• • • •   BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Name: Petra Georgina Yared
Birthdate: 18 January 1979
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Height: 163 cm (5'4")
Parents: Rick and Shelley
Siblings: Sara and Nicholas
Husband: Travis Cotton
Children: Theodore (born 2011) and Vivien (born 2013)
Started acting: age 9, doing acting workshops at the National Theatre in Melbourne

 

   • • • •   TELEVISION

Playing for KeepsLenita2018episodes TBA
House HusbandsElissa Andrews2017episodes 5.11 & 5.12
The Dr Blake MysteriesBeryl Routledge2016series 4
OffspringMia Buchdahl2014episodes 5.11 & 5.12
House HusbandsElissa2014episode 3.4
Underbelly: BadnessJoanne Peters2012episodes 4, 5, 6 & 8
CrowniesPaula Corvini2011episodes 1, 4, 7, 9-11, 15, 17
Rescue Special OpsZoe Hulme2011episodes 3.12-14, 3.17-18
The JestersMickey2010episode 2.1, 'Don't Look Back'
City HomicideMegan Chisholm-Walsh2010episode 4.20, 'Atonement'
Cops LACMarielle2010episode 1.11, 'Illegal Dumping'
All SaintsRhiannon Wilson200811.11-23 [427-439]
NeighboursMia Silvani2007-2008episodes 5355-5412
City HomicideMichelle Johnson2007episode 1.8, 'Victims of Crime'
MDALayla Young2002-20053 series
The Secret Life of UsShannon2004episodes 4.18, 'Ill Communication', & 4.20, 'Glimpses of Perfection'
BeastmasterAlima2001episode 3.10, 'Dispossessed'
The Secret Life of UsIngrid2001episodes 1.4, 'The Garden of Gethsemane', & 1.7, 'The Road Less Taken')
Blue HeelersMolly Malloy1999episode 228, 'The Stag', and 250, 'Under Fire'
Journey to the Center of the EarthRalna1999Telemovie
The Genie from Down Under 2Marcia Huntley1998episodes 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 & 13
Halifax f.p.Alicia Polk1998episode 4.3, 'A Murder of Crows'
Good Guys, Bad GuysTaylor1997episode 1.12, 'A Bilby in Rat's Clothing'
NeighboursGeorgia 'George Brown'1996episodes 2575-2610
Ocean GirlPatti1996episode 3.16, 'Gamma Level: Radioactive'
Mirror, MirrorJosephine 'Jo' Tiegan199520 episodes
Blue HeelersDebbie Perkins1994episode 41, 'Family Matters'
Blue HeelersKym Steward1994episode 9, 'Diary Entry'
Law of the LandCaroline 'Caro' Rodwell1994episode 3.10, 'A Matter of Inches'
Sky TrackersVeronique 'Nikki' Colbert199426 episodes
The Late ShowJo Bailey1993episode 2.10
Royal Flying Doctor ServiceSarah Aldridge1993episode 3, 'Heartbreak'
Choices 1990 

 

   • • • •   FILM

SlantElizabeth McGowan2022
2040 (documentary)Nutritionist2018
All the Way to the Top (short)Chelsea2007
Take a Moment to Consider This (short)Jenny2006
Blurred (feature)Yolanda2002
Sparky D Comes to Town (short)Emma2000
Muggers (feature)Sophie1999
The Real Macaw (feature)Kathy Girdis1998
Smile a Ton (short)Debbie1995
Playing by the Rules (short)Louisa1989
   

 

   • • • •   STAGE AND RADIO PLAYS

All the Way to the TopChelsea2007Short and Sweet Festival, Melbourne
InheritanceBrianna2007ABC Radio
WillowboyJenny2005Screenplay Melbourne
Men are Stupid, Women are CrazyJenny2004Screenplay Melbourne
The Thirty Four Eighty Man2003ABC Radio
Pride and PrejudiceKitty Bennet1999Melbourne Theatre Company Education Program & Sydney Theatre Company
Thieving BoyTracy1998Playbox Tour/Belvoir St.
AwayMeg/LeonieMelbourne Theatre Company

 

   • • • •   ONLINE WORK

Sonia & Cherry Season 2Sonia2021YouTube
Sonia & Cherry Season 1Sonia2019YouTube

 

   • • • •   VOICE WORK

Sex in the Bush (wildlife documentary)Narrator2005
Holding your Breath (short film)Narrator2001

 

   • • • •   ADVERTISEMENTS

Mazda2015
Mortein2009
OPSM2009
Hahn Superdry2009
Nokia2001
Hondaafter 1999
Starburst1996
Cadburyc. 1990-1991
Telstrac. 1990-1991
Puppy Care1985
Skatemobiles1985

 

   • • • •   AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

WetFest Award for Best Actor2001Sparky D Comes to Town
Young Actors Award1996Mirror, Mirror
AFI Award for Best New Talent1995Mirror, Mirror