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Sydney Morning Herald
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘It was really liberating': Bump's teen mum is all grown up in courtroom drama
Just as Nathalie Morris was preparing to shed the skin of the character that made her a star – teenage mum Oly, from Claudia Karvan and Kelsey Munro 's Stan* family saga Bump, which ended last year after five seasons – a gift from the anti-typecasting gods arrived. As charismatic clubber Jazmyn Tanner, part of the ensemble of jurors in the third season of The Twelve, the Australian adaptation of Belgian courtroom drama De twaalf, Morris' metamorphosis is complete. Physically, she is unrecognisable, the familiar honey blonde swish and furrowed brow replaced by burgundy choppy layers and a wicked smirk. Morris relished Jazmyn's storyline that delves into the darkness of fast and intense female friendships, in parallel with a fictitious 1968 double-murder cold case. 'It was really liberating,' Morris says. 'I love Oly, and I think that she's a very complicated and three-dimensional character, but she's become like second skin. Sometimes I feel like I'm not acting any more. I always joke with Claudia, 'Are we doing our job, or are we just being ourselves at this point?' So it was really great to step into a character that did feel like I was exercising some muscles. It was a very creative experience.' Loading The 28-year-old actor, who in 2023 was named as an international rising star by the Casting Guild of Australia, joins a stellar cast that includes Sam Neill, reprising his role as defence lawyer Brett Colby, Danielle Cormack as the prosecutor, William Zappa as the accused, Sarah Peirse as his wife, and Eryn Jean Norvill as a recently slain true-crime author. Among the actors playing jury members are Ewen Leslie, Paul Tassone, Phoenix Raei and Bessie Holland. 'There were really great, funny, intelligent cast members in that jury,' Morris says. 'And we spent so much time together – all of those court days. Every witness was essentially two days' filming. So if you count the number of witnesses in the show, we were in that courtroom for a month, just sitting there together, observing.' Just like a real jury, the actors were left to crime-solve by themselves, only finding out the identity of the killer as close as possible to filming. Having never done jury duty in real life, Morris says she would one day 'love to', though she does not indulge in the popular fascination with true crime. She didn't even follow closely the recent headline-grabbing Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial. 'I'm a very sensitive person and I get quite disheartened with the media portrayal of people and the sensationalised drama of it all,' Morris says. 'But I do find it fascinating that a group of people that are randomly selected have to decide on the fate of a person or of a case … It's such an incredible idea for a show [such as The Twelve ] to centre around these people that have to come together with all of their different existing prejudices and backgrounds and hash things out. It's such an interesting way into understanding the society that we live in.' Loading With New Zealand actress Hanah Tayeb, who plays more reserved jury member Gretel, with whom Jazmyn quickly forms a destructive bond, Morris enjoyed 'unpacking' their characters' intense relationship. 'I got invested in that dynamic between Gretel and Jazmyn,' she says. 'What we're exploring between with them as friends is narcissistic personality traits … In the rehearsal process, we were all sharing about different relationships that we've had or observed, and different versions of Jazmyn that we've all had in our lives, or versions of Gretel. I've definitely had people come into my life that I've really admired and been drawn to and felt like I wanted to latch on to for some sort of personal transformation. And I think I've been that for other people at different times.' Having taken the unusual step for an aspiring Australian actor and undergone training in New Zealand, at acclaimed Wellington drama school Toi Whakaari and then getting her start on iconic Kiwi soap Shortland Street, Morris was right at home with The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer' s Kiwi cast (Neill, Peirse, Cormack). 'I loved my time at Toi, and I think that New Zealand is a really creative place, like Tasmania,' she says. 'Smaller places end up being so much more innovative because they have less money, but so much heart. I'm seeing more and more New Zealanders across a lot of different casts. Even on Bump we had Arlo Green. I think that New Zealanders are very grounded and there's a connection to culture there that is a little bit stronger than in Australia.' Loading Having experienced the buzz of the writers' room when she penned an episode of Bump (the series has just wrapped its apparently final incarnation, a Christmas movie), Morris is keen to explore a holistically creative path in the industry. 'I've had a really good role model in Claudia [Karvan], in terms of how she works,' Morris says. 'Her heart and her mind are very much in the right place. In this industry, especially when you're so young, it's such a big world, and you come out of school, and you really have no idea … I've learnt the things that I want to prioritise, and the way I want to engage with writers and directors, and how I want to work because Bump was such a collaborative show. I like to be involved in that storytelling process. It really is where my interest lies.' She hopes one day to collaborate with her partner, Safe Home director Stevie Cruz-Martin, who, before the couple met, directed two episodes of the second local season of The Twelve. 'Stevie's on her path at the moment, and I'm on mine, and one day we will definitely do something together. She's such a phenomenal director that I would be honoured to be directed by her. I would definitely one day love to work with her, and I think she feels the same way.'
