Victoria Longley

Victoria Constance Mary Longley (24 September 1960 – 29 August 2010) was an Australian actress. She worked extensively in television.

For the British actress, see Vicky Longley.

Victoria Longley
Victoria Longley (left) and Bianca Moon
Born(1960-09-24)24 September 1960
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died29 August 2010(2010-08-29) (aged 49)
St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1985–2009

Career

She debuted in a film called The More Things Change as a pregnant au pair. An early foray into television was in the epic miniseries The Dirtwater Dynasty, opposite Hugo Weaving and “Edens Lost” 4 part TV miniseries for ABC in 1989. In the ABC television series, Mercury, not-so-loosely based on the Sunday Age, she played a senior journalist, with Geoffrey Rush cast as editor, believed to be modelled on Bruce Guthrie.

Her television credits included: Murder Call, Wildside, Water Rats, Farscape, The Alien Years, Turtle Beach, Young Lions, and All Saints.[1] She was the daughter of doctor and rowing coach Eric Longley. Her mother Pamela studied Law as she brought up her four daughters of which Victoria was the youngest. When she was young she lived in Longueville NSW.

Death

Longley died from breast cancer, aged 49, in St Leonards, New South Wales.

Filmography
Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
1985The More Things ChangeGeraldine
1989CeliaAlice Tanner
1992Turtle BeachSancha
1994Dallas DollRosalind Sommers
1994TalkJulia Strong
1995Hayride to HellHilary WeygateShort film
1997Diana & MePauline Challinor
2000Happy Mother's DayMumShort film
2002GreyShort film
2003UnlockedReneeShort film
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
1985 I Can‘t Get Started Amanda TV movie
1986 Land of Hope Regular role Miniseries
1988 The Dirtwater Dynasty Kate McBride / Nancy McBride Miniseries
1988 The Alien Years Elizabeth Parsons Miniseries
1989 Edens Lost Bea Miniseries
1990 Ring of Scorpio Lead role Miniseries
1992 Six Pack - Piccolo Mondo Kelly Miniseries, 1 episode
1993 Seven Deadly Sins Deirdre Miniseries, episode: "Lust"
1993 Crimebroker Carver TV movie
1995 G.P. Barbara 1 episode
1996 Mercury Georgi Singer 13 episodes
1997 Murder Call Cynthia Chase 1 episode
1997-99 Wildside Virginia King 57 episodes
1998 A Difficult Woman Giselle McKenzie Miniseries
1999 Water Rats Tracy Bennett 1 episode
2000, 2002-03 All Saints Kath Williams 1 episode
2001 Farscape Neeyala 2 episodes
2001 Finding Hope Meg TV movie
2002 Young Lions Police Psychiatrist 4 episodes
2002-04 All Saints Margaret O'Brien 4 episodes
2003 BlackJack: Murder Archive Therese Ricci TV movie

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result
2006 Sydney Theatre Awards Best Actress in a Lead Role The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Won[2]
2006 Helpmann Awards Best Female Actor in a Play The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Nominated[3]
1989 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Celia Won[4]
1988 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Telefeature or Mini Series The Alien Years Nominated

References
  1. Morgan, Clare (31 August 2010). "Curtain falls too soon for Victoria Longley". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  2. "Sydney Theatre Awards 2006". sydneytheatreawards.com. 2006. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  3. "Helpmann Awards Nominees". helpmannawards.com.au. 2006. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  4. "Australian Film Institute Awards". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 31 August 2010.


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