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Penny Cook

Penny Cook

Actor · Died December 26, 2018, aged 61 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Penny Cook (13 July 1957 – 26 December 2018) was an Australian actress, stage director, TV presenter and writer. She played roles in the soap opera A Country Practice, as Vicki Dean Bowen from 1981 to 1985, E Street as lead anchor-character, Dr Elly Fielding, between 1989 and 1991, and Neighbours in the recurring role of Prue Brown from 2007 to 2010. Cook died from cancer on 2018, aged 61.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 13, 1957
Died
December 26, 2018 (aged 61)
From
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Works as
Actor
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 11% in 30 days

What are Penny Cook's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
48%
Survival
19%
Society
15%
Bonds
11%
Self
7%
Justice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Hopeful
2
Dread
1
Contemplative
1
Warm
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Unsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Penny Cook's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Penny Cook's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

9 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The Merger(2018)

    as Fran Barlow

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Pulse(2017)

    Show 8 episodes · as Carol Little

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • Young Lions(2002)

    Show 22 episodes · as Chief Insp. Sharon Kostas

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Joh's Jury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Penny

  • E Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 209 episodes · as Dr. Elly Fielding

  • The Dreaming(1988)

    as Cathy Thornton

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Coda(1987)

    as Kate Martin

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Flying Doctors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Susan Fowler

  • A Country Practice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 316 episodes · as Victoria Dean

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles from 1981 to 2018.

Highest rated

The Merger (2018)

Midcredits 63rd

Most popular right now

Pulse (2017)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting9 of 9: 9 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score40th

By decade

1980s5 · acting1990s1 · acting2000s1 · acting2010s2 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Penny Cook's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 19th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 29th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

29thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

12thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 5 titles are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

Pulse (2017)

65th percentile spread · 17% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Merger (2018)

Midcredits 63rd · 61% liked

Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Penny Cook work with?

People who share at least 2 of Penny Cook's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Craig Lahiff shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers