Julie Forsyth | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1984–present |
Julie Forsyth is an Australian actress best known for her stage performances, and Lotis, the talking lift from Lift Off .
In 1976, Forsyth left home to attend Monash University in Melbourne. She enrolled to do a BA with the intention of going on to study education and become a teacher of French and English. After watching student plays however, she auditioned and was cast in Brecht’s A Man’s a Man.
Forsyth started going to see shows at the Pram Factory, and after auditioning, was cast in the one-woman show A Banquet of Vipers. When the Pram Factory closed its doors a year later, she became a member of the Australian Nouveau Theatre in 1981, and decided not to continue her university studies. [1]
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Forsythe worked closely with director Jean Pierre Mignon at the Anthill theatre company in Melbourne. Her solo performance as a schoolboy in Kids' Stuff for Anthill, (first performed in 1984), toured Australia and festivals in Europe and Singapore. [2]
Her more recent work at Belvoir, Melbourne Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre and other major Australian theatre companies has included roles in Patrick White’s The Ham Funeral and Night on Bald Mountain , Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King , the stage adaptation of Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet , and Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days and Endgame . [3]
Forsyth has also appeared in many tv series and films. In 2010, she appeared in Dead Gorgeous in the main role as Haiwyn Sinclaire (a.k.a. Miss Sinclair). In 2013 she appeared in an episode of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (S2:E2), "Death Comes Knocking". More recently she appeared in the miniseries Joe vs Carole , based on Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin from the hit documentary Tiger King .
She co-starred alongside Paul Chubb in Stan and George's New Life as George (1992). More recently, she appeared in Academy Award-winning film The Power of the Dog (2021).
She has received multiple awards, including the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award and Helpmann Awards as both leading and supporting female actor in a play.
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1984 | Strikebound | Women’s Auxilary | Feature film |
1987 | Feathers | Olila | |
1988 | Pleasure Domes | Voiceover | |
1990 | Catch of the Day | Jane | Animated short film |
1990 | Aya | Mandy | Feature film |
1992 | Stan and George's New Life | George | |
1994 | Babe | Sheep (voice) | |
1994 | Trapped | Lead | Short film |
1995 | What I Have Written | Doctor | Feature film |
1996 | Caleopy's Lorikeet | Laurie | |
1996 | The Sound of One Hand Clapping | Mrs Heaney | |
1998 | Edithvale | Edith | |
2003 | Harvie Krumpet | Lilliana Krumpetzki / Baby Harvie / Church singer | Animated short film |
2004 | Tom White | Tania | Feature film |
2006 | Three Dollars | Tailor. | |
2007 | Romulus, My Father | Nurse | |
2009 | Piñata | Funeral Director. | Short film |
2009 | Mary and Max | Additional voices | Animated feature film |
2010 | Seamstress | Enid | Feature film |
2012 | Kath & Kimderella | Queen Christina | |
2015 | Holding the Man | Aunty Gae | |
2021 | The Power of the Dog | Mrs Mueller | |
2023 | Foe | Junior’s Mum |
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1990 | One Summer Again | Annie McCubbin | TV miniseries |
1990 | Waterfront | Miss Hipple | |
1991–94 | Lift Off | Lotis (voice) | TV series |
1994 | The Damnation of Harvey McHugh | Yvonne | TV miniseries |
1995 | Gettin' On | Prue | TV series |
1995–96 | Mercury | Tess MacDonald | |
1996 | Hospital | Narrator | Documentary |
1997 | Li'l Monsters | Morbidda | |
1998 | Small Tales & True | Sara Donovan | |
2000 | Eugénie Sandler P.I. | Desk Officer | TV series |
2002 | Fat Cow Motel | Penny | |
2003 | Kath & Kim | Sheila | TV series, season 2 |
2003 | MDA | Karen Rees | TV series |
2004 | The Brush Off | Bernice Kaufman | TV movie |
2007 | Real Stories | Janice | TV series |
2010 | Dead Gorgeous | Haiwyn Sinclaire | |
2012 | Winners & Losers | Mrs Judy Faine | |
2013 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Mrs Bolkonsky | TV series, season 2, episode 2: "Death Comes Knocking" |
2014 | Wentworth | Lorraine Evelyn | TV series, season 2 |
2021 | Joe vs. Carole | Anne McQueen | TV miniseries |
Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
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1993 | Kids’ Stuff | Green Room Awards | Best Actress | Won |
1999 | Cloudstreet | Green Room Awards | Best Ensemble Playing by a Cast of Actors | Won |
2000 | The Chairs | Green Room Awards | Female Actor in a Lead Role | Nominated |
2001 | The Tempest | Green Room Awards | Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
2003 | Great Expectations | Helpmann Awards | Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play | Nominated |
2005 | The Ham Funeral | Helpmann Awards | Best Female Actor in a Play | Nominated |
2007 | Exit the King | Sydney Theatre Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
2008 | Moving Target | Green Room Awards | Best Ensemble Playing by a Cast of Actors | Won |
2008 | Exit the King | Helpmann Awards | Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play | Won |
2009 | Julie Forsyth | Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards | Individual Award | Won |
2009 | Happy Days | Sydney Theatre Awards | Best Actress in a Lead Role | Nominated |
2009 | Happy Days | Green Room Awards | Best Female Performer Lead Role | Nominated |
2010 | Happy Days | Helpmann Awards | Best Female Actor in a Play | Won |
2013 | The Book of Everything | Green Room Awards | Best Ensemble Playing by a Cast of Actors | Won |
2013 | The Book of Everything | Green Room Awards | Best Female Actor | Nominated |
2015 | Endgame | Green Room Awards | Best Female Actor for Endgame | Nominated |
2015 | Endgame | Helpmann Awards | Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play | Nominated |
2015 | Night On Bald Mountain | Helpmann Awards | Best Female Actor in a Play | Nominated |
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