Susie Porter

Susie Porter
Born	1971 (age 44–45) Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Spouse(s)	Christopher Mordue (m. 2010)

Susie Porter (born 1971) is an Australian television and film actress.

Early life

Porter was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, to Bill, a doctor, and Jenny, a nurse. She has an older sister, Cathy, and a younger sister, Louise.^[1] Porter attended Newcastle Grammar School and earned a bachelor of arts from the University of Newcastle.^[1][2] She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1995.^[3]

Acting career

Television

Porter began her acting career in an 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.^[4]

In 2006, Porter had 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, she 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, Porter appeared on the second seasons of both East of Everything and East West 101, and first run The Jesters and My Place. In 2010, she 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. She played Pam Knight in Puberty Blues from 2012 to 2014.^[5]

Film

In 1996, Porter made her film debut in Idiot Box.^[6] In 1999, she had a major role in Two Hands. 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.^[7]

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, Porter starred as Olive in the play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll at the Belvoir Theatre, Sydney.^[8]

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Susie Porter.

• Susie Porter at the Internet Movie Database