Anne Looby

Anne Looby is an Australian actress, producer and stage director. She is known for playing character roles in TV serials.

Anne Looby
NationalityAustralian
EducationNational Institute of Dramatic Art
Occupations
  • Actress
  • stage director
  • playwright
Years active1989-present
Known forDisgrace (2008), Babies (mini-series)
Notable workA Country Practice as Anna "Lacey" Newman

Career

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.

She has appeared in the feature films Daydream Believer (1992), Willful (2001) and with John Malkovich in Disgrace.

In 2007, Looby was in Company in the role of Joanna.[1]

She appeared in the play Arcadia, winning the Sydney Critic Award.

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.

Between 2006 and 2011, Looby conceived, developed and produced Breast Wishes.

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.

Looby was a member of the NIDA Board of Studies for 11 years and is a member of the Actor's Centre Australia Advisory Board and member of the Sydney arts community and has been a member of MEAA for 30 years.

Filmography

Year Title Role
1989Rafferty's Rules (TV series)Katherie Dever
1991Strangers (TV movie)Anna
1991Embassy (TV series)Kate
1992Over the Hill (feature film)TV reporter
1992Daydream Believer (feature film)Margo
1990A Country Practice (TV series)Jennifer Rose
1992–1993A Country Practice (TV series)Anna Lacey Newman (148 episodes)
1994G.P. (TV series)Grace
1996Heartbreak High (TV series)Dana
1997Simone de Beauvoir's Babies (TV miniseries)Louise
1997–1998Wildside (TV series)Carla Wallace
1999See How They Run (TV series)Lilly Morton/Cassidy
2000Water Rats (TV series)Gabrielle Lloyd McMahon
2001WillfulKatya
2001Corridors of Power (TV series)Caroline Fielding
2003Always Greener (TV series)Margaret Milne
2003–2004All Saints (TV series)Julie Archer
2005Alex's Party (film short)Laura
2007Frail (film short)Mother
2007Hammer Bay (TV film)Lauren Clarke
2008Disgrace (feature film)Rosalind
2012Underbelly (TV series)Anthony’s Barrister
2013Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War (TV miniseries)Florence Packer
2010–2013Dance Academy (TV series)Dr. Wicks
2016Rake (TV series)Stella
2017House of Bond (TV miniseries)Kathleen Bond

References

  1. Boland, Michaela (12 July 2007). "Company". Variety. Retrieved 23 May 2021.


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