Amanda Douge

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Australian actress

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Field	Value
name	Amanda Douge
birth_date
birth_place	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
occupation	Actress, writer, climate scholar
years_active	1991–present
image	Amanda Douge (photo Ruth Crafer 2021).jpg
imagesize	200px
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Amanda Douge (born December 1976) is an Australian actress, theatre-maker, writer, and doctoral researcher known for her versatile career spanning film, television, stage performances, and academic work on climate transformations.

Early life and education

Douge was born in Melbourne in 1976, and studied law at Melbourne University (1993). She has a Masters of Letters in Creative Writing and is a PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow (2024).

She has extensively studied the Michael Chekhov technique (1997–2001).

Career

Douge's first on-screen was in an episode of The Flying Doctors in 1990. Shortly afterwards, she appeared as Annabelle Deacon in 8 episodes of Neighbours. She eventually secured regular roles in TV series' Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (1993–1994) as the voice of Dovis, The Man from Snowy River (1994–1996) as Victoria Blackwood and Raw FM (1997–1998) as Gerry Sano, she also played Kylen Celina in Fox's Space Above and Beyond (1995–96). From 2002 to 2003 she had a recurring role as Jennifer, a medical colleague of Alex and Rex on The Secret Life of Us.

She has also appeared on film, as Nellie Bolster in Hammers Over the Anvil (1993), Elloise Noble in Body Melt (1993) and most notably as Tegwyn Flack in the film adaptation of Tim Winton' novel, That Eye, The Sky (1994), a role for which she won a Best Supporting Actress award at the Australian Film Institute Awards.

Douge has performed with the Melbourne Theatre Company, La Mama Theatre and Malthouse Theatre. In 2002, she founded the Hoist Theatre Group, an ensemble which produced four critically acclaimed plays in Australia.

Douge has been based in the UK since 2005. Her first role after moving to London was appearing with David Suchet in Poirot: Taken at the Flood.

She became interested in arts education and has taught drama in the UK, at Blackheath Conservatoire. From 2016-2023 Douge ran a local children's theatre ensemble from Mycenae House, Greenwich.

She played Becky Gallagher, the mentally ill twin sister of Dr. Jack Gallagher on the US Foz drama Mental (2009).

Douge appeared in two episodes of Hijack, starring Idris Elba (2023). Douge appears in the series Kaos for Netflix in the role of Andromache (2024).

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Hammers Over the Anvil	Nellie Bolster
1993	Body Melt	Elloise Noble
1994	That Eye, the Sky	Tegwyn Flack
2002	Till Human Voices Wake Us	Katherine
2003	Horseplay	Grace
2006	Irresistible	Dress Shop Assistant
2006	Five Moments of Infidelity	Vicki
2009	Nine Miles Down	Kat
2009	Another Thing	Blonde woman	Short film
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	The Flying Doctors	Kath	"A Place for the Night"
1990	Neighbours	Annabelle Deacon	Recurring role
1991	A Country Practice	Belinda Mason	"Simply the Best: Parts 1 & 2"
1993–94	Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left	Dovis (voice)	Regular role
1994–1996	The Man from Snowy River	Victoria Blackwood	Recurring role
1995	Halifax f.p.	Lauren Hayward	"My Lovely Girl"
1995	Breaking News	Cammy	"A Man of His Convictions"
1995–96	Space: Above and Beyond	Kylen Celina	"Pilot", "Choice or Chance", "... Tell Our Moms We Done Our Best"
1997	State Coroner	Lee Turkel	"Dance 'Till You Drop"
1997–98	Raw FM	Gerry Sano	Regular role
1999	Water Rats	Carly Middleton	"Shark Bait"
1999	Close Contact	Liz Price	TV film
1999	**	Talibo	"Paradise Found"
2002	MDA	Lucy Carlton	"Love You to Death"
2002–03	**	Jennifer	Recurring role
2003	Stingers	Lucy Manella	"Cold War"
2003	Blue Heelers	Shaylee Simms	"The New Perfect"
2003	CrashBurn	Gina	"One Free Ticket to the Seychelles"
2004	Love Bytes	Clare	TV series
2006	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Lynn Marchmont	"Taken at the Flood"
2006	Sugar Rush	Dr. Candida	"2.6", "2.7"
2006	Sinchronicity	Dr. Reeves	"1.3"
2007	New Tricks	Sian Elton	"Nine Lives"
2007	Talk to Me	Cassie Cox	TV series
2007	Empathy	Sarah	TV film
2009	Breaking the Mould	Ethel Florey	TV film
2009	Mental	Becky Gallagher	"Do Over", "Lines in the Sand", "Life and Limb"
2010	Vexed	Charlotte	"1.2"
2021	Unforgotten	Janet	Series 4
2022	Kaos	Andromache	"1.3, 1.4","1.5" "1.8"
2023	Kingdom	News Anchor	"1.5", "1.6"
2023	Hijack	Newsreader	"Comply Slowly", "Brace Brace Brace"
2024	Kaos	Andromache	TV series
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Theatre

