{{short description|Australian actress|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Bree Bain | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Bree Desborough | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|9|22}} | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | othername = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1995–present | known_for = ''Home and Away'' | spouse = | partner = | website = }} '''Bree Bain''' (née '''Desborough'''; born 22 September 1979) is an Australian actress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.backtothebay.net/news/2021/09/14/home-and-away-interview-bree-bain-on-her-years-as-justine-welles/|title=Home and Away Interview – Bree Bain on her years as Justine Welles|publisher=Back to the Bay|date=14 September 2021}}</ref> She is known for her role as Justine Welles in the soap opera ''Home and Away''.<ref name="Bree Desborough">{{cite web| url=http://www.backtothebay.net/characters/welles_justine.shtml| title=Welles, Justine| publisher=backtothebay.net| accessdate=5 November 2011}}</ref>
==Career== Bain began her acting career in 1995, making her debut in a guest appearance in medical series ''G.P.''. She made a guest appearance on ''Water Rats'' before landing her first major role on the soap opera ''Home and Away'', playing the part of Justine Welles for three years from 1997 to 2000. Desborough tackled several controversial storylines as Justine, including drug addiction and false imprisonment for battering a baby who later died.<ref name="Bree Desborough" />
She is also known for her role as Shelley Southall on the short-lived drama series ''Always Greener'', for which she appeared from 2002 to 2003. In 2004, Desborough played a small role in the television mini-series ''Salem's Lot'', a remake of the 1979 cult mini-series, based on the novel by Stephen King.
Her other television credits include the Canadian television series ''The Smart Woman Survival Guide'', the television film ''Curse of the Iron Mask'' and ''All Saints''. In 2009, she appeared in her first feature film, ''I Wish I Were Stephanie V'', with Clayton Watson and Kain O'Keeffe.
== Filmography ==
===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2005 |''{{sortname|The|Intruder|nolink=1}}'' |Angela |Short film |- |2010 |''I Wish I Were Stephanie V'' |Angela Matthews | |- |2012 |''Bathing Franky'' |Susie | |- |2014 |''{{sortname|The|Half Dead|nolink=1}}'' |Patty |Post-production |- |2023 |''The Royal Hotel'' |TBD |Telluride Film Festival 2023 |- | {{TBA}} | ''Shadow Wars'' | Patty | Post-production |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1995 | ''G.P.'' | Tanya | Episode: "Trapped" |- | 1996 | ''Water Rats'' | Sally | Episode: "V.I.P." |- | 1997–2000 | ''Home and Away'' | Justine Welles | Series regular |- | 2001–2003 | ''Always Greener'' | Shelley Southall | Series regular |- | 2004 | ''Salem's Lot'' | Sandy McDougall | TV film |- | 2006 | ''{{sortname|The|Smart Women Survival Guide|nolink=1}}'' | Registration Woman | Episode: "Basic Instinct" |- | 2007 | ''Curse of the Iron Mask'' | Ivory | TV film |- | 2009 | ''All Saints'' | Claudia | Episode: "Behind Closed Doors" |- | 2018–2019 | ''After Nightfall'' | Melinda Naylor | 4 episodes |- | 2019 | ''Time & Place'' | Katie Sim | Webseries |- | 2023 | ''The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart'' | May | Miniseries (3 episodes) |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0220947|name=Bree Desborough}}
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