Significant Others is an Australian drama television miniseries created by Tommy Murphy and directed by Tony Krawitz.
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Synopsis
Single mother of two, Sarah (Jacqueline McKenzie) mysteriously disappears after failing to return from her morning swim. Her estranged siblings Den (Kenneth Moraleda), Ursula (Rachael Blake) and Claire (Alison Bell) and their respective partners converge on the family home, to rally around Sarah's teenage kids, Hanna (Zoë Steiner) and Ciaran (Gulliver McGrath), only to find the place in disarray.
When Constable Deborah Munroe (Rarriwuy Hick) fails to find answers or retrieve a body from the ocean, uncertainty wreaks havoc on the family. As hope fades that Sarah will return, the family must find a peaceful new existence.
Cast
Rachael Blake as Ursula
Alison Bell as Claire
Zoë Steiner as Hanna
Gulliver McGrath as Ciaran
Todd McKenney as Wayne
Kenneth Moraleda as Den
Anastasia Bampos as Becky
Jacqueline McKenzie as Sarah
Diana Popovska as George
Aston Droomer as Jake
Rarriwuy Hick as Deborah Munroe
Alan Dukes as Scott
Fayssal Bazzi as Ali
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald''s Debi Enker wrote "There’s an immediately absorbing intensity to the six-part local drama, Significant Others." Luke Buckmaster of The Guardian gave it 4 stars, concluding "The show's final revelations and moments of catharsis are a little neat, wrapping things up decisively, but this is a class act from beginning to end."
Awards
Logie Awards of 2023: Nominated, Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie
Equity Ensemble Awards: Winner, Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Mini-Series/Telemovie