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Australian actress
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1960(New South Wales)
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Biography
Introduction
Alison Bell is an Australian stage, film and television actress.
Early life and education
Born in Young, New South Wales and educated in Canberra, she completed an Arts/Law degree at the Australian National University before undertaking an acting course at the Victorian College of the Arts, where she graduated in 2004.
Career
Bell has worked in television, documentary film and theatre. She is perhaps best known for her performances on the ABC TV series Laid, for which she was nominated for an AACTA Award and in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Doubt, for which she won a Helpmann Award.
Her latest project is the ABC TV series The Letdown, that she stars in as Audrey, the main character, she is also the writer and co-creator of the series.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Last Man Standing | Gen | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Packed to the Rafters | Susannah | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Rush | Anna | 1 episode |
| 2010 | I Rock | Jane Humphries | 8 episodes |
| 2010 | City Homicide | Kellie Briggs | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Offspring | Louise | 2 episode |
| 2011–2012 | Laid | Roo McVie |
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| 2016 | Tomorrow When the War Began | Liz Linton | 6 episodes |
| 2017 | The Letdown | Audrey (Main Role) Writer and Creator | 7 episodes, whole series |
| 2018 | No Activity | Leary | 1 episode |
| Year | Production | Theatre | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | King Lear | Melbourne Theatre Company | Cordelia and the Fool | |
| 2006 | Doubt | Sydney Theatre Company | Sister James |
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| 2008 | Blackbird | Melbourne Theatre Company | Una | Nominated – Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play |
| 2011 | As You Like It | Belvoir St Theatre | Rosalind | |
| 2012 | Tribes | Melbourne Theatre Company | Sylvia | |
| 2013 | Hedda Gabler | State Theatre Company of South Australia | Hedda Gabler | Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play |
| Constellations | Melbourne Theatre Company | Marianne | Nominated – Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play | |
| 2015 | Betrayal | State Theatre Company of South Australia | Emma | |
| 2017 | Three Sisters | Sydney Theatre Company | Olga |