Career
Garner first came to public attention in 1985, as Tamara Henderson in the Australian television series The Henderson Kids and then in her debut film, The Still Point. She made her stage debut in 1987 in the title role of the Melbourne Theatre Company production of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. Also interested in writing, she wrote and performed in the stage work Birds Eye View in Sydney in 2002.
Garner has worked with most state theatre companies in a wide variety of roles in works by Shakespeare, Molière, Sheridan, Ibsen, Chekhov, Orton, Shaffer, Lawler, and Elton.
She also played the role of Desire in the highly controversial Australian musical Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom. television This was followed by a role in the Australian teen drama Blue Water High.
Garner played Arlene Toomer in the British Broadcasting Corporation comedy series Boys From The Bush for two series in 1991/92. Garner has since had a series of minor and guest roles in multiple Australian and British television series, including Prisoner, My Brother Tom miniseries, Neighbours, The Bill, A Country Practice, The Flying Doctors, Shadows of the Heart miniseries, General Рractitioner, Twisted Tales, Good Guys Bad Guys, Raw FM, Tribe miniseries, Class Acting, Water Rats, The Love of Lionel"s Life telemovie, Changi miniseries – Ep.5, Heroes" Mountain telemovie, Young Lions, The Secret Life of Us, Stingers and Through My Eyes miniseries.
Garner played Arlene Toomer in Garner played Detective Senior Constable Jennifer Mapplethorpe in the police drama series City Homicide, which debuted in 2007.
Starting in February 2013, she has appeared as Jean Beazley, the housekeeper, in The Doctor Blake Mysteries with Craig McLachlan. In September 2013, Garner appeared as Eve in episode four of the ABC1 television comedy series lieutenant"s a Date.