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In 2017, I had the pleasure of interviewing Rebecca Gibney about the second season of her TV drama Wanted. I hurriedly watched the first season for background, expecting Gibney to be great, of course, but was totally unprepared for the nuanced, witty and, at times, downright hilarious performance of her co-star, a then little-known actor named Geraldine Hakewill. Fast-forward four years, and it seems Hakewill is everywhere – including on our cover.

She tells us about her starring role in the upcoming ABC drama Wakefield and her plans to tell more stories on both the big and small screens. ●

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Starting the story’s next chapter COVER STORY Actor Geraldine Hakewill moved to her country home to

escape the pandemic, but found herself more inspired to work than ever.

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ctor Geraldine Hakewill – a city girl who was born in Paris and grew up in Sydney – is the first to admit that moving to a bush retreat in rural Victoria two years ago took a little getting used to.

But, as Melbourne endured lengthy COVID lockdowns last year, her picturesque cottage nestled among farmland and forest north-west of the city suddenly became an oasis.

“My partner, Mark, and I bought a house outside Daylesford,” the 34-year-old says, “and, having been a city girl all of my life, it took a little getting used to the isolation, but now we are so happy we made the move. Suddenly, our little cottage, surrounded by fresh air and acres of bush, is paradise; that’s my happy place.”

While many of us spent the long months of lockdown squirrelling away toilet paper and baking sourdough bread, Hakewill indulged no such folly.

In fact, she was busier than ever, starring in two major television series and a feature film, all of which will soon hit screens big and small.

“I’d have a moment where I’d be thinking, ‘I might go and bake some scones …’ and instead I’d get waylaid working on a script or something else,” she laughs. “We moved to the country to have an escape, but it’s a very inspiring setting, and we’ve actually been busier than ever.”

The former Sydneysider, regarded as one of the rising stars of Australian stage and screen, was barely out of drama school when she landed her first break, playing the lead role of Wendy in Ralph Myers’ Peter Pan, which the Belvoir Street Theatre took to New York.

While performing in the US, she came close to securing roles that gave her a taste of Hollywood and contemplated staying and trying her luck in LA, but was lured home with a starring role alongside Rebecca Gibney in the top-rating thriller Wanted.

Her gripping performance in the show was recognised with a TV Week Logie nomination for Most Outstanding Newcomer, and it wasn’t long before she was on top of every director’s wish list.

She was cast in the US series Camp for NBC Universal, followed by ABC TV’s Soul Mates, Nine’s Here Come the Habibs and the ABC medical drama Pulse. At the same time, she landed lead roles on stage with Belvoir St Theatre, the Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare and the Melbourne Theatre Company.

All of which led to the coveted starring role of Peregrine Fisher in Seven’s Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries, the top-rating spin-off to the hit Miss Fisher series, and now her role in the ABC psychological drama Wakefield.

“I don’t remember a clear moment when I thought ‘I’m going to be an actor’, but I’ve never actually wanted to do anything else,” she says. “I’ve always loved stories, I’ve been a big reader, and I think it’s

“I’d be thinking, ‘I might go and bake some scones’ ... and instead I’d get waylaid working on a script or something else.” an extension of wanting to be inside a story; I chose a job where I got to do that all of the time.”

Wakefield, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, is set in a Sydney psychiatric ward, and Hakewill stars as psychologist Dr Kareena Wells, grappling with her patients’ complex lives and the fine line between sanity and madness. The bold and, at times, darkly humorous scripts tossed Hakewill straight out of her acting comfort zone; in one scene, she is confronted with a plague of cockroaches, while in another, she performs an explicit sex act.

“It’s a very intense role!” she laughs, “One of the great things about acting is that you are forced to overcome any insecurities you might have, but there’s always an element of, ‘Oh my, Grandma is going to see this!’”

The crew were halfway through filming the series in New South Wales when the pandemic hit and the set was shut down. Hakewill returned to Victoria wondering if they’d ever get to finish the show, but

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after a five-month break, the producers got the goahead to resume.

