Geraldine Brophy

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Geraldine Brophy (born 1961) is a British-born New Zealand television, film and stage actress, theatre director and playwright. [1] [2] [3]

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Biography

Brophy was born in Birmingham, England to Irish parents. [1] She and her family emigrated to New Zealand in 1972, when she was 12 years old. [4] [5] She attended Sacred Heart College in Lower Hutt. [6] She left school when she was 16 years old, and received her first professional acting role in 1983, at the Centrepoint Theatre in Palmerston North. [4] [5] The following year she joined the Fortune Theatre company in Dunedin, and for ten years she was a core member of the Court Theatre company in Christchurch. She has also appeared for Downstage Theatre and Circa Theatre in Wellington and Auckland Theatre Company. In 2002, Brophy played the title role in the New Zealand Actors' Company production of Shakespeare's King Lear , Leah. [3] [7]

Brophy's first film appearance was in Fiona Samuel's film Home Movie in 1997, for which she won the New Zealand Film and Television Best Actress Award. After this role she was cast as the receptionist, Moira Crombie, in television soap opera Shortland Street , and played the character for 4 years. In the 2000s Brophy appeared in television and film productions, including a season of Dancing with the Stars, during which she was injured and required surgery. [1]

In 2003 Brophy began writing plays. Her first play was The Viagra Monologues, followed in 2004 by Mary’s Gospel and Confessions of a Chocoholic. [1] She has also written Real Estate, The Paradise Package and The Merry Wives of Windsor Avenue, which was commissioned by Downstage and Centrepoint Theatres in 2008. Brophy and her daughter Beatrice Joblin co-wrote Ladies A Plate. [2] [8]

Brophy has also directed plays on stage. In 2007, she directed Finding Murdoch for Downstage Theatre, Doubt for the Court Theatre, and Wednesday To Come . The following year she directed Under Milk Wood for the Court Theatre. [3]

In 2023 she was presented with a Scroll of Honour from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand for her services to entertainment.

Screenography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019Births, Deaths & MarriagesAunty Ngaire [9]
2017 Pork Pie Andy [9]
2012EternityVeronica [9]
2011Hook, Line and SinkerBernadette [9]
2011The Devil's RockVoice of the Demon [9]
2009 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Nobleman's Wife
2008 Second Hand Wedding Jill Rose [9]
2007 The Water Horse Gracie [10]
2004 In My Father's Den Det. Farnon [3] [9]

Television

YearsTitleRoleNotes
2014How to Murder Your WifeBetty Benning [9]
2012SiegeKris McGehan [9]
2009Dancing with the StarsHerself (contestant) [9]
2007 Outrageous Fortune Mrs Haggerty [9]
2007Welcome to Paradise [11]
2005 Maddigan's Quest Ida [9]
2005The Insider's Guide to LoveTrish [9]
2005-2006Seven Periods with Mr GormsbyMarion Patterson [9]
2004Serial KillersSandy [9]
1997-2001Shortland StreetMoira Crombie [9]
1997Home MovieBridie [9]

Awards and recognition

YearAwardCategoryNominated forResultNotes
2015New York City International Film FestivalBest Actress in a Supporting Role - Feature (Length) FilmHow to Murder Your WifeWon [12]
2008 Bruce Mason Playwriting Award Short listed [13]
2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards Best Actress - FilmSecond-Hand WeddingWon [12]
2000New Zealand Film and Television AwardsBest Actress - TelevisionShortland StreetNominated [12]
1998TV Guide Television AwardsBest ActressHome MovieWon [12]
1996Chapman Tripp AwardBest Actress in a Supporting RoleTziganeWon [14]

Personal life

Brophy is married to actor Ross Joblin and has two daughters. [1] Their daughter Beatrice Joblin is a writer, director and producer. [4]

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