Felicity Mason

Last updated

Felicity Mason
Felicity Mason Photograph, LA Film Festival.jpg
Born
Felicity Mason

1976 (age 47–48)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)Actress, artist, writer

Felicity Mason (born 1976) is an Australian actress, writer and visual artist living in New York.

Contents

She has starred in four major film roles. In 2020, Felicity starred as Diana in Stalkers Prey 2 (Lifetime). [1] [2] Zombie movie fans will recognise her as the star of the internationally acclaimed Cult Film Undead (Lionsgate  Films). [3] [4] She was the first Australian actress to star in a Sandalwood film titled Hollywood (Ramu Films); [5] in it she was required to dance, act and sing entirely in the Indian language – Kannada. [6] On TV you may have seen her in the series Mortified (ABC), [7] or The Sleepover Club (Nickelodeon). [8] In 2005 Felicity moved to New York. Within a year she landed a contract with NBC Universal for a comedy series she wrote titled Oralick Records (NBC Universal); [9] in it she plays four off-beat characters competing for a record deal. During that time she was signed to Untitled Entertainment. [10] By 2008 Felicity quit acting to complete her Visual Arts degree. In 2012, Mason graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Queensland University of Technology.

To date Felicity's body of work includes film, theatre, TV, musicals, documentaries, corporate and music videos, and cartoon voice characterization.

Early life

Born in Sydney, Australia, to father William James Mason and Finnish mother Marja-Leena Malinen, Felicity's interests led to acting when she first performed, at age 10, at Pymble Theatre, Sydney [11] as the child actress of the production MacAarthur House. During early childhood Felicity's family performed in amateur theatre; both her mother, father, aunt, uncle and grandparents all performed in various theatre productions at Fairfield Players, with her mother Leena co-writing and directing a play based on the history of Fairfield City. In 1988, Felicity relocated from Sydney to Queensland.

At age 15, Felicity was approached and signed by a talent agent. In 1996 Felicity joined June Dally Watkins, and later Vivien's [12] model agencies. She has appeared in over 30 television and print ad campaigns including Triumph Bra's, Mercedes, Mazda, and Seiko watches to name a few.

In 1999 Felicity joined The Actors' Workshop and later graduated with an associate diploma of acting. She then studied screen acting at NIDA University, Sydney, and HB Studio in New York.

Art

In addition to acting, Felicity is a private art broker and visual artist. Felicity was trained (to paint in oils) by her grandfather: Veikko Malinen, founder of the Finnish Art Society in Kotka, Finland. Her mother Marja-Leena Malienen was an entomologist, and retired to become a full-time artist, painting predominantly land and seascapes.

In 2005 Felicity held a solo art exhibition "Chelsea a Mixed Bag" [13] at Fox Gallery, Brisbane [14] [13] The show was a sell-out attracting over 400 guests, the largest attendance for the gallery. In 2008 Mason held a one night only art exhibition titled "The Election Show" [15] at a private venue in Soho, NYC. [16]

By 2008 Felicity quit acting (for 13 years) to pursue her love of art, and complete her Visual Arts degree. In 2012, Mason graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Queensland University of Technology. In 2010, Mason wrote and filmed "ShockArt". [17] In 2012 she created "Art TV " a series that interviews established and emerging visual artists. Mason also attended The Arts Students League [18] in New York city.

In 2021 Felicity is a contributing editor and host for NftyGuide, a site that covers NFTs in the Art and Collectables market. [19]

Filmography

See also

Related Research Articles

<i>Undead</i> (film) 2003 Australian film

Undead is a 2003 Australian zombie science fiction comedy horror film written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig and starring Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay and Rob Jenkins.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caitlin Stasey</span> Australian actress (born 1990)

