Magda Szubanski
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Magda Szubanski is best known for her role as Mrs. Hoggett in the Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning family adventure “Babe” and its sequel, “Babe: Pig in the City.” “Happy Feet” marks Szubanski’s third project with director George Miller. Her other film credits include “The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course,” alongside the late Steve Irwin, and “Son of the Mask,” with Jamie Kennedy and Alan Cumming. Upcoming, Szubanski will appear in “The Golden Compass,” with Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, set for a late 2007 release.

She most recently completed shooting the role of Mrs. Plonk in the latest Rolf de Heer comedy, “Dr. Plonk.” On stage, Szubanski has starred in the Melbourne Theatre Company production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” for which she was nominated for a Hellman Award; the national tour of “Grease: The Arena Spectacular,” with John Farnham; and “The Rise and Fall of Little Voice,” for the STC. In 2002, she won the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award for Best Supporting Actress in the hit TV comedy “Kath & Kim,” and was nominated twice more for the same role in the following years. She has also won several Logies, Australia’s People’s Choice Awards and Writers Guild Awards. Szubanski’s other television credits include the “Dogwoman” telefilms, “Big Girl's Blouse” and “Something Stupid,” all of which she wrote, co-produced and starred in.

Filmography: Happy Feet, The Golden Compass,

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