Bio
Lynne McGranger is an Australian actress best known for her role as Irene Roberts in the Australian soapie Home And Away.
Born in the Sydney suburb of Paddington, McGranger graduated from the Riverina College of Advanced Education in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, in 1975. She worked as a primary school teacher before studying acting, voice, dance, mime and gymnastics with Penrith's Q Theatre in 1982/3.
In the late 1980s/early 1990s she was a member of comedy group "The Natural Normans" ("Australia's leading drag kings"), with Denise Scott, Sally Anne Upton and Lynda Gibson. The foursome starred as The Natural Normans in the 1992 made-for-TV movie Vaudeville.
She performed in several Q Theatre productions including Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and As You Like It and Alan Aykbourne's How The Other Half Loves. She also appeared in other productions in Melbourne for the Anthill, Playbox and Theatreworks companies and worked in cabaret and stand-up comedy.
In Melbourne, Lynne began working on some short film projects and started getting TV work with a guest role on The Flying Doctors. She has since appeared in the ABC telemovie Unit 64 (Street Angels), the Gluttony episode of the ABC Seven Deadly Sins series and Skytrackers for the Seven Network.
In 1993 she was cast in Home And Away in a guest role, but was subsequently offered a permanent role, which she continues to play today.