Anne Looby is an Australian actress, producer and stage director. She is known for playing character roles in TV serials.
Career
Screen
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
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
Film
Television
Theatre
As actor
Year
Title
Role
Type
Mack and Mabel
Amateur production
1984
The Rocky Horror Show
Janet Weiss
Bathurst, Rialto Theatre Brisbane, Theatre Royal
1985
Tommy
Newcastle Panthers Club
1987
Undiscovered Country
NIDA Theatre
1988
Veneer 2
UNSW Parade Theatre
1988
5th of July
UNSW Parade Theatre
1989
Hello
Wharf Theatre
1989-90
The Rover
Playhouse Adelaide, Seymour Centre
1990
The Imaginary Invalid
NIDA Theatre
1990
Macbeth
NIDA Theatre
1991
Twelfth Night
Playhouse Newcastle
1991
Mongrels
Ensemble Theatre
1993
The Shaughraun (aka The Lovable Rascal )
Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane
1994
King Lear
Gonerill
Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1994
Arcadia
Lady Croom
Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company (Won Sydney Theatre Critics Award)
1994-95
The Shaughraun (aka The Lovable Rascal )
Claire Ffolliott
Playhouse, Melbourne , Sydney Opera House with Melbourne Theatre Company / Sydney Theatre Company
1996
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2006
The Peach Season
Celia
Stables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company (Nominated for Helpmann Award )
2007
Company
Joanna
Theatre Royal (Nominated for Sydney Theatre Award )
2009
Breast Wishes
Carol
Seymour Centre , IMB Theatre Wollongong, Riverside Theatres Parramatta , Newcastle Civic Theatre , Playhouse Canberra , His Majesty's Theatre, Perth
Digger
Festival Theatre with State Theatre Company of South Australia [ 2]
As director / creator
[ 3] [ 4]
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