Paula Arundell

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Paula Arundell
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Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1997–present

Paula Arundell is an Australian actress and singer.

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Early life

Arundell studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), in Sydney. She graduated in 1995, with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting).

Career

Arundell has appeared on television in Water Rats , Murder Call , Farscape , All Saints , Home and Away , Out of the Blue and Love My Way among others. [1]

Arundell's films have included Disgrace , Dags , Sample People , Gods of Egypt , and the upcoming Harmony .

As a singer, Arundell performed a version of the Tim Buckley song "Song to the Siren", which was used in the 2006 Neil Armfield film Candy .

She also voiced Sonic the Hedgehog in the Sonic Live in Sydney theme park. [2] [3]

She also played an older Hermione Granger in the Melbourne production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child . [4] In 2021, Arundell joined the cast of Neighbours as Evelyn Farlow for a two-week guest stint. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Diana & Me Constable
1998 Dags Tracey
2000 Simple People Cleo
2003 Bad Eggs Simone
2008 Disgrace Dr. Farodia Rassool
2018 Harmoney Nurse Jean

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Water Rats MichelleEpisode: "Goldie's Trip"
1997 Murder Call Rebecca VossEpisode: "The Burial"
1997 Children's Hospital Claire
1998–2009 All Saints Officer Wilson, Simone Birchley, Nura Arkuna3 episodes
2003 Farscape TalikaaEpisode: "Twice Shy"
2004–2005 Love My Way Gina7 episodes
2005 The Alice Lara1 episode
2008 Out of the Blue Simone1 episode
2009 Home and Away Paula Gill7 episodes
2011 Me and My Monsters Episode: "Monstrously Good Cookies"
2011 Slide (TV series) Kat1 episode
2013 The Time of Our Lives ChelseaEpisode: "The Mistake"
2016 Hunters Liana, Lauren5 episodes
2019–2020 Reckoning Sheriff Waller7 episodes
2021 Neighbours Evelyn Farlow Guest2023 Surviving Summer Jacqueline Mercer Guest

Theme parks

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Sonic Live in Sydney Sonic the Hedgehog

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Hermione Granger [6] [7]

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