AMANDA MUGGLETON...

Amanda trained at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Her career in Australia span's 28 years' working in all media including theatre, film, TV and radio. She has appeared in leading roles for practically every major theatre company and most leading entrepreneurs.

Amanda has won several very significant awards, for Shirley Valentine, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Norman Kessell Award), for Miss Hannigan in Annie (Colleen Clifford Award), Maria Callas in Master Class (a Green Room Award and a Robert Helpmann Award for best actress), and a second Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for her role as Mercedes Cortez in the Australian Musical, Eureka!

In late October 2008, it was announced that Amanda was nominated for an AFI Award for 'Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama' for her role as "Kathy Booth" in the 7-Network drama series City Homicide.

Amanda has just been nominated for an AFI Award for 'Best Guest or Supporting Actress In A Television Drama' (2008), for her role of Kathy Booth for Network Seven's City Homicide. She is best remembered for her portrayal of Chrissie Latham in Prisoner and Connie Ryan in Richmond Hill, as well as for appearances in A Country Practice, Cop Shop, Holiday Island, Headland, Peter And Pompey, Sweet & Sour, Willing And Able, Women Of The Sun and Sara Dane.

Her film credits include Mad Max, Street Hero, Queen of the Road, A Slice Of Life, Thirst, Idiot Box, Jump 1, 2, 3, Feeling Sexy and Mr Reliable.

For the Melbourne Theatre Company she was in the musical Privates On Parade, The Matchmaker, Bremen Coffee, A Boy For You And A Girl For Me, Master Class, Shirley Valentine, Fefu And Her Friends and The Seagull.

For the Sydney Theatre Company Master Class for which she won two Awards; A Green Room Award and A Robert Helpmann Award for Best Female Actress. Also Nicholas Nickelby and The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice and Soulmates.

For the Queensland Theatre Company, Duet For One, Winter's Tale, Gigi, We Were Dancing and Love Child.
For SATC Twelfth Night, Blithe Spirit and Master Class.
For Perth's Hole In The Wall, the premiere performance of Shirley Valentine, Medea and Educating Rita.
For Essgee HMS Pinafore, Eureka, Master Class.
For Malcolm Cook Productions The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
For The Production Company Hello Dolly.
For ICA The Book Club, Master Class, Shirley Valentine.
For GFO/SEL Annie.
For Melbourne's Playbox Theatre Antigone, Dirty Linen and Words, Words, Words.
For the Alexander Theatre, Melbourne Measure For Measure.
For Sydney's Phillip St Theatre Bedroom Farce, Educating Rita and Private Lives.
For Marian Street Theatre The Odd Couple (the female version) and Full Gallop. For Melbourne's Pram Factory Zastrottzi. Also in Melbourne for the Why Not Theatre Macbeth and Female Transport and for La Mama Hello & Goobye, Spider Rabbit and Zazu & Zercus.

Her commercial credits include the original Steaming for Wilton Morley. For Michael Edgely, the musical The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole and Shirley Valentine. For Paul Dainty Love Thy Neighbour and Shirley Valentine and for Mark Furness Don't Dress For Dinner for the London West End and Australian tour.

Along with Dennis Olsen, Amanda devised and co-produced Marvellous Party! which was presented around Australia. From this came Darling It's Noel produced by ICA.

In Europe she appeared in the Cheskoo Raree Show for the Harrogate Festival. She worked for one year at the Carictore Theatre Cardiff, Wales and Volte Face for London's Festival Hall.

Amanda Muggleton is a solo Cabaret artist and has performed at Star City (Sydney), VIC Arts Centre and many Cabaret venues around Australia. Her Cabaret partner is James Millar, writer of 'The Haptin', which was recently peformed at The Music Theatre Festival in New York.

