Lucy Bell

Not to be confused with Lucybell.

Lucy Bell
Born
Lucy Bell

(1968-12-23) 23 December 1968 (age 56)
Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
EducationNational Institute of Dramatic Art (1991)
Occupation(s)Television and film actress
Known forMurder Call (1997–2000)
The Wog Boy (2000)
SpouseJames O'Loghlin
Children3
FamilyJohn Bell (father)
Anna Volska (mother)
Hilary Bell (sister)

Lucy Bell (born 23 December 1968) is an English-born Australian actress who appears in Australian television, film and theatre.[1]

Early life

Bell was born in 1968 in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom, to Australian actor/director John Bell and Polish-born Australian actress Anna Volska, while they were working for the Royal Shakespeare Company. She grew up alongside older sister Hilary Bell, who is an accomplished playwright.[2]

Bell studied at Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1991.[3]

Career

Television

Bell began her career in 1981, with a guest role in the miniseries A Town Like Alice. For several years she then appeared in television guest roles, before securing a lead role as Kate Logan in Snowy in 1993.

In 1994 and 1996, Bell had two recurring roles in G.P.. She then played the co-lead role of Detective Tessa Vance in Murder Call alongside Peter Mochrie across three seasons, from 1997 until 2000. In 2003, she starred in the second season of Grass Roots as Emily Bell. She had two recurring role in All Saints in 2006 and 2007, and a lead role as Tess Jardine in 2009 miniseries Dirt Game.[4]

In 2018, Bell starred in miniseries Fighting Season as Phillipa Vogel and in 2022, she feature as Jodie in miniseries Amazing Grace. More recently, she has had parts as Belinda in miniseries Black Snow in 2022 and Lynn Walcott in The Secrets She Keeps from 2022 to 2023.

Film

Bells first film role was in 1985 period drama Burke & Wills, alongside Jack Thompson. She then appeared in 1993 romance drama The Nostradamus Kid, opposite Noah Taylor and Miranda Otto. In 1994, she starred Mary McKillop in the biographical docudrama film Mary. She appeared in the 1997 films Oscar and Lucinda and Thank God He Met Lizzie, both of which starred Cate Blanchett.

Bell then starred as Celia alongside Nick Giannopoulos in the 2000 cult comedy film The Wog Boy. In 2008, she had roles in drama Ten Empty and neo-noir thriller The Square.[4]

Personal life

Bell is married to writer, TV and radio presenter, stand up comic, author and former lawyer James O'Loghlin and together they have three daughters.[5][6]

Bell is a vegetarian.[7]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1981 A Town Like Alice Jane Holland Miniseries, 1 episode
1992 A Country Practice Louise Callaghan 1 episode
1993 Snowy Kate Logan Miniseries, 13 episodes
1994–1996 G.P. Lizzie Dunstan / Michelle Evans 6 episodes
1997 Water Rats Angela Dimitriou 1 episode
1997–2000 Murder Call Detective Tessa Vance 56 episodes
1998 Wildside Nina 2 episodes
2001 Burke's Backyard Celebrity Gardner (with Anna Volska & John Bell) 1 episode
My Husband, My Killer Marlene Watson TV movie
Farscape Nurse Kelsa 1 episode
2003 Grass Roots Emily Bell Season 2, 7 episodes
White Collar Blue Mia 1 episode
2004 Through My Eyes Juror Miniseries, 2 episodes
2006–2007 All Saints Sonia Moore / Marie Booth 6 episodes
2007 Bastard Boys Petra Hilsen Miniseries
2009 City Homicide Deborah Van Der Lind 1 episode
Dirt Game Tess Jardine Miniseries, 6 episodes
:30 Seconds Amanda Walls 1 episode
2010 Cops L.A.C. Neighbour 1 episode
2011 Crownies Ruth Steinberg 1 episode
2013 Paper Giants: Magazine Wars[8] Susan Duncan Miniseries, 2 episodes
2014 Love Child Belinda Saunders 1 episode
A Place to Call Home Adele Duval 1 episode
2015 Catching Milat Jill Walters Miniseries, 2 episodes
2016 John Bell: One Man Show Herself TV special
2017 Here Come the Habibs Magistrate 1 episode
2018 Home and Away Prosecutor Barnesdale 2 episodes
Rake Senator Fiona Boyd 1 episode
Fighting Season Phillipa Vogel Miniseries, 5 episodes
2020 Between Two Worlds Celebrant 1 episode
2021 Amazing Grace Jodie 3 episodes
2022 The Secrets She Keeps Belinda 6 episodes
2022–2023 Black Snow Lyn Walcott 4 episodes

