Louise Siversen

Louise Siversen is an Australian actress. She is known for her television roles, including Lou Kelly in Prisoner (1984–1986), Debbie in The Flying Doctors (1986–1990), and 2012-2017 Heather Looby in House Husbands. She has also appeared on stage and in film.

Louise Siversen
Born
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1981–present (Voice Artist, theatre, acting)
Notable workPrisoner (1984–1986)
The Flying Doctors (1986–1990)
House Husbands (2012–2017)
SpouseTheo Siversen (1983–present)
Websitehttp://louisesiversen.com.au/

Training

Born in Melbourne, Siversen began acting as a child after her parents sent her to dance and drama classes to help her overcome her shyness. Siversen began to enjoy acting and went on to perform with St Martins Youth Theatre, appearing in many productions.[1] Siversen was to study law, but decided to stick with acting after attending a Career Day at university.

Siversen has also trained in jazz dance and ballet.

Career

Television

Siversen is best known for her portrayal of nasty Louise "Lou" Kelly in the Network Ten series Prisoner. Siversen had done several bit-parts in the series and at the time the character of Lou was devised and had been a regular extra for several months, playing one of the prisoners. Siversen auditioned, and got the part. Lou quickly became one of the main characters of the series and had a run of three years.

Her other TV credits include The Flying Doctors, Halifax f.p., 'Sugar and Spice, BackBerner, MDA, All Saints, Janus, Rush, Special Squad and House Husbands.

Siversen in 2021 gave an in depth interview about her time on Prisoner and her career on the podcast series Talking Prisoner,[2] where she talked about her career, her hobbies and voice acting.

Film

She appeared in the 1989 Australian horror film Houseboat Horror.

Stage

Siversen appeared in several productions for the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne and the Melbourne Theatre Company. She also wrote her one-woman show Coming to My Senses in 1993. In 2017 she played Dotty/Mrs Clacket in Michael Frayn's Noises Off for the Melbourne Theatre Company and Queensland Theatre.[3]

She teaches drama at the Victorian College of Arts.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2022 Surrogate[4] Anna Paxton Film
2015 Sucker Dodgy Bar Woman Film
2013 The Kingdom of Doug Maryanne Short film
2011 The Eye of the Storm Carol Feature film
2009 Shiny Thing Carolyn Short film
2008 Four of a Kind Anne Feature film
2008 Valentine's Day Dawn Featire film
2006 What's the Matter GP Short film
2004 Josh Jarman Therapist Feature film
2002 Blow Zoe Short film
1998 Crackers Teacher Feature film
1996 Shine Extra Feature film
1994 That Eye, The Sky Mrs Cherry Feature film
1990 A Kink in the Picasso Reporter Feature movie
1989 Houseboat Horror Zelia Feature film
1988 A Cry in the Dark (aka Evil Angels) Jenny Miller Feature film
1983 A Slice of Life Nurse Feature film

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2024 High Country Inspector McElroy
2021 Love Me Judith 2 episodes
2021 Five Bedrooms Karen 1 episode
2021 Talking Prisoner [5] Self Podcast series 2 episodes
2021 Celebration Nation Paula 3 episodes
2020 Rosehaven Kerry 1 episode
2020 The Gloaming Leonie Patrick 1 episode
2017 True Story with Hamish & Andy Shop Lady 1 episode
2017 Ronny Chieng: International Student Joy Anne 1 episode
2012-17 House Husbands Miss Looby 36 episodes
2016 Rake Shirl 2 episodes
2015 Utopia Linda Hillier 1 episode
2013 The Doctor Blake Mysteries Rosemary 1 episode
2008 Rush Raelene 1 episode
2008 All Saints Tamara Pederson 1 episode
2007 City Homicide Janice Quinn 1 episode
2006 Wicked Science Elisa Bailey 1 episode
2005 MDA Meg Morrison 4 episodes
2005 The Secret Life of Us Marg 1 episode
2002 Bootleg Mrs Spring 3 episodes
2002 Short Cuts Mrs Bartlett 9 episodes
1999-02 Stingers Olwyn O'Neill / Detective Rawlins 2 episodes
1988-01 Neighbours Carol Barker / Angela Patrick 3 episodes
2000 Lost Psychologist
2000 Eugenie Sandler PI Winsome Bedford 5 episodes
1995-00 Halifax f.p. Linda Quinn / Beth Hartley 3 episodes
1999-02 BackBerner Various 128 episodes
1999 High Flyers Nola 26 episodes
1999 Crash Zone Zoe Hansen 4 episodes
1996-99 Blue Heelers Louise Fordham / Nola Tully 2 episodes
1998 State Coroner Cheryl Norton 1 episode
1998 Driven Crazy Daisy 1 episode
1998 The Games Jasmine Holt 2 episodes
1998 Good Guys Bad Guys Shannon Blightie 1 episode
1997 The Adventures of Lano and Woodley Doctor 1 episode
1996 Law of the Land Lynne Raynor 1 episode
1994-95 Janus [6] Glenda de Bono 18 episodes
1992 Kelly Glennis 1 episode
1991 Chances Cheryl Richards 10 episodes
1986-90 The Flying Doctors[7] Debbie O'Brien 14 episodes
1988 House Rules Elsa Nixon
1988 The Bartons Angela 1 episode
1981-86 Prisoner Nurse/ Lady in Shop / Lou Kelly 151 episodes
1984 Carson's Law Nurse 2 episodes
1984 Special Squad Laura 1 episode

Personal life

Siversen is married to Theo. They live in Melbourne.

Siversen has been an Iyengar Yoga student for over 15 years and is also an avid walker, having walked the Camino Frances in Spain in 2009 an 800 km walk across Northern Spain.

References
  1. St Martins Youth Arts Centre
  2. "Talking Prisoner EP 5 Interview with Louise Siversen (Lou Kelly)". YouTube.
  3. "Noises Off (Queensland Theatre and Melbourne Theatre Company)" by Bronwyn Lea, 13 June 2017, Australian Book Review
  4. "'Surrogate' (Trailer)". 12 November 2021.
  5. "Talking Prisoner EP 5 Interview with Louise Siversen (Lou Kelly)". 16 September 2021.
  6. "Australian Television: Janus: Cast".
  7. "Australian Television: The Flying Doctors: Series 6 cast".


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.