Kylie Farmer

Kylie Bracknell, formerly Kylie Farmer and also known as Kaarljilba Kaardn,[1] is an Aboriginal Australian writer, director and actress.

Career

Farmer played Juliet in a run of Romeo and Juliet with the Australian Shakespeare Company,[2][3] featured in the 2010 revival of The Sapphires,[4][5] appeared in Rima Tamou's film Sa Black Thing (an episode of the SBS TV series Dramatically Black) performed in the theatre production Aliwa!,[6][7] appeared in Muttacar Sorry Business[8] and is the face and narrator of the NITV series Waabiny Time.[9]

As Kylie Bracknell, she acted in Nakkiah Lui's Black is the New White,[10] appeared the feature film I Met a Girl,[11] plays Ally in the animated TV show Little J & Big Cuz,[12] and plays Piper in the TV series Irreverent.[13]

Noongar language and culture has featured strongly in her career. She spent 11 years working at Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company, an Aboriginal-led theatre company based in Perth, in the heart of Noongar country.[14]

In 2012, she translated a selection of Shakespeare's sonnets into Noongar and performed them at the Globe Theatre in London with fellow Noongar actors Kyle Morrison and Trevor Ryan.[15]

In 2020, Bracknell co-translated and directed a critically acclaimed Noongar adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, titled Hecate, the first full-length adaptation of a Shakespearean play performed in one Indigenous language of Australia.[16] She followed this up in 2021 by co-translating, co-producing, and directing a Noongar language dub of the 1972 Bruce Lee film Fist of Fury, retitled Fist of Fury Noongar Daa.[17] Bracknell has also co-translated and directed Noongar episodes of Little J & Big Cuz.[18]

Bracknell was awarded the 2020 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award.[19]

Language advocacy

Bracknell is a strong advocate for Aboriginal languages, with appearances at TEDxManly[20] and on the ABC program Q&A.[21][22]

In addition, she has taught Noongar language to young people in country towns through Community Arts Network's Noongar Pop Culture project,[23] around Australia via the early years television series Waabiny Time,[24][25] and in series of online language learning videos.[26]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Stone Bros.DonnaShort film
2012BrolgaShort film
2012Ace of SpadesAnnieShort film
2016Friendship Love & LoyaltyDenise
2020I Met a GirlAmiya

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2005Dramatically BlackCrystalEpisode: "Sa Black Thing"
2011Waabiny Time21 episodes
2013Redfern NowLenaEpisode: "Pokies"
2014The Gods of Wheat StreetJamie Lavelle2 episodes
2017 Little J & Big Cuz Ally 5 episodes
2022 Irreverent Piper 10 episodes

References
  1. Frank, Lillian (12 January 2008), "Heaven on a beanbag", Herald Sun
  2. Woodhead, Cameron (21 January 2008), "Stars shine through the parsley", The Age
  3. Dennehy, Luke (12 January 2008), "Right royal spot of romantic tragedy", Herald Sun
  4. Boland, Michaela (19 January 2010), "Second life for acclaimed show", The Australian
  5. Blake, Jason (29 May 2010), "Sass, soul and old-school panache in musical gem", The Sydney Morning Herald
  6. Banks, Ron (28 July 2000), "Tale of Survival", The West Australian
  7. Giffiths, Gareth (28 July 2000), "Escape from degradation", The Australian
  8. "Driving home safety message", Eastern Suburbs Reporter, 17 February 2009
  9. Felton, Christopher (23 July 2009), "Pingelly girl relives stories in the sand for TV show", The West Australian
  10. Griffiths, Huw. "Black is the New White gives the comedy of manners an irreverent makeover". The Conversation. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  11. I Met a Girl (2020) - IMDb, retrieved 21 July 2022
  12. Little J & Big Cuz (Animation, Family), ABC for Kids, 28 April 2017, retrieved 21 July 2022
  13. Irreverent (Crime, Drama), Matchbox Pictures, Netflix, Peacock, 1 June 2022, retrieved 21 July 2022
  14. Higson, Rosalie (5 July 2011). "Actress's new role close to the heart". The Australian. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  15. Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company. "Yirra Yaakin to Perform at Shakespeare's Globe London". Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  16. Bracknell, Clint; Bracknell, Kylie; Fenty Studham, Susan; Fereday, Luzita (3 July 2021). "Supporting the performance of Noongar language in Hecate". Theatre, Dance and Performance Training. 12 (3): 377–395. doi:10.1080/19443927.2021.1943506. ISSN 1944-3927.
  17. "Tongue fu: Noongar language fights back with help from a Bruce Lee classic". ABC News. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  18. "Little J And Big Cuz Indigenous Languages". ABC iview. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  19. "Kylie Bracknell wins Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award". SBS Your Language. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  20. Farmer, Kylie. "Keep Our Languages Alive". YouTube. TEDx. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  21. ABC Broadcasting Corporation (19 September 2016). "Q and A". Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  22. Brooks, Emily (5 September 2016). "Q&A: Shakespeare's Sonnet 127 Was Read in an Indigenous Language And It Was Awesome". Huffington Post. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  23. Community Arts Network (9 September 2013). "CAN WA Noongar Pop Culture: Meet Kylie Farmer". Vimeo. Community Arts Network. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  24. Waabiny Time. "Waabiny Time". L'unica Productions. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  25. Australian Children's Television Foundation. "Waabiny Time - series 1 Trailer". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  26. "Webisodes". Maya Keniny. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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