Alison Bell (actress)
Alison Bell | |
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 Bell at AACTA Awards, 2012 | |
| Born | 1978 (age 45–46) Young, New South Wales Australia |
| Occupation | Actress & writer |
| Spouse | John Leary |
| Children | 1 |
Alison Bell is an Australian stage, film and television actress and writer.
Early life and education
[edit]Born in Young, New South Wales and educated in Canberra, she completed an Arts/Law degree at the Australian National University before undertaking an acting course at the Victorian College of the Arts, where she graduated in 2004.
Career
[edit]Bell has worked in television, documentary film and theatre.[1] She is perhaps best known for her performances on the ABC TV series Laid, for which she was nominated for an AACTA Award[2] and in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Doubt, for which she won a Helpmann Award.[3]
In 2017 she performed in the acclaimed ABC TV series The Letdown. She starred as Audrey, the main character, and also served as writer and co-creator of the series.[4][5][6]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Last Man Standing | Gen | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Packed to the Rafters | Susannah | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Rush | Anna | 1 episode |
| 2010 | I Rock | Jane Humphries | 8 episodes |
| 2010 | City Homicide | Kellie Briggs | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Offspring | Louise | 2 episode |
| 2011–2012 | Laid | Roo McVie |
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| 2016 | Tomorrow When the War Began | Liz Linton | 6 episodes |
| 2017-19 | The Letdown | Audrey (Main Role) Writer and Creator | 13 episodes across 2 seasons |
| 2018 | No Activity | Leary | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Amazing Stories - Dynoman and the Volt | Helen Harris | 1 episode |
| 2022 | Significant Others | Claire | ABC TV series: 6 episodes |
| Year | Production | Theatre | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | King Lear | Melbourne Theatre Company | Cordelia and the Fool | |
| 2006 | Doubt | Sydney Theatre Company | Sister James |
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| 2008 | Blackbird | Melbourne Theatre Company | Una | Nominated – Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play |
| 2011 | As You Like It | Belvoir St Theatre | Rosalind | |
| 2012 | Tribes | Melbourne Theatre Company | Sylvia | |
| 2013 | Hedda Gabler | State Theatre Company of South Australia | Hedda Gabler | Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play |
| Constellations | Melbourne Theatre Company | Marianne | Nominated – Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play | |
| 2015 | Betrayal | State Theatre Company of South Australia | Emma | |
| 2017 | Three Sisters | Sydney Theatre Company | Olga |
References
[edit]- ^ Alison Bell Archived 17 December 2012 at archive.today Wellington City Libraries, 2010. Retrieved: 28 January 2012
- ^ Out there The Age, 28 January 2012. Retrieved: 28 January 2012
- ^ 2006 Helpmann Award Winners Announced Sydney Stage Archive, 1 August 2006. Retrieved: 19 March 2012
- ^ "Alison Bell - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Alison Bell - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "'The Letdown' Star Alison Bell on Why A Sense of Humor Is Crucial To Surviving Motherhood". Romper. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- Australian television actresses
- Australian stage actresses
- Helpmann Award winners
- Victorian College of the Arts alumni
- Actresses from Canberra
- Actresses from Melbourne
- 21st-century Australian actresses
- Australian National University alumni
- People from Young, New South Wales
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