As actor

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Year	Title	Role	Venue / Company
1990	Advice from a Caterpillar		La Mama, Universal Theatre, Melbourne
1990	Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland		Werribee Park with Australian Shakespeare Company
1992	Vs.		La Mama for Melbourne International Comedy Festival
1994	The Lady from the Sea	Hilde	Russell Street Theatre
1997	Blackrock		Subiaco Theatre Centre with Black Swan State Theatre Company
1997	Jungfrau	Thea McKinley	Malthouse Theatre with Playbox Theatre Company
1997	The Tempest		Malthouse Theatre with Horned Moon Productions
2000	Off The Point		Trades Hall, Melbourne
2000	Death of a Salesman	Woman / Miss Forsythe / Jenny	Fairfax Studio with MTC
2001	The Duchess of Malfi	Midwife	Fairfax Studio with MTC
2002	It's a Family Affair	Ustinya Naumovna	Arts House Meat Market, North Melbourne Town Hall with The Hoist Theatre Group
2002	Antigone		Fortyfivedownstairs with The Hoist Theatre Group
2002	Medea		Horti Hall Gallery, Melbourne with Melbourne International Arts Festival
2003	The Government Inspector	Bob & various roles	Arts House Meat Market, North Melbourne Town Hall with The Hoist Theatre Group
2004	Honour	Claudia	Fairfax Studio with MTC
2004	Bold Girls		Melbourne & Victorian regional tour with Look Look Theatre
2004	Gamegirl		Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, Playhouse Theatre, Perth with Arena Theatre Company
2007	Splendour	The Photographer	The Project Space, Dublin
2019	The Daughter Abroad	The Mother	Theatre 503, London
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As crew

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Year	Title	Role	Venue / Company
	Romeo and Juliet	Director	Newtown Theatre, Sydney
	Henry V	Director	Newtown Theatre, Sydney
	The Fall	Adaptor	Melbourne Writers Festival
2002	Bearhunt	Director	Chunky Move Studios, Melbourne with The Hoist Theatre Group
2003	The Fall	Director	The Stork Hotel, Melbourne
2015-16	Fantasmata	Creator / Director	The Asylum Space & Peckham Festival, UK
2020-22	St Joan/Greta	Creator	Peckham Festival, UK
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Awards

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Year	Nominated work	Award	Category
1995	That Eye, the Sky	Australian Film Institute Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1995	That Eye, the Sky	Film Critics Circle Award	Best Supporting Actress
	Amanda Douge	The Queens Trust Awards	Young Australians for the Achievement of Excellence
	Amanda Douge	Ian Potter Cultural Awards	Outstanding Potential in the Arts
2002	Medea	Green Room Awards
2007	Splendour		Best Ensemble
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References

"Cast Biographies". Baby Banksia.
"Amanda Douge {{!}} Actress".
"Amanda Douge".
Meany, Helen. (30 May 2007). "Theatre review: Splendour / Project, Dublin".
"About".
"AusStage".
"Winners & Nominees".

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