The Age
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
‘It was really liberating': Bump's teen mum is all grown up in courtroom drama
Just as Nathalie Morris was preparing to shed the skin of the character that made her a star – teenage mum Oly, from Claudia Karvan and Kelsey Munro 's Stan* family saga Bump, which ended last year after five seasons – a gift from the anti-typecasting gods arrived. As charismatic clubber Jazmyn Tanner, part of the ensemble of jurors in the third season of The Twelve, the Australian adaptation of Belgian courtroom drama De twaalf, Morris' metamorphosis is complete. Physically, she is unrecognisable, the familiar honey blonde swish and furrowed brow replaced by burgundy choppy layers and a wicked smirk. Morris relished Jazmyn's storyline that delves into the darkness of fast and intense female friendships, in parallel with a fictitious 1968 double-murder cold case. 'It was really liberating,' Morris says. 'I love Oly, and I think that she's a very complicated and three-dimensional character, but she's become like second skin. Sometimes I feel like I'm not acting any more. I always joke with Claudia, 'Are we doing our job, or are we just being ourselves at this point?' So it was really great to step into a character that did feel like I was exercising some muscles. It was a very creative experience.' Loading The 28-year-old actor, who in 2023 was named as an international rising star by the Casting Guild of Australia, joins a stellar cast that includes Sam Neill, reprising his role as defence lawyer Brett Colby, Danielle Cormack as the prosecutor, William Zappa as the accused, Sarah Peirse as his wife, and Eryn Jean Norvill as a recently slain true-crime author. Among the actors playing jury members are Ewen Leslie, Paul Tassone, Phoenix Raei and Bessie Holland. 'There were really great, funny, intelligent cast members in that jury,' Morris says. 'And we spent so much time together – all of those court days. Every witness was essentially two days' filming. So if you count the number of witnesses in the show, we were in that courtroom for a month, just sitting there together, observing.' Just like a real jury, the actors were left to crime-solve by themselves, only finding out the identity of the killer as close as possible to filming. Having never done jury duty in real life, Morris says she would one day 'love to', though she does not indulge in the popular fascination with true crime. She didn't even follow closely the recent headline-grabbing Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial. 'I'm a very sensitive person and I get quite disheartened with the media portrayal of people and the sensationalised drama of it all,' Morris says. 'But I do find it fascinating that a group of people that are randomly selected have to decide on the fate of a person or of a case … It's such an incredible idea for a show [such as The Twelve ] to centre around these people that have to come together with all of their different existing prejudices and backgrounds and hash things out. It's such an interesting way into understanding the society that we live in.' Loading With New Zealand actress Hanah Tayeb, who plays more reserved jury member Gretel, with whom Jazmyn quickly forms a destructive bond, Morris enjoyed 'unpacking' their characters' intense relationship. 'I got invested in that dynamic between Gretel and Jazmyn,' she says. 'What we're exploring between with them as friends is narcissistic personality traits … In the rehearsal process, we were all sharing about different relationships that we've had or observed, and different versions of Jazmyn that we've all had in our lives, or versions of Gretel. I've definitely had people come into my life that I've really admired and been drawn to and felt like I wanted to latch on to for some sort of personal transformation. And I think I've been that for other people at different times.' Having taken the unusual step for an aspiring Australian actor and undergone training in New Zealand, at acclaimed Wellington drama school Toi Whakaari and then getting her start on iconic Kiwi soap Shortland Street, Morris was right at home with The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer' s Kiwi cast (Neill, Peirse, Cormack). 'I loved my time at Toi, and I think that New Zealand is a really creative place, like Tasmania,' she says. 'Smaller places end up being so much more innovative because they have less money, but so much heart. I'm seeing more and more New Zealanders across a lot of different casts. Even on Bump we had Arlo Green. I think that New Zealanders are very grounded and there's a connection to culture there that is a little bit stronger than in Australia.' Loading Having experienced the buzz of the writers' room when she penned an episode of Bump (the series has just wrapped its apparently final incarnation, a Christmas movie), Morris is keen to explore a holistically creative path in the industry. 'I've had a really good role model in Claudia [Karvan], in terms of how she works,' Morris says. 'Her heart and her mind are very much in the right place. In this industry, especially when you're so young, it's such a big world, and you come out of school, and you really have no idea … I've learnt the things that I want to prioritise, and the way I want to engage with writers and directors, and how I want to work because Bump was such a collaborative show. I like to be involved in that storytelling process. It really is where my interest lies.' She hopes one day to collaborate with her partner, Safe Home director Stevie Cruz-Martin, who, before the couple met, directed two episodes of the second local season of The Twelve. 'Stevie's on her path at the moment, and I'm on mine, and one day we will definitely do something together. She's such a phenomenal director that I would be honoured to be directed by her. I would definitely one day love to work with her, and I think she feels the same way.'