THEATRE CREDITS
2009 : Mercy Motebello : MAN FROM MUKINUPIN : Company B
2009 : Lois/Ethel Reed : THE RUBY SUNRISE : Ensemble theatre
2008 : One Woman Show : THE BOOK CLUB : Noosa Long Weekend : Rodney Fisher
2006 : Kath : ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE : MTC : Simon Phillips
2006 : Sheila : LOSING LOUIS : ENSEMBLE THEATRE : Andrew Doyle
2006 : Anna : LOVE CHILD : HIT PRODUCTIONS : Bruce Miles
2003 : The White Witch : THE LION THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE : Malcolm Cooke & Associates : Nadia Tass
2004 : DARLING, IT'S NOEL : INT Concert Attractions : Rodney Fisher
2002 : Katie Best : SOULMATES: Melbourne Theate Company : David Williamson
2001 : Arkadina : THE SEAGULL : Melbourne Theatre Company
2000 : Maria Callas : MASTER CLASS : STC/STCSA & MTC: Rodney Fisher
1998 : Shirley Valentine : SHIRLEY VALENTINE : MTC & Hole In The Wall : Raymond Omodei
1998 : Dianna Vreeland : FULL GALLOP : Marian Street Theatre
1998 : Maria Callas : MASTER CLASS : Victorian Arts Centre: Rodney Fisher
1991 : NOEL COWARD'S PRIVATE LIVES : Sydney Theatre Company
1991 : Shirley Valentine : SHIRLEY VALENTINE : STC : Peter & Ellen Williams
1982 : Josie : STEAMING : Morely, Davis : Rodney Fisher
1981 : MOTHERS & FATHERS : Melb National Theatre : Directed by Amanda Muggleton
1981 : Ermingarde : THE MATCHMAKER : Melbourne Theatre Company
1980 : Sylvia Morgan : PRIVATES ON PARADE : Melbourne Theatre Company
1980 : Margo Le Grand : A BOY FOR ME & A GIRL FOR YOU : MTC : Judith Alexander
1980 : Geesche Gottfried : BREMEN COFFEE : MTC : Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1979 : Antigone : ANTIGONE : Playbox : Sophocles Hoopla
1979 : Julia : ZASTROZZI : APG : Paul Trahair
1979 : Isabella : MEASURE FOR MEASURE : Alexander Theatre Company
1979 : Maddie Gotobed : DIRTY LINEN : Hoopla Productions: Tom Stoppard
1978 : Poetry Readings : WORDS WORDS WORDS : Rudolph Walker : John Comero
1978 : Eddy's Girlfriend : LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR : Playbox
1976 : Hester : HELLO AND GOODBYE : TAT Theatre : Athol Fugard
1976 : Zazu : ZAZU AND ZERCUS : Mime Act : The Schools Commission
1975 : Lady Macbeth : MACBETH : Why Not Theatre : Ian McFadgen
1974 : FEMALE TRANSPORT : New Theatre : Steve Gooch

MUSICALS
2008 : Maggie/Sarah : FOR ALL IT'S WORTH WORKSHOP : Kookaburra : Gale Edwards
2004 : Mercedes Cortez : EUREKA : Essgee Productions : Gale Edwards
2002 : Dolly Levi : HELLO DOLLY! : The Production Company :
2000 : Ms Hannigan : ANNIE : John Frost Productions/SEL : Martin Charnin
2000 : Buttercup : HMS PINEAFORE : Essgee Productions : Craig Shaffer

TELEVISION
2007 : Kathy Booth : CITY HOMICIDE : Channel 7 : Pino Amenta
2005 : Guest lead : HEADLAND : Channel 7 : Jean-Pierre Mignon
1988 : Connie Ryan : RICHMOND HILL : Grundy Television
1988 : Miria Malloy : TOUCH THE SUN: PETER & POMPEY :
1987 : Jill Rice : A COUNTRY PRACTICE : Network 7
1984 : Ros Henkle : A COUNTRY PRACTICE : Network 7
1984 : Gayle O'Reagan : QUEEN OF THE ROAD :
1983 : Karen Murdoch : A COUNTRY PRACTICE : Network 7
1982 : Nell Finnigan : SARA DANE : Channel 10
1981 : Secretay : WOMEN OF THE SUN :
1981 : Rith Faraday : HOLIDAY ISLAND
1979 : Chrissie Latham : PRISONER (1979-83) : Grundy Productions

FILM
1999 : Vicki's Mum : FEELING SEXY : Binnnaburra Film Co : Davida Allen
1996 : Kev's Mum : IDIOT BOX : Central Park Films : David Caesar
1996 : Mrs Morgan : MR RELIABLE : Hayes Mcelroy Production
1984 : Miss Reagan : STREET HERO : Michael Pattinson
1979 : Martha Pearson : THIRST : Rod Hardy
1979 : Hoonette : MAD MAX 1 : George Millar

 

 

[Above] Actor AMANDA MUGGLETON

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