Melita Jurisic

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Melita Jurisic
Born
Melita Jurišić

Occupation(s)Actress, singer-songwriter

Melita Jurisic is an Australian actress.

Jurisic was born in Croatia and migrated to Australia with her family at age five. [1] She began her career as part of the Lighthouse Company (Playhouse) in Adelaide. [2]

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Career

Screen, stage and music

Jurisic's screen roles include a lead (as Dr. Eva) in the ABC TV series Something in the Air , [3] playing the title character in the 1987 film The Tale of Ruby Rose , [4] the 1986 TV movie Hunger , [5] Croatian film Transatlantik in 1998, [6] 1997's The Sound of One Hand Clapping , [7] Mad Max: Fury Road [2] Bordertown and The Petrov Affair . [1] She is also known for her role as Dr. Magda in the television series The Flying Doctors .

Her stage roles are numerous, and include Macbeth with the Sydney Theatre Company in 2014, [8] I Am A Miracle at the Malthouse in 2015 [2] and Three Sisters at the Sydney Opera House in 2001. [9] Internationally she appeared in a number of Barrie Kosky's productions at Schauspielhaus Wien in Vienna, Austria, including Medea . [1]

Jurisic is also the singer and songwriter of Viennese band Metalycée. Their first album "It Is Not" was voted one of the ten best Austrian albums of the decade. [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1986 Hunger Ileana RadulescoTV movie
1986 Twelfth Night Part GuestFeature film
1987 The Tale of Ruby Rose Ruby RoseFeature film
1991 A Woman's Tale Judy (voice)Feature film
1991Get RealMs.PerkinsShort film
1993Dead WaterSally LucenaShort film
199445 Dollars an HourHelenShort film
1995FishingTorturerShort film
1995One Such NightCleoShort film
1997 The Sound of One Hand Clapping Maria BulohFeature film
1998I, EugeniaAnnie BirkettShort film
1998 Transatlantik ZorkaFeature film (Croatia)
2003Einstein's WifeMileva Einstein (voice)TV movie
2011 Kotlovina MimiFeature film (Croatia)
2012 Dead Europe MariaFeature film
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road The VuvaliniFeature film
2018Murer – Anatomy of a TrialRosa SegevFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1981 I Can Jump Puddles VioletTV miniseries, 1 episode
1986 The Fast Lane MariaTV series, 1 episode
1986 Pokerface LouTV miniseries, 3 episodes
1986 Land of Hope Kathleen QuinnTV miniseries
1990 The Flying Doctors Dr MagdaTV series, 15 episodes
1995 Bordertown Adrianna LeeuwenTV miniseries, 10 episodes
1996 Mercury Mrs SumicTV series, 1 episode
1997 The Petrov Affair Nina MorozovaTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2000–02 Something in the Air Dr Eva PetrovskaTV series, 148 episodes
2001 Blue Heelers Paula StanfordTV series, 1 episode
2008KosovoNarrator
2010Mother Teresa - Saint of DarknessMother Teresa (voice)

