Julia Blake

Julia Blake (born 1936) is an English–born Australian actress. Blake won the 1989 AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries for Eden's Lost, and the 1990 AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role opposite Max von Sydow in the film Father. She also received AFI nominations for Travelling North (1987), Innocence (2000) and The Boys are Back (2009). On the small screen she is known for her role as Nancy McCormick on the TV series Prisoner, (known internationally as Prisoner Cell Block H) for which she appeared during the final season in 1986, she previously appeared in two smaller roles earlier as Evelyn Randall and Alice Dodds Personal life Blake was born in Bristol, England, and studied drama at Bristol University. While working in repertory theatre in Yorkshire she met the Australian actor Terry Norris. They married in 1962 and both moved to Australia.