Genevieve Lemon

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Genevieve Lemon is an Australian singer and actress who has appeared in a number of soap operas – as Zelda Baker in The Young Doctors, Marlene "Rabbit" Warren in Prisoner and Brenda Riley in Neighbours. She showed her comedic and singing talents in the televised revue show Three Men and a Baby Grand.

Films and Music

Lemon has also appeared in a number of films directed by Jane Campion – Sweetie, The Piano and Holy Smoke!. She also appeared in Campion's miniseries Top of the Lake. She played in the stage production "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – the Musical" as the barmaid and owner of the Broken Hill Hotel, Shirley. Her first CD, with her band, is called "Angels in the City". It is a live recording of a concert she performed in the Studio at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Singing around the House series.

Theatre

Genevieve Lemon is currently on stage at London's Victoria Palace Theatre, portraying Mrs Wilkinson in Billy Elliot the Musical, a role she performed firstly in Sydney then Melbourne. On 21 January 2008 she won the Best Actress in a Musical award at the 2007 Sydney Theatre Awards. Lemon won a 2008 Helpmann Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Billy Elliot the Musical. Lemon has worked extensively for a number of major state theatre companies in Australia.

Early training

Lemon began her career with the Leichhardt-based amateur theater company, The Rocks Players.

Awards

1985 Penguin Certificate of Commendation for Prisoner

2007 Sydney Theatre Award for Billy Elliot

2008 Helpmann Award for Billy Elliot

2009 Green Room Award for Billy Elliot

External links

Genevieve Lemon at the Internet Movie Database
More Genevieve Lemon info at GENLEMON.COM
Extensive interview about her television work on the Boxcutters podcast

v t e Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical (2001–2020)

Sharon Millerchip (2001) Judi Connelli (2002) Tamsin Carroll (2003) Kate Hoolihan (2004) Chloe Dallimore (2005) Tamsin Carroll (2006) Laurie Cadevida (2007) Genevieve Lemon (2008) Sharon Millerchip (2009) Michala Banas (2010) Verity Hunt-Ballard (2011) Pamela Rabe (2012) Lucy Durack (2013)

Complete list (2001–2020)

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