ABC News
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Claudia Karvan
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Hi. One of the strangest but most beautiful things about life is that humans can experience all these contradictory things at the same time. So moments of joy in the middle of great sadness; humour amid tragedy, all of that. You look at the actress Claudia Karvan and you see this polished, accomplished, optimistic woman who's been on our screens now for decades, kicking goal after goal. But what you don't see is the constant juggle of a turbulent family life. (Claudia Karvan's house before the AACTA Awards) Claudia Karvan: I'm just getting made up with everyone from Bump. We're having a bit of a pre-AACTA's party. We were nominated for best director, best editor, best actor, actress, whatever. And best show. CLAUDIA KARVAN: If only I could go back in time and just talk to my 20-year-old self and just go, man, you know. There's so much pressure on people in their twenties, particularly as an actor, like this is you at your peak, it's all downhill from here. And it's not been like that at all. (Midday Show 1987) Ray Martin: Claudia, you're still at school. How old are you now? Claudia Karvan: 15 Ray Martin: Do you want to be an actress or is this simply just spare time freelance stuff. Claudia Karvan: Um, No I'd like to be one, but I'd need professional training though. (Paperback Hero) Ruby Vale: Now is the time, Jack. You've got to be able to become your dream. JOHN EDWARDS, PRODUCER: In that early 20s period, she was a movie star. She was, you know, just captivating. (Paperback Hero) Ruby Vale: I don't want a bloody wedding you stupid bastard. JOHN EDWARDS, PRODUCER: But I sensed that she had ambitions beyond … beyond being an actor. (Sweatshop arts centre, Parramatta) Claudia Karvan: So I'm here at Sweatshop in Parramatta, working on an adaptation of Michael Mohammed Ahmad's book The Other Half of You, which we're hoping to adapt for a TV show. Ten half hours. JOHN EDWARDS, PRODUCER: I think Claudia has to be regarded as the most successful producer in Australia. More so than anybody by miles. As a producer, nearly all of her shows have been hits. AUDREY KARVAN-SPARKS, DAUGHTER: All her storytelling and everything that she takes from her life, her childhood and everything she went through and how she grew up – she has so much material there. (Sweatshop literary centre, Parramatta) Claudia Karvan: I had a friend like her when I was a teenager. CLAUDIA KARVAN: The way I evaluate and understand my life is putting it into drama. Even with my mum. like some devastating crap will happen in my family life and my mum will be, you know, crying. She'll be going, 'Can you use this? Can you use this in one of your TV shows?' 'Yeah, I will, Mum. I'll put it in somewhere. It'll be worth it.' TITLE: Making a Scene CLAUDIA KARVAN: When my biological dad, Peter Robins, was alive I was a lot more protective of my privacy. He was eventually diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. He could get quite vindictive or quite upset about stuff in the media about family. So I just always knew that delving into family stuff was sort of a little bit dangerous or going to be complicated. Peter, my father, passed away May, in 2022. As a sort of a symptom of his mental health issues, he constantly wrote different wills. He'd lodged one in 1988, I was 16 years old, and I was like, Oh, can't wait to read this. But then it gets to the part about me and my brother Rupert and he writes ... it's on page five: 'I hereby disinherit and disown and disassociate myself from Rupert Temple Karvan and Claudia Karvan.' I was like, oh, I did not expect that. My first reaction was to be sort of like, a lot of anger and tears for a couple of hours. And then I was sort of disappointed in myself – so sort of, why do I have these positive expectations? CLAUDIA KARVAN: Now that he's passed away, I feel like I can talk about my relationship with my dad and and those stories. And it just feels … everything feels a bit lighter. CLAUDIA KARVAN: Peter, my dad, he met my mum just socially, I think. Rupert, my brother, was born and then they sort of were separating and then my mum sort of went back, you know, and that sort of back and forth sort of separation. And then I'm a product of that. I'm like a … I'm the mercy fuck. You'll never put that in will you. CLAUDIA KARVAN: My stepdad, Arthur, then fell in love with my mum and she didn't even know she was pregnant with me. So that's pretty wild. And then it was all just ... it was just horrible, I think, for all of them. My mum changed my name to Karven, and my brother's name, and that was always a wound in my father's side, forever. CLAUDIA KARVAN: My mum said I was just born with a happy disposition. Just connected with people very quickly, very easily. My brothers were not like that at all. CLAUDIA KARVAN: So we were living in Woollahra. And then they bought the building that became Arthur's. (Victoria Street, Potts Point) Claudia Karvan: So this is Victoria Street, Pott's Point. This is where I grew up. So we moved into the street when I was six. And the nightclub ran until I was about 16. So yeah, we lived in the street for about 10 years in lots of different places. CLAUDIA KARVAN: Arthur's was part brasserie, part bar, part restaurant, part nightclub. It sort of attracted the fashion scene and drag queens and musicians and actors and producers. And you know all the '80s excess, like so much excess. Like crazy. (Victoria Street, Potts Point) Claudia Karvan: Parents would still be drunk in bed and we'd go over, open up the nightclub and scout around