Reckoning

Reckoning

by

Magda Szubanski

Gina Riley Character Analysis

Gina Riley is an actor whom Magda meets along with Jane on the cast of Fast Forward. Although Gina and Magda do not get along at first, they soon create the comedy show Big Girl’s Blouse along with Jane. Later, Gina and Jane create the comedy show Kath and Kim, and they star in it along with Magda.
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Gina Riley Character Timeline in Reckoning

The timeline below shows where the character Gina Riley appears in Reckoning. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 23: D-Generation and De Profundis
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...get along well. When Magda moves in with an actor whom she used to dislike, Gina, the two become great friends. One day, Gina asks Magda about her love life and... (full context)
Chapter 24: Fast Forward
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...on Magda’s 28th birthday, the show achieves slow but steady success. Magda, Marg, Jane, and Gina (who joined in the second year) have comedic chemistry, but each lacks the confidence to... (full context)
Chapter 28: Big Girl’s Blouse
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...producers of Fast Forward announce a new series of one-hour specials, Magda, Jane Turner, and Gina band together to write sketches, working for hours around one another’s kitchen tables. With the... (full context)
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When Steve—one of the producers—gives Magda, Jane Turner, and Gina their own special, which they call Big Girl’s Blouse, the three women have the freedom... (full context)
Chapter 30: Dogwoman
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...father, Magda begins filming the sequel to Babe, Babe: Pig in the City. Meanwhile, Magda, Gina, and Jane Turner (as characters Kath, Kim, and Sharon) start a new show, Something Stupid,... (full context)
Chapter 32: Kath and Kim and Sharon
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...to work as usual, filming the new show Kath and Kim. While Jane Turner and Gina wrote the show, Magda was busy filming The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, whose main characters... (full context)