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Annie Byron

Annie Byron is an AFI Award-winning Australian film, stage, and television actress best known for Wolf Creek 2, Fran, Muriel's Wedding, and Doing Time for Patsy Cline.

Early life

Byron was born in Inverell, Australia. She attended primary school at St. Mary's Ross Hill Primary School and Sacred Heart Primary School, then high school at St. Ursula's College in Armidale and Inverell High School. She graduated with a scholarship to the University of New South Wales, where she earned an Arts degree with Honors in Drama.

After graduating university, she enrolled in the National Institute of Dramatic Art along with Steve Bisley, Debra Lawrence, Robert Menzies, Peter Kingston, Judy Davis, and Mel Gibson.[1]

Career

Byron was cast as Lou, the second wife of Harry Sullivan in the Australian television series The Sullivans the year after graduating from NIDA. She has since worked in numerous film, television, theatre and radio productions in Australia for over 30 years. She is best known for her roles as Lil in Wolf Creek 2,[2] as Marge in Fran,[3][4][5][6] as Rhonda's Mother in Muriel's Wedding, and as Mum in Doing Time for Patsy Cline.

She has performed with Australian theatre companies Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir St Theatre, the Ensemble Theatre, The Q, Perth Actors Collective, Hothouse Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company, and the Playbox Theatre Company.[7]

She performed in the sold out run of Sydney Theatre Company's production of Hedda Gabler opposite Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving in 2004 in Sydney and in 2006 at Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City.[8][9][10] She also toured internationally to Dublin, Seoul, and Montreal with Force Majeure's production of The Age I'm In.[11]

Filmography

Film

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Television

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Stage

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Awards

References

  1. ^ Media, Australian Community Media - Fairfax (26 October 2012). "Annie Byron returns". The Inverell Times. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  2. ^ FilmInk Digital July 2014 v9.31: Australia's Best Movie Magazine. FilmInk. 19 June 2014.
  3. ^ McFarlane, Brian; Mayer, Geoff (26 June 1992). New Australian Cinema: Sources and Parallels in American and British Film. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521387682.
  4. ^ "Curator's notes Fran (1985) on ASO - Australia's audio and visual heritage online". aso.gov.au. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Fran | San Francisco Film Festival". history.sffs.org. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Screen Australia Screen Guide Fran".
  7. ^ "Annie Byron | In the Company of Actors". In the Company of Actors. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  8. ^ Willis, John; Hodges, Ben (1 July 2008). Theatre World 2005-2006: The Most Complete Record of the American Theatre. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9781557837080.
  9. ^ Brantley, Ben (3 March 2006). "A Heroine in a Hurry, via Ibsen". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Cate Blanchett to Be Hedda Gabler at BAM in 2006 | Playbill". Playbill. 8 December 2004. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  11. ^ McMicking, www.paramountgraphics.com.au, Rob. "CALENDAR GIRLS - AUSTRALIA". www.paramountgraphics.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ http://libertyartistmgt.com.au/actors/annie-byron/
  13. ^ http://libertyartistmgt.com.au/actors/annie-byron/
  14. ^ https://www.ozrockyhorror.com/Aussie%20Tour%201982.html
  15. ^ Evans, Bob (31 July 1987). "Bond of blood and bone". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 28 February 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  16. ^ http://www.kingsxtheatre.com/everybody
  17. ^ https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/two-sisters
  18. ^ https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/251009
  19. ^ https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/403200
  20. ^ http://libertyartistmgt.com.au/actors/annie-byron/
  21. ^ McMicking, www.paramountgraphics.com.au, Rob. "CALENDAR GIRLS - AUSTRALIA". www.paramountgraphics.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ https://belvoir.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Parramatta-Girls_program.pdf
  23. ^ https://productionshowcast.blob.core.windows.net/actor-pdfs/54fcb5ed-27fd-4e4a-900d-9a82f5bf3d6a.pdf
  24. ^ "AFI | AACTA | Winners & Nominees | 1980-1989 | 1985". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  25. ^ "Australian Television: 1997 AFI Awards". www.australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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