Celeste Dodwell

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Celeste Dodwell
Education
OccupationActress
Years active2008-present
Television Home and Away
Father Grant Dodwell

Celeste Dodwell is an Australian actress. She had a recurring role as Melody Jones on the Australian soap opera Home and Away and has since appeared in a range of film, television and stage roles.

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Early life

She attended Mosman High School in Mosman, New South Wales. [1]

Career

Dodwell joined the soap opera Home and Away as Melody Jones in March 2008. It was reported that she was leaving in 2009 to study drama in London. [2] She graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2013. [3] In 2014, she appeared with Felicity Kendal in a UK tour of Hay Fever as Jackie. [4]

In 2016, she appeared in the fifth series of BBC One drama Call the Midwife as Roseanne Dawley, a role in which The Daily Telegraph said Dodwell did "a fine job" of representing a young mother with post-natal depression. [5] [6]

Her film roles have included Allied alongside Brad Pitt, Cyrano with Peter Dinklage and the 2022 Bill Nighy film Living . [7]

In 2022, she appeared as Ursula in Much Ado About Nothing at the National Theatre, London. [8] On 8 September 2022, the production was filmed and broadcast live for cinemas. [9] That year, she also appeared as Joanne in season three of Atlanta . [10]

In 2023, Dodwell could be seen in Paramount+ thriller The Castaways alongside Sheridan Smith. That year, she was also cast in the second series of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power for Amazon Prime Video . [11] [12] [13]

Personal life

She is the daughter of A Country Practice actor Grant Dodwell. [14]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes works that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
2008-2009 Home and Away Melody Jones 61 episodes
2015 The Musketeers Prostitute2 episodes
2016 Call the Midwife Roseanne Dawley1 episode
2016 Allied ScarlettFilm
2018 Endeavour Annoushka Nolan1 episode
2021 Cyrano Theatre ladyFilm
2022 Atlanta Joanne1 episode
2022National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing Ursula
2023 The Castaways Natasha
2022-2024 The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Elf Artisan2 episodes

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References

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  2. ↑ Rowe, Darren (9 March 2009). "Another 'Home and Away' star to leave?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Alumni News, July". LAMDA. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Billington, Michael (27 August 2014). "Hay Fever review – hysteria rules as Felicity Kendal does Coward". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Radford, Ceri (14 February 2016). "Call the Midwife s5 ep5: when every crisis was solved by a nice cup of tea - review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Movie Review – Living (2022)". Flickering Myth. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Shaw, Angel (20 March 2023). "Galadriel's Forgotten Rings Of Power Daughter May Be Alive After All". Screen Rant. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Bloodworth, Adam (19 July 2022). "Much Ado About Nothing at the National Theatre, review: Pop Shakespeare at its finest". cityam. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
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  10. ↑ Tangalin, John Daniel (31 March 2022). "Atlanta' Season 3 Episode 3 Non-Spoiler Review – "The Old Man And The Tree"". The Cinema Spot. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
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