Saskia Post

Saskia Post (1 August 1960 - 16 March 2020) was a US-born Australian actress and best known for her leading role in the 1986 film Dogs in Space. Saskia Post's Dutch parents moved between America and ... Saskia Post (1 August 1960 - 16 March 2020) was a US-born Australian actress and best known for her leading role in the 1986 film Dogs in Space. Saskia Post's Dutch parents moved between America and Japan, before settling in Australia in 1975. Post then commenced a degree course in drama and arts at the University of New South Wales but gave it up after 12 months to attend a full-time course at the Drama Studio in 1981. Shortly after completing the course she obtained her first television role as Julianna Sleven, a Dutch refugee, in The Sullivans. Post died from complications due to a congenital heart issue, at aged 59, at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.