Australian actress
Jacqueline McKenzie
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Born
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1967-10-24
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24 October 1967
(age 56)
Sydney
, New South Wales, Australia
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Other names
| Jacqui McKenzie
Jac McKenzie
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Education
| National Institute of Dramatic Art
(
BFA
)
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Occupation
| Actress
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Years active
| 1987?present
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Children
| 1
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Jacqueline Susan McKenzie
(born 24 October 1967)
[1]
is an Australian film and stage actress.
Early life
[
edit
]
Born in
Sydney
,
New South Wales
, McKenzie attended
Wenona School
in
North Sydney
until 1983 then moved to
Pymble Ladies' College
,
[2]
where she graduated in 1985 with her
Higher School Certificate
. Known at school for her fine singing voice, McKenzie was cast as Nancy
[3]
in
Oliver!
then in
Godspell
(both a co-production with
Shore School
) and later in
Brigadoon
(a co-production with
Knox Grammar School
), sharing the stage with
Hugh Jackman
, who was a student at Knox at the time.
[4]
Career
[
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]
Early years
[
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]
McKenzie studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the
University of New South Wales
. While at university, she began modelling.
[5]
Represented by Cameron's Management, she worked in both print and television media. She also took regular singing lessons with Australian vocal coach Bob Tasman-Smith. In 1987, McKenzie was cast as the lead in the pilot of television series
All The Way
alongside
Ben Mendelsohn
,
Robert Mammone
,
Rowena Wallace
and
Martin Sacks
. During this time, she came to the attention of casting agent
Liz Mullinar
, who had cast
Judy Davis
in
My Brilliant Career
and
Nicole Kidman
in
Dead Calm
. Following advice from Mullinar, McKenzie auditioned for the
National Institute of Dramatic Art
(NIDA) and was accepted. Opting out of both her arts degree and
All The Way
, McKenzie attended NIDA in 1988. She graduated in December 1990.
[4]
1991 to 1995
[
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]
In 1991, McKenzie was awarded "Best Newcomer Award"
[6]
from the Sydney Theatre Critics Circle, which recognised her
chameleon
-like ability and her consistently high-calibre work in theatre productions
Child Dancing
(as Julie-Ann),
The Master Builder
(as Kaja),
Twelfth Night
(as Viola) and
Rebecca
(as Mrs de Winter). During rehearsals for
Rebecca
, director
George Ogilvie
allowed McKenzie time off to audition for a new Australian Independent feature film called
Romper Stomper
set to star
Russell Crowe
. She was subsequently cast in the film and went on to win Best Actress award at the
Film Critics Circle of Australia
.
[7]
Russell would later say "Jacqui's range as an actor disappears over the horizon. And I'm not sure it can actually be defined. When I first saw her, in the play
Rebecca
, I saw an actor whom I thought was blowing me on the skin from the inside. She is an actor who is both delicate and magical."
[8]
In her "nothing short of stunning" film debut in
Romper Stomper
,
[9]
McKenzie was described as "especially shining in her courage, truth and skill."
[10]
The role garnered her attention overseas, where she won Best Actress at the 1992
Stockholm International Film Festival
for her "stark and non-sentimental portrayal of a young woman whose life has turned into a desperate chase for all she has lost: love, serenity, identity. Her character plays an essential part in creating the inexorable force and impact of the film."
[11]
Over the next couple of years, she came to be regarded as one of Australia's most promising young actresses of stage and screen, showcasing a "phenomenal emotional range".
[12]
In 1994, McKenzie starred alongside
David Wenham
,
Geoffrey Rush
and
Richard Roxburgh
in Shakespeare's
Hamlet
, directed by
Neil Armfield
, for
Belvoir St Theatre
, Sydney. This sellout production was a critical, award-winning success
[13]
with McKenzie's performance "so exquisitely pitched it could have shattered glass".
[6]
"Jacqueline McKenzie's fragile
Ophelia
, dressed in cottontails and a tail-coat, turning the stage into a mind-state of shattered glass. Her presence awesomely palpable because of its sheer intangibility."
[14]
The production went on to tour to Melbourne but McKenzie was unable to continue due to other work commitments. (
Cate Blanchett
took over the role of Ophelia for the tour).
McKenzie's performance in
Hamlet
was followed by her role as
Joan of Arc
in
Bernard Shaw
's
Saint Joan
,
[15]
directed by
Gale Edwards
for the
Sydney Theatre Company
at the
Sydney Opera House
.