Amazingly, during that time, the cast lost none of the spark and camaraderie that makes the series binge-worthy viewing. Clever production ensured that the strict COVID protocols placed on the cast, such as strict numbers on set, social distancing and repeated sterilisation of props, didn’t dampen the momentum of an intense and layered storyline.

“There was definitely a fear when we stopped filming that we might never get it finished because nobody knew what the world would look like in a few months,” Hakewill says. “We were so excited to get back on set in July. Things felt a bit foreign at first, but we got back into the rhythm again pretty quickly, and I think that’s a credit to the material

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and how much work went into writing the characters; plus, as a cast, we all got along really well. Everyone just wanted to do their best.”

Hot off the set of Wakefield, Hakewill returned home to film the second series of Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries. And, not one to let the grass grow under her feet, she’s also producing a feature film which her partner, actor Mark Leonard Winter, wrote during lockdown. While there’s little doubt she is one day destined for Hollywood, she’s not sitting back waiting.

“I love stories; I love telling stories and collaborating with others; it brings me a lot of joy and energy, so sitting around waiting and hoping that someone will ask me to do something isn’t really my style. I’ve got too many thoughts and projects and ideas in my head I want to create.” ● WAKEFIELD \ Available on ABC iView from Friday, April 2, two weeks ahead of its on-air date.

Geraldine Hakewill pictured on location at the Langham Hotel, Melbourne. Hair and makeup by Lynn Wheeler.

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FOOD Chef Karen Martini’s new restaurant, Hero, may just be the saviour the city needs. Wo r d s JA N E R O C CA

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Karen Martini’s new venture, Hero at Federation Square.

restaurant’s modern bistro mood.

Executive chef Diego Rosales (former head chef of Sydney’s Centennial Homestead) and Philippa Sibley will join her in the kitchen, while Philip Rich (Prince Wine Store, Kisume) will curate the wine list.

There are grab-and-go breakfasts such as white chia pudding, cheese toasties and Portuguese tarts.

An all-day menu kicks off from 11.30am and includes Greek bagels and taramasalata, fried baccala with lemon, cured kingfish with sour cream and bush lime dill, and even a roast chicken.

Hero is home to banquette seating that has been carefully considered, decor that rides elegantly from day to night, and lighting that is fine-tuned to capture you at your best at any hour. Designer Chris Connell brings a charming blend of grey, white and blue hues to the new space, where distinct dining zones are united under one roof.

Now, the emphasis is on getting diners back into the city and thinking inside the square when it comes to eating.

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elebrity chef and author Karen Martini is calling for the return of the long lunch, and her newest Melbourne restaurant, Hero at Federation Square, has a table with your name on it.

“The relaxed long lunch and early dinner is a very real thing. People don’t want the formality of checking in at a specific time if they can help it,” says Martini, who has opened Hero in partnership with Hospitality M’s Michael Gebran. “It’s quite okay to have lunch at 2pm and still be there at 5pm.”

She hopes the new restaurant will help bring crowds back to the city centre and stick around.

“With many people working from home, our lifestyles and needs have changed,” Martini says.

“People don’t want extra pressure when they dine; they want to be able to head out and relax over a wine, a quality menu and get to know their city again.

“They also want somewhere where they can catch up with friends they haven’t seen in a long time.”

Hero sits within the heart of ACMI’s $40 million facelift –and brings with it plenty of ambition to please. This is where uncomplicated dining returns, reinvigorating the Federation Square precinct with European-focused food and the use of local produce are the keys to success.

Martini is all about keeping local producers connected to her kitchen, too. She sources from a variety of places including Cape Grim beef, Northside Fruit and Vegetables, Pino’s Fine Produce from Prahran Market, and Maker & Monger and That’s Amore for her cheese needs, while local artisan bread is in abundance, too.

“Hero isn’t designed to be formal and the service should be attentive but not stuffy,” says Martini of the

HERO \ Level 1, ACMI, Federation Square. ● acmi.net.au/hero

“Good dining should be treasured and cherished,” Martini says. “If we want Melbourne to move forward and still be the leader in food culture in Australia, we need to get out and wave our wallets and support those that are still operating.

