 episodes) of Offspring,[11][3] the girlfriend of Jimmy Proudman (played by Richard Davies).[2] She later co-wrote the 2017 Offspring spin-off web series, St Francis, in which she also starred.[7][12]

Harber played Karen in the 2018 US Netflix TV movie, Pretty Little Stalker[7] and, in 2020, she took a leading role in Nine Network crime miniseries, Informer 3838,[13] a spin-off of the Underbelly franchise. That same year, she was a team captain in the TV panel show Show Me the Movie!, alongside Rove McManus and Joel Creasey.[7]

In 2022, Harber appeared in ABC children's series MaveriX,[14] playing the role of Tanya. The following year, she joined the cast of ABC drama miniseries In Limbo.[15] opposite Ryan Corr and Bob Morley.[7] In 2024, Harber joined the ABC drama The Family Next Door.[16] The same year, she appeared in 2024 crime thriller feature film Sleeping Dogs alongside Russell Crowe.[17]

In 2025, Harber joined the cast of UK/Australian co-commission miniseries Imposter, alongside fellow Neighbours alumnus Jackie Woodburne, Don Hany and Dannii Minogue, playing the role of Kate.[18][19] She also recently appeared in NCIS: Sydney and four-part miniseries Reckless.[7]

Harber's other guest television credits include playing Clara Whiting in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Georgina Rivers in House Husbands[5][6] and social media influencer Coco in ABC comedy series Back in Very Small Business.[7] She also appeared in ABC anthology series Summer Love and My Life Is Murder.[7]

She has also undertaken voice work for numerous advertising campaigns, including Canva, Listerine, Grill’d, Olay, Samsung Galaxy, Binge and Specsavers.[7] as well as narrating several audiobooks.[20]

Harber has also worked on the other side of the camera, having collaborated with former Offspring co-star Kat Stewart and actor Diana Glenn to produce series The Elementals.[21]

Theatre

Harber has also performed for the stage, including touring internationally as a young teenager in Four Little Girls for Handspan Theatre Company. She later played Alaura Kingsley in City of Angels at Melbourne's Fortyfivedownstairs.[5]

In 2014, Harber had a lead role in the world premiere of The Speechmaker for Melbourne Theatre Company.[5] In 2018, she appeared in a production of Gloria, once again for Melbourne Theatre Company,[22] alongside Lisa McCune.[23]

Filmography

Television

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1997 The Last of the Ryans Lyn Hughan TV film
Blue Heelers Chloe Bassetti Episode: "Sisterly Love"
1997–1998 Raw FM Susan Mulholland Episodes: "Light My Flame", "Playing with Fire", "One"
1999–2002 Neighbours Bianca Nugent Recurring role
2005 The Secret Life of Us Zdenka Milanovic Episodes: "The Big Leap", "The Treadmill"
2008 Underbelly Susie Money Recurring role
2010–2017 Offspring Zara Perkich Recurring role (series 1–4), main (series 5–7)
2010 Lowdown Lucy / Joss Episode: "Project Runaway"
2012 House Husbands Georgina Rivers Episode: "Trivia Night"
A Moody Christmas Cora Benson Miniseries
2013 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Clara Whiting Episode: "Framed for Murder"
2014 INXS: Never Tear Us Apart Michele Bennett Miniseries
The Moodys Cora Benson Miniseries
2017 St Francis Zara Perkich Episodes 2–5
2018 Back in Very Small Business Coco Episodes: "By Design", "Bad Influence", "Litigating Circumstances", "Crossing the Line"
Pretty Little Stalker Karen TV film
2019 My Life Is Murder Chloe Angel Episode: "Fake Empire"
2020 Informer 3838 Susan Reichert Miniseries
2022 Summer Love Caiti Anthology series, episode 3
MaveriX Tanya 10 episodes
2023 In Limbo Beth 6 episodes
The Newsreader Carla Carroll Season 2, 2 episodes
2025 The Family Next Door Lulu Miniseries
Reckless Kate Miniseries
Imposter Kate Templeton Miniseries
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Film

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2023 Foe News Reporter
2024 Sleeping Dogs Catherine Finn
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Theatre

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1996–1997Four Little GirlsSecond Little GirlThailand Cultural Centre, VCA, Melbourne, Teatro National, Caracas, Venezuela with Handspan Theatre Company[5][24]
2006City of AngelsAlaura KingsleyFortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne with Just Pretending[5][25]
2014The SpeechmakerSamPlayhouse, Melbourne with MTC / Working Dogs Productions[7][26][27]
2018GloriaAni / Sasha / CallieSouthbank Theatre, Melbourne with MTC[7][22]
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