Doris Younane

Acting

Doris Younane

Born February 25, 1963 · Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (age 63)

No biography available.

Known For

The Heartbreak KidThe Heartbreak Kid · 1993
The Heartbreak Kid
5.21993
MovieDramaRomance
Christina (Claudia Karvan) is a school teacher from a wealthy Greek-Australian background, engaged to a lawyer and content with the traditional course of her life. She begins teaching at an inner-city working-class school and she finds her ideas challenged by the students. Involving herself in a campaign by a group of non-anglo students to form a soccer club in a school where the racist PE teacher only supports Australian Rules Football, Christina starts falling in love with aspiring soccer player, 17 year old Nick (Alex Dimitriades). The ensuing affair forces Christina to challenge herself, her family and the culture she lives in. Managing to effectively combine comedy with a refreshing examination of contemporary ethnic relationships in Australia, beautifully acted by a young cast, and insightfully scripted.
Death in BrunswickDeath in Brunswick · 1991
Death in Brunswick
6.11991
MovieComedyCrime
A reserved man in need of a job, Carl Fitzgerald finds employment at a Greek restaurant. Upon meeting waitress Sophie, Carl begins dating the attractive woman. Though it seems things are improving for Carl, an unexpected situation leads to the death of Mustafa, a shady coworker, and Carl must figure out how to cover up the incident. Unsure of what to do, Carl enlists the help of his buddy, Dave, to get rid of Mustafa's corpse.
WolfWolf · 2016
Wolf
2016
MovieDrama
One day in the squat, Wolf finds an abandoned baby and she is faced with a decision that changes both their lives.
BlackJack: In the MoneyBlackJack: In the Money · 2005
BlackJack: In the Money
6.62005
MovieTV MovieDrama
Jack discovers that a man jailed for matricide could be innocent and the killer could still be close to home. Did Jack's own father-in-law have some part to play in the mystery?
BlackJackBlackJack · 2003
BlackJack
7.02003
MovieDramaCrime
Jack Kempson started out as an idealistic cop. Thirty years on, he remains relentless in tracking down villains, but has lost confidence in his moral barometer. He turns a blind eye to the dubious methods employed by some of his contemporaries — prepared to let dodgy means be justified by the noble end.
BlackJack: Sweet ScienceBlackJack: Sweet Science · 2004
BlackJack: Sweet Science
6.42004
MovieTV MovieDrama
Jack investigates a gangland execution at a children’s football game twelve years ago.
Measure for MeasureMeasure for Measure · 2020
Measure for Measure
4.32020
MovieDramaThriller
An improbable love affair flares up between Karima, a modern Muslim girl, and Claudio, a local musician, in Melbourne's most notorious housing estate, where ruthless gangs rule, drug abuse spreads and racial tension grows.
13 Gantry Row13 Gantry Row · 1998
13 Gantry Row
5.31998
MovieHorrorTV Movie
When newlyweds Peter and Julie purchase an old house with plans to renovate it, they begin to discover the strangest things. First, they find one of the living room walls covered with iron plates that reveal an expanding sepia stain. Afterwards, they realize that the stain is beginning to take the shape of a man climbing from the darkness under the house. Whenever they paint over the stain, it reappears. The evil events that took place in the house 100 years prior, are becoming the cause of strange occurrences. Soon, the couple is directly threatened by the evil history of their home.