[16]
This was the first time Saint Joan had been staged in Australia since the
Zoe Caldwell
production in 1962. Regarded as one of "the most revealing tests of an actress",
[17]
and as "the female Hamlet",
[6]
Edwards' production was both a critical and box office sensation with McKenzie's performance unanimously acclaimed: "This play stands or falls on the performance of St Joan and McKenzie is simply superb."
[18]
"From the moment she enters, she sets the stage ablaze. McKenzie is a Joan to make the theatrical heavens rejoice... McKenzie offers us Joan in all her innocence, ignorance, joyful goodness that seems to light her from within and, almost until the end, a youthful sense of fun. Her slight stature can seem waif thin, piteously vulnerable; but raging into battle she's tough and sturdy, a young woman of intense and convincing action. Always in focus, like an unwavering flame, is McKenzie's Joan the Maid"
[19]
and "Here is a Joan with such fortitude and faith that seems hardly possible to exist within such a delicate frame. McKenzie's waif-like image conceals remarkable strength, and an almost inexhaustible supply of emotion. It is a Joan to inspire the tamest among us to stand up as individuals, and listen to the voices inside of us. Shaw himself would have been reluctantly impressed."
[20]
Described by head of
NIDA
, John Clarke, as "A chameleon"
[21]
"one of the most talented actresses we have produced... she's an absolute dynamo, a powerhouse,"
[22]
McKenzie had fast earned a reputation
[23]
as one of the most versatile actresses of her generation, taking on varied and often difficult roles. Equally adept in drama or comedy, she was described as the "Judy Davis of her generation (or funnily enough, the green eyed American actor
Meg Ryan
)"
[24]
In 1992,
Ben Elton
cast her as the lead role of "Rachel", the feisty environmentalist, in
the television adaptation
of his hit novel
Stark
. The mini-series was a BBC/ABC comedy, was directed by
Nadia Tass
and co-starred
Ben Elton
and
Colin Friels
. McKenzie received an
Australian Film Institute
Award nomination for Best Actress in a Miniseries for the role. The same year (1993), she scored a Best Actress in a Feature Film nomination for her comedic turn in the indie comedy,
This Won't Hurt a Bit
, playing Vanessa Presscott, a nerdy English ingenue with a speech impediment. In 1994, McKenzie reunited with director
George Ogilvie
(who had directed her in
Rebecca
and
Twelfth Night
) to play the lead role of Dancy Smith in the adaptation of
Kylie Tennant
's famous depression-era drama
The Battlers
. The mini-series co-starred
Gary Sweet
and played on the Seven Network. McKenzie was nominated again for Best Actress in a TV Drama at the Australian Film Institute 1994 awards. That same year, McKenzie was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the feature film
Traps
, directed by
Pauline Chan
. Playing the French girl living in
Colonial Vietnam
, McKenzie got to showcase her versatility by speaking in both French and Vietnamese for the role.
In 1995, McKenzie made Australian Film Institute history
[25]
by winning the Beyond Best Actress in a Leading Role for
Angel Baby
and the Beyond Best Actress Award in a TV Drama for
Halifax f.p.
: Lies of the Mind.
[13]
She also won the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actress
[26]
at the
Logie Awards
for her role in
Halifax f.p.
It was for playing the young lover Kate, opposite
John Lynch
's Harry in the
Michael Rymer
?helmed drama
Angel Baby
, that McKenzie received international acclaim: The
LA Weekly
reviewed: "McKenzie is a find. Whether using answers on the Wheel of Fortune as a kind of daily horoscope, or cringing in terror as the upright legs of chairs in an empty restaurant seem to whisper at her, she is blazingly equal to the extremes of animal panic and hyperconscious insight that are the north and south of this movie's humane compass."
[27]
Angel Baby
also featured actress
Deborra-Lee Furness
and
Colin Friels
. In 1996, McKenzie was awarded Australian Star of the Year at the Australian Movie Convention.
[28]
1996 to 2003
[
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]
McKenzie ventured to the US, where she starred in the films
Deep Blue Sea
(1999)
[29]
directed by
Renny Harlin
[30]
with
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Thomas Jane
and
Michael Rapaport
;
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
(2002)
[31]
with
Sandra Bullock
,
Ashley Judd
,
Ellen Burstyn
,
Kiersten Warren
and
James Garner
;
Freak Weather
, with
Aida Turturro
and
John Carroll Lynch
;
Love from Ground Zero
with
Simon Baker
and
Pruitt Taylor Vince
, as well as tele-movie
When Billie Beat Bobby
, starring
Holly Hunter
and
Ron Silver
.
[32]
She starred in the UK independent films
Eisenstein
with
Simon McBurney
and
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
with
Stellan Skarsgard
, Chris Penn and
Paul Bettany
.
