Megan Smart
Australian actress
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Megan Smart (legally Megan Hajjar since 2019[1], born 14 December 1994) is an Australian television and film actress.
Megan Smart | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 December 1994 |
| Other name | Megan Hajjar |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Television | Home and Away Class of '07 |
Early life
Smart was born in Brisbane to an Australian father and a Lebanese mother.[2] She graduated from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2016. She has Lebanese heritage on her mother’s side and legally changed her surname to Hajjar, her mother’s maiden name, in 2019 to be considered for more Middle Eastern roles.
Career
She made her screen debut in the 2017 film Breath, winning the role after her first professional audition. She also appeared in Love Child. She played a serial killer named Charlotte in the ABC television series Harrow.[3] She played troublemaker Anna Hennessy in Screentime and Channel Seven’s The Secret Daughter in which she appeared with Jessica Mauboy. She also had a role in Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway.[4][5]
In the 2019 film The Naked Wanderer, she played the former girlfriend of the lead character.[6]
In 2020, she played Jaiwara, a Lebanese Muslim woman who has a romance with a musician, in the film Measure for Measure, which also starred Hugo Weaving, and was a retelling of Shakespeare’s 1609 play of the same name.
Between 2020 and 2021, while starring on the Seven Network drama Between Two Worlds[7][8] and performing voice acting for Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, Smart was credited under her new name Megan Hajjar. In further roles she went on to be credited as Megan Smart again.
In 2021, she could be seen as Paloma in miniseries The Unusual Suspects.[9] That year she also appeared in Wakefield for ABC.[10] Smart also appeared in soap opera Home and Away and in the Netflix interactive rom-com Choose Love. In 2022, Smart made her debut as a director with the short film Stonefish.[5] It was nominated for Best Short Film at the 12th AACTA Awards in December 2022.[11]
Smart had the role of Amelia Collins on the 2023 Australian comedy series Class of '07 for Prime Video.[12]
Filmography
Television appearances
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Love Child | Barbara Fitzgerald | 1 episode | |
| The Secret Daughter | Anna Hennessy | 4 episodes | ||
| 2018 | Harrow | Charlotte | 1 episode | |
| 2020 | Between Two Worlds | Bella Gray | As Megan Hajjar | |
| 2021 | Wakefield | Ivy | 2 episodes | [13] |
| The Unusual Suspects | Paloma | 2 episodes | ||
| Home and Away | Anne Sherman | 7 episodes | ||
| 2023 | Class of '07 | Amelia | Lead role. 8 episodes | [14] |
| 2025 | Black Snow | Samara Kahlil | 6 episodes | [15] |
| 2026 | Dear Life | Taylor Parkinson | 4 episodes | [16] |
| 2026 | Gnomes | Ellie McKay | In production | [17] |
Film appearances
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | A Rose for Katrina | Katrina | Short |
| 2023 | Choose Love | Amalia | |
| 2020 | Measure for Measure | Jaiwara | |
| Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Executive | As Megan Hajjar | |
| 2019 | The Naked Wanderer | Jasmine | |
| 2017 | Breath | Karen |
Staff credits
| Year | Title | Role | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Stonefish | Director / Producer | [18] |
| 2013 | Showreel | Writer |