Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood | |
|---|---|
 Parkes-Lockwood in 2013 | |
| Born | 24 July 1987 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, producer |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Known for | A Place to Call Home |
| Children | 1 |
Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood (born 24 July 1987) is an Australian actress and producer.
Arianwen lived in the small rural area of Black Mountain in the New England Region of New South Wales. She attended Newling Public School and Duval High School in Armidale. She went on to study a Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Acting) at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating in 2008. [1]
After graduating from NIDA, Parkes-Lockwood played Abigail in The Crucible for the Sydney Theatre Company. She also starred in a 2010 Sydney production As You Like It , playing Rosalind.
She appeared as Dolly Green in the 2011 television series Underbelly: Razor ; then in an episode of Tough Nuts (2011) [2] as well as an episode of the two-part BBC docudrama The Kangaroo Gang: Thieves by Appointment (2011). [3]
She was a winner of the 2011 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship for acting and filmmaking. [4]
In 2013, she was cast as Olivia Bligh in the Seven Network's 1950s period drama A Place to Call Home in which she appeared for 61 episodes, until 2018. In 2015 she had a guest role as Harriet Edwards in ABC Television's Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries .
Parkes-Lockwood is also a successful voiceover artist, having voiced television commercials for Renault Arkana, LG, Chemist Warehouse, BBC Earth, Nurofen, Manicare, Elastoplast and Magnum. [5]
In 2019, she appeared naked in a video for PETA's anti-wool campaign. [6]
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Filmmaker | Teenage Jess (also Producer & Assistant Director) | Short film [7] |
| 2011 | Rosey and Me | Rosey | Short film |
| 2011 | Gallery | Short film | |
| 2012 | May | Emma | Short film |
| 2016 | A Grape Family Adventure | Voice (also Producer & Art Director) | Animated short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Tough Nuts: Australia's Hardest Criminals | Marlene McPherson | TV series, season 1, episode 8: "Lennie McPherson: Mr Big" |
| 2011 | The Kangaroo Gang: Thieves by Appointment | Fiona | TV docudrama miniseries, episode 1: "King of Thieves" |
| 2011 | Underbelly: Razor | Dolly Green | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 2013–18 | A Place to Call Home | Olivia Bligh / Samantha Swanson | TV series, seasons 1–6, 61 episodes |
| 2015 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Harriet Edwards | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2019 | PETA Anti-Wool Campaign | Self | Video |
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Hamlet | Bondi Pavilion, Sydney with The Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia | |
| 2008 | The Crucible | Abigail | Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2010 | As You Like It | Rosalind | 199 Cleveland Street Theatre, Sydney |
Parkes-Lockwood is married to writer and voiceover artist Marcello Fabrizi [10] , and together they have a daughter, Serafina, who was born on Christmas Eve, 2017. She encourages people to remove the stigma around miscarriage and talk openly about it, having experienced one herself, prior to having her daughter. [11]
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