Joanne Priest

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Joanne Priest
OccupationActress
Years active2006-

Joanne Priest is an Australian actress. For her performance in Love Is a Four Letter Word she was nominated for the 2001 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series. [1]

Primarily a stage actress her roles include Pizza Man at the Stables Theatre [2] [3] [4] [5] in Darlinghurst, NSW, Alchemy - Journey of a Wild Woman at the Bondi Spice Gallery [6] in North Bondi, NSW and Lobby Hero at the Ensemble Theatre [7] [8] [9] Connie and Kevin and the Secret Life of Groceries at the Belvoir Downstairs, Sydney, NSW. [10] [11]

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References

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  2. Dunne, Stephen (28 July 2002), "Stranger in a really strange land (LA, 1980)", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. Young, Victoria (30 July 2002), "Pizza with the lot", The Sun Herald
  4. Rose, Colin (4 August 2000), "TV dinner lacks bite", The Sun Herald
  5. "Lots of fun to chew on", North Shore Times, 20 August 2000
  6. Keogh, Kylie (23 June 2001), "Wild women going for gold", The Daily Telegraph
  7. McCallum, John (11 February 2002), "New York police story a walk on the mild side", The Australian
  8. "Intense lobbying makes the scenes", North Shore Times, 13 February 2002
  9. "Intense lobbying makes the scenes", Northern District Times, 13 February 2002
  10. McCallum, John (17 September 2001), "Text of edgy romance stalls in literal hands", The Australian
  11. Dunne, Stephen (17 September 2001), "The food of love across a cultural counter", The Sydney Morning Herald