Angela Punch McGregor

• Name — Angela Punch McGregor • Other Names — Angela Punch • Birthplace — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Born — 21 January 1953 • Education — National Institute of Dramatic Art (1973) • Occupation — Actress, drama teacher • Known for — The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) We of the Never Never (1982) Annie's Coming Out (1984) • Spouse — Ross McGregor • Children — 1

Punch McGregor fell in love with theatre, while acting in school plays from the age of 13. Her first role was as the 'Spoon' in The Owl and the Pussy-Cat. She studied at Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating with a Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Acting) in 1973.

Punch McGregor has starred in numerous television series including a regular role as Jane Potter in Class of '75 (1975). She played Ros Parrish (mother of series regulars Shane and Nick Parrish) in soap opera Home and Away from 1994 to 1995. Other roles included guest appearances in Rafferty's Rules (1988), crime series Halifax f.p. (1994), Fire (1995), medical drama All Saints (1998), police procedural series White Collar Blue (2002), drama Love My Way (2004–2005) and miniseries The Principal (2015). Her film credits include The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith (1978) and Newsfront (1978), both of which won her AFI Awards. She also received AFI nominations for her roles in We of the Never Never (1982) and Annie's Coming Out (1984). She appeared in The Delinquents (1989) with Kylie Minogue, Spotswood (1991) opposite Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn and Russell Crowe, Tom White (2004) alongside Colin Friels and Savages Crossing (2010) with John Jarratt. She also appeared in the TV biopic Mary: The Making of a Princess (2015), about the courtship of Australian Mary Donaldson and Frederik X of Denmark (who at the time was Crown Prince). Punch McGregor has also worked for most of Australia's major theatre companies, in plays including The Importance of Being Earnest (1975/1993), Othello (1976), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1985), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1987–1988), A Streetcar Named Desire (1988), Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1991), Dial M For Murder (1991–1992), Long Day's Journey into Night (2004), Festen (2005) and Equus. She played Juliet to Mel Gibson’s Romeo in a 1979 production of Romeo and Juliet, fresh off the heels of Gibson's success in Mad Max. In 2002, she played Miss Havisham in an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. In 1995, she was appearing in Nick Enright’s play Blackrock, when she fell ill. Her illness, combined with insecurity and burnout led her to take a hiatus from acting, during which time she studied a four-year course in natural medicine. For a year, she practised Orthomolecular medicine full-time and she still runs a clinic part-time from her home. Punch McGregor was Lecturer in Acting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts from 2006 to 2014. She also taught young people getting into the theatrical business at The HubStudio in Sydney. One of her classes was titled Angela Punch McGregor Master Class – Series 1.

Punch McGregor is married to director and screenwriter Ross McGregor, who is also her former drama teacher. Together, they have a son.

• Year — Title — Role — Type • 1975 — Shannon's Mob — Prostitute — 1 episode • Class of 75 — Jane Potter — 98 episodes • 1976 — Alvin Purple — Lucy — 1 episode • 1978 — Case for the Defence — Ruth — 1 episode • 1979 — Patrol Boat — Sue Halloran — 2 episodes • 1980 — The Timeless Land — Ellen — Miniseries, 7 episodes • 1986 — Tusitala — Fanny Stevenson — Miniseries, 3 episodes • Whose Baby? — Gwen Morrison — Miniseries, 2 episodes • 1988 — Rafferty's Rules — Christine Stanton — 1 episode • 1994–1995 — Home and Away — Ros Parrish — 20 episodes • 1995 — Law of the Land — Angela Goodman — TV series, 1 episode • 1996 — Fire — Dr Prudence Eberhardt — 4 episodes • 2002 — Bad Cop, Bad Cop — Evelyn Bowers — Miniseries, 1 episode • 2003 — All Saints — Carmen Shaw — 6 episodes • White Collar Blue — Win Absolom — 1 episode • 2004–2005 — Love My Way — Angela Morris — 4 episodes • 2015 — The Principal — Sue Longworthy — 3 episodes • 2022–2024 — Troppo — Dr Val — 10 episodes • 2025 — The Last Anniversary — Connie — 6 episodes

