Ella Scott Lynch

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Ella Scott Lynch
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Ella Scott Lynch and fellow actor Damian Walshe-Howling
Born
Ella Scott Lynch

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Education National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
Years active1985-present
Children2

Ella Scott Lynch 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 .

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Early life

Ella Scott Lynch attended St Catherine's School, Waverley, NSW. She is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Arts. [1]

Career

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.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Shine Jessica
2006Emulsion
Charlotte's Web Girl at Fair
2008 Monkey Puzzle Pippa
Rope BurnBellaShort
2012Inhuman ResourcesFemale Secretary
2013FruitIsobelShort
2018Enter the WildPippa
Pimped Sarah Montrose/Rachael Montrose
2019Standing Up for SunnyFelicity
2023The TrialJoanShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
1985 Winners Doyle Family MemberEpisode: "Top Kid"
2005 Home and Away Hayley Lawson Regular role (Season 18)
All Saints Shauna LapinEpisode: "New Beginnings"
2006 The Silence LilyaTV film
2008 Emerald Falls Blossom PiggotTV film
2008–09 All Saints Claire AndersonMain role (series 11–12)
2011 City Homicide Narelle O'BrienEpisode: "No Greater Honour: Tangled Web"
Crownies Erin O'ShaughnessyMain role
2012 Underbelly: Badness Camille AlavoineMain role
2013 Mr & Mrs Murder Emily GormanEpisode: "Keeping Up Appearances"
Serangoon Road Angelica WarnockEpisodes: "My Girl", "1.8", "1.9"
2014 Janet King Erin O'ShaughnessyMain role (series 1) [5]
2014–2016 Love Child Shirley RyanMain role (series 1–3) [6]
2015 NCIS: Los Angeles Dr. Karen WardEpisode: "Spiral"
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Angela LombardEpisode: "Game, Set & Murder"
2016 The Code Meg FlynnMain role (series 2) [7]
Brock Beverly BrockTV miniseries
2017 Newton's Law Lana DevriesEpisode: "Control Theory"
2017, 19 Doctor Doctor CeliaEpisodes: "Both Sides Now" & "A House Divided"
2018 Underbelly Files: Chopper MargaretEpisodes: "Tell Them Lucifer Was Here", "Infiltration" [8]
2019-2022 Upright Suzie Flynn11 episodes [9] [10]
2020 Informer 3838 Nicola Gobbo 2 episodes [11]
2021Amazing GraceChristina4 episodes
2023While the Men are AwayRita2 episodes [12]
Jones Family ChristmasChristina JonesTV Movie [13]
2025 Black Snow Nina HirschSeries 2

Theatre

YearNameRoleDirectorTheatreNotes
2006Constance Drinkwater and the Final Days of Somerset [14] HopeLeland KeanSBW Stables Theatrenext to Susan Prior & Billie Rose Prichard
2007Capture the Flag [15] MathildeToby SchmitzThe Old Fitzroy, Sydneynext to Andrew Gee, Robin Goldsworthy & Sam North [16]

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