Naming the restaurant Hero riffs on cinematic heroes (and a nod to its ACMI screen roots) as well as the hero ingredient and flavour that is crucial to any of Martini’s dishes.

“I really want Hero to be a breath of fresh air,” says Martini.

“A standalone restaurant in the Square is surely what Melbourne has really been craving.” ●

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o many a Melburnian, what I’m about to say is nothing short of blasphemy: breakfast out is boring. I am a smashed avocado sinner.

A hotcake heathen. The Judas of green juice. I’ve had it up to my mitre seeing the same dishes on every menu – I doubt even the Pope would order eggs Benedict.

Instead, I look for dishes that are less trenddriven and speak more about place and culture.

Many fly under the radar; you’ve probably walked right by. Enter The Turkish Tea House, which opened near the corner of Balwyn and Whitehorse Roads in 2014.

It’s a family operation, with Nehir Kayice in the

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“We thought, we should do this; people don’t know our breakfast or our food,” she says. “I wanted to keep the concept as traditional home Turkish food because usually when you say Turkish, someone automatically thinks ‘kebabs’.”

Ditch your regular coffee order and try thick, Turkish coffee or apple tea in decorative cups. Food is scrawled on the succinct, all-day blackboard menu. The Turkish breakfast is a platter of sucuk (sausage), scrambled eggs, feta cubes, cucumber and tomato, salty semi-dried olives and jam accompanied by sesame-studded Turkish bread.

Sucuk also comes set in a circle of eggs, while menemen is Turkey’s answer to scramble, mixed through with spices and diced tomato.

Nehir also bakes flaky gozleme and makes lamachan (Turkish pizza), but my favourite dish is manti – tiny, ravioli-like dumplings filled with beef in a yoghurt sauce. And yes, I had it for breakfast.

If you’re drawn to the hanging Turkish lamps and glass nazar boncugu (protection eye amulets), exit via the gift store. ●

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kitchen and her son, Ozi Kayice, on the floor. Nehir was born in Melbourne after her parents emigrated from Adana in southern Turkey. When the space next to her husband’s barbershop became available, they made a move.

What’s nearby?

Take a stroll to Maranoa Botanic Gardens, a 2.6-hectare collection of some 4000 native species ranging from rain forest through to arid zones. The gardens date back to 1901 and have been public since 1926. Need to take a rain check? The Palace Balwyn cinema is just 500 metres away in all its art-deco glory.

● The Turkish Tea House ● 232 Whitehorse Road, Balwyn ● facebook.com/theturkishteahousebalwyn

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In the developer’s original marketing for Aurora, built in the late 1990s, they noted the maximum height allowed for apartment buildings was 60 metres. While competitors had 20 storeys, they decided on 19 to create more ceiling height. Larger balconies, baths and separate laundries were also hallmarks of the design. Each bedroom in this 11thfloor corner apartment has a balcony with views of either the Dandenongs or the bay. A storage cage, secure parking, concierge service and access to the pool, sauna and gym all enhance the lifestyle on offer here. Weekends are sorted, too, with the Arts Centre, Chapel Street and Albert Park Lake and golf course within walking distance – or catch the tram at the door. ● JOANNE BROOKFIELD

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Partly refurbished and semi-detached, this Victorian residence on a long block has been owned by one family for more than half a century. Fresh white paintwork flatters the facade. Two bedrooms branch off the entrance hall. Crying out for new appliances, the compact kitchen links up with the meals-family area. Next up, the lounge leads to the fully updated bathroom. Exit through the kitchen or the lounge to the courtyard, outhouse laundry and second toilet. While there’s nothing missing in the current format, extending and/or adding a second storey (STCA) would increase the liveability options. Zoned for University High and just a stroll from the Errol Street shops, Queen Victoria Market, trains, trams and gardens, it’s a cottage cutie positioned to please active, urbane types. ● KAY KEIGHERY

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