In 2001, McKenzie was given a United States
green card
in March 2001 for "Person of Extraordinary Ability". She made her US theatre debut, starring as Rita in Willy Russell's
Educating Rita
, at the
Williamstown Theatre Festival
directed by
Bruce Paltrow
and co-starring
Edward Herrmann
. It was a huge success. "This production had the inexhaustible talents of Jacqueline McKenzie, an utterly charming and irrepressible Australian, whose cockney accent was spot on and characterization was full-cocked. Bursting onto the stage like a fire-engine responding to a five-alarm conflagration, McKenzie was a dynamo with enough energy to fill simultaneous performances of this and
Pygmalion
[
verification needed
]
(a sure bet for her if the WTF wants to bring her back ? and it should). Suffice to say, hers will surely be among the most memorable and reason enough to revive
Rita
."
[33]
She was cast as a lead in the US television pilot for
ABC
called
MEDS
(later
MDs
),
[
citation needed
]
directed by
Michael Hoffman
and starring
John Hannah
. She played Dockdaisy in the
National Actors Theatre
/
Complicite
co-production of
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
,
[5]
by
Bertolt Brecht
. Directed by
Simon McBurney
this cast included
Al Pacino
,
Steve Buscemi
,
Chazz Palminteri
,
John Goodman
,
Paul Giamatti
,
Billy Crudup
,
Lothaire Bluteau
,
Linda Emond
,
Tony Randall
and
Charles Durning
.
[34]
After this production, McKenzie returned to Australia to star as Catherine in the Pulitzer Prize Winning play
Proof
by
David Auburn
.
[35]
Directed by
George Ogilvie
and starring
Barry Otto
, Christina Eliason, and
Jonny Pasvolsky
, this "tour de force from McKenzie"
[36]
broke all previously held box office records at the Sydney Opera House, Drama Theatre. Mckenzie followed the success of
Proof
by taking the lead role of Jude in the Australian feature film
Peaches
, starring
Hugo Weaving
and
Emma Lung
. Directed by Craig Monahan, the role garnered McKenzie a Best Actress Award from the
Film Critics Circle of Australia
with her performance described as a "revelation":
[13]
"never more so than in the scene where she sings 'The Carnival Is Over' across a pub counter." From
Peaches
, McKenzie began work with
Paul Cox
(
Man of Flowers
,
Innocence
) in the feature film
Human Touch
starring as a young chorister estranged from her husband: "McKenzie makes Anna's sensual awakening both sensual and real".
[13]
2004 to 2015
[
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]
In 2004, McKenzie made the switch to prime-time television in a role that would catapult her to international stardom. Cast as the lead female detective
Diana Skouris
[37]
in the US prime-time science fiction television series
The 4400
from Executive Producer
Francis Ford Coppola
, McKenzie was cast alongside
Joel Gretsch
(
Taken
,
Minority Report
) ? an onscreen partnership oft likened to
Mulder and Scully
.
[
citation needed
]
Directed by
Yves Simoneau
with show runner
Ira Steven Behr
(
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
),
The 4400
was the highest-rated debut on US cable for 2004,
[13]
earning a
Primetime Emmy Award
nomination for Best Mini-Series. The show ran on the
USA Network
for four seasons, ending in 2007. In 2006, McKenzie also starred as Linda Landry in "
Umney's Last Case
" opposite
William H. Macy
[38]
? the third episode of
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
on TNT. In 2008, McKenzie starred as psychiatrist Veronica Hayden-Jones in the 13-part series
Mental
on the
Fox Network
, which was filmed at
Fox Telecolombia
in
Bogota
, Colombia.
[39]
Starring
Annabella Sciorra
, this was the first American television series to be filmed in Latin America for international markets. McKenzie guest starred in
Desperate Housewives
,
Without a Trace
,
CSI: Miami
,
Hawaii 5-0
and the Australian TV series
Rake
. She was cast as Emma Waddell in the
Jeremy Sims
?directed feature film
Beneath Hill 60
and starred in the 2010 season finale of
NCIS: Los Angeles
alongside former
Deep Blue Sea
castmate
LL Cool J
.
In 2011, Cate Blanchett and
Andrew Upton
, the co-artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company, invited McKenzie to star in their production of Sarah Ruhl's
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
at the Sydney Opera House, Drama Theatre.
[39]
Co-starring
Mandy McElhinney
, this production went on tour to
Melbourne Theatre Company
, Wollongong, Canberra and Parramatta Riverside Theatre, earning McKenzie a Best Actress nomination at the
Green Room Awards
for her role as Mrs Givings. This was McKenzie's first play since her critically acclaimed turn as Catherine in David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize?winning play
Proof
, which sold out at the Sydney Opera House in 2003.
