Mary Anne Elizabeth Lucas (born ) billed also as Annie Lucas, is an Australian actress and TV screenwriter and script editor, her roles on television including The Young Doctors from 1977 to 1980 as Eve Turner (Steele) and in Prisoner for two stints in 1982 and 1983 as prison bookie Faye Quinn. She is also a screenwriter and wrote episodes for "Prisoner". Her television screenplays have been nominated for awards on multiple occasions.
Lucas was born in July 1946 in Johor, Malaysia to a father of half Burmese and Irish descent and a mother of half Malay and English descent
She is married to English-Australian Prisoner producer Ian Bradley (born Bath, Somerset, England, ), Bradley was the original producer during season 1 They have a son, Lucas ( 1980). and a daughter, Kate b. 1985.
Lucas roles include character cameos in Skippy (the Bush Kangaroo)
She is most notable roles are The Young Doctors from 1977 and 1979 and in cult series Prisoner as prison bookie Faye Quinn, she also wrote many episodes of Prisoner, the first season of which was produced by her husband Ian Bradley. Due to her marriage to Bradley, in 1979, it was her idea to open the programme with mugshots of the prisoners, instead of a typical opening title sequence. Lucas also wrote seven episodes of Prisoner between 1979 and 1983, including episode 327, including the story-arc of the fire of Wentworth, which was the first episode of the 1983 season. It is now widely regarded as one of the best episodes of the entire series, and was included on the DVD compilation, Best of Prisoner: Cell Block H Volume 1 (Shock DVD).
Her screenwriting credits include the medical drama's The Flying Doctors and All Saints (in which she also featured)
She appeared in the local ABC series Belbird as Glenda Chan also appeared in early Crawford Production serials including Homicide, Division 4, Matlock Police and Spyforce
Most recently in her television writing career she worked as a script editor for Channel 7's HeadLand.