Lily Sullivan

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Lily Sullivan
Born
Australia
Occupation Actress
Years active2012–present

Lily Sullivan is an Australian actress. She played Coral in the 2012 film Mental , and Miranda in the 2018 television series Picnic at Hanging Rock . She plays leading roles in two 2023 feature films, Australian sci-fi thriller Monolith, and American horror film Evil Dead Rise .

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Early life and education

Sullivan's father is an importer of medical equipment, and her mother Jayne "Noni", a visual artist, who emigrated to Australia from the UK together before Lily's birth. She grew up in Queensland more specifically Carbrook, Queensland, and attended John Paul College in early years then went to Calvary Christian College in year 2 in Logan City, graduating in 2011. [1]

After seeing a production of A Streetcar Named Desire on stage in Brisbane as a teenager, Sullivan became enamoured with the idea of acting, and planned to audition for one of the major drama schools. However, a callout for a film role came in her final year of high school, and she auditioned and won the role. [2]

Career

Sullivan made her feature film debut in P. J. Hogan's 2012 feature Mental , [3] for which she auditioned while still at school [1] [4] and earned an AACTA Award nomination for Best Young Actor and a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award nomination for Best Performance by a Young Actor. [5]

In 2014, she appeared in the feature film Galore (2014), [1] which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival. [6] For her performance, she won the Best Actress award at the 2014 Cinema des Antipodes Saint-Tropez. [7] [4] She moved to Melbourne after this. [1]

Sullivan was one of two runners-up in the 2015 Heath Ledger Scholarship, [8] along with Emilie Cocquerel. Both were given round trips to Los Angeles to increase their profiles in the US market, as well as a scholarship to attend masterclasses at Screenwise Film and Television School in Sydney. [4]

She appeared in the second season of the television series Rake (2012) and had a recurring role in the NBC series Camp (2013), an American show filmed in Queensland. She had a role in the 2015 film Sucker, starring Timothy Spall. [1]

In 2018, she reached further prominence in the lead role of Miranda in Picnic at Hanging Rock . Later that year, she became the face of Australian pearl company Paspaley, starring in a 60-second advertising video shot on the Kimberley coast in Western Australia. [9]

Sullivan played Lucy in the 2021 Netflix film I Met a Girl. [3] The same year, she was cast in the film Evil Dead Rise , written and directed by Lee Cronin, [10] which was released on 21 April 2023. [11] [12]

In 2022, she was cast in the science fiction thriller film Monolith . Filmed in the Adelaide Hills, the film had its Australian premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival on 27 October 2022, [13] [14] and its world premiere on 13 March 2023 at SXSW Film Festival. Several reviewers praised Sullivan's performance, [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] after the film's showing at FrightFest in London, and Sullivan won Best Actress in Total Film's FrightFest Awards. [20] In a 2023 interview (after the film's cinema release in Australia) she spoke about her role in Monolith being the "challenge of a lifetime", being the only actor on screen for 94 minutes, finding it "terrifying", and saying "I ended up approaching it like theatre, almost... I've never been more aware of my voice". [21]

Other work

Sullivan has also worked as a model in Australia and elsewhere. [3] [2]

In October 2018 Paspaley, an Australian pearling company, launched its new ad campaign entitled "Something Real", featuring Sullivan. [22] [23]

As of October 2023 Sullivan was trying her hand at screenwriting, working on a "confrontational" comedy-drama for a male lead, while staying with a friend in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. [21]

Filmography

Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Mental Coral Moochmore
2013GaloreLaura
2015 Sucker Sarah
2017 Jungle Amie
2019 Dark Place SallySegment: "Killer Native"
2021 I Met a Girl Lucy
2022 Monolith The Interviewer
2023 Evil Dead Rise Beth Bixler
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Rake MichelleEpisode: "R vs Wooldridge & Anor"
2013 Camp Marina BarkerMain role
2018 Romper Stomper PetraMain role
2018 Picnic at Hanging Rock MirandaMain role
2019 The Other Guy CharlieMain role
2020 Barkskins DelphineMain role

Awards and nominations

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