Susan Lyons

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Susan Lyons
Born1958 (age 66–67)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Actress, producer
Years active1981–present
Known for All Saints , Farscape
Spouse Jefferson Mays
Children4

Susan Lyons (born 1958, Sydney) is an Australian actress.

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Career

Film and television

Lyons' television appearances include: A Country Practice , Police Rescue , [1] Murder Call , Farscape , Something in the Air and All Saints .

Her film appearances include: The Good Wife , [2] No Worries , [3] In a Savage Land , [4] Black and White , Corroboree, Martin Four and Napoleon .

Lyons starred in the 1998 Australian Christmas film Crackers , playing single mother Hilary who hates Christmas. [5]

Theatre

Lyons has also appeared extensively in stage productions for many of the major theatre companies in Australia, including Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, State Theatre Company of South Australia and Bell Shakespeare . She has appeared in such titles as Hamlet , Macbeth , A Midsummer Night’s Dream , The Merchant of Venice , The Comedy of Errors , The Vagina Monologues , The Beggar’s Opera , As You Like It , Pygmalion , Measure for Measure and Two Weeks with the Queen .

Her most recent credits includes work as an associate director on the 2003 Broadway production of I Am My Own Wife directed by Moisés Kaufman [6] which was also staged in Melbourne in 2006. She also adapted a version of A Christmas Carol , which has been staged on Broadway and throughout the US from 2018 onward.

She has also narrated the audio book version of Incendiary, by Chris Cleave. [7]

Personal life

Lyons is married to Tony Award-winning theatre and film actor Jefferson Mays. They first met in 2002 when Lyons saw Mays perform in a production of Outward Bound at the Westport Country Playhouse, in Connecticut. [8]

Awards

YearWithAwardCategoryResult
1993Susan Lyons Marten Bequest ScholarshipActingWon [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1983 The Winds of Jarrah Diana VennessFeature film
1987 The Umbrella Woman (aka The Good Wife)Mrs. FieldingFeature film
1987 The Riddle of the Stinson Jean BattenTV film
1989 The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro RuthTV film
1990 Wendy Cracked a Walnut (aka ...Almost)CarolineFeature film
1992 Six Pack: Loveless AnnieTV film series, 1 episode
1993 No Worries Ellen BellFeature film
1994 Ebbtide AlisonFeature film
1994 The Roly Poly Man Sandra BurnettFeature film
1995 Napoleon Penny, Napoleon's Mum / Other Wallaby (voice)Feature film
1996 The Territorians Anne McCabeTV film
1998 Halifax f.p.: Afraid of the Dark Detective Helen de CastroTV film series, 1 episode
1998 Crackers Hilary DredgeFeature film
1999 In a Savage Land Helen StevensFeature film
2001 Martin Four GraceFilm short
2002 Black and White Dr. Thompson (uncredited)Feature film
2005LifeJean GregoryTV film
2007CorroboreeVernaFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1982 For the Term of His Natural Life SarahTV miniseries, 3 episodes
1983; 1989; 1990 A Country Practice Sister Sandy Wright / Elizabeth Brown / Linda FreemanTV series, 10 episodes
1984 Five Mile Creek Miss ParlingTV series, season 2, episode 10: "Matchmaker"
1987 Willing and Abel TV series, 1 episode
1988 Stringer Laura ChandlerTV series, 8 episodes
1990 Rafferty's Rules TV series, 1 episode
1990 Come in Spinner Dallas McIntyreTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1991; 1993 Eggshells Jill KnightTV series, 13 episodes
1991 G.P. TV series, 1 episode
1992 E Street Nancy PlimshawTV series, 2 episodes
1992 Six Pack AnnieTV series, season 1, episode 2: "Loveless"
1995 Police Rescue JanetTV series, season 4, episode 6: "Double Jeopardy"
1996 Mercury Nell RobertsTV miniseries, 13 episodes
1996 Sun on the Stubble Ellie GuntherTV miniseries, 6 episodes
1997 Fallen Angels TV series, 1 episode
1998 Murder Call Amanda MacKenzieTV series, season 2, episode 16: "A View to a Kill"
1998 Three Forever Martha GravesTV miniseries
1999 Dog's Head Bay Vicki SantoriniTV series, 13 episodes
2001 Farscape SierjnaTV series, season 3, episode 12: "Meltdown"
2001 All Saints Natalie MoyesTV series, season 4, episode 39: "Child's Play"
2002 Something in the Air Sue SmithiesTV series, 5 episodes
2010 American Experience Elizabeth MerryTV series, season 22, episode 4: "Dolley Madison"