In 2012, she accepted Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton's invitation to star in the Australian premiere of the two-hander
Sex With Strangers
by American playwright
Laura Eason
(
House of Cards
) for the Sydney Theatre Company. This critically acclaimed production co-starred
Ryan Corr
and was directed by
Jocelyn Moorhouse
. An award-winning director of many films including
How to Make an American Quilt
, this was Jocelyn's first play.
In 2013, McKenzie starred in the seminal role of Margaret (a.k.a. Maggie) in
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by
Tennessee Williams
for Belvoir St., directed by
Simon Stone
, co-starring
Ewen Leslie
(as Brick) and Marshall Napier (as Big Daddy). A sell-out production with an extension season at the
Theatre Royal, Sydney
, McKenzie's performance, in the role that made
Elizabeth Taylor
famous, was highly acclaimed: "Jacqueline McKenzie has far more scope in this play than she had in the recent
Sex with Strangers
to display her mesmerizing and neurasthenic talents that are so reminiscent of the early Judy Davis. She squirms, hops, skips and flops through the drama with a manic intensity that is breathtaking to watch from the first scene when she works her way through about a dozen changes of clothing and many pairs of 'hot' shoes during her long and intense opening monologue"
[40]
and "McKenzie has been playing some major roles in Sydney recently but here is a great one, finally worthy of her ability, and she rises to it magnificently. Her Maggie is full of feverish energy, and hard-won, hard-edged glamour that a woman who has clawed herself up out of poverty to become the wife of the descendant of a crass but very rich family might be expected to display. She is better than them. She is beautiful, her smile is always bright but brief glimpses of self-doubt betray her origins, and her eyes betray her desperation."
[41]
"This is a good production, made great by McKenzie's beautiful performance."
McKenzie returned to the Sydney Opera House in 2014 to play Liza in Andrew Upton's adaptation of the
Gorky
classic
Children of the Sun
for the Sydney Theatre Company. Co-starring with
Justine Clarke
and
Toby Truslove
, under the direction of
Kip Williams
, the production was immensely successful, garnering McKenzie a nomination for Best Actress at the 2014 Sydney Theatre Awards.
[42]
In 2014, McKenzie reunited with her
Romper Stomper
co-star, Russell Crowe, to perform in his feature-film-directing debut,
The Water Diviner
, in which he also stars. With a handpicked cast
[43]
that included
Yılmaz Erdo?an
,
Olga Kurylenko
,
Ryan Corr
,
Jai Courtney
,
Steve Bastoni
and
Cem Yılmaz
,
The Water Diviner
was nominated for eight
AACTA
awards including Best Supporting Actress in a feature film for McKenzie, who played the role of Russell's grieving wife Lizzie. For this performance, McKenzie won Best Supporting Actress at the 2014
Film Critics Circle of Australia
Awards.
[44]
Films to be released:
Force of Destiny
, written and directed by Paul Cox and starring
David Wenham
and
Shahana Goswami
. This will premiere at the
Melbourne International Film Festival
;
[45]
Fell
,
[46]
written and directed by Kasimir Burgess and starring
Matt Nable
and
Daniel Henshall
.
In 2015, McKenzie starred alongside
Richard Roxburgh
and Cate Blanchett in the Sydney Theatre Company production of
The Present
,
[47]
by
Anton Chekhov
. Adapted by Andrew Upton, this production was directed by
John Crowley
. That production moved in 2016/17 to the
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
in Manhattan for the
Broadway
debut of McKenzie and the rest of the cast.
[48]
She also starred as Orlando in the
Sarah Ruhl
play
Orlando
,
[49]
based on
the novel
by
Virginia Woolf
(made famous by the
1992 film
directed by
Sally Potter
and starring
Tilda Swinton
). Directed by
Sarah Goodes
,
[50]
Orlando
ran at the Sydney Opera House for the Sydney Theatre Company.
McKenzie was nominated for Best Actress in
Orlando
and Best Supporting Actress in
The Present
at the 2015 Sydney Theatre Awards.
[51]
2016 to present
[
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]
In 2016, McKenzie reunited with her former
Stark!
co-star
Ben Elton
for his romantic comedy
Three Summers
[52]
filming in Perth. The ensemble also featured
Robert Sheean
,
Magda Szubanski
,
Michael Caton
and
Rebecca Breeds
.
In August 2016 McKenzie filmed the independent movie
Harmony
in
Wollongong
and Sydney, Australia.
