Angie Milliken

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Angie Milliken
Born
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
  • Actress

Angie Milliken is an Australian actress. [1]

Early life

Milliken was born and raised in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology then turned to acting. [1]

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Career

Milliken first became noticed when she starred in the 1991 made-for-TV movie Act of Necessity for which she was nominated for an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award.

Throughout the 1990s, Milliken starred as Jo Moody in a series of telemovies with Robert Taylor, called The Feds , and in 1999 starred in Paperback Hero , as well as guest starring on Farscape and Stingers . In 1992 she was in the film Eight Ball and in 1996 she memorably featured in Dead Heart .

She regularly performed on stage for Sydney Theatre Company and became a well known face in the Australian film and television industry. In 2001, she won an AFI award for her role in My Brother Jack and then starred in the acclaimed The Shark Net (2003).

From 2003 to 2005 Milliken starred as Amanda McKay, a lawyer, on MDA , winning an AFI Award in 2003. [1]

Milliken starred in The Condemned in 2007 and has also appeared in an episode of CSI: Miami . Milliken played Jamie Thompson's mother in This Isn't Funny in 2015.

In 2012 Milliken returned to stage acting in Benedict Andrews' Every Breath for Belvoir Street Theatre and The Effect, a joint project of the Sydney Theatre Company and the Queensland Theatre Company. [1] [2]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleType
1990 Harbour Beat SimoneFilm
1991 Act of Necessity Louise ColemanTV movie
1991Mimi Goes to the AnalystTV movie
1992 Eight Ball JulieFeature film
1992The Last Man HangedDorothy RyanTV movie
1994 Talk Stephanie NessFeature film
1995 Rough Diamonds Christie BrightFeature film
1996 What Have I Written Sorel Atherton / GillianFeature film
1996 Dead Heart Kate / Les's wifeFeature film
1999ParadiseShort film
1999 Paperback Hero Ziggy KeaneFeature film
2006 Solo KateFeature film
2007 The Condemned Donna SerenoFeature film
2009 Passengers MelonyFeature film
2014I Can See YouMarnie's MotherShort film
2015 This Isn't Funny Barbara ThompsonFeature film
2017 Jungle Stela GhinsbergFeature film
2019StrangersAdrienneShort film
2022 Spiderhead SarahFeature film
2022 Elvis Madam ZFeature film

Television

YearFilmRoleType
1989 E Street Leanne HansonTV series, 4 episodes
1990 The Paper Man Joanna MorganTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1992 A Country Practice Jillian CarterTV series, 2 episodes
1992 Six Pack MimiTV series, 1 episode
1994-96 The Feds Jo MoodyTV miniseries, 9 episodes
1996The BeastElizabeth GriffinTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1999 Beastmaster High PriestessTV series, 1 episode
1999 Stingers Der Sgt Susan AbbottTV series, 2 episodes
1999-2000 Farscape Yoz / VolmaeTV series, 2 episodes
2001 My Brother Jack Minnie MeredithTV miniseries
2002 The Lost World DianaTV miniseies, 1 episode
2003 The Shark Net Dorothy DreweTV miniseries, 3 episodes
2004 Through My Eyes Joe KuhlTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2003-05 MDA Amanda McKayTV series, 34 episodes
2007 CSI: Miami Audrey Van Der MereTV series, 1 episode
2012 Rake Therese FaulknerTV series, 2 episodes
2022 Troppo IngridTV series, 1 episode
2022 Joe vs. Carole CrystalTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2022 Young Rock The Fabulous MoolahTV series, 1 episode
2022 Darby and Joan Felicity Ann KempTV series, 1 episode

Theatre

YearFilmType
2012Benedict Andrews' Every Breath Belvoir Street Theatre
The Effect Sydney Theatre Company and the Queensland Theatre Company

Nominations and awards

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Street, Andrew P. (8 July 2014). "Angie Milliken's odyssey". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  2. "Archive: Angie Milliken". Sydney Theatre Company. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2018.