Melita Jurisic
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Melita Jurisic | |
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| Occupation | Actress |
Melita Jurisic is an Australian actress.
Early life[edit]
Jurisic was born in Croatia and migrated to Australia with her family at age five.[1] She began her career as part of the Lighthouse Company (Playhouse) in Adelaide.[2]
Career[edit]
Screen[edit]
Jurisic's screen roles include a lead (as Dr. Eva) in the ABC TV series Something in the Air,[3] playing the title character in the 1987 film The Tale of Ruby Rose,[4] the 1986 TV movie Hunger,[5] Croatian film Transatlantik in 1998,[6] 1997's The Sound of One Hand Clapping,[7] Mad Max: Fury Road[2] Bordertown and The Petrov Affair.[1] She is also known for her role as Dr. Magda in the television series The Flying Doctors.
Stage[edit]
Her stage roles are numerous, and include Macbeth with the Sydney Theatre Company in 2014,[8] I Am A Miracle at the Malthouse in 2015[2] and Three Sisters at the Sydney Opera House in 2001.[9] Internationally she appeared in a number of Barrie Kosky's productions at Schauspielhaus Wien in Vienna, Austria, including Medea.[1]
Music[edit]
Jurisic is also the singer and songwriter of Viennese band Metalycée. Their first album "It Is Not" was voted one of the ten best Austrian albums of the decade. [10]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Hunger | Ileana Radulesco | TV movie |
| 1986 | Twelfth Night | Part Guest | Feature film |
| 1987 | The Tale of Ruby Rose | Ruby Rose | Feature film |
| 1991 | A Woman's Tale | Judy (voice) | Feature film |
| 1991 | Get Real | Ms.Perkins | Short film |
| 1993 | Dead Water | Sally Lucena | Short film |
| 1994 | 45 Dollars an Hour | Helen | Short film |
| 1995 | Fishing | Torturer | Short film |
| 1995 | One Such Night | Cleo | Short film |
| 1997 | The Sound of One Hand Clapping | Maria Buloh | Feature film |
| 1998 | I, Eugenia | Annie Birkett | Short film |
| 1998 | Transatlantik | Zorka | Feature film (Croatia) |
| 2003 | Einstein's Wife | Mileva Einstein (voice) | TV movie |
| 2011 | Kotlovina | Mimi | Feature film (Croatia) |
| 2012 | Dead Europe | Maria | Feature film |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | The Vuvalini | Feature film |
| 2018 | Murer – Anatomy of a Trial | Rosa Segev | Feature film |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | I Can Jump Puddles | Violet | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1986 | The Fast Lane | Maria | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1986 | Pokerface | Lou | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1986 | Land of Hope | Kathleen Quinn | TV miniseries |
| 1990 | The Flying Doctors | Dr Magda | TV series, 15 episodes |
| 1995 | Bordertown | Adrianna Leeuwen | TV miniseries, 10 episodes |
| 1996 | Mercury | Mrs Sumic | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997 | The Petrov Affair | Nina Morozova | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2000–02 | Something in the Air | Dr Eva Petrovska | TV series, 148 episodes |
| 2001 | Blue Heelers | Paula Stanford | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2008 | Kosovo | Narrator | |
| 2010 | Mother Teresa - Saint of Darkness | Mother Teresa (voice) |
Stage[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovers | Mag | Actors Theatre | |
| Don Juan | Charlotte | Actors Theatre | |
| Jack the Ripper | Polly | Actors Theatre, Melbourne | |
| Only an Orphan Girl | Femme Fatale | Actors Theatre, Melbourne | |
| The Roundsman | Policewoman | Actors Theatre, Melbourne | |
| Gigi | Gigi | Actors Theatre, Melbourne | |
| Fat King Melon | Princess Caraway | Actors Theatre, Melbourne | |
| The Adventures of a Bear Called Paddington | Judy Brown | Tour with Actors Theatre, Melbourne | |
| Images | Emily Brontë | Actors Theatre, Melbourne | |
| Schweik in the Second World War | Anna | Actors Theatre, Melbourne | |