Movies

The Heartbreak KidThe Heartbreak Kid · 1993
The Heartbreak Kid
5.21993
MovieDramaRomance
Christina (Claudia Karvan) is a school teacher from a wealthy Greek-Australian background, engaged to a lawyer and content with the traditional course of her life. She begins teaching at an inner-city working-class school and she finds her ideas challenged by the students. Involving herself in a campaign by a group of non-anglo students to form a soccer club in a school where the racist PE teacher only supports Australian Rules Football, Christina starts falling in love with aspiring soccer player, 17 year old Nick (Alex Dimitriades). The ensuing affair forces Christina to challenge herself, her family and the culture she lives in. Managing to effectively combine comedy with a refreshing examination of contemporary ethnic relationships in Australia, beautifully acted by a young cast, and insightfully scripted.
Death in BrunswickDeath in Brunswick · 1991
Death in Brunswick
6.11991
MovieComedyCrime
A reserved man in need of a job, Carl Fitzgerald finds employment at a Greek restaurant. Upon meeting waitress Sophie, Carl begins dating the attractive woman. Though it seems things are improving for Carl, an unexpected situation leads to the death of Mustafa, a shady coworker, and Carl must figure out how to cover up the incident. Unsure of what to do, Carl enlists the help of his buddy, Dave, to get rid of Mustafa's corpse.
WolfWolf · 2016
Wolf
2016
MovieDrama
One day in the squat, Wolf finds an abandoned baby and she is faced with a decision that changes both their lives.
BlackJack: In the MoneyBlackJack: In the Money · 2005
BlackJack: In the Money
6.62005
MovieTV MovieDrama
Jack discovers that a man jailed for matricide could be innocent and the killer could still be close to home. Did Jack's own father-in-law have some part to play in the mystery?
BlackJackBlackJack · 2003
BlackJack
7.02003
MovieDramaCrime
Jack Kempson started out as an idealistic cop. Thirty years on, he remains relentless in tracking down villains, but has lost confidence in his moral barometer. He turns a blind eye to the dubious methods employed by some of his contemporaries — prepared to let dodgy means be justified by the noble end.
BlackJack: Sweet ScienceBlackJack: Sweet Science · 2004
BlackJack: Sweet Science
6.42004
MovieTV MovieDrama
Jack investigates a gangland execution at a children’s football game twelve years ago.
Measure for MeasureMeasure for Measure · 2020
Measure for Measure
4.32020
MovieDramaThriller
An improbable love affair flares up between Karima, a modern Muslim girl, and Claudio, a local musician, in Melbourne's most notorious housing estate, where ruthless gangs rule, drug abuse spreads and racial tension grows.
13 Gantry Row13 Gantry Row · 1998
13 Gantry Row
5.31998
MovieHorrorTV Movie
When newlyweds Peter and Julie purchase an old house with plans to renovate it, they begin to discover the strangest things. First, they find one of the living room walls covered with iron plates that reveal an expanding sepia stain. Afterwards, they realize that the stain is beginning to take the shape of a man climbing from the darkness under the house. Whenever they paint over the stain, it reappears. The evil events that took place in the house 100 years prior, are becoming the cause of strange occurrences. Soon, the couple is directly threatened by the evil history of their home.
ResistanceResistance · 1992
Resistance
6.01992
MovieActionScience Fiction
Over the five days after a military coup, army troops arrive to enforce martial law and encounter a growing resistance movement.
BlackJack: Ace Point GameBlackJack: Ace Point Game · 2006
BlackJack: Ace Point Game
5.12006
MovieTV MovieCrime
After wearing a wire to catch a dirty colleague selling confiscated drugs, detective Jack Kempson is hated by his colleagues. He also gets 'promoted away' to the basement, where old files get transferred to the national computer database. Thus he comes across fingerprints, now identifiable, in the 30 year old case of Ashley, the kidnapped son of lottery winners. Although he's too late to help him now, he tracks the perpetrators down behind his boss's back.