[53]
McKenzie starred as Jane Chandler in Australian feature film
The Gateway
in October 2016. Written by
Michael White
and directed by John Soto, the
sci-fi
film also starred
Myles Pollard
and Ben Mortley. The film follows the journey of a
particle physicist
who, grieving over the loss of her husband in a car crash, uses a revolutionary machine to bring him back with dire consequences for her family.
[54]
In May 2017,
SBS
announced that McKenzie had been cast in their new four-part drama
Safe Harbour
about a group of Australians who come across a boat of refugees whilst sailing on vacation. The mini-series, produced by
Matchbox Pictures
, also stars
Phoebe Tonkin
,
Ewen Leslie
and
Joel Jackson
.
[55]
In June 2017 McKenzie began filming Luke Sparke's movie
Occupation (film)
with
Charles Mesure
,
Temeura Morrison
and
Dan Ewing
about a group of town residents banding together after a devastating ground invasion.
[56]
In August 2017, McKenzie started shooting the TV series
Romper Stomper
, a follow-up to the 1992 cult classic movie in which she starred with Russell Crowe. The series, conceived and directed by
Geoffrey Wright
(creator of the original film) and produced by John Edwards, premiered on Australian streaming platform
Stan
on New Years Day 2018, breaking all records for original content. The series is due to air in the United Kingdom on the BBC
[57]
later in 2018.
[58]
For her role in the series McKenzie was awarded a Logie for Most Outstanding Supporting Actress at the
Logie Awards of 2018
.
[59]
At the
CinefestOZ
awards in August 2017, McKenzie was honoured with the Screen Legend Award,
[60]
recognising her contribution and excellence in the film industry.
[55]
Starred alongside
Sam Neill
,
Greta Scacchi
and
Bryan Brown
in the movie
Palm Beach (2019)
. This was directed by
Rachel Ward
.
[61]
Reunited with friends from drama school,
Essie Davis
and
Daniel Lapaine
, on the hit film
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
(a spinoff of the series
Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries
)
2019 saw Jacqueline return to the Sydney Theatre Company to play Alice in
Lucy Kirkwood
's
Mosquitoes
(play) at the
Sydney Opera House
.
[62]
In 2020, she starred in series 2 of the
Stan
original series
Bloom
[4]
alongside
Jackie Weaver
and
Bryan Brown
. She also reprised her award-winning role "Sharon Sinclair", from the series
Halifax f.p.
,
in the reboot
Halifax: Retribution
.
In 2021, McKenzie appeared with
Annabelle Wallis
in
James Wan
's horror film
Malignant
,
[63]
and starred alongside
Jane Seymour
in Australia feature film
Ruby's Choice
.
[64]
Music
[
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]
McKenzie's hobbies include composing and recording music. Past collaborators include Vic Levak (
Balligomingo
) who co-wrote "Shy Baby" and Jim Hayden (
Electrasy
). When her
4400
co-star
Joel Gretsch
heard her song "Shy Baby", he took it to the producers of the show and as a result, it was used in the second-season finale "
Mommy's Bosses
"
[65]
of
The 4400
. "Shy Baby" went on to be included in
The 4400
soundtrack CD, released in April 2007.
Art and painting
[
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]
An avid painter (since working with
Aaron Blabey
on the
Paul Cox
film
The Human Touch
),
[2]
McKenzie's paintings have appeared in several publications, including
Venice Magazine
[66]
and
OK!
.
[67]
In the Fox TV series
Mental
, her paintings became set dressing, adorning the walls of her character's office in the final episodes of the show.
Personal life
[
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]
In 1996, a portrait of McKenzie by Australian narrative painter
Garry Shead
was a finalist in the
Archibald Prize
[68]
and the
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
.
[69]
She is a former partner of actor
Simon McBurney
.
[70]
She has a daughter.
[4]
Filmography
[
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]
Film
[
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]
Television
[
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]
Year
|
Title
|
Role
|
Type
|
1987
|
The Riddle of the Stinson
|
Usherelle
|
TV film
|
1988
|
All the Way
|
Regular role: Penelope Seymour
|
TV miniseries, 3 episodes
|
1992
|
A Country Practice
|
Meredith Hendrix
|
TV series, 2 episodes: "Riding For A Fall": Parts 1 & 2"
|
1993
|
Stark
|
Regular lead role: Rachel
|
ABC TV miniseries, 3 episodes
|
1994
|
The Battlers
|
Regular lead role: Dancy Smith
|
TV miniseries, 2 episodes
|
1995
|
Halifax f.p.
