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Jacquie Brennan is an Australian actress and one of Australia's versatile TV actors. Brennan is known for her roles on Bullpitt! (1997), The Hollowmen (2008) and Brennan's most known role in Australian award winning TV Drama Wentworth (2013) as Officer Linda 'Smiles' Miles.

Brennan joined Wentworth in 2012 when the series had first went into production originally coming into set as a cast reader reading alongside several of the shows actors who were auditioning for roles, Brennan was then hired but was only originally hired for a guaranteed 8 days of filming was told to read for a "small role" by series set up director Kevin Carlin this role was the role of Linda Miles. Wentworth's first season would air in 2013 and wrap production in 2020 Brennan would appear in 99 episodes of the series and she revealed years later she had originally auditioned for the role of Liz Birdsworth.

Brennan is known for her talent playing every character role with her heart Brennan has appeared in many television guest appearances on many Australian TV shows including iconic Australian TV soap Neighbours (1985), Stingers (1998), Dangerous (2007), Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018), House Husbands (2012), Five Bedrooms (2019) and many more, Jacquie has also provided various voices for TV shows such as SheZow (2012), Kuu Kuu Harajuku (2015) and voice work in the TV series Exchange Student Zero (2015) and also provided her voice to the movie Babe (1995), and appeared in other productions such as 2010 crime drama movie Animal Kingdom (2010), Jackson's Crew (1986), Temptation (2003) ,Dangerous Remedy (2012) and again provided her voice for the animation production Big Words, Small Stories (2021).

Brennan has also worked extensively in the Australian Theatre Company working in both the Queensland and Sydney theatre companies respectively as well as singing in cabaret acts this would also include a self written one woman show as well as touring extensively alongside 60s spoof group The Harlettes during their Australian Tour as a singer. Brennan's other theatre works include Are You Being Served? on the Australian Tour during its Australian run, Room To Move, Dangerous When Wet, Too Darn Hot, Macquarie, Beach Blanket Tempest, Silhouette and many more.

Often providing a voice-over for either TV or Radio commercial advertising Brennan is also a highly acclaimed and sought after voice over artist as she has provided her voice to many commercials, often providing a powerful message and voice. In 2018 Brennan was rewarded for her efforts with a Voice Over Award or 'VoVo' for 'Most Emotionally Powerful Delivery' for the Peter MacCullum Cancer Centre ad 'Prevent, Detect, Act' and later provided the audio narration for the book 'Blood River' in 2019.

In 2020 Brennan would appear in Underbelly adaptation Informer 3838 (2020) where she played real life Christine Hodson a victim of the horrific Melbourne Gangland War.

Brennan was announced in 2022 as part of the cast of the controversial Shane Warne two part tele-movie titled Warnie (miniseries) where she was cast to play Shane's mother Brigitte Warne.

In 2023 Brennan appeared in SBS drama Safe Home in the role of Nicole, and in season 4 of Five Bedrooms reprising the role of Denise Schaap from season 1.

Brennan is married to fellow actor Ian Bliss the two met in 1999 on the set of theatre play Silhouette at an afterparty barbeque and married in 2001 and they have two children together.

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