Susie Porter

Susie Porter
Birth name	Susie Porter
Born	1971 (age 42–43) Newcastle, Australia
Medium	Film and television actress
Spouse	Christopher Mordue (m.2010)
Notable works and roles	Little Fish (2005); RAN Remote Area Nurse (2006); East West 101 (2007 - 2011)

Susie Porter (born in 1971, in Newcastle, Australia) is a multiple award winning Australian television and film actress.

Acting career

Television

Susie Porter began her acting career in one 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 1997 she starred as Angie in the Australian comedy Welcome to Woop Woop.

2006 was successful year for her with 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, Porter 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, she appeared on the second seasons of both East of Everything and East West 101, and first run The Jesters and My Place.

In 2010, Porter 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.

Film

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. In 2001 she appeared in the Australian movie Mullet and had a small role in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.

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.

Theatre

In 2011, she starred as Olive in the play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll at the Belvoir Theatre, Sydney.^[1]

Filmography

Awards

• 2009 – Best Lead Actress in Television Drama for East West 101 at the AFI Awards
• 2007 – Most Outstanding Actress for RAN at the Logies
• 2006 – Best Lead Actress in Television Drama for RAN at the AFI Awards
• 2006 – Best Supporting Actress for The Caterpillar Wish at the AFI Awards

Also been nominated at the AFI Awards in:

• 2011 - Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama
• 2003 – Best Actress in a Leading Role for Teesh and Trude
• 2000 – Best Actress in a Leading Role for Better Than Sex
• 1999 – Best Supporting Actress for Two Hands

References

• http://www.starwars.com/bio/susieporter.html[]
• http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/porter-changes-tack/2006/06/01/1148956460076.html?page=4
• http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/art_profiles/article_783.asp?s=1[]

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Susie Porter.

• Susie Porter at the Internet Movie Database