Anni Finsterer
Anni Finsterer is an Australian actress. For her performance in 3 Acts of Murder she won the 2009 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in Television Drama.[1]
Anni Finsterer | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1986- |
Career
Finsterer has had significant roles in Bigger Than Tina[2][3] and To Have & to Hold.[4][5]
Her lengthy stage career[6] includes playing the title character in Sharon Lilly Screwdriver (Stables Theatre, 1991),[7][8] and producing and acting in East (Bay Street Theatre, 1988).[9][10]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Sky Trackers | Scientist | Feature film |
| 1994 | Cody: A Family Affair | Leilani | TV film |
| 1995 | Lessons in the Language of Love | Nicki | Short film |
| 1996 | To Have & to Hold | Rose | Feature film |
| 1999 | Bigger Than Tina | Jacinta Fellows | Feature film |
| 1999 | Strange Fits of Passion | Judy | Feature film |
| 2000 | Thomson of Arnhem Land | Narrator | Documentary film |
| 2002 | Queen of the Damned | Euro Trash Vampire | Feature film |
| 2006 | Candy | Crystal (uncredited) | Feature film |
| 2007 | The Uncertainty Principle | Nellie | Short film |
| 2009 | Prime Mover | Thomas's mum | Feature film |
| 2009 | 3 Acts of Murder | Anne Upfield | TV film |
| 2009 | The Boys are Back | Tennis journalist | Feature film |
| 2010 | The Clinic | Locker room woman (DCIII, Blue) | Feature film |
| 2011 | Sleeping Beauty | Train riding hairdresser | Feature film |
| 2011 | Johnny Ghost | Millicent | Feature film |
| 2011 | Blue Monday | Short film | |
| 2012 | Grace | Joy | Short film |
| 2012 | Devine is Dead | Kate Leigh | Short film |
| 2013 | Strange Tourist | Gena | Short film |
| 2013 | Touch | Sue | Short film |
| 2015 | Damage Control | The Pharmacist | Short film |
| 2016 | Teenage Kicks | Illona Varga | Feature film |
| 2016 | Wolf | Short film | |
| 2017 | Sweet Country | Nell | Feature film |
| 2019 | Three Stories Inside a Rental Van | Short film | |
| 2019 | My First Panic | Tracey | Short film |
| 2019 | True History of the Kelly Gang | Mrs Gill | Feature film |
| 2019 | Backpedal | Short film | |
| 2020 | I Met a Girl | Miss Needle | Feature film |
| 2020 | The Flood | Wilma Wilson | Feature film |
| 2021 | We Have Me | Principal | Short film |
| 2022 | Lonesome | Carol | Feature film |
| 2022 | The Stranger | Female uniformed cop (uncredited) | Feature film |
| 2022 | Max | Suzie Williams | Short film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Sons and Daughters | Waitress | TV series. 1 episode |
| 1990 | The Paper Man | Australian newsreader | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1987-91 | Rafferty's Rules | TV publicist / Narelle Grimes | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1991 | Police Rescue | Agnes | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | Chances | Eva | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993 | Seven Deadly Sins | TV miniseries, 1 episode | |
| 1997 | Blue Heelers | Danielle Simpson | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997 | State Coroner | Daria Bond | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | Good Guys Bad Guys | Sergeant Hawthorn | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | Halifax f.p. | Maxine | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2000 | Eugenie Sandler P.I. | Irene Kendall | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2001 | Stingers | Suzie Lake | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Love My Way | Wendy | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Home and Away | Brenda | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2002-08 | All Saints | Gina Finch / Gemma Lee / Stefanie Garrett | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 2009 | City Homicide | Megan Black | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012 | Underbelly | Dianne Erlich | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2016 | Secret City | Vice Admiral Joanna Hartzig | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 2015-17 | Glitch | Caroline Eastley | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2018 | Rake | Judge | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2019 | Over and Out | Dr Facecutter | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2019 | Wentworth | May Jenkins | TV series, season 7, 5 episodes |
| 2020 | The Gloaming | Eileen McGinty | TV miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 2020 | Reckoning | Karen Anderson | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2020 | Deadhouse Dark | Grace | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2021 | Harrow | Di baverstock | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2020-21 | Space Nova | Guest cast | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 2020-21 | 100% Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone | The Duchess / Mrs Mutton | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 2022 | Barons | Vic | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2023 | The Clearing | Evelyn Smith | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Sharon Lilly Screwdriver | Sharon | Stables Theatre |
| 1988 | East | Bay Street Theatre | |
| 2014 | Parramatta Girls | Melanie | Riverview Productions at Lennox Theatre, Parramatta |
Personal life
In the 1980s Finsterer was involved in two car accidents, having to undergo many operations including skin grafts, facial reconstruction, a hand replacement and an ear reconstruction from her rib cartilage.[11][12]
References
- "2009 AFI Award winners", The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 December 2009
- James, Stan (17 November 1999), "Desperate to be a star", The Advertisor
- Williams, Evan (27 November 1999), "Bond again", The Weekend Australian
- Hessey, Ruth (25 October 1986), "Hold - on - film", The Sydney Morning Herald
- Creed, Barbara (24 October 1986), "Tale of obsession offers nothing new", The Age
- Anni Finsterer, AusStage
- Pottinger, Paul (27 September 1997), "Beat generation", The Sydney Morning Herald
- Sharon Lilly Screwdriver, AusStage
- Barnes, Mick (16 October 1988), "Berkoff's raw scream of rage", The Sun Herald
- East, AusStage
- Moran, Johnathon (12 August 2007), "Selfless act of healing - David Wenham aids hospital that put his friend back together", The Daily Telegraph
- "How Anni Finsterer defied tragedy to pursue her dreams of acting", Conversations with Richard Fidler, ABC, 24 May 2011
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