“Although I'd spent many years of dreaming of being applauded for my work and recognized... once it happened I didn't quite know how to sit in it comfortably. I almost lamented it for a little while.”

Australian actress

Asher Keddie is an Australian actress who began her screen career in the mid 1980s. She is best known for her work on television, especially for her role in Offspring. Keddie has built a substantial body of television work, which has earned her the nickname "the Golden Girl of Australian Television." She also appeared in X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Dr. Carol Frost, and has theatre credits that include the Melbourne Theatre Company production of Les Liaisons dangereuses, in which she played Madame de Tourvel.