Ella Scott Lynch | |
|---|---|
 Ella Scott Lynch and fellow actor Damian Walshe-Howling | |
| Born | Ella Scott Lynch 27 September 1982 |
| Education | National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA) |
| Years active | 1985-present |
| Children | 2 |
Ella Scott Lynch (born 27 September 1982 in Sydney) is an Australian actress. Her notable roles include Shirley Ryan in the series Love Child and Melbourne gangland barrister Nicola Gobbo in the Channel Nine mini-series Informer 3838 .
Ella Scott Lynch attended St Catherine's School, Waverley, NSW. She is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Arts. [1]
In 2005, she was cast in the soap opera Home and Away in the role of Hayley Lawson, previously played by Bec Cartwright, which she played until the end of that year. [2]
In 2008 Lynch was cast as a regular in All Saints. Her character, nurse Claire Anderson, replaced Jolene Anderson's character Erika. Coincidentally, Kip Gamblin, who played Hayley's love interest Scott Hunter in Home and Away, also joined All Saints at that point. [3]
In 2020 she appeared in Informer 3838 [4] as the titular character, Melbourne gangland lawyer Nicola Gobbo. The mini-series was inspired by the real-life career of Gobbo, who was recruited by Victoria Police in the 1990s as an informer on crime figures such as drug kingpin Tony Mokbel.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Shine | Jessica | |
| 2006 | Emulsion | ||
| Charlotte's Web | Girl at Fair | ||
| 2008 | Monkey Puzzle | Pippa | |
| Rope Burn | Bella | Short | |
| 2012 | Inhuman Resources | Female Secretary | |
| 2013 | Fruit | Isobel | Short |
| 2018 | Enter the Wild | Pippa | |
| Pimped | Sarah Montrose/Rachael Montrose | ||
| 2019 | Standing Up for Sunny | Felicity |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Winners | Doyle Family Member | Episode: "Top Kid" |
| 2005 | Home and Away | Hayley Lawson | Regular role (Season 18) |
| All Saints | Shauna Lapin | Episode: "New Beginnings" | |
| 2006 | The Silence | Lilya | TV film |
| 2008 | Emerald Falls | Blossom Piggot | TV film |
| 2008–09 | All Saints | Claire Anderson | Main role (series 11–12) |
| 2011 | City Homicide | Narelle O'Brien | Episode: "No Greater Honour: Tangled Web" |
| Crownies | Erin O'Shaughnessy | Main role | |
| 2012 | Underbelly: Badness | Camille Alavoine | Main role |
| 2013 | Mr & Mrs Murder | Emily Gorman | Episode: "Keeping Up Appearances" |
| Serangoon Road | Angelica Warnock | Episodes: "My Girl", "1.8", "1.9" | |
| 2014 | Janet King [5] | Erin O'Shaughnessy | Main role (series 1) |
| 2014–2016 | Love Child [6] | Shirley Ryan | Main role (series 1–3) |
| 2015 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Dr. Karen Ward | Episode: "Spiral" |
| Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Angela Lombard | Episode: "Game, Set & Murder" | |
| 2016 | The Code [7] | Meg Flynn | Main role (series 2) |
| Brock | Beverly Brock | TV miniseries | |
| 2017 | Newton's Law | Lana Devries | Episode: "Control Theory" |
| 2017, 19 | Doctor Doctor | Celia | Episodes: "Both Sides Now" & "A House Divided" |
| 2018 | Underbelly Files: Chopper [8] | Margaret | Episodes: "Tell Them Lucifer Was Here", "Infiltration" |
| 2019-2022 | Upright [9] [10] | Suzie Flynn | 11 episodes |
| 2020 | Informer 3838 [11] | Nicola Gobbo | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Amazing Grace | Christina | 4 episodes |
| 2023 | While the Men are Away [12] | Rita | 2 episodes |
| The Trial | Joan | Short | |
| Jones Family Christmas [13] | Christina Jones | TV Movie |
| Year | Name | Role | Director | Theatre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Constance Drinkwater and the Final Days of Somerset [14] | Hope | Leland Kean | SBW Stables Theatre | next to Susan Prior & Billie Rose Prichard |
| 2007 | Capture the Flag [15] | Mathilde | Toby Schmitz | The Old Fitzroy, Sydney | next to Andrew Gee, Robin Goldsworthy & Sam North [16] |
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