Jane Turner (born 1 December 1960) is an Australian actress, comedian and Logie Award-winning comedy series creator and screenwriter. Career Turner, although best known as a comedy performer, made her acting debut in the internationally renowned TV cult drama series Prisoner in a 15 episode guest role. She is notable for numerous comedy roles including the sketch comedy programs The D-Generation, Fast Forward, Full Frontal, Big Girl's Blouse and Something Stupid. On Fast Forward Turner (Svetta) recorded a song with cast member Peter Moon (comedian) (Victor), called "Don't Do Your Soviet Bloc". In the 2000s Turner has received accolades for her performance in Kath & Kim, an ABC (later Seven Network) comedy series which she created, wrote, produced and starred in with her longtime friend and collaborator, Gina Riley. Kath & Kim became the most successful ABC syndicated show in Australian television history. Turner plays Kath Day Knight, one of the leading roles in the show and an occasional recurring character, Prue, a shop keeper at the Fountain Gate Shopping Centre. Turner reprised the role in the 2005 telemovie. Da Kath & Kim Code and the 2012 feature film Kath & Kimderella Turner made her West End theatrical debut in the Australian hit play Holding the Man at London's Trafalgar Studios in April 2010. Personal life Turner attended Sacré Cœur School in Glen Iris, Melbourne, and later studied law at Monash University. Turner graduated from Monash with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1988. She is married to lawyer John Denton and they have 3 children including model Anna Denton and actor Nicholas Denton. Filmography References External links Kath & Kim BBC site 1960 births Australian film actresses Australian soap opera actresses Australian television producers Australian women television producers Living people Australian women comedians Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian actresses People educated at Sacré Cœur School People from Newcastle, New South Wales Monash University alumni