Andrea Moor

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Andrea Moor is a Brisbane-based actor known for with roles in theatre, film and television. She is also a stage director and coordinator of actor training at QUT (Queensland University of Technology).

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Early career to mid-2000s

Moor was born in Melbourne, [1] raised in Queensland and moved to Sydney in 1979. At 19 she travelled to London to study at East 15 and returned to Sydney after a year. She enrolled at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and graduated in 1985. [2]

She appeared in productions by all the major Sydney theatre companies including, Sydney Theatre Company, Ensemble Theatre, Stables Theatre, Marion Street Theatre and Belvoir. She travelled to England with the Sydney Theatre Company production of David Williamson's play Emerald City. [3]

Moor was also appearing in films and on television including 59 episodes in the series Heartbreak High . She was also at times listed as Andrea Moore. [4]

Career

Moor's parents were residents of Brisbane, and following her father's death she moved back to Brisbane with her family to be closer to her mother. [1]

She subsequently appeared in many productions for Brisbane-based theatre companies La Boite and Queensland Theatre Company. [3]

While continuing as an actor Moor moved into directing from 2007 as an assistant director. In late 2008 she had her first role as director with the production of Beautiful at the Loft. She directed plays for the Queensland Theatre Company and in 2014-2015 was appointed a Resident Director – a joint position with Jason Klarwein. The role included "working on a range of projects from mainstage productions to works in development, youth programs and repertoire meetings." [5] For the second half of 2015 Moor's role moved to being Artistic Associate. [5] Of the role of director Moor said, "While I love directing, and still find it incredibly challenging, at my heart I'm an actor." [1]

Teaching

Moor had studied at the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York City, the acting school founded by David Mamet and William H Macy, which uses a technique known as Practical Aesthetics, the Atlantic Technique. [6]

Moor introduced this technique to Australia in 1994 and in 1998 she together with Melissa Bruder established “the official Sydney Annex of the NYC.” [7] She has run workshops on the technique at NIDA, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and Practical Aesthetics Australia (PAA) and in group settings. [8]

She had been offered teaching roles in institutions but wanted to investigate further on techniques to teach acting. In 2013 she was awarded her PhD as a Doctorate of Creative Industries. [9] Her thesis was entitled "Contemporary Actor Training in Australia: A comparative survey of the efficacy of the acting methodologies implemented at four leading Australian actor-training institutions - National Institute of Dramatic Art, Queensland University of Technology, Victorian College of the Arts, and Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts." [10] She then accepted a five-year role as senior lecturer and head of acting at Queensland University of Technology. [1] [11]

Moor describes her career as "reinventing myself or adding strings to my bow just in order to survive." [9] She said that the combination of acting, directing and teaching will not lead to a secure financial future where she would have sufficient money to retire while a permanent teaching position offers more financial stability. Her studies had the unexpected advantage of giving her greater insight into her own work as an actor and director. [9] She is on the boards of Queensland Theatre (formerly Queensland Theatre Company) [12] and Metro Arts. [13]

In 2014 she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship. In her submission she wrote, "The purpose of this fellowship was to enlighten me as to current theatre practice in with particular focus on the work of outstanding female theatre directors, in order to enrich and challenge my own practice as theatre director and provide a benchmark for reflection of my own practice." [14]

Review acting

Maureen Strugnell in a review in Stage Diary wrote of Moor's performance in Vincent in Brixton as the mother of Vincent Van Gogh,

Andrea Moor is compelling in this role, suggesting by everything she does the effort that it takes to keep on functioning in a world that has lost all meaning. Whether she is rushing manically about the kitchen as in the opening scene, or moving with achingly painful slowness as the depression takes hold again, we watch fascinated. When she sits still, head in hands, she personifies despair and prefigures later portraits by Van Gogh of sorrowing women. [15]

Awards

2005 nominated Matilda Awards The Actors' Workshop Awards for Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role : Vincent in Brixton
2007 nominated Matilda Awards Best Actress : Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
2008 nominated Matilda Awards Best Actress in a Lead Role : The Narcissist
2009 winner Matilda Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role : The Crucible
2013 winner Gold Matilda Award for directing Venus in Fur
2013 nominated Matilda Awards Best Director Venus in Fur
2015 nominated Matilda Awards Best Director : Grounded
2016 winner Matilda Awards Best Female Actor : Switzerland

[16]

Personal life

Moor lives in Ashgrove Brisbane with her husband and their teenage daughter Bella. [1]

Theatre (selected)

