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Amy Mathews
Born (1979-03-29) 29 March 1979 (age 46)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present
Known forHome and Away
AwardsLogie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent (2007)
WebsiteOfficial site

Amy Mathews (born 29 March 1979) is an Australian television, film and theatre actress. She is best known for her role as Rachel Armstrong in Australian soap opera Home and Away.

Early life

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Mathews was born in Melbourne, Victoria, but has spent most of her life in Sydney. She was offered a scholarship at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, which she completed.[1] She then enrolled in and completed a full time acting course at Actors Centre Australia in Sydney,[2] where she met fellow Home and Away actor Jon Sivewright, who plays Tony Holden, her husband on the show. Before landing her full time role on Home and Away, Mathews waited tables to pay the bills between acting jobs.[1]

Career

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Mathews became involved with the Bell Shakespeare Company. She performed as part of the "Actors at Work" program, touring high schools in Australia and Singapore.[3] Her passion for theatre, saw her feature in a 2003 production of Cigarettes and Chocolate and Other Hang Ups.[4] Her other early theatre credits include Tracked, Push Up 1-3, Chicom, Orange Flower Water[5] and Transparency.[6][7][8]

Mathews made her on-screen acting debut in 2001, when she had a guest appearance in the short-lived television series Head Start. Following this, she landed roles in several other television series including Always Greener, Blue Heelers, Love Bytes, All Saints and the British series Jeopardy.

Mathews then played the role of doctor and psychiatrist Rachel Armstrong on long-running soap opera Home and Away, from the first episode of the 2006 season[9] until 2010 when she departed the show[10] to pursue new projects. The role of Rachel won Mathews the Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent in 2007.[11][12]

Following Home and Away, Mathews made guest appearances in Packed to the Rafters, Rescue: Special Ops and Crownies, the latter starring her former Home and Away co-stars Todd Lasance and Indiana Evans. In 2007, Mathews starred in the Australian film Gabriel.

In August 2023, Mathews joined the cast of the courtroom drama series, The Twelve for its second season, in the role of Sasha Price.[13] Her most recently screen appearance was in a 2025 episode of NCIS: Sydney, once again opposite Todd Lasance.

Mathews' other theatre credits include Macbeth (2011–2012), The Taming of the Shrew (2011–2012), The Tempest (2012–2013), The Comedy of Errors (2012–2013) and Othello (2013) with Sport for Jove. She appeared in Richard III (2014) and The Anzac Project (2015) for the Ensemble Theatre. She also performed in Coma Land (2017), Toast (2017), Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (2018/2020) and Water (2019) for Black Swan Theatre Company[14] winning a Blue Room Award for Toast[15] and a Performing Arts WA Award for Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.[16] In 2024 and 2025, she has appeared in August: Osage County, for Black Swan.[16][17]

Mathews has also starred in TV commercials. She has an interest in writing and directing, runs her own blog[18] and studies surface design.[19]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Gabriel Maggie Feature film
2020 I Met a Girl Senior Constable Harrison Feature film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 Head Start Louise Season 1, 1 episode
2002 Always Greener T'ree Season 2, 1 episode
2003 All Saints Mary Cowper Season 6, 1 episode
2003 Jeopardy Constable Tucker Season 2, 2 episodes
2004 Love Bytes Mel Season 1, 4 episodes
2004 Blue Heelers Tahnya West Season 11, 1 episode
2005 All Saints Cassie Anderson Season 8, 1 episode
2006–2010 Home and Away Rachel Armstrong Seasons 19–23, 331 episodes
2010 Packed to the Rafters Erin Moore Season 3, 2 episodes
2011 Rescue: Special Ops Claire Newell Season 3, 2 episodes
2011 Crownies Vanessa Kenay Season 1, 1 episode
2014 A Place to Call Home Amy Polson Season 2, 7 episodes
2020 The Heights Rima Season 2, 1 episode
2023 The Claremont Murders Michelle Bowman Miniseries, 2 episodes
2024 The Twelve Sasha Price 8 episodes
2025 NCIS: Sydney Heather 1 episode

