Anne Looby

Anne Looby is an Australian actress, producer and stage director. She is known for playing character roles in TV serials.

Anne Looby
NationalityAustralian
EducationNational Institute of Dramatic Art
Occupations
  • Actress
  • stage director
  • playwright
Years active1989-present
Known forDisgrace (2008), Babies (mini-series)
Notable workA Country Practice as Anna "Lacey" Newman

Career

Screen

Since graduating from NIDA in 1988, Looby has worked in theatre, television and film. She appeared in the serial A Country Practice as vet Anna "Lacey" Newman and All Saints as Julie Archer and the award-winning ABC mini-series Simone de Beauvoir's Babies. She was awarded the AFI for Best Actress in a mini-series for this role.

She has appeared in the feature films Daydream Believer (1992), Willful (2001) and with John Malkovich in Disgrace.

Stage

In 2007, Looby was in Company in the role of Joanna.[1] She appeared in the play Arcadia, winning the Sydney Critic Award.

Looby directed the stage productions of Hi-5 House Hits for international touring in 2014, followed by Hi-5 House of Dreams touring production in 2015. Between 2012 and 2016, she directed school productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night. In addition, Anne has been assistant director at ACA for the 2012, 2014 productions of Reality Bytes.

Between 2006 and 2011, Looby conceived, developed and produced Breast Wishes.

She has taught acting-for-camera and Shakespeare for Beginners at both the NIDA summer school and Theatre Nepean UWS. She has also been a drama coach for HSC drama students.

Looby was a member of the NIDA Board of Studies for 11 years and is a member of the Actors Centre Australia Advisory Board and member of the Sydney arts community and has been a member of MEAA for 30 years.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Type
1991StrangersAnnaTV movie
1992Over the HillTV reporterFeature film
1992Daydream BelieverMargoFeature film
2005Alex's PartyLauraShort film
2007FrailMotherShort film
2007Hammer BayLauren ClarkeTV film
2008DisgraceRosalindFeature film

Television

Year Title Role Type
1985Star SearchContestant with Phillip Stammers (Winner)TV series
1989Rafferty's RulesKatherie DeverTV series
1991EmbassyKateTV series
1990A Country PracticeJennifer RoseTV series
1992–1993A Country PracticeAnna Lacey NewmanTV series, 148 episodes
1994G.P.GraceTV series
1996Heartbreak HighDanaTV series
1997Simone de Beauvoir's BabiesLouiseTV miniseries
1997–1998WildsideCarla WallaceTV series
1999See How They RunLilly Morton/CassidyTV series
2000Water RatsGabrielle Lloyd McMahonTV series
2001WillfulKatya
2001Corridors of PowerCaroline FieldingTV series
2003Always GreenerMargaret MilneTV series
2003–2004All SaintsJulie ArcherTV series
2012UnderbellyAnthony’s BarristerTV series
2013Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch WarFlorence PackerTV miniseries
2010–2013Dance AcademyDr. WicksTV series
2016RakeStellaTV series
2017House of BondKathleen BondTV miniseries

Theatre

As actor

Year Title Role Type
Mack and MabelAmateur production
1984The Rocky Horror ShowJanet WeissBathurst, Rialto Theatre Brisbane, Theatre Royal
1985TommyNewcastle Panthers Club
1987Undiscovered CountryNIDA Theatre
1988Veneer 2UNSW Parade Theatre
19885th of JulyUNSW Parade Theatre
1989HelloWharf Theatre
1989-90The RoverPlayhouse Adelaide, Seymour Centre
1990The Imaginary InvalidNIDA Theatre
1990MacbethNIDA Theatre
1991Twelfth NightPlayhouse Newcastle
1991MongrelsEnsemble Theatre
1993The Shaughraun (aka The Lovable Rascal)Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane
1994King LearGonerillSydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1994ArcadiaLady CroomSydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company (Won Sydney Theatre Critics Award)
1994-95The Shaughraun (aka The Lovable Rascal)Claire FfolliottPlayhouse, Melbourne, Sydney Opera House with Melbourne Theatre Company / Sydney Theatre Company
1996MacbethLady MacbethWharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2006The Peach SeasonCeliaStables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company (Nominated for Helpmann Award)
2007CompanyJoannaTheatre Royal (Nominated for Sydney Theatre Award)
2009Breast WishesCarolSeymour Centre, IMB Theatre Wollongong, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Newcastle Civic Theatre, Playhouse Canberra, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth
DiggerFestival Theatre with State Theatre Company of South Australia[2]

As director / creator

Year Title Role Type
2009Breast WishesCreator / ProducerSeymour Centre, IMB Theatre Wollongong, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Newcastle Civic Theatre, Playhouse Canberra, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth
2011Breast WishesCreator / ProducerClocktower Centre Melbourne
2012, 2014Reality BytesAssistant DirectorACA
2014Hi-5 House HitsDirectorAustralian, Asian & UAE tour
2015Hi-5 House of DreamsDirectorAustralian & Asian tour
A Midsummer Night's DreamDirectorSchool production
Twelfth NightDirectorSchool production
Much Ado About NothingDirectorSchool production
2016Breast WishesCreator / ProducerBasement Theatre, Gold Coast

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