Susan Prior

Susan Prior is an Australian actress.

Susan Prior
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994 -

Early life and education

Susan Prior graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.^[1]

Career

Prior has worked extensively with the Sydney Theatre Company, including Riflemind, as well as acting in films and television series.^[2]

In early 2022 Prior played one of the lead roles, as Martha, in a State Theatre Company South Australia production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, to acclaim by critics.^[3][4]

On 24 November 2023, Prior was named in the cast for Foxtel series The Last Anniversary.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2024	The Deb	Tish
	Just a Farmer	Kathryn		[6]
2021	Chopin's Piano	George Sand
	Ascendant	Barbara Wolf		[7]
2020	Cube Season	Mirren Cube	Short film
	Groundhog Night	Cheryl	Short film
	Mukbang	Sandra	Short film
2018	Book Week	Lee Issen
	Riot	Norma Gowland	TV novie
2017	Jasper Jones	Gwyn Wishart	Feature film
2015	Second Hand	Gabby	Short film
	Reg Makes Contact	Susan	Short film
	Bunny New Girl	Alice Dunn	Short film
2014	The Orchard	Rachel	Short film
	The Rover	Dorothy Peeples	Feature film
	Snowlblind	Gene	Short film
	Handyman	Melinda	Short film
2013	The Twin	Annie/Sarah	Short film
	My Mother Her Daughter	Susan	Short film
2012	Not Suitable for Children	Marcie	Feature film
	Careless Love	Lee	Feature film
2010	Animal Kingdom	Alicia Henry	Feature film
2008	The View from Greenhaven	Kate	Feature film
2007	The Uncertainty Principal	Sue	Short film
	Nothing Lasts Forever	Woman	Short film
2006	Suburban Mayhem	Christine Andretti	Feature film
2005	A Divided Heart	Millie Vickery
2005	Monster	Mother	Short film
2005	The Saviour	Carmel	Short film
2005	Still Time	Sue	Short film
2003	A Cold Summer	Phaedra	Feature film
2002	Little Blue	Mum	Short film
2000	A Wreck, A Triangle	Eleanor
1999	Doctor By Day	Kay
1998	War Story	Mother	Short film
1998	Praise	Sophie	Feature film
1997	Heaven's Burning	Sharon	Feature film
1996	Idiot Box	Luce	Feature film
1994	Muriel's Wedding	Girl at Wedding	Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2025	The Last Anniversary	Margie	TV series
2024	Bump	Mara	Guest: 1 episode
2021-22	Aftertaste	Denise	TV series, 12 episodes	[8]
2021	The Moth Effect	Staff Member	TV series, 1 episode
2020	The Gloaming	Susan Kelly	TV series, 2 episodes
2019	The Commons	Lena Gordon	TV series, 1 episode
	The Other Guy	Sharon	TV series, 1 episode
	Frayed	Ruth George née Nelligan	TV series, 2 episodes
	Glitch	Anna Donohue	TV series, 3 episodes	[9]
	Les Norton	Chenille	TV series, 4 episodes
	Jade of Death	Donna	2 episodes
2018	Fighting Season	Dr. Linda	TV series, 1 episode
	Bite Club	Tricia	TV series, 1 episode
	The Second	Detective		[10]
	Safe Harbour	Renee	TV series, 3 episodes
2017	Doctor Doctor	Minnie	TV series, 3 episodes
2017	Top of the Lake	Beccy	TV series, 1 episode
2015	Love Child	Geraldine Donnelly	TV series, 1 episode
2012-14	Puberty Blues[11]	Yvonne Hennessey	TV series, 17 episodes
2012	Rake	Barbara	TV series, 1 episode
2012	Home and Away	Margaret Henderson	TV series, 6 episodes
2006	The 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Live Action	Herself	TV special
2006	Two Twisted	Nurse Hughes	TV anthology series, 1 episode
2005	All Saints	Beth Chandler	TV series, 15 episodes
2002	Farscape	Kirayh	TV series, 1 episode
2002	Young Lions	Christine Malouf	TV series, 1 episode
2000	Water Rats	Rosie Callahan	TV series, 2 episodes
1996	House Gang	Lucy's Mum	TV series, 1 episode
1996	Police Rescue	Debra	TV series, 1 episode
1995	G.P.	Linda Swanson	TV series, 1 episode

