Alison Bell (actress)

For the British athlete, see Alyson Bell.

Alison Bell
Bell at AACTA Awards, 2012
Born1978 (age 45–46)
Young, New South Wales Australia
OccupationActress & writer
SpouseJohn Leary
Children1

Alison Bell is an Australian stage, film and television actress and writer.

Early life and education

Born in Young, New South Wales and educated in Canberra, she completed an Arts/Law degree at the Australian National University before undertaking an acting course at the Victorian College of the Arts, where she graduated in 2004.

Career

Bell has worked in television, documentary film and theatre.[1] She is perhaps best known for her performances on the ABC TV series Laid, for which she was nominated for an AACTA Award[2] and in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Doubt, for which she won a Helpmann Award.[3]

In 2017 she performed in the acclaimed ABC TV series The Letdown. She starred as Audrey, the main character, and also served as writer and co-creator of the series.[4][5][6]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Last Man Standing Gen 2 episodes
2009 Packed to the Rafters Susannah 2 episodes
2009 Rush Anna 1 episode
2010 I Rock Jane Humphries 8 episodes
2010 City Homicide Kellie Briggs 1 episode
2011 Offspring Louise 2 episode
2011–2012 Laid Roo McVie
2016 Tomorrow When the War Began Liz Linton 6 episodes
2017-19 The Letdown Audrey (Main Role) Writer and Creator 13 episodes across 2 seasons
2018 No Activity Leary 1 episode
2020 Amazing Stories - Dynoman and the Volt Helen Harris 1 episode
2022 Significant Others Claire ABC TV series: 6 episodes
Theatre
Year Production Theatre Role Notes
2005 King Lear Melbourne Theatre Company Cordelia and the Fool
2006 Doubt Sydney Theatre Company Sister James
2008 Blackbird Melbourne Theatre Company Una Nominated – Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play
2011 As You Like It Belvoir St Theatre Rosalind
2012 Tribes Melbourne Theatre Company Sylvia
2013 Hedda Gabler State Theatre Company of South Australia Hedda Gabler Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play
Constellations Melbourne Theatre Company Marianne Nominated – Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play
2015 Betrayal State Theatre Company of South Australia Emma
2017 Three Sisters Sydney Theatre Company Olga

References

  1. ^ Alison Bell Archived 17 December 2012 at archive.today Wellington City Libraries, 2010. Retrieved: 28 January 2012
  2. ^ Out there The Age, 28 January 2012. Retrieved: 28 January 2012
  3. ^ 2006 Helpmann Award Winners Announced Sydney Stage Archive, 1 August 2006. Retrieved: 19 March 2012
  4. ^ "Alison Bell - IMDb". IMDb.
  5. ^ "Alison Bell - IMDb". IMDb.
  6. ^ "'The Letdown' Star Alison Bell on Why A Sense of Humor Is Crucial To Surviving Motherhood". Romper. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.


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