As actor

YearTitleVenue
1984 (NIDA Training)Holiday Makers NIDA Theatre
1984 (NIDA Training) All's Well That Ends Well NIDA Theatre
1985 (NIDA Training)Chamber Music NIDA Theatre
1985 (NIDA Training)The Greeks Play 1 The War Parade Theatre
1985 (NIDA Training)Once in a Lifetime Parade Theatre
1986Away Stables Theatre
1986 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Wharf Theatre
1986-87 Emerald City Sydney Opera House, Playhouse Adelaide, Canberra Theatre Centre
1987Woman in Mind Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1987-88 Emerald City Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1988The Game of Love and Chance Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1988 An Ideal Husband Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1988 Emerald City Lyric Theatre, Charing Cross, London with Sydney Theatre Company
1990Siren Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1990Crystal Clear Universal Theatre
1991Witchplay Stables Theatre
1992A Little Like Drowning Belvoir Street Theatre
1993The Old Boy Ensemble Theatre
1993 Titus Andronicus Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1993The Newspaper of Claremont Street Marian Street Theatre
1993The Visit Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1994FuriousThe Space, Adelaide, Malthouse Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1994The Gun in History Stables Theatre (Griffin Theatre Company)
1993Barefoot Stables Theatre (Griffin Theatre Company)
1994Flame Stables Theatre (Griffin Theatre Company)
1995The Ninth Step Ensemble Theatre
1995 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Belvoir Street Theatre
1996The Family Ensemble Theatre
2001Borderlines Stables Theatre (Griffin Theatre Company)
2004Myth Propaganda and Disaster Stables Theatre (Griffin Theatre Company)
2005 Vincent in Brixton Cremorne Theatre with Queensland Theatre Company
2005Bitin' Back Cremorne Theatre with Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts
2006 Absurd Person Singular Cremorne Theatre with Queensland Theatre Company
2007The Narcissist Roundhouse Theatre with La Boite Theatre Company
2007 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Cremorne Theatre with Queensland Theatre Company
2008The Narcissist Roundhouse Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Jetty Memorial Theatre Coffs Harbour with La Boite Theatre Company
2009 The Crucible Playhouse, South Bank with Queensland Theatre Company
2010Let the Sunshine Cremorne Theatre with Queensland Theatre Company
2010Tender Sue Benner Theatre (and Moor Theatre)
2011 An Oak Tree Bille Brown Studio with Queensland Theatre Company
2011 Pygmalion Playhouse, South Bank with Queensland Theatre Company
2012 Romeo & Juliet Playhouse, South Bank with Queensland Theatre Company
2013Design for Living Playhouse, South Bank with Queensland Theatre Company
2016Switzerland Bille Brown Studio with Queensland Theatre Company

As director

YearTitleRoleVenue
2007Red CapAssistant Director Roundhouse Theatre with La Boite Theatre Company
2008The Ghost WriterDirector Metro Arts Theatre (and Moor Theatre)
2008HeroesAssistant Director Playhouse Canberra; Lismore City Hall with Queensland Theatre Company
2008BeautifulDirectorThe Loft, Kelvin Grove (and Moor Theatre)
2009My Night with HaroldDirector Metro Arts Warehouse, Brisbane
2009 The Tempest USQ
2010TenderDirector & ActorMetro Arts Warehouse, Brisbane (and moor theatre)
2011Water Falling DownDirector Cremorne Theatre with Queensland Theatre Company
2012IntimacyDirectorJUTE Theatre, Cairns
2013Venus in FurDirector Cremorne Theatre with Queensland Theatre Company
2014Australia DayDirectorPlayhouse, South Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company
2015 Boston Marriage DirectorQueensland tour with Queensland Theatre Company
2015GroundedDirectorDiane Cilento Studio with Queensland Theatre Company
2016 Boston Marriage DirectorQueensland tour with Queensland Theatre Company

Filmography

Film

TitleYearRoleType
1987 Travelling North JoanFeature film
1992 Over the Hill Jan (as Andrea Moore)Feature film
1993Excursion to the Bridge of FriendshipMaria (as Andrea Moore)Film short
1996Shooting the BreezeGretaFilm short
1997 Oscar and Lucinda Miss ShaddockFeature film
1999 Strange Planet Dating Agency WomanFeature film
2001 The Man Who Sued God Maxine JeffreyFeature film
2005CoolNurse JosephineFilm short
2008 Bitter & Twisted Pauline Praline (as Andrea Moore)Feature film
2009 Subdivision Woman (as Andrea Moore)Feature film
2010LifeMotherFilm short
2012 Mental Barry SupporterFeature film
2013 Return to Nim's Island Minister O'HareFeature film
2018Follow My WayGenevieveFilm short
2018Road TrainVictoriaFilm short
2022 Elvis Nurse TrishFeature film
2022 Mistletoe Ranch IvyFeature film
2023A Royal In ParadiseQueen PatriciaFeature film

Television

TitleYearRoleType
1987 Army Wives RosTV film
1988; 1992 A Country Practice Christine WarnerTV series, 2 episodes
1991; 1992 The Flying Doctors TeacherTV series, 1 episode
1991 Sex DoctorTV special
1992 A Country Practice Sarah Wild (as Andrea Moore)TV series, 2 episodes
1992 The Flying Doctors Jane McLaughlinTV series, season 9, 1 episode
1992 The Distant Home Forbes (as Andrea Moore)TV film
1993 G.P. Marilyn DelaneyTV series, 1 episode
1994–99 Heartbreak High Di Barnett / Greta StewartTV series, 59 episodes
1995 Good Morning Australia GuestTV series, 1 episode
1999 Water Rats Priscilla ConwayTV series, 1 episode
1999AirtightElsa ConradTV film
1999; 2003 All Saints Liz ThomasTV series, 2 episodes
2002 White Collar Blue Dr. Andrews (as Andrea Moore)TV series, 1 episode
2002; 2005 Home and Away Anna McMannTV series, 1 episode
2003 All Saints Alana DevlinTV series, 1 episode
2004 The Movie Show HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2005 Home and Away Mrs McPheeTV series, 1 episode
2006 Mortified Miss Barnett (as Andrea Moor)TV series, 1 episode
2006–07 H2O: Just Add Water Mrs GeddesTV series, 3 episodes
2018 Safe Harbour AFP Officer MateraTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2020 The End Dr. ChartersTV series, 1 episode
2021 Harrow Pat ValeTV series, 1 episode
2021SunshadowMeredith O'Toole / Eva MarinellaPodcast series, 7 episodes
2022 True Colours Kristin / KatrinTV series, 2 episodes
2022 Darby and Joan Guest role: GinaTV series, episode 3
2022GreenlitJessicaTV miniseries
2023 In Our Blood Guest role: MargaretTV series, 1 episode

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  13. ↑ "Metro Arts Board". Metro Arts. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  14. ↑ "Andrea Moor Year of Award: 2014". Churchill Trust. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  15. ↑ "Vincent in Brixton". Stage Diary. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "Matilda Awards Archive". Matilda Awards. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
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