Philippa Northeast

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Philippa Northeast
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Northeast at the I, Tonya premiere in 2018.
Born (1994-09-23) 23 September 1994 (age 29) [1]
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present

Philippa Northeast (born 23 September 1994) is an Australian actor, known for her role as Evelyn MacGuire in the soap opera Home and Away from 2013 until 2017. After leaving Home and Away, Northeast starred in the 2019 romantic comedy film Standing Up for Sunny with RJ Mitte. She also starred in the Hallmark television film A Royal Runaway Romance (2022). In 2023, Northeast played the recurring role of Lily in the Australian comedy series In Limbo. She was also cast as Kay Walters in the second season of The Newsreader , and has joined the supporting cast of upcoming Network 10 drama Paper Dolls. In addition to acting, Northeast has been the ambassador for skincare range Wotnot Naturals and the Ration Challenge.

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Early life

Northeast was raised in South East Melbourne along with her four siblings. [1] She attended Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School, where she completed her VCE. She then began studying a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Criminology, at The University of Melbourne. [1] Northeast trained at the 16th Street Acting Studios, [1] the St Martin's Youth Theatre and the Australian Shakespeare Company. [2] She graduated from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) with an Advanced Diploma in Producing: Story, Audience, Finance in 2015. [3]

Career

Northeast joined the main cast of soap opera Home and Away in 2013 as Evelyn MacGuire, alongside Jake Speer as her character's twin Oscar MacGuire. [4] Northeast found a dollar coin on the steps of her casting agent before attending the audition, which she felt was a sign of good luck. [5] During a callback audition, Northeast was paired with a number of actors as producers tried to find Evelyn's twin. Speer was the first actor to act with her and the producers kept coming back to them, as they noted that they had the right chemistry. [4] Northeast admitted she was surprised to learn that she had won the role. She relocated from her home town of Melbourne to Sydney for filming, [5] and made her first appearance in the show on 3 September 2013. [6] Northeast's character became known for having a fictional curse on her, following the deaths of her on-screen father, siblings and aunt. [7]

After four years of playing Evelyn, Northeast decided to leave Home and Away and her character's exit aired in March 2017. [8] She later made a guest appearance in May 2017 to facilitate the exit of Evelyn's uncle Zac MacGuire (Charlie Clausen). [9] After leaving Home and Away, Northeast became an ambassador for skincare range Wotnot Naturals and shot her first campaign for them at the Bondi Icebergs Club. [10] She planned to fly out to Los Angeles to find acting work, but she was also hoping to find roles in Australia. She said "I love Australia and I love what we are producing here and I think there are great initiatives in place to have females in more diverse casts." [10] Northeast was also an ambassador for the Ration Challenge, in which participants eat the same food rations as a Syrian refugee for a week. [11]

Northeast stars as barmaid and aspiring comedian Serena in Steven Vidler's 2019 romantic comedy film Standing Up for Sunny , opposite RJ Mitte and Sam Reid. [12] The film was shot in Newtown in 2018. [11] Northeast said she knew the script was "special" the moment she read it, and found that shooting the film was "a different experience" compared to Home and Away. [11] She also guested in an episode of comedy series Bondi Slayer. [13] Northeast flew out to Los Angeles in 2020 to take part in the pilot season and documented her trip for Mamamia. [14] In 2022, Northeast starred in the Hallmark Channel television film A Royal Runaway Romance with Brant Daugherty. [2] She also played the recurring role of Lily in Lucas Taylor's Australian comedy series In Limbo. [15]

Northeast joined the cast of The Newsreader for its second season, which began production in Melbourne in mid-2022. [16] Northeast plays Kay Walters, the daughter of Geoff (Robert Taylor) and Evelyn Walters (Marg Downey). [17] In March 2023, she joined the supporting cast of drama Paper Dolls, along with Lyndon Watts, Carlos Sanson Jr., Ben Turland, and Elizabeth Cullen. The drama is being filmed in Sydney for Network 10. [18]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Skithouse VariousEpisode: "1.1"
2013–2017 Home and Away Evelyn MacGuire Main cast
2016TenderSarahShort film
2019 Standing Up for Sunny SunnyFeature film
2019 Drop Dead Weird AstridEpisode: "Haunted Hotel"
2020Bondi SlayerPipEpisode: "Home and a Slay"
2022A Royal Runaway RomanceAmelia BellTelevision film
2023 In Limbo LilyRecurring role
2023 The Newsreader Kay WaltersRecurring role
TBAPaper DollsFilming

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