Alison Bell (actress)


Alison Bell is an Australian stage, film and television actress.

Early life and education

Born in 1978 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 , 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

YearProductionTheatreRoleNotes
2005King LearMelbourne Theatre CompanyCordelia and the Fool
2006Sydney Theatre Company
2008BlackbirdMelbourne Theatre CompanyUnaNominated – Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play
2011As You Like ItBelvoir St TheatreRosalind
2012TribesMelbourne Theatre CompanySylvia
2013Hedda GablerState Theatre Company of South AustraliaHedda GablerHelpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play
2013ConstellationsMelbourne Theatre CompanyMarianneNominated – Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play
2015BetrayalState Theatre Company of South AustraliaEmma
2017Three SistersSydney Theatre CompanyOlga
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