Caitlin Jean Stasey is an Australian actress. She is known for her role as Rachel Kinski in Neighbours. Previously she played Francesca Thomas in The Sleepover Club, although her breakthrough film role came in Tomorrow, When the War Began, a 2010 film adaptation of the teen novel of the same name in which she played lead protagonist Ellie Linton. She also played Lady Kenna in the CW series Reign from 2013 to 2015 and had a recurring role in the ABC2 series Please Like Me from 2013 to 2016. In 2017, Stasey starred as Ada on the Fox television drama APB, which was cancelled after one season in May 2017. In 2020, she starred in the short film Laura Hasn't Slept, and had a brief role as the same character in the feature film version Smile (2022).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pymble Ladies' College</span> Independent, day and boarding school in Pymble, New South Wales, Australia

Pymble Ladies' College is an independent, non-selective, day and boarding school for girls, located in Pymble, a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Felicity Jones</span> English actress (born 1983)

Felicity Rose Hadley Jones is an English actress. She started her professional acting career as a child, appearing in The Treasure Seekers (1996) at age 12. She went on to play Ethel Hallow for one series of the television series The Worst Witch and its sequel Weirdsister College. On radio, she has played the role of Emma Grundy in the BBC's The Archers. In 2008, she appeared in the Donmar Warehouse production of The Chalk Garden.

Felicity Jane Montagu is an English actress. She is best known for playing Lynn Benfield, the long-suffering assistant of Alan Partridge.

Belinda Bauer is an Australian retired actress and working spiritual psychologist whose film career spanned the 1980s and 1990s. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

Robyn Alison Moore is an Australian actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maia Mitchell</span> Australian actress and singer (born 1993)

Maia McCall Mitchell is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Callie Adams Foster in the Freeform drama The Fosters (2013–18) and its spin-off series Good Trouble (2019–24). She also co-starred with Ross Lynch in the Disney Channel original films Teen Beach Movie (2013) and Teen Beach 2 (2015) as McKenzie/Mack. For Australian audiences, she played the roles of Brittany Flune in the children's television series Mortified for the Nine Network, and as Natasha Ham in the Seven Network's teen drama Trapped.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glory Annen</span> Canadian actress

Glory Annen was a Canadian actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deborah Hutton (Australian editor)</span> Australian media personality

Deborah Hutton is an Australian media personality. She is a television presenter, magazine editor, ambassador, and spokesmodel. She is a supporter of several charities including The Skin Cancer Foundation Inc.

Identical twin brothers Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig, known collectively as the Spierig Brothers, are German-Australian film directors, producers, and screenwriters. They are best known for their 2014 sci-fi thriller, Predestination.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Dorman</span> New Zealand actor (born 1981)

Michael Dorman is a New Zealand actor, best known for his starring roles as NASA astronaut Gordo Stevens in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind and as John Tavner in the comedy-drama series Patriot.

<i>Dear Murderer</i> 1947 British film

Dear Murderer is a 1947 British film noir crime, drama, thriller, directed by Arthur Crabtree for Gainsborough Pictures, and starring Eric Portman and Greta Gynt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Megan Griffiths</span> American film director

Megan Griffiths is a film and television director who resides in Seattle, Washington, U.S., and is a board member of Northwest Film Forum.

<i>Predestination</i> (film) 2014 film directed by the Spierig brothers

Predestination is a 2014 Australian science fiction action-thriller film written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, and Noah Taylor, and is based on the 1959 short story " '—All You Zombies—' " by Robert A. Heinlein.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrea Demetriades</span> Australian actress

Andrea Demetriades is an Australian actress known for her television, theatre and film roles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cree Cicchino</span> American actress

Cree Cicchino is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress playing one of the lead characters, Babe, in the Nickelodeon comedy television series Game Shakers, which aired from 2015 to 2019. She then went on to portray Marisol Fuentes in the Netflix comedy television series Mr. Iglesias, and Mim in the 2020 Netflix film The Sleepover.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Felicity Palmateer</span> Australian surfer (born 1992)

Felicity Tamasyn "Flick" Palmateer is an Australian professional surfer who competes at the World Surf League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sophie Hyde</span> Australian film producer, writer and director

Sophie Hyde is an Australian film director, writer, and producer based in Adelaide, South Australia. She is co-founder of Closer Productions and known for her award-winning debut fiction film, 52 Tuesdays (2013) and the comedy drama Animals (2019). She has also made several documentaries, including Life in Movement (2011), a documentary about dancer and choreographer Tanja Liedtke, and television series, such as The Hunting (2019). Her latest film, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, premiered at the Sundance Festival on 23 January 2022, and was released on Hulu and in cinemas in the UK and Australia.