| 1979 | Once a Catholic | Mary | Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 1982 | Mother Courage and Her Children | Kattrin | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1982 | Silver Lining | Yanova | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1982 | The Prince of Homburg | Princess Natalia | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1982 | Royal Show | Rebecca / IIvory / Faustine / Mrs Macpherson / Horsewoman | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1982–83 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia | Playhouse, Adelaide, Keith Michell Theatre with STCSA |
| 1983 | Twelfth Night | Lady-In-Waiting / various | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1983 | Blood Wedding | The Bride | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1983–84 | Netherwood | Police Woman / Rhonda | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA, Seymour Centre |
| 1983 | The Marriage of Figaro | Fanchette | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1983 | Pal Joey | Linda English | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1983 | The Blind Giant Is Dancing | Janice Lang / Robin | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1983 | Sunrise | Eva | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1984 | The Women of March the First | Gesia | Nimrod Downstairs Theatre |
| 1985, 1987 | The Golden Age | Betsheb | Studio Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company, Seymour Centre with Nimrod Theatre Company |
| 1985 | A Spring Song | Kerry Dennison | Studio Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company |
| 1986 | If Winter Comes | Ilona | Church Theatre, Melbourne with Australian Contemporary Theatre Company |
| 1987 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Emilie | Seymour Centre with Nimrod Theatre Company |
| 1988 | My Sister in This House | Isabelle | Seymour Centre |
| 1988 | Capricornia | Christobel / Opal / Rhonda | Belvoir Street Theatre, Parramatta Cultural Centre, Darwin Performing Arts Centre, Canberra Theatre, World Expo 88 Brisbane |
| 1989 | A Doll’s House | Nora | Ensemble Theatre |
| 1989 | Picnic with Fatima | Fatima | Universal Theatre, Melbourne with Wintercourt Productions |
| 1989 | Nice Girls | Lizzy | Anthill Theatre, Melbourne, Monash University, Theatre Royal, Hobart with Playbox Theatre Company |
| 1989 | Hedda Gabler | Thea Elvsted | Playhouse Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1990 | Danny and the Deep Blue Sea | Roberta | Universal Two, Melbourne with Wintercourt Productions & Biartisan Productions |
| 1991 | Mad Forest | Angel / Doctor / Student / Dog / Toma / Rodica / Bogdan's Old Aunt | Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 1991 | Uncle Vanya | Sonya | Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 1991 | Bali: Adat | Bijang | Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company for Melbourne International Arts Festival |
| 1992 | Quartet | Marquise de Merteuil | Goethe Institut, Malthouse Theatre, University of Adelaide for Adelaide Festival with Playbox Theatre Company |
| 1992 | The Crimson Island | Adelaide Karpovna / Betsy | Anthill Theatre, Melbourne, Royalty Theatre, Adelaide for Adelaide Festival |
| 1992 | The Idiot | Lebedev / Mrs Yepanchin / Mrs Ivolgin | Theatre Works, Melbourne |
| 1992 | Life is a Dream | Rosura | West Melbourne Gasworks with Anthill Theatre, Melbourne for Melbourne International Arts Festival |
| 1993 | Agamemnon: Dawn of the Darkness | Clytemnestra | IRAA Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1993 | Viva La Vida: Frida Kahlo | European Frida | West Melbourne Gasworks with Handspan Theatre |
| 1993 | Mother Courage and her Children | Kattrin | West Melbourne Gasworks with Anthill Theatre Company |
| 1993 | Faust | Gretchen / Helen of Troy | Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 1993–94 | King Lear | Cordelia / Oswald | Malthouse Theatre, Tokyo Globe Theatre, Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya, Japan, Seoul Arts Center, South Korea, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Canberra Theatre with Playbox Theatre Company |
| 1994 | Woyzeck a Good Murder, A Real Murder | Marie | Malthouse Theatre with IRAA Theatre, Melbourne for Castlemaine Festival |
| 1994 | Big Hair in America | Wanda | Wal Cherry Play of the Year '94 |