Film

Year Title Role Type
1985 Burke & Wills Kyte's Daughter Feature film
1993 The Nostradamus Kid Sarai Anderson Feature film
1993 Crimetime Feature film
1994 Mary Mary McKillop TV movie
1997 Thank God He Met Lizzie (aka The Wedding Party) Andi Feature film
1997 Oscar and Lucinda Miss Mary Hasset Feature film
1999 Sydney – A Story of a City Virginia Feature film
2000 The Wog Boy Celia O'Brien Feature film
2008 The Square Martha Yale Feature film
2008 Ten Empty Diane Feature film
2016 Emerald City: Live Kate Leigh Film

Shorts

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Dots Marge Short
Second Best Dina Short
2011 Cupid Diana Short
2008 Almost Eleven The Mum Short
2008 April in July Anne Short
1995 Swinger Girlfriend Short

Theatre

As actor

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Merrily We Roll Along NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney
1991 Tales of the Decameron / Serious Money NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney
1992 For Julia Julia Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1993 Scenes from an Execution Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
1994 Blue Murder Eve Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
1994 Mack and Mabel - In Concert Narrator State Theatre, Melbourne with The Gordon Frost Organisation
1994 The Cafe Latte Kid / Darling Oscar Wharf Studio Theatre, Sydney with STC
1995 Twelfth Night Viola University of Sydney, Monash University, Melbourne, Melbourne Athenaeum, Canberra Theatre, Playhouse, Adelaide with Bell Shakespeare
1995 Pericles Marina University of Sydney, Monash University, Melbourne, Melbourne Athenaeum, Canberra Theatre, Playhouse, Adelaide with Bell Shakespeare
1996 As You Like It Sydney Opera House with STC
1996 Wolf Lullaby Lizzie Gael Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
1999 Svetlana in Slingbacks / Salt Orange Australian National Playwrights Conference, Canberra
2000 The Falls Alberta Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
2000 Twelfth Night Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
2001 The Vagina Monologues Valhalla Cinema, Sydney
2004 Through the Wire Sydney Opera House
2004 Humble Boy Seymour Centre, Sydney
2005 The Cherry Orchard Varya Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC
2011 Speaking in Tongues Jane Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
2012 The Duchess of Malfi Duchess of Malfi Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare
2012 Between Two Waves Voice Over Artist Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
2013 Dreams in White Anne Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
2014; 2016 Emerald City Kate Stables Theatre, Sydney, Online with Griffin Theatre Company
2015 The Anzac Project: Dear Mum and Dad / Light Begins to Fade Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
2018 Marjorie Prime Tess Ensemble Theatre, Sydney[9]
2019 Splinter Woman Stables Theatre, Sydney, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga with Griffin Theatre Company
2021 Appropriate Rachael Kramer-Lafayette Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney with STC
2021 Honour Honour Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
2022 Hamlet Gertrude Sydney Opera House, Canberra Theatre, Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with Bell Shakespeare
2023 Romeo and Juliet The Nurse The Neilson Nutshell, Sydney with Bell Shakespeare[10]
2024 RBG: Of Many, One Understudy Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Brisbane with STC
2024 In a Nutshell: The Poetry of Violence The Neilson Nutshell, Sydney, Canberra Theatre with Bell Shakespeare[11]

As director

Year Title Role Notes
1988 Warner Warner Director University of Sydney
2006 Light Years Director Wharf Theatre, Sydney with ATYP

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Awards and nominations

Year Work Award Category Result
2013 Paper Giants: Magazine Wars Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Miniseries or Telemovie Nominated
2014 Emerald City Glugs Theatrical Awards Norman Kessell Memorial Award for Most Outstanding Actor Won[13]
2021 Appropriate Sydney Theatre Awards Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Mainstage Production Nominated[14]

References

  1. ^ "Fantastic voyagers". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 March 2004. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Fantastic voyagers". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 March 2004. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Murder Call: profiles". Australian Television Information Archive. 15 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b Lucy Bell at IMDb
  5. ^ "Fantastic voyagers". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 March 2004. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  6. ^ "James O'Loghlin reveals the stories behind some of his favourites". www.realestate.com.au. 6 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Lunch with James O'Loghlin". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Paper Giants: Magazine Wars: Sneak peek | TV Tonight". 16 May 2013.
  9. ^ "In a Nutshell: The Poetry of Violence". Suzy Goes See. 19 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Romeo and Juliet | Bell Shakespeare". australianstage.com.au. 19 July 2023.
  11. ^ "In a Nutshell: The Poetry of Violence". Bell Shakespeare.
  12. ^ "Lucy Bell". AusStage.
  13. ^ "Lucy Bell". Ensemble Theatre. 1 May 2018.
  14. ^ "2021 Sydney Theatre Awards Nominations Announced". KXT on Broadway. 10 January 2022.