Theatre

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 Cigarettes and Chocolate and Other Hang Ups Gemma Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney
2003 Tracked Rose Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney
2005 Push Up 1-3 Sabine
2010 Chicom Grunt 3 New Theatre, Sydney with Brand Spanking New
2011 Orange Flower Water Cathy Calhoun Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney[20]
2011 Transparency Jessica Seymour Centre, Sydney & Riverside Theatre Parramatta[21]
2011; 2012 Macbeth Lady Macbeth Bella Vista Farm, Everglades, Leura with Sport for Jove
2011; 2012 The Taming of the Shrew Vincentia Bella Vista Farm, Everglades, Leura, Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum with Sport for Jove
2012; 2013 The Tempest Alonsa Bella Vista Farm, Everglades, Leura with Sport for Jove
2012; 2013 The Comedy of Errors Adriana Bella Vista Farm, Everglades, Leura with Sport for Jove
2013 Othello Bianca / Duchess / Second Gentleman Seymour Centre, Sydney with Sport for Jove
2014 Richard III Anne Neville Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
2015 The Anzac Project: Dear Mum and Dad / Light Begins to Fade Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
2017 Coma Land Jinny Studio Underground, Perth with Black Swan Theatre Company
2017 Toast Alex Black Swan Theatre Company
2018; 2020 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Olive Leech Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth, Online with Black Swan Theatre Company
2019 Water Gemma / Nurse Studio Underground, Perth with Black Swan Theatre Company
2021 Bite the Hand Dale Subiaco Arts Centre, Perth with Last Great Hunt[22]
2024; 2025 August: Osage County Ivy Weston Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney, Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth with Black Swan Theatre Company[16][17]

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Awards

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Year Work Award Category Result
2007 Home and Away Logie Awards Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent Won[11]
2017 Toast Blue Room Awards Best Performance Won[16]
2018 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Performing Arts WA Awards Best Actor in a Mainstage Production (Female) Won[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Amy Mathews: from waitress to Home & Away star". www.backtothebay.net. 13 January 2006.
  2. ^ "Amy Mathews". Actors Centre Australia.
  3. ^ "Home and Away Cast Amy Mathews". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  4. ^ Stephen Dunne (1 April 2003)"Cigarettes and Chocolates and Other Hang Ups, See-Saw Theatre Company". The Sydney Morning Herald. April 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  5. ^ Jason Blake (29 March 2011)"Orange Flower Water". Brisbane Times. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  6. ^ Lloyd Bradford Skye (13 September 2011)"REVIEW: Transparency – York Theatre, Sydney". crikey.com.au. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  7. ^ Chris Hook (24 August 2011)"Transparency at the Seymour Centre and Riverside Theatres". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  8. ^ Suzanne MacKay (3 September 2011)"Transparency - Seymour Centre". aussietheatre.com. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  9. ^ Nicholson, Sarah (11 March 2008). "A breath of fresh air". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  10. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (15 February 2010). "Two more to leave 'Home and Away'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  11. ^ a b "2007 TV WEEK Logie Awards". ninemsn. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  12. ^ "Amy Mathews wins Most Popular Female Talent at Logies 2007". 7 May 2007. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2011 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ Slatter, Sean (31 August 2023). "Frances O'Connor to join Sam Neill in second season of 'The Twelve' as new cast unveiled". IF Magazine. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Amy Mathews". AusStage.
  15. ^ a b "Winners of the 2018 Performing Arts WA Awards revealed". Performing Lines. 15 January 2013.
  16. ^ a b c d "August: Osage County". Belvoir St Theatre.
  17. ^ a b "August: Osage County". Black Swan State Theatre Company.
  18. ^ "Actress Amy Mathews Official Blog".
  19. ^ "Actress Amy Mathews Instagram". Archived from the original on 24 April 2015.
  20. ^ Jason Blake (29 March 2011)"Orange Flower Water". Brisbane Times. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  21. ^ Lloyd Bradford Skye (13 September 2011)"REVIEW: Transparency – York Theatre, Sydney". crikey.com.au. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  22. ^ "Theatre review: Bite the Hand". www.artshub.com.au. 18 October 2021.
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