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Stage

YearTitleRoleType
Lovers MagActors Theatre
Don Juan CharlotteActors Theatre
Jack the RipperPollyActors Theatre, Melbourne
Only an Orphan GirlFemme FataleActors Theatre, Melbourne
The RoundsmanPolicewomanActors Theatre, Melbourne
Gigi GigiActors Theatre, Melbourne
Fat King MelonPrincess CarawayActors Theatre, Melbourne
The Adventures of a Bear Called PaddingtonJudy BrownTour with Actors Theatre, Melbourne
Images Emily Brontë Actors Theatre, Melbourne
Schweik in the Second World War AnnaActors Theatre, Melbourne
1979 Once a Catholic Mary Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
1982 Mother Courage and Her Children KattrinPlayhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1982 Silver Lining YanovaPlayhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1982 The Prince of Homburg Princess NataliaPlayhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1982Royal ShowRebecca / IIvory / Faustine / Mrs Macpherson / HorsewomanPlayhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1982–83 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia Playhouse, Adelaide, Keith Michell Theatre with STCSA
1983 Twelfth Night Lady-In-Waiting / variousPlayhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1983 Blood Wedding The BridePlayhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1983–84NetherwoodPolice Woman / RhondaPlayhouse, Adelaide with STCSA, Seymour Centre
1983 The Marriage of Figaro FanchettePlayhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1983 Pal Joey Linda EnglishPlayhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1983 The Blind Giant Is Dancing Janice Lang / RobinPlayhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1983 Sunrise EvaPlayhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1984The Women of March the FirstGesia Nimrod Downstairs Theatre
1985, 1987 The Golden Age BetshebStudio Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company, Seymour Centre with Nimrod Theatre Company
1985 A Spring Song Kerry DennisonStudio Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company
1986If Winter ComesIlonaChurch Theatre, Melbourne with Australian Contemporary Theatre Company
1987 Les Liaisons Dangereuses Emilie Seymour Centre with Nimrod Theatre Company
1988My Sister in This HouseIsabelle Seymour Centre
1988 Capricornia Christobel / Opal / Rhonda Belvoir Street Theatre, Parramatta Cultural Centre, Darwin Performing Arts Centre, Canberra Theatre, World Expo 88 Brisbane
1989 A Doll’s House Nora Ensemble Theatre
1989Picnic with FatimaFatima Universal Theatre, Melbourne with Wintercourt Productions
1989Nice GirlsLizzy Anthill Theatre, Melbourne, Monash University, Theatre Royal, Hobart with Playbox Theatre Company
1989 Hedda Gabler Thea ElvstedPlayhouse Adelaide with STCSA
1990 Danny and the Deep Blue Sea RobertaUniversal Two, Melbourne with Wintercourt Productions & Biartisan Productions
1991 Mad Forest Angel / Doctor / Student / Dog / Toma / Rodica / Bogdan's Old Aunt Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
1991 Uncle Vanya Sonya Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
1991Bali: AdatBijang Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company for Melbourne International Arts Festival
1992 Quartet Marquise de MerteuilGoethe Institut, Malthouse Theatre, University of Adelaide for Adelaide Festival with Playbox Theatre Company
1992The Crimson IslandAdelaide Karpovna / Betsy Anthill Theatre, Melbourne, Royalty Theatre, Adelaide for Adelaide Festival
1992The IdiotLebedev / Mrs Yepanchin / Mrs Ivolgin Theatre Works, Melbourne
1992 Life is a Dream Rosura West Melbourne Gasworks with Anthill Theatre, Melbourne for Melbourne International Arts Festival
1993 Agamemnon: Dawn of the Darkness Clytemnestra IRAA Theatre, Melbourne
1993Viva La Vida: Frida KahloEuropean Frida West Melbourne Gasworks with Handspan Theatre
1993 Mother Courage and her Children Kattrin West Melbourne Gasworks with Anthill Theatre Company
1993 Faust Gretchen / Helen of Troy Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
1993–94 King Lear Cordelia / Oswald Malthouse Theatre, Tokyo Globe Theatre, Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya, Japan, Seoul Arts Center, South Korea, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Canberra Theatre with Playbox Theatre Company
1994 Woyzeck a Good Murder, A Real Murder Marie Malthouse Theatre with IRAA Theatre, Melbourne for Castlemaine Festival
1994Big Hair in AmericaWandaWal Cherry Play of the Year '94
1994Young Playwrights Festival Anthill Theatre Company with Melbourne Theatre Company for Next Wave Festival
1994On the North Diversion RoadWoman Malthouse Theatre with Playbox Theatre Company for Melbourne International Arts Festival
1995 The Ham Funeral Budinskis Theatre of Exile, Melbourne
1996The Blue HourGrandmotherOdeon Theatre, Adelaide with IRAA Theatre, Melbourne for Adelaide Festival
1996 A Cheery Soul Maid / Young Mrs Lillie / Mrs Wakeman Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
1996The Blue HourGrandmotherIRAA Theatre, Melbourne, Adelaide Festival
1996Solitary AnimalsBoyana Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1997Intimate Letters Kamila Stösslová / NarratorBrisbane, Sydney, Melbourne with Musica Viva
