Christine Debra Amor is an Australian actress of stage, television and film.

Career Amor was born in Brisbane, Queensland. She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). She has acted extensively in television guest roles and in Australian film starting in 1967. Her film roles include Alvin Purple (1973), Petersen (1974), Snapshot (1979).

Amor's early television roles include appearances in Belllbird, Matlock Police, Division 4, Certain Women, Young Ramsay, Chopper Squad. and Glenview High.

She is possibly best known for her role in cult classic TV series Prisoner during the first season in 1979, as social worker Jean Vernon.

Amor later took a regular role in the Australian version of sitcom Are You Being Served?. She was the female junior in the program's second season in 1981.

Amor was also a leading cast member of the drama series Carson's Law (1983–1984). She later played the role of Miss Chatham in the Australian television series H2O: Just Add Water (2006).

Amor became a Civil Marriage Celebrant working in the state of Queensland.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1973 Alvin Purple Peggy Feature film 1974 Petersen Annie Feature film 1977 High Rolling Teenage girl Feature film 1979 Snapshot Paula Feature film 1980 Touch and Go Sue Fullerton Feature film 1983 Now and Forever Margaret Burton Feature film 1988 Prisoner of Zenda Voice Animated film 1990 Bloodmoon Virginia Sheffield Feature film 1990 Dead Sleep Sister Kereby Feature film 2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! Herself Feature film documentary 2019 Rebirth Mother Moreen Film short 2021 Sit. Stay. Love. Aunt Claire Feature film 2022 Redemption Sue Film short

Television Year Title Role Notes 1967 Bellbird Josie TV series 1973 A Taste for Blue Ribbons TV series 1973 Matlock Police Sandra Williams TV series, 1 episode 1973–74 Division 4 Sally Mathews / Cindy Morris / Kerry Michaels TV series, 3 episodes 1973 Ryan Jennifer TV series, 1 episode 1974 Marion Sue Rogers TV miniseries, 1 episode 1974–75 Certain Women Gillian Stone TV series, 17 episodes 1977–79 Cop Shop Sharon Vernon / Betty Stephens / Jan Reading / Janet Carter TV series, 6 episodes 1977 Young Ramsay Diana Frost TV series, 1 episode 1978 Chopper Squad Lauren TV series, 1 episode 1978 Glenview High TV series, 1 episode 1979 Ray Lawler Trilogy Kathy 'Bubba' Ryan TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1979 Prisoner Jean Vernon / Jean TV series, 29 episodes 1980 Spring & Fall Angela TV series, 1 episode 1981 Are You Being Served? Miss Nicholls TV series, 8 episodes 1981 Holiday Island Lauren Evans TV series, 1 episode 1981 I Can Jump Puddles Rose TV miniseries, 1 episode 1981-1982 Home Christine TV series, 6 episodes 1983–1984 Carson's Law Felicity Bryce / Felicity Carson TV series, 184 episodes Nominated Best Supporting Actress in a Series 1985 Logie Awards 1984 Special Squad Robyn Symons TV series, 1 episode 1986 Saturdee Ma Gimble TV series, 10 episodes 1991 Eggshells Vanessa TV series, 13 episodes 1992 Animal Park TV series 1992 The World Tonight Guest TV series, 1 episode 1992 The New Adventures of Skippy Di TV series, 1 episode 1993 Ernie and Denise Guest TV series, 1 episode 1994 Under the Skin SBS TV series, 1 episode 1995 Eat My Shorts TV series, 1 episode 1998 Misery Guts Mrs. Herman TV series, 2 episodes 2001–02 Cybergirl Mayor Burdette Buxton TV series, 11 episodes 2006 H2O: Just Add Water Louise Chatham TV series, 9 episodes 2009 East of Everything Matron TV series, 2 episodes2025Good Cop/Bad CopMarlaEpisode 1.1

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Stage

As performer Year Title Role Venue / Company 1971 The Beggar's Opera Suky Tawdry Old Tote Theatre 1971 Women Beware Women Bianca Old Tote Theatre 1971 Peer Gynt Old Tote Theatre 1971 Under Milk Wood NIDA 1971 The Balcony Horse Girl / Wounded Girl Old Tote Theatre 1972 Trelawny of the Wells Parade Theatre 1972 The Taming of the Shrew Parade Theatre, Canberra Theatre 1972 The Good Woman of Setzuan Parade Theatre 1972 Tartuffe Parade Theatre 1972 Forget-Me-Not Lane Parade Theatre & Old Tote Theatre 1972 How Could You Believe Me When I Said I'd Be Your Valet When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life? Parade Theatre & Canberra Theatre 1973 Playing the Piper Madame Pinchard 1973 Come Blow Your Horn St. Martin's Theatre 1973 The Plough and the Stars Russell Street Theatre 1973 Batman's Beach-Head Comedy Theatre, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company 1973 Paying the Piper Comedy Theatre, Melbourne 1975 The Ride Across Lake Constance Nimrod Theatre 1976 Some of My Best Friends Are Women St Martin's Theatre 1976 Old Flames Sally Victorian College of Arts 1976 Other Times Bubba Ryan Russell Street Theatre 1977 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Bubba Ryan Russell Street Theatre 1977 The Doll Trilogy Russell Street Theatre with MTC 1977 The Pleasure of His Company Jessica Poole Theatre Royal Sydney, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne 1978 Once a Catholic Mary McGinty Theatre Royal, Sydney, Russell Street Theatre 1980 No Room For Dreamers Ada Newcastle Civic Theatre 1980 The Beecham Pill Parramatta Correctional Centre 1986 Same Time Next Year Bridge Theatre, Coniston 1990 That Blessed Fountain Regal Theatre, Perth 1992 Conjugal Rites Genevieve The Playhouse, Bridge Theatre Coniston, Seymour Centre 1992 Money and Friends Vicki QTC tour of Sydney Opera House with STC, Arts Centre Melbourne with MTC, Playhouse at Adelaide Festival Centre with STCSA, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Canberra Theatre Centre & Queensland regional tour with NARPACA 1992 The Heidi Chronicles Fran / Debbie / Betsy / April Cremorne Theatre with Queensland Theatre Company 1993 Brilliant Lies Marion Canberra Theatre, Suncorp Theatre Brisbane, Playhouse Melbourne, Monash University, Her Majesty's Theatre Ballarat, Ford Theatre Geelong, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Theatre Royal Hobart, Playhouse Adelaide, Sydney Opera House 2009 The School of Arts Muriel Hayes Playhouse Brisbane, Blackwater Cultural Centre, Pilbeam Theatre, Biloela Civic Centre, Mundubbera Shire Hall, Chinchilla Cultural Centre, Warwick Town Hall 2016 Quartet Cecily Robinson Playhouse Brisbane, Empire Theatre, Toowoomba, Lake Kawana Cultural Centre, Pilbeam Theatre, Mackay Entertainment Centre, Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns, Townsville Civic Theatre, Gladstone Entertainment Centre, Ipswich Civic Centre, Gold Coast Arts Centre 2020 The Children Cremorne Theatre

As crew Year Title Role Venue / Company 2007 Circus Girl Sound Designer Parade Theatre, Orange Civic Theatre, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Princess Theatre, Launceston

Radio Year Title Role Venue / Company 1979 Incompletions Skeleton ABC Radio Sydney 1979 Laura and the Angel Maria ABC Radio Sydney

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