Anna Lise Phillips

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Anna Lise Phillips
Born1975 (49-50)
Australia
OccupationActress
Parent Maggi Phillips

Anna Lise Phillips (born 1975) is an Australian actress. She is sometimes credited as Anna Lise, Anna Lise Philips, or Anna-Lise Phillips.

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Early life

Phillips grew up in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia where she was a founding member of the Corrugated Iron Youth Theatre. [1] Her mother was Maggi Phillips, a dancer [2] [3] .

Career

Philips' first major film role was in The Boys (1998) shortly followed by Envy (also known as The New Girlfriend) for which she was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film. Other films of note include Sundance award-winning; Animal Kingdom , Walking on Water , BackTrack , The Pack , A Wreck A Tangle , and The Tank.

In 2002 Phillips played Mabel Fine in Icon's telemovie The Three Stooges with Michael Chiklis, Paul Ben Victor, and Evan Handler.

Phillips first acted on television in 2002, starring in Channel 9's Young Lions . In 2009, she appeared as Jeneana Palmer in Channel Seven's TV soap opera Home and Away .

Phillips has appeared in many Australian TV series including McLeod's Daughters , The Secret Life of Us , Farscape , Stingers , Murder Call , Good Guys Bad Guys , Water Rats , Wildside , The Killing Field, Heartbreak High, Terra Nova, Bastard Boys , Crownies , and City Homicide .

In 2012, she was cast in a recurring role in the American television series Revolution . Phillips starred in Foxtel's 2014 miniseries Devil's Playground with Toni Collette. In 2016, she starred in US comedy Sensitivity Training, which was also shown at the LA Film Festival. In 2020, Phillips made a guest appearance in Neighbours as Jenna Donaldson. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 The Boys NolaFeature film
1999 Envy (aka The New Girlfriend)RachelFeature film
2000 A Wreck A Tangle MaxFeature film
2001 WillFull Catherine WaterfordFeature film
2002 Walking on Water KateFeature film
2003ClutchJudyShort film
2004HookedRebeccaShort film
2009Dream What You WantDream GirlShort film
2010Not Even a MouseJasmineShort film
Animal Kingdom Barrister Justine HopperFeature film
ComplicityDrowning WomanShort film
2011KatielandKatie ColvinShort film
2012Inhuman ResourcesShelly Bloom
2015 The Pack Carla WilsonFeature film
2015 Backtrack Erica GeorgeFeature film
2016Sensitivity TrainingSerena

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Big Sky MelanieEpisode: "Boxed In"
1998A Difficult WomanCassieTV miniseries
Wildside Laurel WilliamsEpisode: "1.16"
Water Rats MeganEpisode: "Soft Target"
Good Guys, Bad Guys Emily CostelloEpisode: "A Chip Off the Old Potato"
Murder Call Eileen WatsonSeason 2, Episode 17: "Blowing the Whistle"
Stingers Clare ChallonerEpisode: "Innocents Abroad"
2000 Marriage Acts Anna McKinnonTV film
Farscape Young NilaamEpisode: "Vitas Mortis"
The Three Stooges Mabel FineTV film
20011000 Meilen für die LiebeTV film
2002 The Secret Life of Us JulieEpisodes: "A New World Order", "Free Will", "The Grand Delusion"
Young Lions Det. Snr. Const. Cameron SmartMain role (22 episodes)
2004 McLeod's Daughters Bree PlummerEpisode: "Make or Break"
2005 Blue Water High Loren's MumEpisode: "3.9"
2007 Bastard Boys Cherie SnapeTV miniseries
2009 All Saints HeatherEpisode: "Dreams and Nightmares"
Home and Away Jeneana Palmer Recurring role (6 episodes)
2011 City Homicide Kylie BarnettEpisode: "No Greater Honour: Reward Day"
Crownies SonyaRecurring role (5 episodes)
Terra Nova TeresaEpisode: "What Remains"
2012 Tricky Business Lara DonnellyEpisode: "Mothercraft"
Revolution Maggie FosterEpisodes: "Pilot", "Chained Heat", "No Quarter", "The Plague Dogs"
2016 Her Dark Past AliceTV film
2018 Harrow Stephanie TolsonMain role (10 episodes)
2020–21 Neighbours Jenna Donaldson Recurring character
2023 The Clearing Hannah Wilczek

References

  1. http://corrugatediron.org.au [ bare URL ]
  2. "Vale Maggi Phillips » Ausdance | Dance Advocacy". April 2015.
  3. "Vale Maggi Phillips - Dance Australia".
  4. Julians, Joe (11 August 2020). "New Neighbours arrival to stir up trouble in Erinsborough". Radio Times . Retrieved 16 August 2020.