| 1994 | Young Playwrights Festival | Anthill Theatre Company with Melbourne Theatre Company for Next Wave Festival | |
| 1994 | On the North Diversion Road | Woman | Malthouse Theatre with Playbox Theatre Company for Melbourne International Arts Festival |
| 1995 | The Ham Funeral | Budinskis Theatre of Exile, Melbourne | |
| 1996 | The Blue Hour | Grandmother | Odeon Theatre, Adelaide with IRAA Theatre, Melbourne for Adelaide Festival |
| 1996 | A Cheery Soul | Maid / Young Mrs Lillie / Mrs Wakeman | Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 1996 | The Blue Hour | Grandmother | IRAA Theatre, Melbourne, Adelaide Festival |
| 1996 | Solitary Animals | Boyana | Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1997 | Intimate Letters | Kamila Stösslová / Narrator | Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne with Musica Viva |
| 1997 | Dock 39 | Theatre Works, Melbourne | |
| 1997 | Tartuffe | Elmire | Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1998 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Lavinia | Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1998 | King Lear | Goneril | Playhouse, Canberra, Melbourne Athenaeum, Playhouse, QPAC Brisbane, Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare |
| 1999 | Chilling and Killing My Annabel Lee | Angelica / Anne / Christine / Woman | Malthouse Theatre with Playbox Theatre Company |
| 1999 | The Dogs Play: And A Few Roos Loose in the Top Paddock | Ruby / Jenna | Malthouse Theatre with Playbox Theatre Company |
| 1999 | The Lover / The Collection | Sarah / Stella | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 1999 | The Language of the Gods | Eva de Ven | Malthouse Theatre with Playbox Theatre Company |
| 2001 | Medea | Medea | Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria |
| 2001 | Three Sisters | Olga | Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2001 | This Hospital is My Country | Elena | DeckChair Theatre, Perth |
| 2002 | Dafke!! (Part 1 of Jewtopia-Trilogie) | Girl with Broken Neck | Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria for Vienna Festival |
| 2002 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria |
| 2003 | 1975: A Populist Opera | Paula Risic | North Melbourne Town Hall with Melbourne Workers Theatre |
| 2003 | Falling Petals | Sarah Godden / Mrs. Woods / Gayle / Marg / Mrs. Lawrence | Malthouse Theatre with Playbox Theatre Company |
| 2003–04 | The Lost Breath (aka Der verlorene Atem (Part 2 of Jewtopia-Trilogie) | The Other Woman | Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria, Melbourne Athenaeum with Melbourne International Arts Festival |
| 2004 | Kasimir + Karoline | Erna | Perchtoldsdorf Summer Festival, Austria |
| 2003, 2007 | Poppea | Poppea | Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria, Berliner Ensemble 2004, Edinburgh Festival |
| 2004 | Wiener Lächelin | Widow | Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria, Komische Oper Berlin |
| 2005 | Das Schloss (Part 3 of Jewtopia-Trilogie) | Blaubart | Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria |
| 2005 | The Tales of Hoffmann (aka Hoffmanns Erzählungen) | Spalanzani / Shlemihl | Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg |
| 2006 | Interpretationache 06 | Graz Literature Festival, Austria | |
| 2006 | The Caucasian Chalk Circle | 11 roles | Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria / Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg |
| 2006 | 1975 - A Love Story | Paula | Brisbane |
| 2007 | The Ubu-Complex | Alfred Jarry | Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria |
| 2007 | The Family Table III | Self | Vienna Festival, Austria |
| 2007 | Nach Der Zeit Im Takt Sehen | Woman | Off Limits Festival, Germany, WUK Vienna |
| 2007 | Rettet Die Mäuse (aka Save the Mice) | Mel Ostermayer | Tanzquartier Vienna, Austria |
| 2007 | Middentity | Mel | Nitra Festival, Slovakia |
| 2008 | The Women of Troy | Cassandra / Andromache / Helen of Troy | Wharf Theatre, Malthouse Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2009 | Purimspil | Linz, Austria | |