- Lies of the Mind
|
Lead role: Sharon Sinclair
|
TV film series, 1 episode 6: "Lies Of The Mind"
|
1997
|
Kangaroo Palace
|
Regular lead role: Catherine Macaleese
|
TV miniseries, 2 episodes
|
1997
|
The Devil Game
|
Lead role: Frankie Smith
|
TV film
|
1999
|
The Movie Show
|
Herself
|
SBS TV series, 1 episode
|
1999
|
Today Tonight
|
Herself
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
1999
|
Hey Hey It's Saturday
|
Herself - Guest
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
1999?2001
|
The Panel
|
Herself - Guest
|
TV series, 3 episodes
|
2000
|
On the Beach
|
Recurring role: Mary Davidson Holmes
|
TV miniseries, 2 episodes
|
2001
|
When Billie Beat Bobby
|
Margaret Court
|
TV film, CANADA/US
|
2004?2007
|
The 4400
|
Lead role:
Diana Skouris
|
TV series UK/US, 44 episodes
|
2006?2009
|
20 to 1
|
Herself
|
TV series, 6 episodes
|
2006
|
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
|
Linda Landry / Gloria Demmick
|
TV miniseries US/AUSTRALIA, 1 episode: "
Umney's Last Case
"
|
2006
|
Two Twisted
|
Sarah Carmody
|
TV film series 1 episode: "Saviour"
|
2007
|
Without a Trace
|
Guest role: Patricia Mills
|
TV series US, 1 episode: "Deep Water"
|
2008
|
Stupid, Stupid Man
|
Guest role: Jane
|
ABC TV series, 1 episode: "Morale"
|
2009
|
Mental
|
Lead role: Dr. Veronica Hayden-Jones
|
TV series US/CANADA/Columbia, 13 episodes
|
2010
|
NCIS: Los Angeles
|
Guest role: Amy Taylor
|
TV series US, 1 episode: "Callen, G"
|
2010
|
Hawaii Five-0
|
Guest role: Sarah Reeves
|
TV series US, 1 episode: "Nalowale"
|
2012
|
Desperate Housewives
|
Alexandra
|
TV series US, 1 episode: "
Who Can Say What's True?
"
|
2012
|
CSI: Miami
|
Guest role: Meredith Ramsay
|
TV series US, 1 episode: "Terminal Velocity"
|
2012
|
Rake
|
Guest role: Alannah Alford
|
ABC TV series, 1 Episode: "R vs Alford"
|
2015
|
Hiding
|
Regular lead role: Ferdine Lamay
|
ABC TV series, 8 episodes
|
2015
|
Love Child
|
Recurring Guest role: Mrs. Maguire
|
TV series, 2 episodes: "2.1", "2.2"
|
2018
|
Romper Stomper
|
Gabrielle 'Gabe' Jordan
|
TV miniseries, 6 episodes
|
2018
|
Safe Harbour
|
Helen
|
SBS TV miniseries, 4 episodes
|
2018
|
Pine Gap
|
Kath Sinclair
|
ABC TV miniseries, 6 episodes
|
2019
|
Studio 10
|
Herself with Rachel Ward & Heather Mitchell
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
2019
|
The Living Room
|
Herself - Guest
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
2019?2020
|
Reckoning
|
Recurring role: Linda Swan
|
TV miniseries, 3 episodes
|
2020
|
Bloom
|
Regular role: Anne Carter
|
TV series, season 2, 6 episodes
|
2020
|
Halifax: Retribution
|
Recurring Guest role: Sharon Sinclair
|
TV miniseries, 1 episode
|
2020
|
10th AACTA Awards
|
Herself
|
TV special
|
2021
|
Alantown
|
Lead role: Mary Magdalene
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
2022
|
Savage River
|
Recurring role: Colleen
|
ABC TV series, 6 episodes
|
2022
|
Significant Others
|
Recurring role: Sarah
|
ABC TV series, 6 episodes
|
2022
|
12th AACTA Awards
|
Herself - Presenter
|
TV special
|
2024
|
The Project
|
Guest - Herself & Deborra-Lee Furness ('Force of Nature: The Dry 2') Sydney film premiere
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
2024
|
News Breakfast
|
Guest - Herself & Deborra-Lee Furness ('Force of Nature: The Dry 2') Melbourne film premiere
|
ABC TV series, 1 episode
|
2024
|
My Life Is Murder
|
Iris
|
TV Series NZ, Season 4, 2 episodes
|
2024
|
Mix Tape
|
Sheila
|
TV Series, UK/Australia
|
Theatre
[
edit
]
Oliver!
as Nancy, school production
[35]
- 1991:
Child Dancing
as Julie-Ann,
Griffin Theatre Company
, dir.
