Saskia Post (1 August 1960 – 16 March 2020) was a US-born Australian actress. She is best known for her leading role in the 1986 film Dogs in Space. Post also acted in the 1985 film Bliss and the 1991 film Proof, as well as numerous Australian television series.
Early life Saskia Post was born in Martinez, California, in 1961. Her Dutch parents moved between America and Japan, before settling in Australia in 1975. At high school she studied acting and singing and after completing high school she spent a year attending acting workshops and dance classes in Sydney. She studied writing at RMIT. She then commenced a degree course in drama and arts at the University of New South Wales but gave it up after 12 months to attend a full-time course at The Drama Studio in Sydney in 1981.
Career Shortly after completing her studies, Post obtained her first television role as Julianna Sleven, a Dutch refugee, in The Sullivans, an Australian drama television series about an average middle-class Melbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives. Post moved to Melbourne and worked on the series for 12 months before leaving in 1984 to take part in the John Duigan film One Night Stand, in which she played Eva, a Czech-born bank teller.
In 1985, Post appeared in the AFI Award winning film Bliss as Honey Barbara's daughter. This was followed in 1986 with a feature role in the Richard Lowenstein film Dogs in Space, a story about a group of young musicians and music fans sharing a house in the inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond. In the film, Post played the role of Anna, the girlfriend of Sam (Michael Hutchence).
Post also appeared in numerous stage productions in Melbourne and Sydney, including Hating Alison Ashley, Salome, Endgrain, Train to Transcience, Could I Have this Dance?, In Angel Gear and Figures in Glass both directed by friend Robert Chuter, Skin and Vincent in Brixton.
Personal life and death
Post lived her final years in Trentham, Victoria, where she worked as a transpersonal art therapist and worked at a local primary school as an integration aide.
Post died following a cardiac arrest from complications stemming from a congenital heart condition, at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne on 16 March 2020. She was 59.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1984 One Night Stand Eva Feature film 1985 Bliss Harry's Daughter Feature film 1986 Dogs in Space Anna Feature film 1991 Proof Waitress Feature film 1997 True Love and Chaos Sam Feature film 2009 We're Livin' on Dog Food Herself Film documentary 2017 Throbbin' 84 Doreen Film (final role)
Television Year Title Role Notes 1982 The Sullivans Julianna Sleven TV series 1982–1983 Sons and Daughters Kerry Mitchell TV series, 15 episodes 1985 A Country Practice Michelle Longet TV series, 2 episodes 1986 Return to Eden Jessica Stewart TV series, 11 episodes 1987 A Country Practice Pammie Allen TV series, 2 episodes 1991 All Together Now Susan TV series, episode: "Stuck on You" 1996 Ocean Girl Hypnotherapist TV series, 1 episode 2000 Introducing Gary Petty Emily TV series, 6 episodesEugénie Sandler P.I. Angela Duvier TV series, 11 episodes 2002Short Cuts Louise TV series 2010 City Homicide Gloria Beck TV series, 1 episode
Stage Year Title Role Venue / Co. 1989 Salome Salome Crossroads Theatre, Sydney 1990 In Angel Gear Karin St Martins Youth Arts Centre, Melbourne 1990 Advice from a Caterpillar La Mama, Melbourne, Universal Theatre, Melbourne 1990 Figures in Glass Irene Mitchell Studio, Melbourne 1993 Train to Transience: All Aboard / Dead Ahead / In Transit / Feast Irene Mitchell Studio, Melbourne 1993 Could I Have This Dance? Melbourne Athenaeum 1995 Skin Top of the Town, Melbourne 1996 Endgrain Napier Street Theatre, Melbourne 2003; 2004 A Night of Grand Guignol (Laboratory of Hallucinations; Three Skeleton Key; Tics, or Doing the Deed) Carlton Courthouse, Melbourne, Colac Otways Performing Arts and Cultural Centre, Karralyka Centre, Upper Yarra Arts and Entertainment Centre, Harrison Theatre, Swan Hill, Knox Community Arts Centre, Bayswater, Ruffy Public Hall with La Mama 2005 Vincent in Brixton Ursula Loyer Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne 2008 Sushi Wushi Woo Australian Centre of Performing Arts, Melbourne Hating Alison Ashley
References
External links
Official Michael Hutchence Memorial Website | Saskia Post