Nina Landis

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Nina Landis
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OccupationActress
Years active1978–2014

Nina Landis is an Australian stage and screen actress, who trained in Australia and New York. Her feature film credits include the title role (Rikky) in Rikky and Pete , Komodo , Four of a Kind , Handle with Care , and Blackjack: Sweet Science . Her principal roles on television include Embassy , Prime Time , The Keepers , One Summer Again , MDA , The Flying Doctors , Prisoner , A Country Practice . She has performed on the stages of national theatre companies and fringe theatres. Landis also lectures on acting, is a voice-over artist, and a documentary photographer.

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She studied drama at Flinders University Adelaide in mid/late 1970s.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1980 Nightmares Judy [1] Feature film
1985 Niel Lynne HelenFeature film
1987 To Market to Market SamanthaFeature film
1988 Rikky and Pete Rikky Menzies [2] Feature film
1991AntamosiFilm short
1997 True Love and Chaos Affirmation VoiceFeature film
1999 Komodo Annie [1] Feature film
2008 Four of a Kind SusanFeature film
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! HerselfFeature film documentary

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1981; 1984 Cop Shop Ellen ShannonTV series, 3 episodes
1981 Prisoner Michelle ParkesTV series, 5 episodes
1981; 1993 A Country Practice Sandra PopovichTV series, 2 episodes
1982 The Sullivans Guest roleTV series
1984 Cop Shop Guest roleTV series, 1 episode
1984The KeepersMiriam WoodsTV series, 9 episodes
1984 Special Squad LisaTV series, episode 10: "Duel"
1984 Carson's Law TV series, 1 episode
1985 One Summer Again Clara Southern TV miniseries
1985 Handle with Care JulieTV film
1986 Prime Time Kate MacArthurTV series
1987 Always Afternoon Renata SteinTV miniseries, 1 episode
1988 Rafferty's Rules Jan MondaleTV series, 1 episode
1990 The Flying Doctors Megan PriceTV series, 1 episode
1990 Embassy Susan PriceTV pilot
1990-91 Embassy Susan PriceTV series, 25 episodes
1992 The Late Show Sally BowenTV series, 1 episode
1993 A Country Practice Guest roleTV series, 2 episodes
1994-97 Ocean Girl [3] H.E.L.E.N.TV series, 78 episodes, voice only
1999 Thunderstone SyndiaTV series, 19 episodes
2002-03 MDA Claudia MonstserretTV series, 12 episodes
2003WildernessNarratorTV film documentary
2004 BlackJack: Sweet Science Stella AndersonTV film series
2008 The Hollowmen Guest roleTV series, 1 episode
2008 City Homicide Valerie ZimmermanTV series, 2 episodes
2008Not Quite Hollywood: Deleted and Extended ScenesHerselfVideo
2009Liquid Stone: Unlocking Gaudi's SecretNarratorFilm TV documentary
2014 Neighbours Judge LockwoodTV series, 1 episode
2015Little StarsNarratorFilm documentary

Stage

YearTitleRoleType
Hotel Baltimore Suzy Drama Centre, Adelaide
Dracula Lucy Drama Centre, Adelaide
The Trial Mrs Burstner Drama Centre, Adelaide
Lysistrata LampitoDodd Street Theatre, Melbourne
Dōjōji (The Dancer)The Dancer Drama Centre, Adelaide
1978 Oedipus the King / Oedipus at Colonus Suppliants / Guards / Attendants The Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA for Adelaide Festival
1979 Hamlet The Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1979 The Shaughraun Moya The Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1979 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Bubba STCSA
1980Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book for BoysLois Space Theatre, Adelaide & Edinburgh Festival with The Stage Company
1981Covenant of the RainbowArt La Mama, Melbourne
1982 Degrees of Change
1984 Scapin ZerbinettaHoyts Prince Theatre, Hobart, Studio Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company
1992 Too Young for Ghosts
1992No Going BackRuth Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1993Blood MoonKatina Theatreworks, Melbourne
1994Wounds to the FaceThe Mother Theatreworks, Melbourne with Black Box Theatre Company
2023WayVoice Over Artist La Mama, Melbourne

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