Theatre

As actor

YearTitleRoleVenue / Co.
1979; 1980 The Three Sisters Natalia Jane Street Theatre, Sydney with NIDA, Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1979 The Beggar’s Opera NIDA Theatre, Sydney, Playhouse, Canberra
1979 The Ballad of the Sad Café NIDA Theatre, Sydney
1980 The Mystery Plays of Wakefield Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1980The FloatTina Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1980On the WallabyPremier Butler / Miss Collins / Happy Valley / Woman Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1980 Pericles, Prince of Tyre Theatre 62, Adelaide with STCSA
1980TraitorsTheatre 62, Adelaide with STCSA
1980 A Month in the Country Vera Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1980Red Light SquareTheatre 62, Adelaide with STCSA
1981Buckley's!Di Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1981 Pygmalion Clara Eynsford-Hill Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1981 As You Like It Rosalind / AudreyTheatre 62, Adelaide with STCSA
1982 Macbeth Sydney Opera House with STC
1983 The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H. Anna Sydney Opera House with STC
1985 The Real Thing Charlotte SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre
1986 Measure for Measure Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC
1986, 1987 Aren’t We All? Margot His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney
1988 The Game of Love and Chance Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC
1988 An Ideal Husband Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC
1989 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Titania Sydney Opera House with STC
1991 The Merchant of Venice Portia Sydney Showground with Bell Shakespeare, Melbourne Athenaeum
1991 Hamlet Voltemand / 2nd Player Melbourne Athenaeum
1991South American Barbecue Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney with North Coast Theatre Company
1995 Paradise Lost St George's Cathedral, Perth
1995 Two Weeks with the Queen Alexander Theatre, Johannesburg, South African State Theatre, Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC
1996 The Queen and I Princess Diana Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Monash University, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Newcastle Civic Theatre with Out of Joint Theatre Company
1997 The Comedy of Errors Adriana Sydney Opera House with STC for Sydney Festival
1996Big Hair in AmericaThe Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga with HotHouse Theatre
2001 The Vagina Monologues Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
2002Night Letters Australian National University, Canberra with Australian National Playwrights Conference
2002The Eye of the Needle Civic Square Canberra with Elbow Theatre
2003All My Sleep and Waking Australian National University, Canberra with Australian National Playwrights Conference

As director

YearTitleRoleVenue / Co.
2003–2004; 2006 I Am My Own Wife Artistic Consultant / Associate Director Lyceum Theatre, Broadway, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
2018–2024 A Christmas Carol Adaptor Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles, South Coast Repertory Theatre, Park Theatre, New Hampshire, Nederlander Theatre, Broadway, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego

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References

  1. ↑ Variety International Film Guide. 1995. p. 99.
  2. ↑ Australian Film, 1978-1992 : A Survey of Theatrical Features. Oxford University Press. 1993. p. 225. ISBN   978-0-195-53584-6.
  3. ↑ British Film Catalogue. Taylor & Francis. 2001. p. 2585. ISBN   978-1-317-74062-9.
  4. ↑ "In a Savage Land". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Rosewarne, Lauren (2017). Analyzing Christmas in Film. Lexington Books. p. 257. ISBN   978-1-498-54182-4.
  6. ↑ "Jefferson Mays, Devoted to His 'Wife' - The Washington Post". Washington Post . 27 March 2005. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Incendiary by Chris Cleave, read by Susan Lyons". Audiofile Magazine. 2005. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "How Tony Winner Jefferson Mays Met His Match". Playbill. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Recipients of our co-investment opportunities". creative.gov.au.
  10. ↑ "Susan Lyons theatre credits". AusStage.
  11. ↑ "Susan Lyons". Broadway World.
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