Megan Smart is an Australian television and film actress.

Early life

Smart grew up in Brisbane. She graduated from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2016. She has Lebanese heritage and used Megan Hajjar, her mother’s maiden name, professionally for a spell from 2019.

Career

She made her screen debut in the 2017 film Breath, winning the role after her first professional audition. She also appeared in Love Child. She played a serial killer named Charlotte in the ABC television series Harrow. She played troublemaker Anna Hennessy in Screentime and Channel Seven’s The Secret Daughter in which she appeared with Jessica Mauboy. She also had a role in Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway.

In the 2019 film The Naked Wanderer, she played the former girlfriend of the lead character

In 2020, she played Jaiwara, a Lebanese Muslim woman who has a romance with a musician, in the film Measure for Measure, which also starred Hugo Weaving, and was a retelling of Shakespeare’s 1609 play of the same name. She appeared in Between Two Worlds, the Seven Network drama.

In 2021, she could be seen as Paloma in miniseries The Unusual Suspects. That year she also appeared in Wakefield for ABC. Smart also appeared in soap opera Home and Away and in the Netflix interactive rom-com Choose Love. In 2022, Smart made her debut as a director with the short film Stonefish. It was nominated for Best Short Film at the 12th AACTA Awards in December 2022.

Smart had the role of Amelia Collins on the 2023 Australian comedy series Class of '07 for Prime Video.

Filmography

Television appearances

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2017Love ChildBarbara Fitzgerald1 episode
The Secret DaughterAnna Hennessy4 episodes
2018HarrowCharlotte1 episode
2020Between Two WorldsBella GrayAs Megan Hajjar
2021WakefieldIvy2 episodes
The Unusual SuspectsPaloma2 episodes
Home and AwayAnne Sherman7 episodes
2023Class of '07AmeliaLead role. 8 episodes
2025Black SnowSamara Kahlil6 episodes
2026Dear LifeTaylor ParkinsonPost-production
2026GnomesEllie McKayIn production

Film appearances

YearTitleRoleNotes
2024A Rose for KatrinaKatrinaShort
2023Choose LoveAmalia
2020Measure for MeasureJaiwara
Peter Rabbit 2: The RunawayExecutiveAs Megan Hajjar
2019The Naked WandererJasmine
2017BreathKaren

Staff credits

YearTitleRoleRef
2022StonefishDirector / Producer
2013ShowreelWriter

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