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Biography |
Hugh Sheridan is an Australian actor who is best known for
his role as Ben Rafter in the television series Packed to
the Rafters.
Sheridan attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art and
while still completing his final year won his role in Packed
to the Rafters, along with co-star Jessica Marais. His
sister is Zoe Sheridan, radio announcer and television
presenter on children's game show Challenger and daytime
chat show The Catch-Up. Hugh studied at the Victorian
College of the Arts and The Australian Ballet School. He
left the ABS when he was accepted into the prestigious
Bachelor of Dramatic Art course at NIDA. While he was there
he performed in The Lost Echo with The Sydney Theatre
Company. In 2007, Hugh was awarded the Adel Koh Memorial
Scholarship by The State Theatre of South Australia to study
acting in New York. In his youth he sang with State Opera
Australia, danced with the South Australian Classical Youth
Ballet and studied drama at Unley Youth Theatre.
Hugh was one of the many stars who performed at Sydney's
Carols in the Domain on 20 December 2008. Hugh sung "Have
Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".
On Sunday May 3, 2009, Sheridan won an Australian TV Week
Logie Award Silver Logie for Most Popular New Male talent,
due to his performance on Channel 7's Packed to the Rafters.
In June he performed his own one man show "Newley
Discovered" on the Adelaide Festival Theatre Stage to packed
houses and rave reviews. Hugh is an active Ambassador of
Jeans for Genes, Camp Quality and The Port Adelaide Football
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since August 27, 2009