| 2009 | Das Tortenstück | Franz Fuchs | Donaufestival, Krems Austria |
| 2009–10 | Unerhoert | Conductor | Jeunesse, Linz, Vienna, Innsbruck, Austria |
| 2009 | Alma | Alma Mahler | Vienna, Austria |
| 2009–10 | In the Jungle of Cities (aka Im Dickicht Der Stadte) | Mae Garga | Landestheater, Linz, Austria |
| 2011 | Mater Dolorosa (aka Our Lady of Sorrows) | Mel | Progetto Semiserio, Vienna, Austria |
| 2011 | Lysistrata | Lampito | Perchtoldsdorf Summer Festival, Austria |
| 2013 | Slobodija Odysseia, Mon Amour | Penelope | Marseille, France |
| 2014 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2014 | Night on Bald Mountain | Mrs. Sword | Malthouse Theatre |
| 2015 | Suddenly Last Summer | Miss Foxhill | Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2015 | The Wizard of Oz | Scarecrow | Belvoir Street Theatre |
| 2015 | I Am a Miracle | Johannes / Woman / Angel | Malthouse Theatre |
| 2016 | Yes Move. No Move (Moved?) | Manchester UK, Ljubljana Slovenia, Prague Czech Republic, Sibiu Romania with BeSpectACTive! | |
| 2017 | John | Genevieve Marduk | Arts Centre Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2017 | Three Sisters | Anfisus | Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2018 | The House of Bernarda Alba | Bernadette | Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2019 | Arbus and West | Mae West | Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2019 | Titus Andronicus | Tamora | Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare |
Awards and nominations[edit]
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Tale of Ruby Rose | Venice Film Festival | International Critics Prize for Best Actress | Won |
| 1989 | A Doll’s House | Inaugural Cladan Award | Most Significant Contribution to Sydney Theatre | Won |
| 1989 | Picnic with Fatima | Green Room Awards | for Best Actress | Nominated |
| 1990 | Danny and the Deep Blue Sea | Green Room Awards | Best Actress | Won |
| 1991 | Bali Adat | Green Room Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Won |
| 1992 | Mother Courage | Green Room Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated} |
| 1998 | King Lear | Green Room Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 2008 | Women of Troy | Sydney Theatre Awards | Best Actress | Nominated} |
| 2015 | Night on Bald Mountain | Green Room Awards | Best Female Actor | Won |
| 2016 | I Am a Miracle | Green Room Awards | Best Female Actor | Won |
| 2017 | John | Green Room Awards | Best Female Actor | Nominated |
| 2017 | John | Helpmann Awards | Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Hallett, Bryce (27 July 2009), "An outsider finds a place to call home", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ a b c Hawker, Philippa (10 July 2015), "Melita Jurisic: from Mad Max to Macbeth, this versatile actor continues to impress", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Johnston, Tony (16 January 2000), "AIR apparent", Herald Sun
- ^ Byrnes, Paul (18 August 1988), "Wild and haunting tale beneath the mist", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Purcell, Chris (5 October 1986), "Love is the food to satisfy Hunger", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Blinksell, Magella (8 September 2000), "Surprises Out Of Zagreb", The Canberra Times
- ^ Martin, Adrian (23 April 1998), "No hands clapping here", The Age
- ^ Blake, Jason (27 July 2014), "Hugo Weaving and Melita Jurisic make Macbeth sing, but final scene needs fine-tuning", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Bodey, Michael (4 May 2001), "Sister acting", The Daily Telegraph
- ^ http://www.nanettefox.com.au/Artists/Melita-Jurisic/
- ^ http://www.nanettefox.com.au/Artists/Melita-Jurisic/
- ^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/3005
- ^ https://www.schauspielervideos.de/fullprofile/schauspielerin-melita-jurisic.html
- ^ https://www.melitajurisic.com/theatre_biography_page.html
- ^ http://www.nanettefox.com.au/Artists/Melita-Jurisic/
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External links[edit]
- Melita Jurisic at IMDb
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