1997Dock 39 Theatre Works, Melbourne
1997 Tartuffe Elmire Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1998 Mourning Becomes Electra Lavinia Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1998 King Lear Goneril Playhouse, Canberra, Melbourne Athenaeum, Playhouse, QPAC Brisbane, Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare
1999Chilling and Killing My Annabel LeeAngelica / Anne / Christine / Woman Malthouse Theatre with Playbox Theatre Company
1999The Dogs Play: And A Few Roos Loose in the Top PaddockRuby / Jenna Malthouse Theatre with Playbox Theatre Company
1999The Lover / The CollectionSarah / Stella Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
1999The Language of the GodsEva de Ven Malthouse Theatre with Playbox Theatre Company
2001 Medea Medea Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria
2001 Three Sisters Olga Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2001This Hospital is My CountryElenaDeckChair Theatre, Perth
2002Dafke!! (Part 1 of Jewtopia-Trilogie)Girl with Broken Neck Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria for Vienna Festival
2002 Macbeth Macbeth Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria
20031975: A Populist OperaPaula Risic North Melbourne Town Hall with Melbourne Workers Theatre
2003Falling PetalsSarah Godden / Mrs. Woods / Gayle / Marg / Mrs. Lawrence Malthouse Theatre with Playbox Theatre Company
2003–04The Lost Breath (aka Der verlorene Atem (Part 2 of Jewtopia-Trilogie)The Other Woman Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria, Melbourne Athenaeum with Melbourne International Arts Festival
2004Kasimir + KarolineErnaPerchtoldsdorf Summer Festival, Austria
2003, 2007PoppeaPoppea Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria, Berliner Ensemble 2004, Edinburgh Festival
2004Wiener LächelinWidow Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria, Komische Oper Berlin
2005 Das Schloss (Part 3 of Jewtopia-Trilogie)Blaubart Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria
2005 The Tales of Hoffmann (aka Hoffmanns Erzählungen)Spalanzani / Shlemihl Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
2006Interpretationache 06Graz Literature Festival, Austria
2006 The Caucasian Chalk Circle 11 roles Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria / Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
20061975 - A Love StoryPaulaBrisbane
2007The Ubu-ComplexAlfred Jarry Vienna Schauspielhaus, Austria
2007The Family Table IIISelf Vienna Festival, Austria
2007Nach Der Zeit Im Takt SehenWomanOff Limits Festival, Germany, WUK Vienna
2007Rettet Die Mäuse (aka Save the Mice)Mel OstermayerTanzquartier Vienna, Austria
2007MiddentityMelNitra Festival, Slovakia
2008 The Women of Troy Cassandra / Andromache / Helen of Troy Wharf Theatre, Malthouse Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2009PurimspilLinz, Austria
2009Das TortenstückFranz Fuchs Donaufestival, Krems Austria
2009–10UnerhoertConductorJeunesse, Linz, Vienna, Innsbruck, Austria
2009 Alma Alma Mahler Vienna, Austria
2009–10 In the Jungle of Cities (aka Im Dickicht Der Stadte)Mae Garga Landestheater, Linz, Austria
2011Mater Dolorosa (aka Our Lady of Sorrows)MelProgetto Semiserio, Vienna, Austria
2011 Lysistrata LampitoPerchtoldsdorf Summer Festival, Austria
2013Slobodija Odysseia, Mon AmourPenelopeMarseille, France
2014 Macbeth Lady Macbeth Sydney Theatre Company
2014 Night on Bald Mountain Mrs. Sword Malthouse Theatre
2015 Suddenly Last Summer Miss Foxhill Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2015 The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow Belvoir Street Theatre
2015I Am a MiracleJohannes / Woman / Angel Malthouse Theatre
2016Yes Move. No Move (Moved?)Manchester UK, Ljubljana Slovenia, Prague Czech Republic, Sibiu Romania with BeSpectACTive!
2017JohnGenevieve Marduk Arts Centre Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
2017 Three Sisters Anfisus Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2018 The House of Bernarda Alba Bernadette Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company
2019Arbus and West Mae West Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company
2019 Titus Andronicus Tamora Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare

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Awards and nominations

YearNominated workAwardCategoryResult
1987 The Tale of Ruby Rose Venice Film Festival International Critics Prize for Best ActressWon
1989 A Doll’s House Inaugural Cladan AwardMost Significant Contribution to Sydney TheatreWon
1989Picnic with Fatima Green Room Awards for Best ActressNominated
1990 Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Green Room Awards Best ActressWon
1991Bali Adat Green Room Awards Best Actress in a Supporting RoleWon
1992 Mother Courage Green Room Awards Best Actress in a Supporting RoleNominated}
1998 King Lear Green Room Awards Best Actress in a Leading RoleNominated
2008 Women of Troy Sydney Theatre Awards Best ActressNominated}
2015 Night on Bald Mountain Green Room Awards Best Female ActorWon
2016I Am a Miracle Green Room Awards Best Female ActorWon
2017John Green Room Awards Best Female ActorNominated
2017John Helpmann Awards Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated

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