Michael Gow
[72]
- 1991:
Twelfth Night
as
Viola
, dir.
George Ogilvie
, Q Theatre Penrith
- 1991:
The Master Builder
as Kaja Fosli,
Belvoir
, dir.
Neil Armfield
- 1991:
Rebecca
as Mrs de Winter,
Marian Street Theatre
, dir.
George Ogilvie
- 1992:
The Barber of Seville
as Rosine,
Marian Street Theatre
, dir. Peter Kingston
- 1992:
Vassa
(
Maxim Gorky
) (as Natalia,
NIDA
, dir. John Clarke
- 1994:
Hamlet
as
Ophelia
,
Company B
(Sydney) and
Playhouse
(Melbourne), dir.
Neil Armfield
, with
Geoffrey Rush
,
David Wenham
,
Richard Roxburgh
,
Gillian Jones
[35]
- 1995:
Saint Joan
as
Joan
,
Sydney Theatre Company
,
Sydney Opera House
dir.
Gale Edwards
- 1997:
The Governor's Family
as Lara Mountgarrett,
Belvoir
, dir.
Neil Armfield
- 2000:
The White Devil
as Isabella, Sydney Theatre Company and
Brooklyn Academy of Music
(2001), dir.
Gale Edwards
, with
Angie Milliken
,
Marcus Graham
,
Jeremy Sims
,
Julia Blake
,
Bruce Spence
,
Hugo Weaving
,
Philip Quast
,
Paula Arundell
- 2001:
Educating Rita
as Rita,
Williamstown Theatre Festival
, dir.
Bruce Paltrow
, with
Edward Herrmann
- 2002:
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
as Dock Daisy,
Schimmel Center
(New York),
Complicite
, dir.
Simon McBurney
, with
Al Pacino
,
Steve Buscemi
,
John Goodman
,
Billy Crudup
Paul Giamatti
,
Tony Randall
,
Charles Durning
,
Linda Emond
,
Chazz Palminteri
,
Dominic Chianese
,
Lothaire Bluteau
- 2003:
Proof
as Catherine, by
David Auburn
,
Sydney Opera House
dir.
George Ogilvie
, with
Barry Otto
- 2011:
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
by
Sarah Ruhl
, as Catherine Givings,
Sydney Opera House
and
Melbourne Theatre Company
, dir.
Pamela Rabe
- 2012:
Sex With Strangers
as Olivia, by
Laura Eason
,
Sydney Theatre Company
, dir.
Jocelyn Moorhouse
- 2013:
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Maggie by
Tennessee Williams
,
Belvoir
, dir.
Simon Stone
- 2014:
Children of the Sun
by
Maxim Gorky
as Liza, dir:
Kip Williams
adapted by
Andrew Upton
,
Sydney Theatre Company
,
Sydney Opera House
- 2015:
The Present
by
Anton Chekhov
as Sophia, adapted by
Andrew Upton
,
Sydney Theatre Company
dir.
John Crowley
; at the
Sydney Theatre
- 2015:
Orlando
as Orlando, adapted from
Virginia Woolf
's
Orlando: A Biography
by
Sarah Ruhl
,
Sydney Theatre Company
, at the
Sydney Opera House
- 2016:
The Present
by
Anton Chekhov
as Sophia, adapted by
Andrew Upton
,
Sydney Theatre Company
dir.
John Crowley
for Broadway run at the
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
in Manhattan
- 2019:
Mosquitoes
by
Lucy Kirkwood
as Alice. Dir: Jessica Arthur for
Sydney Theatre Company
at the
Sydney Opera House
Awards and nominations
[
edit
]
Year
|
Award
|
Category
|
Nominated work
|
Result
|
1991
|
Australian Theatre Critics award
|
Best Newcomer
|
Various
|
Won
|
1992
|
Stockholm International Film Festival
|
Best Actress
|
Romper Stomper
|
Won
|
1992
|
Film Critics Circle of Australia
|
Best Actress, Film
|
Romper Stomper
|
Won
|
1993
|
Australian Film Institute
Award
|
Best Actress, Film
|
This Won't Hurt a Bit
|
Nominated
|
1993
|
Australian Film Institute
Award
|
Best Actress, Television
|
Stark
!
