Michela Noonan

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Michela Noonan
Born (1975-01-30) 30 January 1975 (age 49) [1]
Rome, Italy
OccupationActress
Years active1990–present
Notable work Strange Fits of Passion
The Miraculous Mellops
Spellbinder

Michela Noonan is an Italian-Australian actress who was born in Italy. [2] In 1999 Noonan was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the film Strange Fits of Passion . [3]

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Noonan works in Australia and Italy. She had main roles in the Australian TV series The Miraculous Mellops [4] and Spellbinder [5] and played the lead in the film Strange Fits of Passion. [6] [7] She has appeared on film and TV in Italian productions such as Apnea, [2] Quore and Il Destino a Quattro Zampe [8]

Early life

Noonan was born in Rome to an Italian father and an Australian mother. When she was 4 her parents separated and she moved with her mother to Sydney. She got her first break at age 15 in the Australian Young People's Theatre production of Romeo and Juliet. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1997 Square One VickyFilm
1998 The Sugar Factory AngelaFeature film
1999Mumbo JumboTV movie
1999 Strange Fits of Passion SheFeature film
2002Il Destino Quattro ZampeTV movie
2002QuorePaolaFeature film
2002 Pier Paolo Pasolini e la ragione di un sognoSelfDocumentary film
2005ApneaChiaraFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1990 Home and Away Girl #2TV series, 1 episode
1991 G.P. Simone MeyerTV series, 1 episode
1991-92 The Miraculous Mellops Harmony DumpTV series, 21 episodes
1993 A Country Practice Donna MartinTV series, 2 episodes
1995-96 Spellbinder Katrina MuggletonTV series, 26 episodes
1996 Ocean Girl TV series, 1 episode
1997 Roar EdainTV series, 1 episode
1998 All Saints Julie AllenTV series, 1 episode
1998 Wildside Juliette CrawleyTV series, 1 episode
1998-2000 Water Rats Catarina Luvece / RebeccaTV series, 3 episodes
2000 Farscape VynaTV series, 1 episode
2003 White Collar Blue DanaTV series, 1 episode
2006 The Chaser's War on Everything GuestTV series, 1 episode
2014 The Code Annie JoyceTV series, 1 episode
2014 Devil's Playground NunTV series, 1 episode

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References

  1. Michela Noonan at IMDb
  2. 1 2 Fulton, Adam (14 September 2007), The Italian job, Sydney Morning Herald
  3. 1 2 Mathieson, Craig (21 September 2007), Michela's Italian noir job - FILM, The Age
  4. Miraculous Mellops 1, Screen Australia
  5. Terrace, Vincent (15 September 2021). Broadcast in the U.S. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 192. ISBN   9781538156094.
  6. Zwar, Adam (26 March 2000), Life of this actress a double act, Herald Sun
  7. Lalor, Peter (30 October 1999), Balancing act, Daily Telegraph
  8. McKenna, Jo (6 July 2002), The Italian job, Herald Sun