Genevieve Lemon

Genevieve Lemon is an Australian singer and actress who has appeared in a number of soap operas. Her best known roles are as Zelda Baker in The Young Doctors, Marlene "Rabbit" Warren in Prisoner and Brenda Riley in Neighbours. She showed her comedic and singing talents in the televised revue show Three Men and a Baby Grand.

Early life

Lemon began her acting with the Leichhardt-based amateur theater company, The Rocks Players in inner city Sydney. Her professional career began on TV in 1982 with a minor role in "Sons and Daughters" ,followed shortly after with a larger role as Nurse Zelda Baker inThe Young Doctors.

Films and music

Lemon has also appeared in a number of films directed by Jane Campion – Sweetie, The Piano and Holy Smoke!. She also appeared as Bunny, in Campion's miniseries Top of the Lake. She played in the stage production Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – the Musical as Shirley, the barmaid and owner of the Broken Hill Hotel.

Her first CD, with her band, is called Angels in the City. It is a live recording of a concert she performed in the Studio at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Singing around the House series.

Theatre

Genevieve Lemon is currently on stage at London's Victoria Palace Theatre, portraying Mrs Wilkinson in Billy Elliot the Musical, a role she performed firstly in Sydney then Melbourne.

Awards

On 21 January 2008 she won Best Actress in a Musical award at the 2007 Sydney Theatre Awards. Lemon won a 2008 Helpmann Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Billy Elliot the Musical. Lemon has worked extensively for a number of major state theatre companies in Australia.

Filmography

Film

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Luigi's Ladies	1989	Debbo
Sweetie		Dawn 'Sweetie'	Directed by Jane Campion
The Piano	1993	Nessie	With Holly Hunter and Harvey Keitel Directed by Jane Campion
Billy's Holiday	1995	Julie
The Well	1997	Jen Brodern	With Pamela Rabe
Holy Smoke!	1999	Rahi	With Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel Directed by Jane Campion
Soft Fruit		Josie	Produced by Jane Campion
Suburban Mayhem	2006	Auntie Dianne
To Each His Own Cinema	2007	The Voices #1	French anthology film; segment: "The Lady Bug" Segment directed by Jane Campion
8	2008	Pam Garner	Segment: "The Water Diary" - directed by Jane Campion

Television

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Sons and Daughters	1982	Jennifer Hickson	Season 1, episode 136
The Young Doctors	1983	Zelda Baker	Season 8
Prisoner	1984–85	Marlene Warren	Main role; Seasons 6–7; 74 episodes Internationally re-titled Prisoner: Cell Block H
Studio 86	1986		Episode: "Lady's Day"
The Flying Doctors	1989	Libby	Season 5, episode 24 "A Rhyme for Reason"
G.P.	1990	Kate Mawson	Season 2, episode 37 "Longing"
Neighbours	1991–92	Brenda Riley	Seasons 7–8; 41 episodes
Seven Deadly Sins	1993	Envy	ABC mini-series
Heartland	1994	Fiona Lovell	Season 1, episode 8
After the Beep	1996	Josephine Donnelly	Season 1; 7 episodes
Always Greener	2001	Loretta	Season 1, episode 3 "Close Encounters of the Furred Kind"
Top of the Lake	2013	Bunny	BBC Two/BBC UKTV mini-series; 7 episodes Created, written and directed by Jane Campion
Rake	2014	Tikki Wendon	Season 3; 6 episodes
The Secret River		Mrs. Herring	Mini-series; post-production

Television film

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Big Ideas	1993	Beth Draper
The Postcard Bandit	2003	Nola
Mermaids		Betty
The Adventures of Charlotte and Henry	2008	Charlotte's Mum/Henry's Mum/Madame	Animation
Redfern Now: Promise Me	2015		In production; Conclusion to the television series

Awards

1985 Penguin Certificate of Commendation for Prisoner

2007 Sydney Theatre Award for Billy Elliot

2008 Helpmann Award for Billy Elliot

2009 Green Room Award for Billy Elliot

External links

• Genevieve Lemon at the Internet Movie Database
• [2] More Genevieve Lemon info at GENLEMON.COM
• Extensive interview about her television work on the Boxcutters podcast