|
Nominated
|
1994
|
Australian Film Institute
Award
|
Best Supporting Actress, Film
|
Traps
|
Nominated
|
1994
|
Film Critics Circle of Australia
|
Best Supporting Actress, Film
|
Traps
|
Nominated
|
1994
|
Australian Film Institute
Award
|
Best Actress, Television
|
The Battlers
|
Nominated
|
1995
|
Australian Film Institute
Award
|
Best Actress, Television
|
Halifax f.p. "Lies of the Mind"
|
Won
|
1995
|
Australian Film Institute
Award
|
Best Actress, Film
|
Angel Baby
|
Won
|
1995
|
Film Critics Circle of Australia
|
Best Actress, Film
|
Angel Baby
|
Won
|
1995
|
Grand Prix Festival du Valenciennes
|
Best Actress, Film
|
Angel Baby
|
Won
|
1995
|
Norman Kessel Memorial Glugs Award
|
Best Actress, Theatre
|
Hamlet
|
Won
|
1995
|
Logie Awards
|
Best Actress, Television
|
Halifax f.p.
"Lies of the Mind"
|
Won
|
1995
|
Australian International Movie Convention
|
Australian Star of the Year
[73]
|
Various (Career Award)
|
Won
|
1998
|
Audio Book Awards, Australia
|
Best Narration
|
Picnic at Hanging Rock
|
Won
|
2001
|
Australian Film Institute
Award
|
Best Miniseries
|
On The Beach
|
Won
|
2001
|
Golden Globe
|
Best Miniseries
|
On The Beach
|
Nominated
|
2005
|
Film Critics Circle of Australia
|
Best Actress, Film
|
Peaches
|
Nominated
|
2005
|
Primetime Emmy
|
Best Miniseries
|
The 4400
|
Nominated
|
2011
|
Green Room Award
|
Best Actress, Theatre
|
In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play
|
Nominated
|
2014
|
Sydney Theatre Awards
[74]
|
Best Actress, Theatre
|
Children of the Sun
|
Nominated
|
2014
|
AACTA Awards
|
Best Supporting Actress
|
The Water Diviner
|
Nominated
|
2014
|
Film Critics Circle of Australia
|
Best Supporting Actress
|
The Water Diviner
|
Won
|
2015
|
Sydney Theatre Awards
[75]
|
Best Supporting Actress
|
The Present
[76]
|
Nominated
|
2015
|
Sydney Theatre Awards
[75]
|
Best Actress
|
Orlando
|
Nominated
|
2015
|
Equity Ensemble Awards
|
Best Ensemble
|
Hiding
|
Nominated
|
2017
|
CinefestOz Film Festival
|
Screen Legend Award
|
Career Award
|
Won
|
2017
|
AACTA Awards
|
Best Supporting Actress
|
Don't Tell
|
Nominated
|
2018
|
Film Critics Circle of Australia
|
Best Supporting Actress
|
Don't Tell
|
Nominated
|
2018
|
Logie Awards
|
Most Outstanding Supporting Actress, Miniseries
|
Romper Stomper (TV series)
|
Won
|
2019
|
Oz Flix Independent Film Awards
|
Best Actress
|
The Gateway
|
Nominated
|
2020
|
AACTA Awards
|
Best Supporting Actress
|
Bloom
|
Nominated
|
2022
|
AACTA Awards
|
Best Supporting Actress
|
Savage River
|
Nominated
|
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b
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.
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.
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.
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.
Daily Telegraph Mirror
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11 March
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.
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. Inside Film Magazine
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.
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.
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.
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External links
[
edit
]
- Jacqueline McKenzie
at
IMDb
- Jacqueline McKenzie
at the
Internet Broadway Database
- Profile
by Veronica Hayden-Jones,
Global BC
, 21 May 2009
- STC Profile
at the
Sydney Theatre Company
September 2014
- "10 Questions: Jacqueline McKenzie, actress, 46"
by Michael Bodey,
The Australian
, 6 September 2014
- "
Children of the Sun
review: Female stars set Kip Williams' stage alight"
by Jason Blake,
The Sydney Morning Herald
, September 2014
- "IGN interview:
The 4400
'
s Jacqueline McKenzie"
by Eric Goldman,
IGN
, 24 August 2006
- "Can
4400
'
s Diana See the Future?"
by Matt Webb Mitovich,
TV Guide
, 2 June 2006
- "On Duty"
,
The Daily Telegraph
(Sydney)
, 11 June 2011
- "
Proof
"
, review,
The Sydney Morning Herald
, 16 June 2003
- "Hot blush"
by Catherine Keenan,
The Sydney Morning Herald
, 14 June 2003
- "Entertain us: Jacqueline McKenzie"
, interview by Nathan Olivieri,
The Sydney Morning Herald
, 17 February 2013
- Russell Crowe casting his directorial debut
- The Water Diviner
with stills shot
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