Rhondda Findleton | |
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Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1988–present |
Rhondda Findleton is a New Zealand actress largely based in Australia. [1] She has had major roles in Plainclothes , [1] [2] Grass Roots , [3] [4] The Sugar Factory [5] [6] telemovie Temptation [7] [8] and its spinoff series The Cooks . [9] [10]
Findleton has twice been nominated for Australian Film Institute Awards. In 2000, she was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama Series for her appearance in the Grass Roots episode "Late July 4.00pm to 10.30pm". [11] In 2001, she was nominated for Best Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series for her appearance in the Stingers episode "Fool To Want You". [12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Prejudice | Caroline | TV movie |
1988 | Action Replay | TV movie | |
1989 | How Wonderful! | Jen | TV movie |
1989 | More Winners: Mr Edmund | Margaret | TV movie |
1990 | Harbour Beat | Carol Walker | Feature film |
1993 | Love in Limbo | Gwen Riddle | Feature film |
1993 | No Worries | Maggie Gregg | |
1993 | Avondale Dogs | Paul's Mum | Short film |
1998 | The Laundry | Woman | Short film |
1998 | The Sugar Factory | Helen McMillan | Feature film |
1999 | Chameleon II: Death Match | Eva | TV movie |
1999 | Secret Men's Business | Mrs Healey | TV movie |
2002 | The Hard Word | Jane | Feature film |
2003 | Temptation | Rita Molloy | TV movie |
2006 | BlackJack: At the Gates | Jane Harrison | TV movie |
2006 | Look Sharp | Jo | Short film |
2007 | Skin | Short film | |
2008 | Dream Life | Aunty Vivian | TV movie |
2010 | At the Tattooist | Aunt Ros | Short film |
2010 | Wasted on the Young | Cassandra | Feature film |
2011 | Blood Brothers | TV movie | |
2021 | The Greenhouse | Lillian Tweedy-Bell |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987-93 | A Country Practice | Various characters | TV series, 6 episodes |
1988 | Rafferty's Rules | Sue Gibson | TV series, 4episodes |
1988 | Home and Away | Various roles | TV series, 2 episodes |
1991 | G.P. | Jenny Mitcham | TV series, 1 episode |
1991 | Inspector Morse | Anne Harding | TV series, 1 episode |
1993 | The Leaving of Liverpool | Lorna | TV series |
1995 | Plainclothes | DS George Samuels | TV series, 1 episode |
1995 | Echo Point | Robin Ollie | TV series, 2 episodes |
1997 | Big Sky | Shelly Martin | TV series, 1 episode |
1997 | State Coroner | Anne Wilmont | TV series, 1 episode |
1997 | Wildside | Tracey Malleson | TV series, 3 episodes |
1998 | Murder Call | Freda Holland | TV series, season 2, episode 12: Something Fishy |
1998-2001 | Stingers | Various roles | TV series, 2 episodes |
1999-2007 | All Saints | Various roles | TV series, 2 episodes |
2001 | Halifax f.p. | Grace Lord | TV series, 1 episode |
2002 | Bootleg | Carol Hunter | TV series, 3 episodes |
2000-03 | Grass Roots | Karin Schumaker | TV series, 18 episodes |
2003 | MDA | Clara Shields | TV series, 1 episode |
2004-05 | The Cooks | Rita Molloy | TV series, 13 episodes |
2006 | Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King | Sarah Joyce | TV miniseries |
2006-07 | Love My Way | Tess Delaney | TV series, 6 episodes |
2010 | City Homicide | Francesca Hayward | TV series, 1 episode |
2011 | East West 101 | Rhonda Hunter | TV series, 1 episode |
2011 | Crownies | Claudia Swann | TV series, 1 episode |
2012 | Rake | Dr Fisher | TV series, 1 episode |
2014 | ANZAC Girls | Matron Ellen Gould | TV series, 3 episodes |
2015 | Hiding | Principal Barker | TV series, 3 episodes |
2016 | Wolf Creek | Deborah Larsson | TV series, 1 episode |
2016 | Cleverman | Frankie | TV series, 5 episodes |
2019 | Secret City | Madeline Stenders | TV series, 4 episodes |
2022 | The Twelve | Gabby | TV series, 5 episodes |
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