and you can find … we were just scavengers. You'd find … everyone would like drop a $20 bill or like 50 cents. Or like, you'd make good money. Find some jewellery, find little packets of illicit substances and parents go, 'Oh, I'll take that''. CLAUDIA KARVAN: I'm still close to Mum and Dad, Arthur and Gabrielle. Mum lives around the corner, so I see her a lot. And Arthur is in Bali. (Arthur Karvan's house in Bali) Arthur Karvan: We didn't lead a nuclear family life. Claudia Karvan: Yeah Arthur Karvan: And all the staff loved you. And you loved the staff. They spoilt you like you wouldn't believe. And they were always doing things for you that we wouldn't do. And ah ... Claudia Karvan: I know, I have to say I think if I had a dollar for every person who's come up to me and said, I babysat you when you were a kid, I'd be a millionaire. Arthur Karvan: I know. Well, I mean, we we sort of had that life where we were coming home and you were off on your way to school. AUDREY KARVAN-SPARKS, DAUGHTER: I'm so glad that wasn't my childhood. I think it's incredible because it made her who she is, and that's awesome. But I wouldn't swap with her. (Outside the former site of Arthur's, Victoria Street, Potts Point) Claudia: It was a stressful way, I think, to raise a family and have three kids. A lot of socialising, a lot of alcohol, a lot of all that sort of stuff. So, you know, not always great. JEREMY SPARKS, FORMER PARTNER: From day one, I think, you know, she was the adult. There weren't a lot of adults around. Or if they were they were kind of doing other things. CLAUDIA KARVAN: As a result of my childhood, I think it's made me really, really avoid, you know, excesses or anything that can destabilise me. I'm very, very alive to that. Like, you know, not being in a volatile situation. AUDREY KARVAN-SPARKS, DAUGHTER: I think she did a really great job of breaking away from any sort of toxic cycles that she'd inherited from her parents. The way she brought me up and my brother and how we lived as kids. I would not at all link that to how she was brought up. CLAUDIA KARVAN: When I grew up in the Cross with the nightclub a lot of the visitors were producers and directors and film industry people and so they just sort of reached out to kids that were around to audition for things. I had zero ability or awareness or whatever or interest, really. And then I went through this auditioning process to be in Molly, which was a kid's film. I was 10 years old. (Molly 1983) Claudia Karvan as Maxie: If you were looking after something for someone and you lost it, what would you do? CLAUDIA KARVAN: And then Gillian Armstrong auditioned me for High Tide. JUSTINE CLARKE, ACTOR AND FRIEND: We both auditioned for it, and she got it and she was so completely perfect for it. When I went to see it afterwards, I just thought, Oh, of course. She was just so perfectly Judy Davis's daughter. (High Tide 1987) Claudia Karvan as Ally: Can you read hands? Judy Davis as Lillie: No Claudia Karvan as Ally: I thought you could. Here, which one's my lifeline. Judy Davis as Lillie: Oh my God. Um, that one I think. CLAUDIA KARVAN: There was no acting in those scenes with Judy and I. Like, I was just in love with her. You know, you can't act that. And so you … and to act opposite a woman like that, like, you don't have to do much. You just … you're listening. And that's what acting is, is listening and responding to the person you're in a scene with. (High Tide 1987) Judy Davis as Lillie: I'm sorry Claudia Karvan as Ally: What? Judy Davis as Lillie: I said I'm sorry. Isn't that what you want? (The Midday Show, 1987) Ray Martin: How did you cry then? I mean, how do you suddenly turn on the tears? Claudia Karvan: You just mope around and get sadder and sadder. Ray Martin: How do you mope and get sad when you're 14? What did you do? Think of … Claudia Karvan: Just think about sad things. Think about mum and dad. Think about the role. And it just comes. I don't really know. Ray Martin: But they were real tears? Claudia: Yeah. JOHN EDWARDS, PRODUCER: She was the reason for the film's success, in my view. She was the captivating moment. I think openness is the thing that the camera picks up and that was the start of it for her. CLAUDIA KARVAN: After High Tide I got offered a role on Home and Away. At the same time, I got offered The Last Resort on the ABC. And we chose the ABC job, which I'm just so grateful for. Massive sliding doors moment. Yeah, I wouldn't have survived the Home and Away machine. I would not have survived that at all. (The Last Resort) Claudia Karvan as Emma: Is that for Mum? Kris McQuade as Jennifer: Yeah. Claudia Karvan as Emma: Are you going to put her real age on it? Kris McQuade as Jennifer: Sure. Women who lie about their age lie about everything else. CLAUDIA KARVAN: The ABC job was like really unsuccessful. No one watched it. (The Last Resort) Claudia Karvan as Emma: You taken out life insurance? CLAUDIA KARVAN: I put in appalling performances. After like an episode would go to air I'd go into my room just like dying with shame and my mum would walk past my door going, 'Don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs. Worthington.' I'd be like, oh Jesus. (The 7.30 Report, 1993) Quentin Dempster: At only 21, Claudia Karvan is being touted as Australia's next big film actor Claudia Karvan: My mum was always, you know, be a lawyer, go to uni – please, you know – for three years. Get a real job, you know. CLAUDIA KARVAN: I sort of saw the beauty of acting but I also was very aware of the pitfalls and how inconsistent it is, how ... you know, all the media stuff, all that sort of manipulation. (The Heartbreak