Liyanage Don Leena Piyasili de Silva, popularly referred to as Leena de Silva, was a Sri Lankan actress who worked in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. One of the earliest pillars of Sri Lankan cinema, de Silva contributed many critically-acclaimed films of her generation, with a career spanning more than six decades.

References

  1. ↑ Theys, Colin (21 March 2020), Stalker's Prey 2 (Thriller), Houston Stevenson, Felicity Mason, Sarah Wisser, Sarah Minor, Synthetic Cinema International, retrieved 10 June 2021
  2. ↑ A Predator's Obsession: Stalker's Prey 2 - Official Trailer, archived from the original on 14 December 2021, retrieved 10 June 2021
  3. ↑ Spierig, Michael; Spierig, Peter (4 September 2003), Undead (Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi), Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay, Rob Jenkins, Lisa Cunningham, Spierigfilm, retrieved 10 June 2021
  4. ↑ Undead (2003) Official Trailer # 1 - Felicity Mason HD, archived from the original on 14 December 2021, retrieved 10 June 2021
  5. ↑ Babu, D. Rajendra (3 January 2003), Hollywood (Comedy, Sci-Fi), Emma Dean, Felicity Mason, Anant Nag, Leah Pellinkhof, Films & Casting Temple Pvt. Ltd. Sydney, Ramu Enterprises, retrieved 10 June 2021
  6. ↑ "Aussie actress finds Kannada dialogues a challenge". The Times of India . 9 July 2002. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  7. ↑ Mortified (Comedy, Family, Fantasy), Marny Kennedy, Nicolas Dunn, Maia Mitchell, Luke Erceg, Enjoy Entertainment, Australian Children's Television Foundation, 30 June 2006, retrieved 10 June 2021{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ↑ "The Sleepover Club (TV Series 2003) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Oralick Records (TV Series 2011– ) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Untitled Entertainment". untitledent.com. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Pymble Players". Pymble Players. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "Vivien's Models". Vivien's Models. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  13. 1 2 Felicity Mason Exhibition: Fox Gallery AU. 05, archived from the original on 14 December 2021, retrieved 10 June 2021
  14. ↑ "Fox Galleries". Fox Galleries. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  15. ↑ Felicity Mason Election Show NYC 2008, archived from the original on 14 December 2021, retrieved 10 June 2021
  16. ↑ Wieselman, Jarett (13 July 2009). "Bert & Ernie: Vote For Civil Unions!". New York Post. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  17. ↑ "Shock Art (Short 2010) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  18. ↑ "The Art Students League of New York". The Art Students League. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  19. ↑ Micah Johnson joins NftyGuide to discuss NFTs, Art and the world of Aku, archived from the original on 14 December 2021, retrieved 10 June 2021
  20. ↑ "A Predator's Obsession (2020) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  21. ↑ "Oralick Records (TV Series 2011– ) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  22. ↑ Macarthur, Dan; Mason, Felicity, Shock Art (Short, Action, Comedy, Horror), Brodie Dwyer, Daniel Green, Kelly Maree Joyce, Felicity Mason, retrieved 10 June 2021
  23. ↑ KERN, LAURA (1 July 2005). "Slapstick Zombies Run Amok in Australia". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  24. ↑ "Darkwater (Short 2003) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  25. ↑ Hine, Patrick N., Brizbin Boy Canberra Girl (Romance), Tony Ashbolt, Catherine Fuery, Anna Lehmann, Felicity Mason, Voice of Treason Films Australia, retrieved 10 June 2021
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.