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2022	Chalkface	Denise Hart	Sydney Opera House, Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide with Sydney Theatre Company and with STCSA
2022	Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Martha	Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
2020	Dev		Online, Australia
2020	Baroness Nihil Zalay		Online
2018	Bliss	Alice Dalton	Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne
2016	A Midsummer Night’s Dream	Peter Quince	Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2016	The Distance	Bea	Southbank Theatre, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
2016	Kin (staged reading)	Mrs Mignon Bloom	Sydney Theatre Company
2015	Death and the Maiden	Paulina Salaa	Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company & Melbourne Theatre Company
2015; 2017	The Present	Sasha	Sydney Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company & Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
2014	Suddenly Last Summer	Mrs Grace Holly	Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2014	Is This Thing On?	Brianna	Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
2013	Small and Tired	Electra	Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
2011	The Libertine	Elizabeth Malet	Darlinghurst Theatre with Sport For Jove Theatre Company
2010	Our Town	Mrs. Gibbs	Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
2010	King Lear	Cordelia	His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Playhouse, Melbourne, Playhouse, Brisbane, Playhouse, Canberra, Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare
2009	The Web	Ivy	Playhouse, Perth, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga with Black Swan State Theatre Company
2008–09	Venus and Adonis	Venus	Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland, Wharf Theatre, Sydney with Bell Shakespeare Company & Sydney Theatre Company
2007	Riflemind	Lynn	Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2008	Constance Drinkwater & the Final Days of Somerset	Constance Drinkwater	Stables Theatre, Darlinghurst with Tamarama Rock Surfers
2008	Summer of the Seventeenth Doll	Blanche Dubois	Sydney Theatre Company
2005	Top Shorts		Old Fitzroy Hotel Theatre, Sydney with Naked Theatre Company
2005	Hurlyburly	Bonnie	Stables Theatre, Sydney with The Group Theatre
2005	Arabian Night	Franziska	NIDA Company
2004	Dreaming Transportation	Singer	Sydney Opera House
2002–03	Alone It Stands	Various roles	Playhouse, Canberra, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Sydney Opera House, IMB Theatre, Wollongong
2002	The Soldiers Tale	The Devil	Australian Chamber Orchestra
2001	King Lear	The Fool / Cordelia	Sydney Theatre Company
2000	The Cavalcaders		Ensemble Theatre, Sydney with O'Punksky's Theatre Company
2000	Sweet Road	Carla	SBW Independent Theatre, Sydney
2000	The Ecstatic Bible		Scott Theatre, Adelaide for Adelaide Festival of Arts
1999	Laughter on the 23rd Floor		Sydney Opera House
1998	La Dispute	Hermaine	St Stephen’s Church, Sydney with Sydney Theatre Company
1998	Love for Love		Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company
1997	Wolf Lullaby	Lizzie	Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Griffin Theatre Company
1996–97	Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Honey	Sydney Opera House, Canberra Theatre, Princess Theatre, Launceston, Arts and Function Centre, Burnie, Theatre Royal, Hobart, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Esperance Civic Centre, Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre, Queens Park Theatre, Geraldton, Glen Street Theatre, Sydney with Sydney Theatre Company
1995	The Jungle		Wharf Theatre, Sydney with Sydney Theatre Company
1994–95	That Eye, The Sky	Tegwyn	Space Theatre, Adelaide, Playhouse, Perth, Playhouse, Melbourne, Stanley Palmer Cultural Centre, Sydney with Burning House Theatre Company
1995	Sydney Stories 1: The Ninth Wonder / The Price of Prayer / The Last Days of a Famous Mime / Family Running for Mr. Whippy		Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company with Sydney Theatre Company for Sydney Festival
1993	The Gentleman's New Clothes (aka Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme)		Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
1993	The Pitchfork Disney		Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
1992	Water Daughter / Glycerine Tears / The White Room		Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
1992	Shorts at the Stables		Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
1992	Fractured Intimacies		Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
1992	Like Whiskey on the Breath of a Drunk You Love / The Flaw / Spumante Romantica		Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
1992	Little Ragged Blossom / More About Cuddlepot and Snugglepie		Stables Theatre, Sydney
1992	Last of the Earl Grey / A Surprise for Miffy		Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company with Missing Link Productions
1992	The Will		Harold Park Hotel, Sydney with Lounge Acts
1991	Tales from tte Decameron / Serious Money		NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney
1991	Merrily We Roll Along		NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney
1982	Fatal Johnny		Royalty Theatre, Adelaide with Adelaide Festival of Arts

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Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result
2015	The Present	Sydney Theatre Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Mainstream	Nominated
2015	The Rover	Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards	Best Actress in Supporting Role	Nominated
2014	The Rover	AACTA Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Won
2014	Small and Tired	Helpmann Awards	Best Actress in Supporting Role	Nominated
2013	Small and Tired	Sydney Theatre Awards	Best Actress in Supporting Role	Won
2012	Puberty Blues	AACTA Awards	Best Guest or Supporting Actress	Nominated
2008	Riflemimd	Helpmann Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
2007	The Saviour	Academy Awards	Best Live Action Short Film	Nominated
2003	A Cold Summer	Film Critics’ Circle Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
,2001	Sweet Road	Norman Kessell Memorial Awards	Outstanding Performance	Won
1998	Wolf Lullaby	Green Room Awards	Best Actress	Nominated

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