Mia Morrissey

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Mia Morrissey
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OccupationActress
Television In Your Dreams
Home and Away
Deadloch

Mia Morrissey is an Australian actress, model and singer.

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Early life

The daughter of agents Peter and Lizzy Morrissey, whose clients include Chris and Liam Hemsworth, Tina Arena and Kate Ritchie, she was brought up in Sydney and wanted to be an actress from five years old. [1] [2]

Career

In 2012 Morrissey appeared aged sixteen years-old in the Damien Power short film Bat Eyes which was shown at the Venice Film Festival. [3] [4] Morrissey appeared as a singer in 2014, when she competed on season three of The Voice Australia . [5] She also appeared in the Australian children’s television series In Your Dreams as Lucy Bryson. [6]

In 2019 she joined long-running soap opera Home and Away as Jade Lennox. [7] She left the show in 2020. [8]

In 2023 she could be seen in Totally Completely Fine alongside Thomasin McKenzie. [9] She could also be seen as Nadiyah in Tasmania-set comedy crime drama Deadloch . [10]

Personal life

Morrissey has endometriosis although it was initially misdiagnosed as coeliac disease. [11]

Filmography

Key
Denotes works that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
2012Bat EyesBat EyesShort film
2013-2015 In Your Dreams Lucy31 episodes
2018 Harrow Kyra1 episode
2019-2020 Home and Away Jade Lennox18 episodes
2023 Totally Completely Fine Laura4 episodes
2023 Deadloch Nadiyah8 episodes

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References

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