Jacinta John

Jacinta John
Born	Jacinta Claudia John Perth, Western Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Actress – Producer – Director
Years active	2001 – Present

Jacinta John is an Australian actress, producer and director. She is best known for her performance as Miss Casewell^[1] in the (2012–2013) 60th Diamond Anniversary tour of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, which played to an audience of over 150,000 people across Australasia.^[2]

Biography

Born in Perth, Western Australia she attended the Presbyterian Ladies' College in Peppermint Grove, Perth. She graduated from the University of Sydney (BA in Film & Performance studies) where she was awarded the Walter Reid Memorial Prize.^[3] She travelled to London where she completed an MA in Classical acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.^[4] In 2010 she became an Australia Council Artstart recipient,^[5] which allowed her to study Viewpoints and Suzuki at the Saratoga International Theater Institute (SITI) in New York City.^[4]

After dabbling in theatre producing early in her career,^[6] she officially formed her producing identity (cinama) in 2010.^[7] Her first feature iSOLATE,^[8] screened on the opening night of the 2012 CinefestOz film festival^[9] alongside The Intouchables, and 33 Postcards.

Her mother, Suzanne John worked as a journalist for the ABC, Nine Network and Seven Network in Perth, Western Australia.^[10] Her cousin is actor Callan McAuliffe.^[11]

Theatre

• (2012–2013) – Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap^[12]
• (2009) – Pool (No Water) Black Swan State Theatre Company^[13] Nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Female)^[14]
• (2009) – The Dark Room Black Swan State Theatre Company^[15]
• (2007) – Flying Solo Riverside Theatre^[16]
• (2005) – Godzone Tap Gallery^[17]
• (2005) – The Mysterious Demise of One Brody Marie / Broken Dreams Griffin Theatre Company^[18]
• (2004) – Vicious Streaks Darlinghurst Theatre^[19]
• (2004) – Instant Karma Darlinghurst Theatre^[6]
• (2003) – Skylight New Theatre^[20]
• (2003) – Holiday in the sun Sidetrack Theatre^[21]
• (2003) – Love, Madness and Poetry Seymour Centre^[22]
• (2001) – Instant Karma Bondi Pavilion Theatre^[23]

Film and Television

• (2014) - Under The Bridge (Feature)^[24]
• (2013) – Mask (Short)^[25]
• (2012) – Rake^[26]
• (2012) – iSOLATE (Feature)^[27] For which she won the Best Actress Award at both the LA Fear and Fantasy Film Festival^[28] and The Indie Gems Film Festival.^[29]
• (2010) – Tough Nuts: Australia's Hardest Criminals (TV series)^[30]
• (2010) – 1MC: Something of Vengeance (Feature)^[31]
• (2008) – Lullaby (Short)^[32]
• (2007) – McLeod's Daughters (TV series)^[33]
• (2006) – All Saints^[34]

Producing and Directing

John produced and co-directed the 20min short Mask.^[35] She produced the feature film iSOLATE.^[35] She is producing the Australian features Under The Bridge and At The End.^[36][7] She is the resident director for the (2013–2014) Australian touring production of Agatha Christie's A Murder is Announced (A Miss Marple Mystery).^[37]

References

External links

• Jacinta John at the Internet Movie Database