Geneviève Lemon

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Genevieve Lemon is an Australian actress who has appeared in a number of soap operas – as Zelda Baker in The Young Doctors, Marlene "Rabbit" Warren in Prisoner and Brenda Riley in Neighbours. She showed her comedic and singing talents in the televised revue show Three Men and a Baby Grand. Lemon has also appeared in a number of films directed by Jane Campion – Sweetie, The Piano and Holy Smoke. She played in the stage production "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – the Musical" as the barmaid and owner of the Broken Hill Hotel, Shirley. Her first CD, with her band, is called "Angels in the City". It is a live recording of a concert she performed in the Studio at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Singing around the House series. Genevieve Lemon is currently on stage at London's Victoria Palace Theatre, portraying Mrs Wilkinson in Billy Elliot the Musical, a role she performed firstly in Sydney then Melbourne. On 21 January 2008 she won the Best Actress in a Musical award at the 2007 Sydney Theatre Awards. Lemon won a 2008 Helpmann Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Billy Elliot the Musical. Lemon has worked extensively for a number of major state theatre companies in Australia. Lemon began her career with the Leichhardt-based amateur theater company, The Rocks Players. Description above from the Wikipedia article Genevieve Lemon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

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2025
Cruel Hands
Movie Lucille
2025
Kangaroo
Movie Bernadette
2024
Runt
Movie Dolly Shearer
2024
Return to Paradise
TV show Madge Woodburne
2024
Population 11
TV show Valerie Hogarth
2023
The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race
Movie Barb
2023
Totally Completely Fine
TV show Lorraine Mathews
2022
Colin from Accounts
TV show Jenny
2022
Christmas Ransom
Movie Nan
2022
Ticket to Paradise
Movie Beth-Ann
2022
Here Out West
Movie Nancy
2022
The Tourist
TV show Sue
2021
The Power of the Dog
Movie Mrs. Lewis
2021
Eden
TV show Fiona Palmer
2021
Sweet River
Movie Elenor Drake
2019
Frayed
TV show Shirley

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2018
Ladies in Black
Movie Mrs. Wentworth
2018
Acute Misfortune
Movie Geneviève Lemon
2015
The Secret River
TV show Mrs. Herring
2015
Redfern Now: Promise Me
Movie Dr Linda
2013
Top of the Lake
TV show Bunny
2008
The Adventures of Charlotte and Henry
Movie Charlotte's Mum / Henry's Mum / Madame (voice)
2008
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Movie Pam Garner (segment "The Water Diary")
2007
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie Bug (segment: The Lady Bug)
2006
Suburban Mayhem
Movie Auntie Diane
2006
Making Sweetie
Movie Self
2006
The Water Diary
Movie Pam
2003
The Postcard Bandit
Movie Nola
2001
Always Greener
TV show Loretta
1999
Soft Fruit
Movie Josie
1999
Holy Smoke
Movie Rahi
1997
The Well
Movie Jen Bordern
1995
Billy's Holiday
Movie Julie
1993
The Piano
Movie Nessie
1992
Big ideas
Movie Beth Draper
1989
Sweetie
Movie Dawn 'Sweetie'
1989
Luigi’s Ladies
Movie Debbie
1988
Home and Away
TV show Hazel Easton
1987
Rafferty's Rules
TV show Julie
1986
The Flying Doctors
TV show Libby