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Bree Bain

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Bree Bain
Born
Bree Desborough

(1979-09-22) 22 September 1979 (age 45)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present
Known forHome and Away

Bree Bain (née Desborough; born 22 September 1979) is an Australian actress.[1] She is known for her role as Justine Welles in the soap opera Home and Away.[2]

Early life

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Bain was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1979.

Bree married a Canadian man named Cale Bain and they have two children.

Career

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Bain began her acting career in 1995, making her debut in a guest appearance in medical series G.P.. She made a guest appearance on Water Rats before landing her first major role on the soap opera Home and Away, playing the part of Justine Welles for three years from 1997 to 2000. Desborough tackled several controversial storylines as Justine, including drug addiction and false imprisonment for battering a baby who later died.[2]

She is also known for her role as Shelley Southall on the short-lived drama series Always Greener, for which she appeared from 2002 to 2003. In 2004, Desborough played a small role in the television mini-series Salem's Lot, a remake of the 1979 cult mini-series, based on the novel by Stephen King.

Her other television credits include the Canadian television series The Smart Woman Survival Guide, the television film Curse of the Iron Mask and All Saints. In 2009, she appeared in her first feature film, I Wish I Were Stephanie V, with Clayton Watson and Kain O'Keeffe.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 The Intruder Angela Short film
2010 I Wish I Were Stephanie V Angela Matthews
2012 Bathing Franky Susie
2014 The Half Dead Patty Post-production
2023 The Royal Hotel TBD Telluride Film Festival 2023
TBA Shadow Wars Patty Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1995 G.P. Tanya Episode: "Trapped"
1996 Water Rats Sally Episode: "V.I.P."
1997–2000 Home and Away Justine Welles Series regular
2001–2003 Always Greener Shelley Southall Series regular
2004 Salem's Lot Sandy McDougall TV film
2006 The Smart Women Survival Guide Registration Woman Episode: "Basic Instinct"
2007 Curse of the Iron Mask Ivory TV film
2009 All Saints Claudia Episode: "Behind Closed Doors"
2018–2019 After Nightfall Melinda Naylor 4 episodes
2019 Time & Place Katie Sim Webseries
2023 The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart May Miniseries (3 episodes)

References

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  1. ^ "Home and Away Interview – Bree Bain on her years as Justine Welles". Back to the Bay. 14 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Welles, Justine". backtothebay.net. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
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