Jane Harber is an Australian actress who is known for her role as Zara Proudman in the television series Offspring.^[1]

Harber became involved in theatre while at high school, at Wesley College in Melbourne. At the age of 13, she toured South America and Thailand with Handspan Theatre.^[2] Her mother was a teacher.^[3]

Harber's first television role was in 1997 biopic The Last of the Ryans. This was followed by a guest role in a 1997 episode of Blue Heelers, titled "Sisterly Love", in which she played a young girl called Chloe Bassetti.^[4]

She went on to play Bianca Nugent in long-running soap opera Neighbours, a role she played for three years.^[5] She also had a recurring role as Zdenka Milanovic in The Secret Life of Us and played Susie Money in the crime drama series Underbelly,^[6] girlfriend of Rodger Corser's character.^[2]

Following this, Harber furthered her craft by attending acting schools in New York and LA, before landing a role in the first season of comedy series Lowdown,^[2] playing Lucy.^[7]

In 2012, Harber starred as Cora Benson in the ABC comedy series A Moody Christmas.^[2][7] She reprised the role in The Moodys, a follow-up to A Moody Christmas.^[8][7] In 2013, she regularly appeared in The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting, a sketch comedy show for the ABC.^[9] She also appeared as a special guest in an episode of the comedy game show SlideShow on the Seven Network.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, Harber played Michele Bennett, a former girlfriend of INXS lead singer, Michael Hutchence, in the TV miniseries INXS: Never Tear Us Apart.^[10]

Harber is probably best known for her role as midwife, Zara Proudman in seven seasons (86 episodes) of Offspring,^[11][3] the girlfriend of Jimmy Proudman (played by Richard Davies).^[2] She later co-wrote the 2017 Offspring spin-off web series, St Francis, in which she also starred.^[7][12]

Harber played Karen in the 2018 US Netflix TV movie, Pretty Little Stalker^[7] and, in 2020, she took a leading role in Nine Network crime miniseries, Informer 3838,^[13] a spin-off of the Underbelly franchise. That same year, she was a team captain in the TV panel show Show Me the Movie!, alongside Rove McManus and Joel Creasey.^[7]

In 2022, Harber appeared in ABC children's series MaveriX,^[14] playing the role of Tanya. The following year, she joined the cast of ABC drama miniseries In Limbo.^[15] opposite Ryan Corr and Bob Morley.^[7] In 2024, Harber joined the ABC drama The Family Next Door.^[16] The same year, she appeared in 2024 crime thriller feature film Sleeping Dogs alongside Russell Crowe.^[17]

In 2025, Harber joined the cast of UK/Australian co-commission miniseries Imposter, alongside fellow Neighbours alumnus Jackie Woodburne, Don Hany and Dannii Minogue, playing the role of Kate.^[18][19] She also recently appeared in NCIS: Sydney and four-part miniseries Reckless.^[7]

Harber's other guest television credits include playing Clara Whiting in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Georgina Rivers in House Husbands^[5][6] and social media influencer Coco in ABC comedy series Back in Very Small Business.^[7] She also appeared in ABC anthology series Summer Love and My Life Is Murder.^[7]

She has also undertaken voice work for numerous advertising campaigns, including Canva, Listerine, Grill’d, Olay, Samsung Galaxy, Binge and Specsavers.^[7] as well as narrating several audiobooks.^[20]

Harber has also worked on the other side of the camera, having collaborated with former Offspring co-star Kat Stewart and actor Diana Glenn to produce series The Elementals.^[21]

Harber has also performed for the stage, including touring internationally as a young teenager in Four Little Girls for Handspan Theatre Company. She later played Alaura Kingsley in City of Angels at Melbourne's Fortyfivedownstairs.^[5]

In 2014, Harber had a lead role in the world premiere of The Speechmaker for Melbourne Theatre Company.^[5] In 2018, she appeared in a production of Gloria, once again for Melbourne Theatre Company,^[22] alongside Lisa McCune.^[23]

• Jane Harber at IMDb