Kid) Claudia: Just leave me alone, OK. CLAUDIA KARVAN: I wrestled with that for quite a long time and sometimes I would self-sabotage. Go to work, you know, not having not slept the night before – stupid, stupid things. So I'm lucky to have held on to my career through all that. JUSTINE CLARKE, ACTOR AND FRIEND: Claudia and I lived together in our early twenties for a couple of years. When you'd go out with her, we'd all get dressed up and go out to a nightclub, she'd bring a cardigan. She'd always look amazing, but she'd bring a cardigan because she'd know it was going to get cold. She was always very, you know, sensible and pragmatic but also kind of a wild child as well. CLAUDIA KARVAN: There was always a lot of pressure to go to Hollywood. I attempted the Hollywood thing a few times. I just was never comfortable there. I felt really out of my depth. I felt very nervous and sort of weirdly … like this existential loneliness that hits you in LA that a lot of people talk about, I just could not have survived that. Then because I was in love with Jez, I had a stepdaughter. So, you know, it wasn't really an option. JEREMY SPARKS, FORMER PARTNER: When Claude and I kind of got together I would have been about 24 or 25 and Claude would have been just in her early twenties. I look back then and I almost go, who gave those children a child to look after? CLAUDIA KARVAN: I did settle down early. It's strange. Like I was 22 when I became a stepmother. I was like looking after a four-year-old at the age of 22. But I felt really old. At 22, I felt like I'd done everything and seen everything. JOHN EDWARDS, PRODUCER: Claudia in her 20s was a film star and it was definitely known that she would not do television. CLAUDIA KARVAN: I was a real film snob. I just only did films. Then Secret Life of Us came along. The Secret Life of Us (Southern Star Entertainment, Network Ten, 2001) Samuel Johnson as Evan: What didn't you like about it? Claudia Karvan as Alex: I didn't like that all the guys were kind of scruffy and messy and charismatic and all the girls were gorgeous with great bodies. It just seemed like male fantasy bullshit to me. CLAUDIA KARVAN: You get into TV and suddenly it's like, oh my God, people are watching this. So that was like a real game changer. That was fabulous. The Secret Life of Us (Southern Star Entertainment, Network Ten, 2001) Deborah Mailman as Kelly: Are you a lesbian? Claudia Karvan as Alex: I could be. Actually on some level I'm sure I am. JOHN EDWARDS, PRODUCER: Claude is clearly bright and I suspected that her intelligence should be harnessed beyond just being an actor. CLAUDIA KARVAN: John Edwards approached me and said, 'Do you want to produce something with me? You know, you want to create a show together?' I was like, why don't we do a show set in Sydney, all about your thirties and all about the legacy of past relationships. So I was sort of riffing on what I was experiencing in my own life. And that became Love My Way. JUSTINE CLARKE, ACTOR AND FRIEND: What was so refreshing about Love My Way was that it was a kind of bald truth that I don't think we'd seen in drama like that before. Love My Way (2004, Southern Star, Foxtel) Asher Keddie as Julia: She's been a brat all day. Claudia Karvan as Frankie: So what? Asher Keddie as Julia: This is my house I have to be able to take care of the kids in my own way. I'm not you, Frankie. I don't mother like you. Claudia Karvan as Frankie: What's that supposed to mean? How do I mother? Dan Wylie as Charlie: Let's just chill out a bit here, OK Claudia Karvan as Frankie: If she's a problem I can … Dan Wylie as Charlie: She's not a problem. JEREMY SPARKS, FORMER PARTNER: When Claude did Love My Way, it, it really captured, I guess, our upbringing as children with our parents and how they were functionally dysfunctional. And then oddly we lived a bit like that, too, in our own way. Love My Way (2004, Southern Star, Foxtel) Dan Wylie as Charlie: You know it occurred to me that you left me because you wanted to get a life and here you are still trying to find one. Claudia Karvan as Frankie: This is about Lou, you arsehole. Dan Wylie as Charlie: No it's not. It's not. It's about you. CLAUDIA KARVAN: I never had any aspirations to be a producer. I didn't even know what a producer did. From woah to go. It was just an absolute eye opener. And I was like, this is incredibly creative. JOHN EDWARDS, PRODUCER: The whole idea of creating something from the ground up, it's great fun and she took to it. I don't think she missed a single writer's meeting. She never missed an edit. CLAUDIA KARVAN: Becoming a producer on Love My Way and becoming a creator of a TV show, yeah, changed the course of my career. (Claudia at home with Jeremy, Audrey and Albee) Claudia: I don't know what kind of salad I'm making here. Something edible. So I was just going to stick that in the air-fryer as well. CLAUDIA KARVAN: Jez and I were together for 21 years, 21 and a half, almost 22 years. And, yeah, I mean, we started relationship counselling like four years before it ended. So it was like it was just getting just hard. JEREMY SPARKS, FORMER PARTNER: It was a choice that Claude made, and I wasn't necessarily as finger on the pulse. I don't read things emotionally as well as Claude. So um ... and she made a really good call for us both. AUDREY KARVAN-SPARKS, DAUGHTER: They told us they were breaking up. And then about two or three weeks later, we went on a family holiday to Sri Lanka, Thailand and India. Like whose parents tell you they're breaking up and then bring all the kids on a holiday? It was almost traumatising. I don't think I went through what other people