• Year — Title — Role — Type • 1971 — The Trial of Lucullus — Queen — NIDA, Sydney • Hippolytus — UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney • You Can't Take It With You — Rheba • Miss Jairus — Jane St Theatre, Sydney • 1972 — A Country Girl — UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney • The Creation — NIDA Theatre, Sydney • The Serpent — Woollahra Arts Centre, Bondi Junction, Sydney • 1973 — The Playboy of the Western World — Sydney Opera House • The Clandestine Marriage — Mrs Heidelberg — NIDA, Sydney • The Devils — Soeur Jeanne Des Anges • Cooper and Borges — Severina Cordello — Jane St Theatre, Sydney • Oh, What a Lovely War! — New South Wales tour • 1974 — The Owl and the Pussy Cat Went to Sea — Bankstown Town Hall, Sydney • The Cradle of Hercules — Sydney Opera House • Collaborators — Independent Theatre, Sydney • Little Eyolf — Miss Asta Allmers — UNSW NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney • 1975 — Hotel Paradiso — UNSW NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney & Playhouse, Canberra • Chez Nous — UNSW NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney • The Importance of Being Earnest — Sydney Opera House • 1976 — Othello — Desdemona — Princess Theatre, Launceston & Theatre Royal, Hobart • Absurd Person Singular — Theatre Royal, Hobart • The Gift — Stables Theatre & VCA, Melbourne • Family Lore — The Daughter, Wendy — NSW tour • 1977 — Camille — Theatre 3 with Canberra Repertory Society • Thark — Kitty Stratton — Genesian Theatre, Sydney • The Father — Betha — UNSW NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney • 1979 — Mother Courage and Her Children — Yvette Pottier / Peasant Woman — Jane St Theatre, Sydney • As You Like It — Rosalind • 1979 — Romeo and Juliet — Juliet — Octagon Theatre, Perth & Nimrod, Sydney • 1980 — The Bride of Gospel Place — Lily — Jane St Theatre, Sydney • 1982 — The Suicide — Maria Podsekalnikov — Nimrod, Sydney • 1983 — The Circle — Elizabeth — Theatre Royal, Sydney & Comedy Theatre, Melbourne • 1984 — The Blind Giant is Dancing — Rose Draper — Sydney Opera House • 1985 — A Midsummer Night's Dream — Seymour Centre, Sydney • Joan of Arc at the Stake — Joan of Arc — Canberra Opera Society • 1987–1988 — Les Liaisons Dangereuses — Marquis de Merteuil — Seymour Centre, Sydney & Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC • 1988 — A Streetcar Named Desire — Blanche — Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney & Lyric Theatre, Brisbane • 1990 — The Odd Couple — Florence — Comedy Theatre, Melbourne & Majestic Cinemas, Sydney • 1991 — Summer of the Seventeenth Doll — Pearl — Seymour Centre, Sydney • 1991–1992 — Dial M for Murder — Marian St Theatre, Sydney & Playhouse, Adelaide • 1992 — For Julia — Gloria — Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC • Barmaids — Belvoir, Sydney • 1994 — The Gift of the Gorgon — Helen Damson — Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC • 1995 — Good Works — Acton St Theatre, Canberra • Blackrock — Diane — Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC • 1999 — Love Thoughts — Sydney Opera House • 2001 — Up for Grabs — Felicity — Sydney Opera House, IMB Theatre, Wollongong, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Playhouse, Canberra, Playhouse, Melbourne & Newcastle Civic Theatre with MTC • Doctor Akar's Women — Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company • 2002 — Great Expectations — Miss Havisham — Playhouse, Melbourne & Sydney Opera House with MTC • 2002–2003 — The Credeaux Canvas — Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company • 2003 — Festen — Else — Sydney Opera House • 2004 — Long Day's Journey into Night — Mary Tyrone — Subiaco Theatre Centre, Perth • 2005 — Old Times — Anna — Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC • 2008 — Far Away — Aunt Harper — Playhouse, Perth with Black Swan Theatre Company • 2010 — The Swimming Club — Kate the Anthropologist — Southbank Theatre, Melbourne, Playhouse, Perth

• Year — Title — Role — Type • 1993 — The Grace of Mary Traverse — Director — NIDA Theatre • The Importance of Being Earnest — Director — Theatre 3 with Canberra Repertory Society • 2003 — Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde — Director / Set Designer • 2004 — Communicating Doors — Director / Set Designer • 2012 — Lost in Yonkers — Director