Punch McGregor has starred in numerous television series including a regular role as Jane Potter in ''
Class of '75 (1975). She played Ros Parrish (mother of series regulars Shane and Nick Parrish) in soap opera Home and Away from 1994 to 1995. Other roles included guest appearances in Rafferty's Rules (1988), crime series Halifax f.p. (1994), Fire (1995), medical drama All Saints (1998), police procedural series White Collar Blue (2002), drama Love My Way (2004–2005) and miniseries The Principal'' (2015). Her film credits include
The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith (1978) and
Newsfront (1978), both of which won her
AFI Awards. She also received
AFI nominations for her roles in
We of the Never Never (1982) and ''
Annie's Coming Out (1984). She appeared in The Delinquents (1989) with Kylie Minogue, Spotswood (1991) opposite Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn and Russell Crowe, Tom White (2004) alongside Colin Friels and Savages Crossing
(2010) with John Jarratt. She also appeared in the TV biopic Mary: The Making of a Princess'' (2015), about the courtship of Australian
Mary Donaldson and
Frederik X of Denmark (who at the time was Crown Prince). Punch McGregor has also worked for most of Australia's major theatre companies, in plays including
The Importance of Being Earnest (1975/1993),
Othello (1976),
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1985),
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1987–1988),
A Streetcar Named Desire (1988),
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1991),
Dial M For Murder (1991–1992), ''
Long Day's Journey into Night (2004), Festen (2005) and Equus''. She played
Juliet to
Mel Gibson’s Romeo in a 1979 production of
Romeo and Juliet, fresh off the heels of Gibson's success in
Mad Max. In 2002, she played
Miss Havisham in an adaptation of
Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. In 1995, she was appearing in
Nick Enright’s play
Blackrock, when she fell ill. Her illness, combined with insecurity and burnout led her to take a hiatus from acting, during which time she studied a four-year course in natural medicine. For a year, she practised
Orthomolecular medicine full-time and she still runs a clinic part-time from her home. ==Personal life==