would say was a divorce or a normal split whatsoever. We've had family Christmases all together since the year they split. CLAUDIA KARVAN: Separating, life became a lot calmer A lot easier. So it was the right thing to do. Definitely. Yeah, it's just … everything's a lot more manageable. (Claudia in car on the way to visit Rupert) Claudia Karvan: So I'm on my way to see my brother, Rupert. He lives in a boarding house now. He's been here for about four years, I think. And he's doing extremely well. JEREMY SPARKS, FORMER PARTNER: Claud's relationship with Rupert. I mean, it's a really special one. Like with Peter, her father, she's taken the parent role and she took it many, many, many years ago. (Claudia in car on the way to visit Rupert) Claudia Karvan: Rupert has schizophrenia. I think he was diagnosed in his early thirties. I said to Rupert once, how would you feel if you saw in print, Claudia's brother has schizophrenia and Rupe was like, 'Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia. Is that what I've got?' I was like, 'Yeah.' 'Schizophrenia? Yeah. No, I love that. I'd love to ... I'd love to read that, Claude.' So once I got his blessing then it felt like something that I was allowed to talk about comfortably. And and I yeah, I think it's really important to talk about it. (Claudia and Rupert outside his boarding house) Claudia: Hey, Rupe. Rupert: Hi, Claude. Claudia: How are you? Rupert: Good, how are you? Claudia: Good. I'm alright. OK, let's go and get cigarettes. Claudia: Yeah? Rupert: Yep. Claudia: Let's do it. How's your morning been? Rupert: I'm a bit worried but OK. Claudia: Worried? What are you worried about? Rupert: Oh, everything to do with life. Claudia: Right? Not having a good day? Rupert: Not having a good day. No. JUSTINE CLARKE, ACTOR AND FRIEND: What Claudia has done all through her life is include her family in her life in what looked like a very easy kind of a way. But I'm sure it wasn't. Claudia and Rupert in corner shop Claudia: He's not in a good mood today. But that's all right. CLAUDIA KARVAN: Rupert lived for a long time in the public housing. He wasn't coping on his own at all. He was sort of walking around armed with a knife and like he'd shave his face and he'd have blood on his face. He'd spend a year in some sort of rehabilitation clinic and then come out and be just as bad. So it was just this terrible cycle. You just like there's just this revolving door of psychiatrists and nurses and social workers and they're all trying to help solve ... And it's like, Oh, my God, how do I explain this? And every time they're starting from scratch and you try and explain your brother and it's like … Yeah. (Claudia and Rupert in the park) Claudia: Would you come and see my play? Did you know I was doing a play next year? Rupert: No, you told me. That's good. I'll come. Claudia: Mum might come too. CLAUDIA KARVAN: And then he moved into, like, community housing and I was like, I didn't know anything like this existed with this sort of support. It's just like a miracle how much better his life is. (Claudia and Rupert in the park) Claudia: I think you'd enjoy it Rupert: Yeah, I enjoy plays Claudia: Do you? Rupert: Haven't seen one in years. Claudia: No. What was the last play you saw? CLAUDIA KARVAN: He's a bit like me. He loves rules and he abides by the rules. So he lives really well now. (Claudia and Rupert outside his boarding house) Claudia: See you later, alligator. I'll see you tomorrow. Rupert: Yeah. Claudia: Enjoy your summer roll. Rupert: Thank you. CLAUDIA KARVAN: Managing people that are close to you that have mental health issues does make you reflect on your own mental health and how to preserve it. (Claudia at Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross) Claudia Karvan: So this is the reception at Wayside Chapel. I volunteer here. It's something I do when I don't feel like I'm really coping very well, I come and work here. It's strange. And when I'm really coping well, I'm like, I don't. (Claudia at Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross) Claudia Karvan: They have a sort of an approach here, which is the visitors are people to be met, not problems to be fixed. And that really set off a light bulb in my head about my brother and well, also my father, my other dad, Peter. CLAUDIA KARVAN: Since my father passed last year, it's really an interesting period of just trying to reflect on what was that, that relationship. When he had his grandiose delusions and his schizoaffective breakdown or whatever he would develop all these conspiracies about me and paranoias. And he was very abusive. So you just … you couldn't get through to him through those periods of time. You'd get gaps where you could engage with him and the kids could go to Luna Park with him. And and then it would switch back. AUDREY KARVAN-SPARKS, DAUGHTER: He was definitely a hard presence to be around sometimes. Yeah. He felt the need to bring a lot of negative energy into things with not a lot of reasoning except for probably a lot of baggage that he was carrying. CLAUDIA KARVAN: Your mental health is something you can never take for granted. A lot of it is about not allowing yourself to be contaminated by anger or self-pity. So you've just got to, you know, keep your eye on the prize. Just kindness, openness, generosity, patience, friends, community, avoiding stress. All that sort of stuff. JOHN EDWARDS, PRODUCER: Having a tumultuous childhood can be very useful in our business. What we're often doing in writer's rooms and writing things, we try to turn our problems into virtues. CLAUDIA KARVAN: Writers' rooms are where you just … everything just comes