Bio
Merridy Eastman is an Australian actress and writer best known for her role as Donna Mackey in the television comedy series Packed to the Rafters, from 2011-2013.
A NIDA graduate, Merridy has performed in a number of productions for the Melbourne and Sydney Theatre Companies and spent several summers acting in botanical gardens across Australia, bringing Shakespeare to the masses.
As well as being an ex Play School presenter, Merridy has also had major roles in Neighbours, Blue Heelers, Always Greener and the neurotic Donna on Packed to the Rafters.
In 2002, Merridy wrote the best seller There's A Bear In There (And He Wants Swedish) followed in 2006 by Ridiculous Expectations. She was a contributing writer for Breast Wishes the musical (2008), and consequently featured in Penguin's anthology Thanks For the Mammaries (2009).
Merridy's third book in the memoir trilogy, How Now Brown Frau (2011), tells the story of her biggest adventure so far, waking up one morning married, pregnant and without a word of German under her belt, living in Bavaria.