Maria Mercedes (actress)
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Maria Moutsidis, known professionally as Maria Mercedes, is an Australian television, film and stage actress.[1] Her notable roles include the original Australian productions of the musicals Nine, Sunset Boulevard and Love Never Dies.
Stage
In 2014/15, Mercedes played opera star Maria Callas to critical acclaim and a sold out season of the Terence McNally play Master Class at fortyfivedownstairs Melbourne.[2]
In March 2016, she joined the cast of a new play Taxithi by Helen Yotis Patterson, the telling of Greek women migrating to Australia during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The play is a series of monologues, interspersed with traditional Greek music and songs of the time. The piece resonated deeply with Maria as her own parents' stories of migration resonated within the stories of Taxithi. For the first time in Maria's theatrical career she was given the opportunity to sing in Greek.[3][4]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Patrick | Nurse Panicale | |
| 1996 | Whipping Boy | Saphra | |
| 1998 | Head On | Tasia | |
| 1998 | Cody: The Wrong Stuff | Raquel (Spanish teacher) | Television film |
| 2004 | Dreams for Life | Ellen | |
| 2012 | Love Never Dies | Madame Giry | |
| 2013 | Patrick | Doctor | |
| 2019 | The Taverna | Helen |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974–75 | Division 4 | Christina Lamorica, Factory Girl 1 | 2 episodes |
| 1975 | Homicide | Anna Petrelli, Francesca Carlotti | 2 episodes |
| 1977 | Bluey | Teresa | Episode: "Stop the Press" |
| 1978 | Cop Shop | Judy | Episode: "Episode #1.33" |
| 1979, 1984–85 |
Prisoner | Irene Zervos, Yemil Bakarta | 15 episodes |
| 1979 | Patrol Boat | Episode: "Which Way's Mecca?" | |
| 1983 | E Street | Shirley Maclaine | 4 episodes |
| 1999 | Thunderstone | Ivana | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Greeks on the Roof | Poppy | 11 episodes |
| 2004–2007 | Neighbours | Lucia Cammeniti | 10 episodes |
| 2007 | Kick | Dora Mavros | 13 episodes |
| 2012 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Madame Breda | Episode: "Cocaine Blues" |
| 2013 | House Husbands | Mrs. Panas | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Fat Tony & Co. | Agape Makrakanis | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Footballer Wants a Wife | Mama | 2 episodes |
| 2017–18 | Wentworth | Detective Ayoub | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Bloom | Margot | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries | Joyce Hirsch | Episode: "Just Murdered" |
References
- ^ "A migrant daughter's struggle to identify". Neos Kosmos - English Edition. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Theatre review: Master Class a masterful tribute to Maria Callas". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "TAXITHI: An Australian Odyssey". fortyfivedownstairs.
- ^ "A migrant daughter's struggle to identify".