Genevieve Morris

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Genevieve Morris
Born
Australia
Occupation(s) Actress, comedian
Known for Comedy Inc
Ride Like a Girl

Genevieve Morris (born 1967) is an Australian comedian and actress, best known for being among the regular cast on the popular comedy series Comedy Inc [1] and appearing in a popular advertising campaign for ANZ. [2]

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She has also had recurring roles in Seven Network police dramas Blue Heelers and City Homicide . [3] She has performed in various stage productions since the early 1990s including the 2009 comedy show Spontaneous Broadway as Dame Helen Highwater, alongside Ross Daniels, Julia Zemiro and Geoff Paine. [3] [4]

In 2010, she appeared in multiple television commercials for ANZ bank portraying "Barbara the bank manager". [5] In 2011, Morris was part of the ensemble cast of the short-lived television series Ben Elton Live From Planet Earth where she was considered by some to be the program's breakout star. [6] In 2013, she was a cast member of Wednesday Night Fever [7]

Morris starred in the crime comedy series No Activity as dispatch officer Carol. [8] She also starred as a sonographer in a Doritos television commercial which was the runner-up in the 2016 Crash the Super Bowl competition.[ citation needed ]

In 2017, Morris was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, forcing her to pull out of a starring role in comedy series Sando [9] with her role re-cast while she sought treatment. [10] Morris is in remission after chemotherapy, and continued guest roles in The Family Law and True Story with Hamish & Andy as well as stage work. [9]

In 2019, Morris joined the second season of comedy Squinters . [11] Morris was named as part of the Deadloch cast for series 2. [12]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023Jones Family ChristmasPeta
Run Rabbit Run (uncredited)
2020Paper ChampionsLinda
The Man With the Golden ThroatJudithShort
2019 Ride Like a Girl Joan Sadler
2018 That's Not My Dog! Herself
2012Circle of LiesPamela Stammer
The Anti-Social NetworkLaptop ThiefShort film
2011 Little Johnny: The Movie Little JohnnyVoice role
2000TrappedFran
1999 Strange Fits of Passion Church Woman
1997Back from the DeadRuby
1994 Metal Skin Drag Fan

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
TBADeadlochTV series
2024 Colin from Accounts Peta1 episode
2023ScrublandsFlick4 episodes
2021Fraud FestivalGenevieve LaneTV Movie
2019-2020 Bloom Rhonda Stokes12 episodes
2019SquintersAlison3 episodes
2019 KGB Captain Stokes5 episodes
2019Mr BlackDaina Robson3 episodes
2019 Get Krack!n Marie Nash1 episode
2017-19The Family LawLorraine2 episodes
2015-18No ActivityCarol13 episodes
2017-18 True Story with Hamish & Andy TAFE Teacher / Nurse Betty2 episodes
2017SistersIris1 episode
2017 Sexy Herpes Barb6 episodes
2016Little AcornsChef2 episodes
Producer (9 episodes)
Comedy Showroom WendySegment: Bleak
2015–present No Activity CarolMain cast
2015 Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane Police Woman2 episodes
2013 Wednesday Night Fever Various characters7 episodes
Writer (1 episode)
2011 Ben Elton Live from Planet Earth Various characters3 episodes
2008-2011 City Homicide Rhonda 'Ronnie' Lafferty22 episodes
2003-2006 Comedy Inc. Various characters75 episodes
2003 MDA Sue BerryEpisode: "Second Bite"
2000Dogwoman: Dead Dog WalkingArleneTV movie
1998Small Tales & TrueMoiEpisode: "Holy Matrimony"
1997 State Coroner Helen LawlerEpisode: "'Till Death Do Us Part"
1994-2001 Blue Heelers Various characters5 episodes

References

  1. Some funny things about City Homicide
  2. Rolfe, John (25 February 2010). "Thirty seconds of fame for Genevieve Morris after THAT bank ad". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Genevieve Morris (JM Agency)". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  4. Spontaneous Broadway (Australian Stage)
  5. Breaking Campaign: Barbara the Bank Manager talks fees in ANZ ad [ permanent dead link ]
  6. Knox, David (9 February 2011). "Genevieve is all Front on Planet Earth". TV Tonight.
  7. Knox, David (3 July 2013). "Warning: Political comedy may offend". TV Tonight.
  8. Tan, Monica (22 October 2015). "No Activity: will it do for Stan what House of Cards did for Netflix?". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  9. 1 2 Groves, Don (9 May 2018). "Genevieve Morris continues her comeback in 'Ride Like a Girl'". If.com.au.
  10. Knox, David (5 September 2017). "Sacha Horler steps into ABC comedy Sando". TV Tonight.
  11. Knox, David (25 November 2018). "Upfronts 2019: ABC". TV Tonight.
  12. Knox, David (13 September 2024). "Filming underway on Deadloch S2 | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2024.