Annie Byron

Annie Byron is an AFI Award-winning Australian film, stage, and television actress best known for Wolf Creek 2, Fran, Muriel's Wedding, and Doing Time for Patsy Cline.

This article is about the actress Annie Byron. For Anne Byron, the wife of Lord Byron, see Anne Byron, 11th Baroness Wentworth.

Annie Byron
Born
Inverell, Australia
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales, National Institute of Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active1971 - present
AwardsAFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Fran (1985)

Early life

Byron was born in Inverell, Australia. She attended primary school at St. Mary's Ross Hill Primary School and Sacred Heart Primary School, then high school at St. Ursula's College in Armidale and Inverell High School. She graduated with a scholarship to the University of New South Wales, where she earned an Arts degree with Honors in Drama.

After graduating university, she enrolled in the National Institute of Dramatic Art along with Steve Bisley, Debra Lawrence, Robert Menzies, Peter Kingston, Judy Davis, and Mel Gibson.[1]

Career

Byron was cast as the second Mrs. Harry Sullivan in the Australian television series The Sullivans the year after graduating from NIDA. She has since worked in numerous film, television, theatre and radio productions in Australia for over 30 years. She is best known for her roles as Lil in Wolf Creek 2,[2] as Marge in Fran,[3][4][5][6] as Rhonda's Mother in Muriel's Wedding, and as Mum in Doing Time for Patsy Cline.

She has performed with Australian theatre companies Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir St Theatre, the Ensemble Theatre, The Q, Perth Actors Collective, Hothouse Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company, and the Playbox Theatre Company.[7]

She performed in the sold out run of Sydney Theatre Company's production of Hedda Gabler opposite Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving in 2004 in Sydney and in 2006 at Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City.[8][9][10] She also toured internationally to Dublin, Seoul, and Montreal with Force Majeure's production of The Age.[11]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1984 Silver City Dorothy
Displaced Persons Nurse Evans TV Movie
1985 Fran Marge Won: AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1985
1987 Great Expectations: The Untold Story Mrs. Joe Gargery TV Movie
1989 Afraid to Dance Betty
1990 Shadows of the Heart Rose Flanagan TV Movie
1992 The Distant Home Dr. Allport TV Movie
Clowning Around Una Crealy
1993 No Worries Mrs. Burke
1994 Muriel's Wedding Rhonda's Mother
1997 Doing Time for Patsy Cline Mum Nominated: AFI Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in 1997
2000 My Mother Frank Eunice
Six O'Clock Swill Aunt Alice Short Film
2003 The Postcard Bandit Thelma Abbott TV Movie
2006 Stepfather of the Bride Stephanie TV Movie
2007 Glory Glory Short Film
In The Company of Actors Herself Documentary
2008 ActingClassof1977.com Herself Documentary
The View from Greenhaven Clare
2013 Wolf Creek 2 Lil
2015 Ruby Ruby Short Film

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1971 The Comedy Game Actress Episode: "Aunty Jack's Travelling Show"
1976-83 The Sullivans Lou Sullivan 1978-80
1978 Father, Dear Father In Australia Mrs. Rees Episode: "Novel Exercise"
1988 The Flying Doctors Julie McDonald Episode: "Johnnie Come Home"
1983-92 A Country Practice Patricia York / June Allen / Vivienne Roberts / Meryl Bellamy/ Carol Hacking / Liz Mitchell 11 episodes
1990 Home and Away Angela Newton 3 episodes
1998-2006 All Saints Maisie Sparks / Julie Costello 3 episodes
1999 Murder Call Magda Trebor Episode: "Dead Offerings"
2000 The Potato Factory Duchess Mini-series, 4 episodes
2003 Always Greener Lolly Hopkins 3 episodes
Stingers Liliana Jarras Episode: "Sons & Lovers"

Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
1985 Fran AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Won[12]
1997 Doing Time for Patsy Cline AFI Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated[13]

References
  1. Media, Australian Community Media - Fairfax (26 October 2012). "Annie Byron returns". The Inverell Times. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  2. FilmInk Digital July 2014 v9.31: Australia's Best Movie Magazine. FilmInk. 19 June 2014.
  3. McFarlane, Brian; Mayer, Geoff (26 June 1992). New Australian Cinema: Sources and Parallels in American and British Film. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521387682.
  4. "Curator's notes Fran (1985) on ASO - Australia's audio and visual heritage online". aso.gov.au. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. "Fran | San Francisco Film Festival". history.sffs.org. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. "Screen Australia Screen Guide Fran".
  7. "Annie Byron | In the Company of Actors". In the Company of Actors. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  8. Willis, John; Hodges, Ben (1 July 2008). Theatre World 2005-2006: The Most Complete Record of the American Theatre. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9781557837080.
  9. Brantley, Ben (3 March 2006). "A Heroine in a Hurry, via Ibsen". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  10. "Cate Blanchett to Be Hedda Gabler at BAM in 2006 | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  11. McMicking, www.paramountgraphics.com.au, Rob. "CALENDAR GIRLS - AUSTRALIA". www.paramountgraphics.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  12. "AFI | AACTA | Winners & Nominees | 1980-1989 | 1985". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  13. "Australian Television: 1997 AFI Awards". www.australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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