LOUISE SIVERSEN

TELEVISION

RONNY CHIENG: INTERNATIONAL STUDENT Role: Joy-Anne. Dir: Jonathan Brough. ABC.

TRUE STORY: French Horn. Role: Shop Lady. Dir: Wayne Hope. ST Productions / Nine Network.

HOUSE HUSBANDS series 5. Role: Miss Looby (recurring). Playmaker/ Nine Network.

RAKE series 4. Role: Shirl. Dir: Peter Duncan. Essential/ABC

UTOPIA

Role: Linda. Utopia TV / ABCHOUSE HUSBANDS series 4 Role: Miss Looby (recurring) Playmaker / Nine Network.HOUSE HUSBANDS series 3 Role: Miss Looby (recurring) Playmaker / Nine Network.HOUSE HUSBANDS series 2 Role: Miss Looby (recurring). Playmaker / Nine Network.

THE DOCTOR BLAKE MYSTERIES Role: Rosemary. ABC Drama / January Productions P/L.

HOUSE HUSBANDS series 1 Role: Miss Looby (recurring) Playmaker / Nine Network.

LI’L LARIKKINS(animated series)Role: Roo& Mum Ettamogah Entertainment.

RUSHRole: Raelene. Dir: Geoff Bennett / Southern Star / Ten Network.

ALL SAINTSRole: Tamara Pederson (Guest lead) Dir: Jessica Hobbs / Seven Network

VALENTINE’S DAY
Role: Dawn. Dir: Peter Duncan / December Films / ABC TV

city homicide
Role: Janice Quinn. Dir: Tony Krawitz / Seven Network

Wicked Science 2
Role: Elsa Bailey (Guest lead). Jonathan M Shiff Productions

MDA Series 3
Role: Meg Morrison. Screentime Pty Ltd

Secret Life of Us
Role: Marg. Southern Star /Channel 10

Stingers – Series 5
Role: Olwyn O’Neill. Simpson Le Mesurier Films

Bootleg
Role: Mrs. Spring (Main cast). BBC/ Burberry Productions

NeighboUrs
Role: Angela Patrick. Grundy Productions/ Channel 10

Back Berner (series 1 - 11)
Role: Anchorwoman (Main cast) Crackerjack /ABC Comedy

Short Cuts
Role: Semi regular. Burberry Productions

Halifax f.p
Role: Beth Hartley. Simpson Le Mesurier Films

Eugenie Sandler P.I.
Role: Winsom (regular). Burberry Productions

BLUE HEELERS
Role: Louise Fordham (Guest). Dir: Steve Mann/ Southern Star

Stingers
Role: Snr Det Rawlins (Guest) Simpson LeMesurier Films

High Fliers
Role: Nola Johnson (Regular) Southern Star

Halifax f.p
Role: Beth Hartley. Simpson Le Mesurier Films

Shortcuts
Role: Mrs Bartle. Burberry Productions

The Games
Role: Jasmine Holt. ABC TV/ Beyond Productions

State Coroner
Role: Cheryl Norton. Crawford Productions

Driven Crazy
Role: Daisy. Barron Television

The Crash Zone
Role: Zoe Hansen. Aust. Childrens TV Foundation

Good Guys Bad Guys
Role: Shannon Blightie (Guest) Simpson Le Mesurier

Lano and Woodley
Role: Guest. ABC TV

Blue Heelers
Role: Nola Tully. Southern Star

Law of the Land
Role: Lynne Ranger . Roadshow Coote Carroll

Mercury
Role: Guest Lead. ABC TV

Janus
Role: Judge de Bono (Leading) ABC TV.

The Damnation of Harvey McHugh
Role: Annette (Regular) Dir: Various / ABC TV

KELLY
Role: Glennis. Jonathan M Shiff Productions / Network Ten.

THE FLYING DOCTORS
Role: Debbie O’Brien (6 episodes). Crawford Productions / Nine Network.

HOUSE RULES
Role: Elsa Nixon. ABC Drama

PRISONER
Role: Lou Kelly (151 episodes). Grundy Television Productions / Network Ten.

SPECIAL SQUAD
Role: Laura. Crawford Productions.

THEATRE

NOISES OFF
Roles: Dotty Otley / Mrs Clackett. Dir: Sam Strong. MTC / QTC co production

I CAN’T EVEN…
Role: Lead. Dir: Matthew Lutton. Malthouse Theatre
TRUE MINDS
Role: Vivienne Reynolds. Dir: Peter Houghton / MTC.

THE JOY OF TEXT
Role: Diane. Dir: Aidan Fennessy / MTC.

ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER
Role: Sister Rosa’s Mother / Matron. Dir:Simon Phillips / MTC

MASTER OF THE REVELS
Role: Judy Forrister. Dir:Aidan Fennessy / MTC

MUM’S THE WORD 2: TEENAGERS
Role: Deborah. Sydney(Theatre Royal) & Perth (Burswood Theatre)

THE GLORY
Role: Elizabeth (Lead). Hothouse Theatre Company

DIMBOOLA (performance read)
Role: Florence McAdam. Dir: Michael Kantor / Malthouse Theatre

Mum’s The Word 2: Teenagers
Role: Deborah. Comedy Theatre, Melbourne

The Memory of Water
Role: Theresa. Melb Theatre Co./ Dir: Julian Meyrick

Art and Soul
Dir: Kate Cherry & Peter Houghton

Wonderful Ward
Role: Bernadette/PA. Melb. Comedy Fest. 1999/ Dir: S. Brooks

Dark: The Story of Diane Arbus
Role: Various. Melb Festival 98/ Dir: Gerald Lepkowski & Peter Houghton

Coming To My Senses
Self Devised One Woman Show. Playbox/ Dir: Kirsten von Bibra

Barmaids
Role: Nancy. Dir: Kim Durban/ Zootango Theatre Co., Hobart

The Girl Who Saw Everything
Role: Carol Edge. Melb Theatre Co./ Dir: Janis Balodis

The Misery of Beauty
Role: Various. Dir: Wendy Joseph/ Theatreworks

Morning Sacrifice
La Mama Dir: Wendy Joseph

Apprentice Time Traveller
Victorian Arts Council

The Importance of Being Ernest
Gershwin Room/ Esplanade

FILM

SUCKER
Role: Val. Dir: Ben Chessell. Three Card Monte

THE KINGDOM OF DOUG(short film)
Role: Maryann. Dir: Victoria Thaine.

SHINY THING (short film)
Role; Carolyn Kibre.

EYE OF THE STORM
Role: Carol. Dir: Fred Schepisi / Teos Productions Pty Ltd.

FOUR OF A KIND
Role: Anne (leading role) Dir: Fiona Cochrane / F-reel Pty Ltd

WHAT’S THE MATTER – short film.
Role: GP. Dir: Lee Rogers/Prodigy Films.

The Book Of Revelation
Role: The Neighbour. Dir: Ana Kokkinos/ Wildheart Zizani Films

Josh Jarman
Role: Therapist. Dir: Pip Mushin

Blow
Role: Zoe (Lead). Dir: Marie Craven/ Lizette Atkins Prod

Lost
Role: Psychologist. Dir: Jo Kennedy

Crackers
Role: Headmistress. Dir: David Swan

Slice of Life
John Lamond Productions

Evil Angels
Role: Jenny Miller. Dir: Fred Schepsi

That Eye the Sky
Role: Mrs Cherry. Dir: John Ruane

RADIO & VOICE

Inside Their Minds – Rochelle Jackson / Bolinda Publishing

Devil’s Food – Kerry Greenwood / Bolinda Publishing

Heavenly Pleasures – Kerry Greenwood / Bolinda Publishing

Trick or Treat – Kerry Greenwood / Bolinda Publishing

Pilot Comedy Radio Play – “We’ve Got a Problem”

BBC Radio Play – “Bangcottcha Junction”

ABC Radio National Radio Plays, including “Gates of Egypt”, “The World’s Wife” and “Mr. Loveless”

ABC Radio National Poetry Reading – “Oxygen: New Welsh Poetry”

Corporate Narrations, including ANZ Bank, Immigration Department, Berri foods

Numerous radio and television voice-overs including TV and Radio Commercials

Numerous voice-overs for the series “Back Berner”

DIRECTING

2002 Beat…Beat...Beat - Melbourne Fringe Festival (devisedand writtenin conjunction with Alyce Platt)

TEACHING /LECTURING

Performance Workshops Sydney 2015
Performance Workshops for Professionals Melbourne 2014
Private Coaching Melbourne since 2000
VCA Drama School – Methodology, Voice Over Skills

VCAFilm & TelevisionSchool – Actor/Director Relationships, Acting Methodology

National Theatre – Master Classes in Script Analysis and Scene Study

Deakin University Media Department – Development and Production of Voice Over Projects, eg. Play and Book Readings, Animated Series

RECENT STUDY

2014 Alba Emoting 2week workshop NYC

2014 Bouffon NY Theatre of Movement NYC

2014 American Academy of Dramatic Arts 2 weeks NYC

2014 Jessica Wolf Private Coaching Alexander NYC

2014 Alba Emoting 2 weeks Asheville North Carolina USA

2014 Movement Continuum NYC and Asheville USA

2014 Middendorf Melbourne

2013 Alba Emoting Asheville North Carolina USA

2013 Michael Chekhov International Workshop U.S.A

2013 Ellie Heywood private coaching Fitzmaurace Voice U.S.A

2013 Joan Melton private coaching Voice U.S.A

Private workshops with Geraldine Cook - VCADrama School (2005-2006)

Atlantic Theatre Company New York (3 months)(2002)

Master-class with Phillipe Gaulier – Playbox, Melbourne (1998)

Scene Study with Carol Rosenberg - HB Studios, New York (6 months)(1996)

Workshop with Carol Fox Presscott – New York (6 months)(1996)

Workshop with Ruth Franklin Voice Over-New York (3 months)1996

NOMINATIONS /AWARDS

2014 Nomination – St Kilda Film Festival- Best Actor: The Kingdom of Doug

2001 Nomination - Green Room Award for Ensemble cast in “Art and Soul”, Melbourne Theatre Co.

1995 Nomination - Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role for “Janus”