Anne Looby
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Anne Looby | |
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| Nationality | Australian |
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| Known for | Disgrace film (2008), Babies (mini-series) |
Notable work | A Country Practice as Anna "Lacey" Newman |
Anne Looby, is an Australian actress, producer and stage director. She is best known for character roles in serials.
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 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.
Theatre, musicals and playwright[]
In 2007 she was in the Company in the role of Joanna.[1]
Looby has 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.
Anne 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.
Anne was a member of the NIDA Board of Studies for 11 years and is a member of the Actor's Centre Australia Advisory Board and member of the Sydney arts community and has been a member of MEAA for 30 years.
Filmography[]
| year | title | role |
| 1989 | Rafferty's Rules | Katherie Dever |
| 1991 | Strangers (TV movie) | Anna |
| 1991 | Embassy (TV series) | Kate |
| 1992 | Over the Hill | TV reporter |
| 1992 | Daydream Believer | Margo |
| 1990 | A Country Practice | Jennifer Rose |
| 1992–1993 | A Country Practice | Anna Lacey Newman 148 episodes) |
| 1994 | G.P. (TV series) | Grace |
| 1996 | Heartbreak High (TV series) | Dana |
| 1997 | Simone de Beauvoir's Babies (TV mini-series) | Louise |
| 1997–1998 | Wildside (TV series) | Carla Wallace |
| 1999 | See How They Run (TV series) | Lilly Morton/Cassidy |
| 2000 | Water Rats(TV series) | Gabrielle Lloyd McMahon |
| 2001 | Willful | Katya |
| 2001 | Corridors of Power | Caroline Fielding |
| 2003 | Always Greener (TV series) | Margaret Milne |
| 2003–2004 | All Saints (TV series) | Julie Archer |
| 2005 | Alex's Party (film short) | Laura |
| 2007 | Frail (film short) | Mother |
| 2007 | Hammer Bay (TV film) | Lauren Clarke |
| 2008 | Disgrace | Rosalind |
| 2012 | Underbelly (TV series) | Anthonys Barrister |
| 2013 | Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War (TV mini-series) | Florence Packer |
| 2010–2013 | Dance Academy (TV series) | Dr. Wicks |
| 2016 | Rake (TV series) | Stella |
| 2017 | House of Bond (TV mini-series) | Kathleen Bond |
References[]
External links[]
- Anne Looby at IMDb
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