Anne Looby
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Anne Looby | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Education | National Institute of Dramatic Art |
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Years active | 1989-present |
Known for | Disgrace (2008), Babies (mini-series) |
Notable work | A Country Practice as Anna "Lacey" Newman |
Anne Looby is an Australian actress, producer and stage director. She is known for playing character roles in TV serials.
Career
[edit]Screen
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Since graduating from NIDA in 1988, Looby has worked in theatre, television and film. She appeared in the serial A Country Practice as vet Anna "Lacey" Newman and All Saints as Julie Archer and the award-winning ABC mini-series Simone de Beauvoir's Babies. She was awarded the AFI for Best Actress in a mini-series for this role.[citation needed]
She has appeared in the feature films Daydream Believer (1992), Willful (2001) and with John Malkovich in Disgrace.[citation needed]
Stage
[edit]In 2007, Looby was in Company in the role of Joanna.[1] She appeared in the play Arcadia, winning the Sydney Critic Award.[citation needed]
Looby directed the stage productions of Hi-5 House Hits for international touring in 2014, followed by Hi-5 House of Dreams touring production in 2015. Between 2012 and 2016, she directed school productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night. In addition, Anne has been assistant director at ACA for the 2012, 2014 productions of Reality Bytes.[citation needed]
Between 2006 and 2011, Looby conceived, developed and produced Breast Wishes.[citation needed]
She has taught acting-for-camera and Shakespeare for Beginners at both the NIDA summer school and Theatre Nepean UWS. She has also been a drama coach for HSC drama students.[citation needed]
Looby was a member of the NIDA Board of Studies for 11 years and is a member of the Actors Centre Australia Advisory Board and member of the Sydney arts community and has been a member of MEAA for 30 years.[citation needed]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1991 | Strangers | Anna | TV movie |
1992 | Over the Hill | TV reporter | Feature film |
1992 | Daydream Believer | Margo | Feature film |
2005 | Alex's Party | Laura | Short film |
2007 | Frail | Mother | Short film |
2007 | Hammer Bay | Lauren Clarke | TV film |
2008 | Disgrace | Rosalind | Feature film |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1985 | Star Search | Contestant with Phillip Stammers (Winner) | TV series |
1989 | Rafferty's Rules | Katherie Dever | TV series |
1991 | Embassy | Kate | TV series |
1990 | A Country Practice | Jennifer Rose | TV series |
1992–1993 | A Country Practice | Anna Lacey Newman | TV series, 148 episodes |
1994 | G.P. | Grace | TV series |
1996 | Heartbreak High | Dana | TV series |
1997 | Simone de Beauvoir's Babies | Louise | TV miniseries |
1997–1998 | Wildside | Carla Wallace | TV series |
1999 | See How They Run | Lilly Morton/Cassidy | TV series |
2000 | Water Rats | Gabrielle Lloyd McMahon | TV series |
2001 | Willful | Katya | |
2001 | Corridors of Power | Caroline Fielding | TV series |
2003 | Always Greener | Margaret Milne | TV series |
2003–2004 | All Saints | Julie Archer | TV series |
2012 | Underbelly | Anthony’s Barrister | TV series |
2013 | Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War | Florence Packer | TV miniseries |
2010–2013 | Dance Academy | Dr. Wicks | TV series |
2016 | Rake | Stella | TV series |
2017 | House of Bond | Kathleen Bond | TV miniseries |
Theatre
[edit]As actor
[edit]As director / creator
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Type |
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2009 | Breast Wishes | Creator / Producer | Seymour Centre, IMB Theatre Wollongong, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Newcastle Civic Theatre, Playhouse Canberra, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth |
2011 | Breast Wishes | Creator / Producer | Clocktower Centre Melbourne |
2012, 2014 | Reality Bytes | Assistant Director | ACA |
2014 | Hi-5 House Hits | Director | Australian, Asian & UAE tour |
2015 | Hi-5 House of Dreams | Director | Australian & Asian tour |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Director | School production | |
Twelfth Night | Director | School production | |
Much Ado About Nothing | Director | School production | |
2016 | Breast Wishes | Creator / Producer | Basement Theatre, Gold Coast |
References
[edit]- ^ Boland, Michaela (12 July 2007). "Company". Variety. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Author – Australian Plays Transform".
- ^ "AusStage".
- ^ "How We do What We do: Anne Looby with Marika Aubrey". 30 May 2014.
External links
[edit]- Anne Looby at IMDb