TV Shows

McLeod's DaughtersMcLeod's Daughters · 2001
McLeod's Daughters
7.32001
SeriesDrama
When Jack McLeod passes away, his two daughters inherit Drovers Run, a vast cattle ranch in the Australian outback. Ultimately, Tess and Claire decide to run the ranch together, with their housekeeper, Meg, her teenage daughter, Jodi, and a local girl, Becky. Their lives are hard and the obstacles many, but the rewards are every bit as grand as the wild open land they've inherited.
Heartbreak HighHeartbreak High · 1994
Heartbreak High
6.91994
SeriesDrama
The ins and outs of the classroom lives of a group of students who attend the fictional Hartley High School in Sydney.
HarrowHarrow · 2018
Harrow
7.62018
SeriesCrimeDrama
When a dark secret from this past threatens to be exposed, unorthodox and brilliant medical examiner, Doctor Daniel Harrow, must use all his forensic skills to keep it buried forever.
The Killings at Parrish Station
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The Killings at Parrish Station · 2026
The Killings at Parrish Station
7.02026
SeriesCrimeDrama
It’s 1987, and Detective Georgia Cooke is called in to investigate the massacre of four scientists who have been brutally murdered in inexplicable ways, with a lone survivor the obvious suspect. But as Georgia digs deeper, unravelling a complex case entangled in mania, ritual, and the occult, her obsessive quest for the truth spirals into a nightmare that will put her family, career, and sanity on the line. 37 years later, a chilling new spree of murders will pull Georgia back into this nightmare as she confronts the terrifying possibility that the horrors at Parrish Station were never fully buried.
NCIS: SydneyNCIS: Sydney · 2023
NCIS: Sydney
7.02023
SeriesCrimeDrama
The brilliant and eclectic team of U.S. NCIS Agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) are grafted into a multi-national taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet.
Halifax f.p.Halifax f.p. · 1994
Halifax f.p.
6.21994
SeriesDramaMystery
Halifax f.p. is an Australian television crime series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2002. The series stars Rebecca Gibney as Doctor Jane Halifax, a forensic psychiatrist investigating cases involving the mental state of suspects or victims. The series is set in Melbourne. The producers of the film were Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier; Australian Film Finance Corporation and aired on the Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd 21 Episodes of 90 and 102 minutes each were produced, and the series has screened in more than 60 countries. The budget for each episode was an average of $1.3 million. Funding came in part from the Australian Film Finance Corporation and Film Victoria.
The ClearingThe Clearing · 2023
The Clearing
6.42023
SeriesDrama
When a local girl goes missing, a woman is forced to face the demons from her traumatic childhood.
FrayedFrayed · 2019
Frayed
7.02019
SeriesComedyDrama
Fabulously wealthy London housewife Sammy, is forced to return to the town in Australia she grew up in. But in coming home, Sammy must revisit her past and the events that led her to flee as a teenager years ago.
Secret CitySecret City · 2016
Secret City
6.62016
SeriesDrama
Beneath the placid facade of Canberra, amidst rising tension between China and America, senior political journalist Harriet Dunkley uncovers a secret city of interlocked conspiracies, putting innocent lives in danger including her own.
Last King of the CrossLast King of the Cross · 2023
Last King of the Cross
6.32023
SeriesDramaCrime
Inspired by John Ibrahim's best-selling autobiography, this series is an operatic story of two brothers, Sam and John Ibrahim who organize the street but lose each other in their ascent to power. The story tracks John Ibrahim's rise from a poverty-stricken immigrant with no education, no money, and no prospects, to Australia's most infamous nightclub mogul in Sydney's Kings Cross — a mini-Atlantic City, barely half a mile long with every form of criminality on offer.
Five BedroomsFive Bedrooms · 2019
Five Bedrooms
6.62019
SeriesDramaComedy
Five different people at different times of their lives bond at a wedding after being seated together at the singles table. After a few too many drinks, the solution to all of their problems seems to be buying a five-bedroom house together.
PhoenixPhoenix · 1992
Phoenix
7.31992
SeriesCrimeDrama
Phoenix is an Australian police drama television series. Phoenix screened as two thirteen-part series on Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1992 and 1993. The first series of Phoenix in 1992 recounted the investigation of the bombing of the Victorian state police headquarters, loosely based on a real case in the mid-1980s, the Russell Street Bombing. It was aided by extensive research into police techniques and was lauded as one of the most realistic depictions of police investigation techniques, including both surveillance and forensics, as well as having an involving storyline. The series was notable for its dark visual tone and for its no-holds-barred attitude to violence and language. It spawned a second thirteen-part series, Phoenix II, in 1993 as well as a spin-off series, Janus, in 1994 devoted to the machinations of court cases. The series was created and produced by Tony McDonald and Alison Nisselle and screened by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The ABC have released Series 1 and 2 on DVD as a 4 DVD box set.
Darby and JoanDarby and Joan · 2022
Darby and Joan
6.12022
SeriesMysteryDrama
An English widow on a reluctant quest. An Australian detective escaping his past. When lives collide, two strangers embark on an epic outback odyssey together.
SeaChangeSeaChange · 1998
SeaChange
7.61998
SeriesDramaComedy
SeaChange is a popular Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2000 on the ABC. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard, Tom Long and Kerry Armstrong. The director was Michael Carson. Filming was based at Barwon Heads, Victoria and St Leonards, Victoria, both locations being on the Bellarine Peninsula. A number of streets in the St Leonards Sea Change Estate have since been named to acknowledge some of the characters of the series. Many scenes were also filmed in Williamstown, including the exterior of the Williamstown Life Saving Club, which became the court house of Pearl Bay.
Fat Tony & CoFat Tony & Co · 2014
Fat Tony & Co
7.02014
SeriesCrimeDrama
The true story of Tony Mokbel; how he grew entangled with the country’s most notorious underworld figures, how he built his massive fortune, and how he became a fugitive on a yacht bound for Greece, desperate to escape mounting criminal law battles.
Catching MilatCatching Milat · 2015
Catching Milat
7.32015
SeriesCrime
A psychological thriller based on the investigation into the 1990s backpacker murders leading to the arrest and conviction of serial killer Ivan Milat. NSW police are on the search for a murderer after the bodies of backpackers are found in Belanglo State Forest. Catching Milat is the story of the men who brought the killer to justice.
The Wrong GirlThe Wrong Girl · 2016
The Wrong Girl
6.12016
SeriesDrama
Lily, the producer of a successful cooking segment on a daily morning television show, and her flatmate Simone are taking a sabbatical from men. But Lily falls in love with Jack, the show's gorgeous new chef.
False WitnessFalse Witness · 2009
False Witness
4.52009
SeriesDrama
A British diplomat is arrested on charges of working with Russian mafia. After death threats to his wife, they are taken into protective custody. Then the MI6 shows up with a new piece of the puzzle.
Party TricksParty Tricks · 2014
Party Tricks
6.52014
SeriesDrama
Party Tricks is an Australian television series set to screen on Network Ten in 2014. The six part series follows the story of Kate Ballard, a committed and rigorous politician who seems assured to become the next State Premier until a shock new opposition leader is selected, David McLeod, a popular television and radio personality. Kate and David had a secret, tumultuous affair. The six part drama is created by Michael Lucas and produced by John Edwards and Imogen Banks for Southern Star Entertainment.
Soul MatesSoul Mates · 2014
Soul Mates
7.32014
SeriesComedy
Soul Mates has fun with big life questions as the twin souls of a pair of Bondi Hipsters appear throughout history and the future in a fresh blend of sketch comedy with a narrative arc.