Annie Byron

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

Template:Upe <templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

This article is about the actress Annie Byron. For Anne Byron, the wife of Lord Byron, see Anne Byron, 11th Baroness Wentworth.
Annie Byron
Born Inverell, Australia
Alma mater University of New South Wales, National Institute of Dramatic Art
Occupation Actress
Years active 1971 - present
Awards AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Fran (1985)

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.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1984 Silver City Dorothy
Displaced Persons Nurse Evans TV Movie
1985 Fran Marge Won: AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1985
1987 Great Expectations: The Untold Story Mrs. Joe Gargery TV Movie
1989 Afraid to Dance Betty
1990 Shadows of the Heart Rose Flanagan TV Movie
1992 The Distant Home Dr. Allport TV Movie
Clowning Around Una Crealy
1993 No Worries Mrs. Burke
1994 Muriel's Wedding Rhonda's Mother
1997 Doing Time for Patsy Cline Mum Nominated: AFI Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in 1997
2000 My Mother Frank Eunice
Six O'Clock Swill Aunt Alice Short Film
2003 The Postcard Bandit Thelma Abbott TV Movie
2006 Stepfather of the Bride Stephanie TV Movie
2007 Glory Glory Short Film
In The Company of Actors Herself Documentary
2008 ActingClassof1977.com Herself Documentary
The View from Greenhaven Clare
2013 Wolf Creek 2 Lil
2015 Ruby Ruby Short Film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1971 The Comedy Game Actress Episode: "Aunty Jack's Travelling Show"
1976-83 The Sullivans Lou Sullivan 1978-80
1978 Father, Dear Father In Australia Mrs. Rees Episode: "Novel Exercise"
1988 The Flying Doctors Julie McDonald Episode: "Johnnie Come Home"
1983-92 A Country Practice Patricia York / June Allen / Vivienne Roberts / Meryl Bellamy/ Carol Hacking / Liz Mitchell 11 episodes
1990 Home and Away Angela Newton 3 episodes
1998-2006 All Saints Maisie Sparks / Julie Costello 3 episodes
1999 Murder Call Magda Trebor Episode: "Dead Offerings"
2000 The Potato Factory Duchess Mini-series, 4 episodes
2003 Always Greener Lolly Hopkins 3 episodes
Stingers Liliana Jarras Episode: "Sons & Lovers"

Awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
1985 Fran AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Won[12]
1997 Doing Time for Patsy Cline AFI Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated[13]

External links

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Annie_Byron&oldid=726770866"