Susie Porter

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Susie Porter
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Born1970or1971(age 52–53)
Education National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
Known for
Spouse
Christopher Mordue
(m. 2010)

Susie Porter (born 1970 or 1971) [1] is an Australian television, film and theatre actress. She made her debut in the 1996 film Idiot Box , before rising to prominence in films including Paradise Road (1997), Welcome to Woop Woop (1997), Two Hands (1999), Better Than Sex (2000), The Monkey's Mask (2000), Mullet (2001), Teesh and Trude (2002), and The Caterpillar Wish (2006). Porter is also highly recognised for her roles in television series, most notably, as Patricia Wright in East West 101 , Eve Pritchard in East of Everything , as Kay Parker in Sisters of War , and as Marie Winter in the prison drama, Wentworth .

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Early life

Porter was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, to Bill, a doctor, and Jenny, a nurse. She has two older sisters, Cathy and Jackie, and a younger sister, Louise. [1] [2] Porter attended Newcastle Grammar School and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Newcastle. [1] [3] She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1995. [4] Porter revealed in 2024 in an interview with 9honey that she was originally going to audition at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts but ended up with food poisoning and couldn't attend that audition. [5]

Personal life

Porter is married to Christopher Mordue, the two married in 2010. [6]

Porter in 2022 penned a letter to the NSW Government urging the Agriculture Minister Murray Watt to end all puppy farms across the state. [7]

Acting career

Television

Porter began her acting career in an episode of House Gang , a short lived television program. She then had small roles in other Australian television programs in the late 1990s, including Big Sky , Wildside and Water Rats .

In 2006, Porter had a leading role in RAN , an Australian mini-series, which won her a Best Leading Actress in a Television Drama at the AFI Awards. In late 2007, she appeared in East West 101 , a six-part drama series that aired on SBS. In 2008, Porter appeared in East of Everything (a six-part drama series that aired on the ABC) and in the mini-series Make Or Break (an English and Australian production that aired on Foxtel's UKTV).

In 2009, Porter appeared on the second seasons of both East of Everything and East West 101, and first run The Jesters and My Place. In 2010, she appeared on the telemovie Sisters of War as Kay Parker. In 2011, she appeared in the third, and final season, of East West 101. In 2012, she appeared on Channel Ten's mini-series Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms . She played Pam Knight in Puberty Blues from 2012 to 2014. [8]

In 2017, Porter was cast in the Foxtel drama series Wentworth in the main role Marie Winter; [9] the role was originally portrayed by Maggie Millar in Prisoner . Porter first appeared in Wentworth during the fourth episode of the sixth season, broadcast on 10 July 2018. [10] She reprised her role as Marie Winter in the seventh season in 2019, and again in the eighth and final season which premiered in 2020 and ended in 2021. She made her final appearance in penultimate episode of the final season.

In 2024, Porter was named in the cast for ABC drama Plum. [11]

Film

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Susie Porter in 2012

In 1996, Porter made her film debut in Idiot Box . [12] In 1997, she starred as Angie in the Australian comedy Welcome to Woop Woop . [13] In 1999, she had a major role in Two Hands . In 2000, she starred in the film Bootmen and in the crime drama film The Monkey's Mask , which she plays a lesbian private detective who falls in love with a suspect, for which she won the award for 'Best Actress' at the Dallas OUT TAKES festival in 2001. [14] In 2001, she appeared in the Australian movie Mullet and had a small role in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones . [15]

In 2005, Porter had a supporting role in the Australian film Little Fish . In 2006, she had a role in the film The Caterpillar Wish which won her Best Supporting Actress in the AFI Awards.

In 2015, Porter starred in Is This the Real World.

Porter appeared in 2022 film Gold [16] which was filmed in South Australia.

In 2023, Porter appeared in the short film Waves at Bondi's Flickerfest. [17]

In 2024, Porter was announced as part of the cast for Dirty Boy. [18]

Theatre

DateTitleRoleNotes
2000Sweet Phoebe Stables Theatre
2001 The Vagina Monologues Valhalla Cinema
2005Broken Valley Belvoir Theatre
2006The Emperor of Sydney Stables Theatre
2007Riflemind Sydney Theatre Company
2010That Face Belvoir Theatre
2011 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Olive Belvoir Theatre [19]
2015 Death and the Maiden Paulina Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company

