Peta Toppano

Peita Margaret Toppano (born 1951) stage name Peta Toppano is an English-born Australian of stage and screen actress, singer and dancer, who is known for her series roles in The Young Doctors as Dr. Gail Henderson, Prisoner, as Karen Travers, Return to Eden as Jilly Stewart and her recurring role in Home and Awayas Helen Poulos Toppano was married to Prisoner''' co-star Barry Quin who portrayed Dr. Greg Mason and subsequently TV executive and business mogul Kerry Stokes Early life Toppano was born in Finsbury Park, London, England and grew up in Cammeray, New South Wales. The daughter of musicians Enzo Toppano and Peggy Mortimer, she has two younger brothers: Lorenzo and Dean and is of Italian descent. At 16 she won a ballet scholarship to study in Cannes, Southern France. She returned to Australia to study drama at the Ensemble Studio with teacher Hayes Gordon.