out. It's like a very private sort of workspace where everyone brings their own life to the table and you turn it into, you know, episodes of television. We're telling each other stories all the time about our own lives, about each other's lives. That's what storytelling is all about. CLAUDIA KARVAN: Bump's the most recent show I've worked on. I'm co-producer, co-creator and I'm in it. Bump, season 1 (Roadshow Rough Diamond, Stan) Nathalie Morris as Oly: Can you please turn down the music, Angie Claudia Karvan as Angie: Do you have to use my first name? AUDREY KARVAN-SPARKS, DAUGHTER: I think Bump, there's lots of storylines in there that reflect a lot of our family and her and our relationship as well. Bump, season 1 (Roadshow Rough Diamond, Stan) Nathalie Morris as Oly: Perhaps I should use your stripper name. AUDREY KARVAN-SPARKS, DAUGHTER: She asks me a lot about things. She goes, 'Can I use that?' Or she goes, 'Oh, that's a great ... that's a great one. Can I use that?' Bump, season 1 (Roadshow Rough Diamond, Stan) Claudia Karvan as Angie: This is your baby, Oly. CLAUDIA KARVAN: I remember Audrey was having a meltdown around the HSC, and I composed this monologue that I delivered to her. Bump, season 1 (Roadshow Rough Diamond, Stan) Claudia Karvan as Angie: You're going to love her as much as I love you. CLAUDIA KARVAN: And she just turned to me and went, 'Nothing you just said helped at all.' And we specifically put that line in. Bump, season 1 (Roadshow Rough Diamond, Stan) Nathalie Morris as Oly: Mum. Nothing you just said helps at all. CLAUDIA KARVAN: That was, like, totally Audrey's line. AUDREY KARVAN-SPARKS, DAUGHTER: She actually said to me at Christmas when we were having a chaotic family Christmas, she goes, 'If I didn't have a family like this, I probably wouldn't have had a successful career.' JEREMY SPARKS, FORMER PARTNER: Claudes immerses herself in her work. It's all encompassing, that's all that's happening at that time. She's very much … very mindful about every choice, more so than probably when she was younger. CLAUDIA KARVAN: It's been a long time since I've been on the stage – 25 years. Mitchell Butel, the director, was wondering, you know, what would get me back on stage. And I said, The Goat. I think it strikes a chord with me because it's a marriage, 22-year-old marriage. Woops [laughs] Rehearsal for Edward Albee's The Goat, Or Who is Sylvia? Claudia Karvan as Stevie: Who am I? Nathan Page as Martin: You're the love of my life. CLAUDIA KARVAN: I think it strikes a chord with me because it is a couple who have been together for 22 years and they are in the depths of despair and yet their aspiration to keep loving each other and keep communicating is always there. Rehearsal for Edward Albee's The Goat, Or Who is Sylvia? Claudia Karvan as Stevie: Let's see if I understand the phrase, you love me. JUSTINE CLARKE, ACTOR AND FRIEND: I think it's great she's returning to the stage. She's at a point in her life now where she should just do whatever the hell she wants. (Rehearsal for Edward Albee's The Goat, Or Who is Sylvia?) Mitchell Butel, director: Let's just go from, 'You said it right out and I laughed'. Claudia: You said it right out and I laughed. CLAUDIA KARVAN: I could never have predicted to be enjoying my career as much as I am now at 50. No way. No way. Because there was so much talk when I was younger about, oh, all the roles for women dry up, you know, after 35 and, you know, women are only cast for their fuck-ability. And I was like, Oh, OK, it's going to be … it's going to be quiet and lonely after 35. AUDREY KARVAN-SPARKS, DAUGHTER: The place that she's in right now, it makes me want to be her age. Like … and I'm 21. Aren't we all supposed to want to be 21? I'm like looking at my mum and I want to be 50. CLAUDIA KARVAN: Yeah, 50? Literally couldn't be happier. Couldn't have predicted that I'd feel as calm and ... Life just feels a lot simpler, nicer, clearer. Jez: How was your day? Did you work today? Claudia: No. CLAUDIA KARVAN: You know, you just ... You manage to avoid drama a lot I think when you get older, if you've … if you want to avoid it. Some people don't [laughs]. Yeah. Just feel very content and relieved. Encore screening Actor and producer Claudia Karvan is at the peak of her powers. When this episode was filmed, Karvan was getting rave reviews for her first stage performance in 25 years and was working on a new season of the award-winning TV show, Bump, which she co-created, co-produced and starred in. Karvan has been in the public eye since her first movie at the age of 10. But behind the scenes of her long and successful career, Karvan has also been managing a sometimes chaotic family life. A remarkably candid Karvan talks about growing up around her mother and stepfather's King Cross nightclub and her transition from childhood actor to adult star. She also reveals the mental health issues in her family and speaks publicly for the first time about her difficult relationship with her biological father, who died last year. Related links Stream Making A Scene on ABC iview and YouTube ABC news feature article | The secret life of Claudia Karvan as she turns her chaotic childhood into a glittering career
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15-07-2025
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Here's How Much You'd Have If You Invested $1000 in Etsy a Decade Ago