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Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Idiot Box BettyFeature film
Mr. Reliable FayFeature film
1997 Paradise Road OggiFeature film
Welcome to Woop Woop AngieFeature film
1998 Amy Anny BuchananFeature film
Aftershocks Marg TurnbullTV movie
1999 Two Hands DeirdreFeature film
Feeling Sexy VickiFeature film
2000 Better Than Sex CinFeature film
The Monkey's Mask Jill FitzpatrickFeature film
Bootmen SaraFeature film
2001 Mullet TullyFeature film
2002SwayEmmaFeature film
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Hermione Bagwa / WA-7Feature film
Teesh and Trude Letitia (Teesh)Feature film
2005CoolLucyShort film
Little Fish Jenny MossFeature film
2006 The Caterpillar Wish Susan WoodbridgeFeature film
No MailAntonia ShortShort film
2007The ManualMaiShort film
FlipsicalSueShort film
2009LonelyMumShort film
2010Summer CodaAngelaFeature film
Sisters of War Kay ParkerTV movie
2012 Dangerous Remedy Peggy BermanTV movie
2016 Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches HerselfFeature film documentary
2017 Don't Tell SueFeature film
Hounds of Love Maggie MaloneyFeature film
Cargo Kay CaineFeature film
2018 Ladies in Black Mrs. MilesFeature film
The Second The MuseFeature film
2022 Gold The Stranger, The Stranger's SisterFeature film
2023TransfusionMagistrateFeature film
WavesSamShort film
Mercy Road
TBADirty BoyVerity WentworthFeature film
TBAClosing NightMum
TBAAn Ordinary DayFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
1996 House Gang Bottle Shop GirlTV series, episode: "Truth or Dare"
1997 Big Sky TracyTV series, episode: "Duke of Yarragul"
1998 Wildside DebbieTV series, episodes: "1.6", "1.7"
Children's Hospital Frances ClarkeTV series, episode: "Tears Before Bedtime"
Water Rats Julie DrummondTV series, episode: "Heads or Tales"
2000 The Movie Show HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2001 The Secret Life of Us PandoraTV series, episode: "Secrets and Lies"
Rove Live HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2002 Cleo Bachelor 2002: Real Men Revealed HerselfTV special
2003 State of Play Susan SagattcheanTV miniseries
Silent Witness Maxine CroftTV series, 2 episodes: "Answering Fire": Part 1 & Part 2
2006 RAN Remote Area Nurse Helen TremaineTV series, 6 episodes
Love My Way ChristineTV series, 4 episodes
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King Sally Blair KinnellTV series, episode: "The Road Virus Heads North"
Two Twisted SamTV series, episode: "Delivery Man"
2007–11 East West 101 Patricia WrightTV series, 20 episodes
2008–09 East of Everything Eve PritchardTV series, 13 episodes
2009 My Place Miss MullerTV series, 7 episodes
2009–11 The Jesters Julia WilsonTV series, 16 episodes
2010The 52nd TV Week Logie Awards Herself / Patricia WrightTV special
The Morning Show GuestTV series, 1 episode
2011 Inside Film Awards HerselfTV special
2012–14 Puberty Blues Pam KnightTV series
2012 Dance Academy Anne BlackTV series, 3 episodes
Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms Vanessa RossTV miniseries
Problems Mrs MothTV series, 4 episodes
2013 Who Do You Think You Are? HerselfTV series, episode: "Susie Porter"
2014 The Living Room GuestTV series, 1 episode
2018–21 Wentworth Marie WinterTV series, season 6−8, 38 episodes
2018 Today Guest (with Rachael Blake)TV series, 1 episode
Today Extra Guest (with Rachael Blake)TV series, 1 episode
2019 Screen HerselfTV series, 1 episode
The 61st Annual TV Week Logie Awards HerselfTV special
Wentworth: Behind the BarsSelfTV Special
2020 The Morning Show GuestTV series, 1 episode
Wentworth: Behind the Bars 2SelfTV Special [21]
2021 Today GuestTV series, 1 episode
The Unusual Suspects RaeTV miniseries, 2 episodes
11th AACTA Awards HerselfTV special
Wentworth UnlockedSelfTV Special [22]
2022 Irreverent AgnesTV miniseries, 5 episodes
Grey NomadsBarbTV series, 6 episodes
2023 No Escape Sarah CravenTV series, 7 episodes [23] [24]
The Artful Dodger Lady Jane Fox7 episodes
2025PlumFilming [25]

Awards

Also been nominated at the AFI Awards in:

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