Lindy Davies

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Lindy Davies
Born (1946-08-29) 29 August 1946 (age 77)
Melbourne Victoria, Australia
Occupations
  • Director
  • Actress
  • Actor Trainer
  • Performance Consultant
Websitewww.lindydavies.com

Lindy Davies (29 August 1946) is an Australian actress, director, actor trainer and performance consultant. [1] She played Ruth Ballinger in the Australian soap opera Prisoner in 1985, and won the AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1986 film Malcolm . She went on to be the head of drama at the Victorian College of the Arts for over 11 years until 2007, [2] and worked as a performance consultant on films including Afterglow (1997) and Away From Her (2006) with Julie Christie.

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Career

Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Davies has been an influence on many actors, including Cate Blanchett, [3] Harriet Walter, [4] [5] and Julie Christie. [6] She directed Blanchett in Electra at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992, and worked with Christie as a consultant on the Dennis Potter TV series Karaoke (1996) and the films Hamlet (1996), Afterglow (1997), Away From Her (2006) and Glorious 39 (2009).

Davies, who has said that "Intuition" is the defining principle of her process. [7] [8] has also conducted master classes for actors, writers and directors at the Canadian Film Centre from 2010 - 2016. [9]

As director

Performance Consultant

Lindy Davies has developed an approach to performance: a process; which is an intuitive imaginative connection to language, space and transformation.

She has worked as a Performance Advisor/Consultant on many films including:

Actor Training

Actress

Awards

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