For most investors, how much a stock's price changes over time is important. This factor can impact your investment portfolio as well as help you compare investment results across sectors and industries. The fear of missing out, or FOMO, also plays a factor in investing, especially with particular tech giants, as well as popular consumer-facing stocks. What if you'd invested in Etsy (ETSY) ten years ago? It may not have been easy to hold on to ETSY for all that time, but if you did, how much would your investment be worth today? With that in mind, let's take a look at Etsy's main business drivers. Etsy is primarily an e-commerce service provider that operates a two-sided marketplace platform called The company completed its Initial Public Offering (IPO) in core operational countries include the United States, the U.K., Canada, Germany, Australia and Etsy reported revenues of $2.8 billion in 2024. Notably, the company generates revenues from marketplace activities and other optional company generated $2.02 billion of marketplace revenues, which accounted for 72.1% of the total 2024 revenues. Further, it generated $787.5 million in services revenues, which accounted for 28% of the total allows various merchants to list and sell their unique and creative products belonging to categories like homewares and home furnishings, jewelry and personal accessories, apparel, craft supplies, paper and party supplies, and beauty and personal care via its marketplace platform, which has emerged as the cash cow of Etsy, enables merchants to manage products and inventory, process orders and payments, ship orders, and build customer relationships company's strong technology infrastructure helps it deliver robust buyer and seller experience and analyze the huge volume of customer data to strengthen the performance of its marketplace Merchandise Sales (GMS), which is the key growth metric of the company, is generated from the strengthening marketplace activities. Meanwhile, services revenues are generated from fees that sellers pay for the optional services on both Etsy and Reverb marketplace. Advertising services and Etsy Shipping Labels are optional services available to sellers on the Etsy advertising products, namely Bump and Reverb Shipping Labels, are optional services available on the Reverb platform. Anyone can invest, but building a successful investment portfolio requires research, patience, and a little bit of risk. So, if you had invested in Etsy, ten years ago, you're likely feeling pretty good about your investment today. According to our calculations, a $1000 investment made in July 2015 would be worth $3,495.46, or a gain of 249.55%, as of July 15, 2025, and this return excludes dividends but includes price increases. In comparison, the S&P 500's gained 197.24% and the price of gold went up 179.60% over the same time frame. Analysts are forecasting more upside for ETSY too. Etsy is benefiting from accelerating Marketplace revenues which is driven by strength in Offsite Ads. Depop's increasing shipping label revenues is contributing well to Service revenue growth. Growing momentum across reactivated and new buyers is a plus. Increasing investments to support sellers with a targeted marketing campaign to promote the availability of a seller financing program offered via a third-party partner, are boosting active seller base stock has outperformed its industry in the year-to-date softness in large product categories like home, living and craft supplies remains a concern. Accelerating costs related to the shift to Offsite Ads and increasing marketing expenses are overhangs. Sluggish consumer discretionary spending due to macroeconomic headwinds is a major headwind in the ner-term. Over the past four weeks, shares have rallied 7.09%, and there have been 1 higher earnings estimate revisions in the past two months for fiscal 2025 compared to none lower. The consensus estimate has moved up as well. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Etsy, Inc. (ETSY) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data
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16-06-2025
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What were the most popular baby names in Illinois for 2024? One consistently at the top
On average, about 10,000 babies are born in America every day, according to data from the CDC. That equates to millions of people every year wondering "What should be the baby's name?" The Social Security Administration releases annual lists of the 1,000 most popular names in each state and across the U.S. Is your baby's name trendy or a trend setter? Liam Noah Oliver Theodore Mateo Olivia Mia Charlotte Sophia Emma According to the Bump, Liam is an Irish name meaning "strong-willed warrior." It's a diminutive of the British name William, meaning "helmet of will" or "protection." The Bump says Olivia has Latin origins, and primarily means "olive tree." Historically, it has been a name evoking nobility and the freedom of creative expression. Olivia was first popularized at the beginning of the 17th century in Shakespeare's romantic comedy, Twelfth Night. Liam Noah Oliver Theodore James Olivia Emma Amelia Charlotte Mia Liam is not only Illinois's most popular boy name, it has been the most popular name in America since 2017. It and Noah have had the top 2 spots since 2014. Theodore has been slowly picking up speed over the years. Olivia has also been a longtime queen, staying at the top since 2019. Before that, Emma held the crown, but she and Emma have been in the top 2 since 2014. Mia has been growing in numbers over the years. Miguel Legoas is a Deep South Connect Team Reporter for Gannett/USA Today. Find him on Instagram @miguelegoas and email at mlegoas@ Linda Roy, digital planner, contributed to this story This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: Here's the list of the most popular baby names in the state for 2024
