Anya Beyersdorf

Anya Beyersdorf is an Australian actress, born in Armidale, New South Wales.[1]

Beyersdorf trained in acting and directing in the theatres of Berlin after winning the Marten Bequest Prize for Acting for 2008/2009, working under Bulgarian master director Dimiter Gotscheff on the play – The Powder Keg at Der Haus der Berliner Festspiele as well as traveling and studying performance in Poland, Denmark and the USA.

Anya played the title character Angie in John Winter’s (producer Rabbit Proof Fence) directorial debut feature film which premiered at the 58th Sydney International Film Festival. Black and White and Sex is Anya’s third feature film, after Rats and Cats (Melbourne Film Festival 2006, South By Southwest Film Festival USA 2009) and Triple Happiness (due for release 2012) as well performing as the Tragic Usherette in the self devised Magic Lantern Picture Show at the Famous Spiegeltent (Edinburgh Festival 2010).

Other film work includes lead performances in the 2007 Dendy Award nominated Australian Film Commission film Love’s Labour directed by Natasha Pincus (Sydney Film Festival 2007, St Kilda Film Festival 2007, Dungog Film Festival 2007) and the AFI nominated Film Victoria Dugong[2] (Sundance 2007, Aspen Film Festival 2007, Melbourne Film Festival 2007, Brisbane Film Festival 2007, AFI Award nominated 2007) directed by Erin White.

Other work includes her breakthrough performance as troubled teen Miranda Eason on Stingers, guest episodes on Blue Heelers as Jacqui Hatcher, on Canal Road as Tracey, as well as playing the title role of Emma in Emma and the Barista on ABC TV, winning the Platinum Remi for best short film at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.[3]

References

  1. ^ Anya Beyersdorf at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ^ "Dugong". Sundance Film Festival. http://www.sundance.org/festival/film_events/alphabetical.asp?alpha=d-f. Retrieved 2008-09-11. 
  3. ^ www.worldfest.org/downloads/WFHnominees2005.xls