Mandy McElhinney found fame from 'a little ad that I did to pay the rent'

By Kate Waterhouse
Updated June 29 2016 - 10:09am, first published June 19 2016 - 12:15am
Mandy McElhinney (left) and Kate Waterhouse enjoy a salad at The Roots Next Door. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Mandy McElhinney (left) and Kate Waterhouse enjoy a salad at The Roots Next Door. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Mandy McElhinney (right) plays Matron in <i>Love Child</i>, and Harriet Dyer is Patricia. Photo: David Dare Parker
Mandy McElhinney (right) plays Matron in <i>Love Child</i>, and Harriet Dyer is Patricia. Photo: David Dare Parker
Mandy McElhinney as Gina Rinehart in <i>House of Hancock</i>. Photo: Channel Nine
Mandy McElhinney as Gina Rinehart in <i>House of Hancock</i>. Photo: Channel Nine
Mandy McElhinney (left) and Kate Waterhouse. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Mandy McElhinney (left) and Kate Waterhouse. Photo: Edwina Pickles

Mandy McElhinney has played roles from Nene King in the miniseries Paper Giants: Magazine Wars to Gina Rinehart in last year's House of Hancock and continues her part as the strict Matron Frances Bolton in the new season of drama Love Child, starting on June 20. Many viewers also know her at one half of the romantic duo Rhonda and Ketut in the AAMI insurance ads. McElhinney, 45, tells Kate Waterhouse about her career, her greatest achievement and finding fame from "a little ad that I did to pay the rent".

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