Victoria Longley (Australian actress)

Victoria Longley
File:Bianca Moon and Victoria Longley.jpg Victoria Longley (left) and Bianca Moon
Born	(1960-09-24)24 September 1960 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985–2009

Victoria Constance Mary Longley (24 September 1960 – 29 August 2010) was an Australian actress. She worked extensively in television.

She debuted in a film called The More Things Change as a pregnant au pair. An early foray into television was in the epic miniseries The Dirtwater Dynasty, opposite Hugo Weaving. In the ABC television series, The Mercury, not-so-loosely based on the Sunday Age, she played a senior journalist, with Geoffrey Rush cast as editor, believed to be modelled on Bruce Guthrie.

Her television credits included: Murder Call, Wildside, Water Rats, Farscape, The Alien Years, Turtle Beach, Young Lions, and All Saints.

Death

Longley died from breast cancer, aged 49, in St Leonards, New South Wales.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2006	Sydney Theatre Awards	Best Actress in a Lead Role	The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?	Won
2006	Helpmann Awards	Best Female Actor in a Play	The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?	Nominated
1989	Australian Film Institute Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Celia	Won
1988	Australian Film Institute Awards	Best Performance by an Actress in a Telefeature or Mini Series	The Alien Years	Nominated

External links

• Obituary – The Sydney Morning Herald
• Victoria Longley at the Internet Movie Database