Celeste Dodwell
Celeste Dodwell is an Australian actress. She had a recurring role as Melody Jones on the Australian soap opera Home and Away and has since appeared in a range of film, television and stage roles.
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| London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
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| 2008–present |
| Home and Away |
| Grant Dodwell |
Celeste Dodwell is an Australian actress. She had a recurring role as Melody Jones on the Australian soap opera Home and Away and has since appeared in a range of film, television and stage roles.
Dodwell was born to A Country Practice actor Grant Dodwell and shoe designer Sian Dodwell, (who worked on the Australian production of Billy Elliot).
She attended Mosman High School in Mosman, New South Wales. She topped the state in drama in her HSC, and at age 18, found out she had scored a role in Home and Away just three days after her final high school exam.
Dodwell joined the soap opera Home and Away as Melody Jones in March 2008. It was reported that she was leaving in 2009 to study drama in London. She graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2013. In 2014, she appeared with Felicity Kendal in a UK tour of Hay Fever as Jackie.
In 2016, she appeared in the fifth series of BBC One drama Call the Midwife as Roseanne Dawley, a role in which The Daily Telegraph said Dodwell did "a fine job" of representing a young mother with post-natal depression.
Her film roles have included Allied alongside Brad Pitt, Cyrano with Peter Dinklage and the 2022 Bill Nighy film Living.
In 2022, she appeared as Ursula in Much Ado About Nothing at the National Theatre, London. On 8 September 2022, the production was filmed and broadcast live for cinemas. That year, she also appeared as Joanne in season three of Atlanta.
In 2023, Dodwell could be seen in Paramount+ thriller The Castaways alongside Sheridan Smith. That year, she was also cast in the second series of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power for Amazon Prime Video.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Filmmaker | Sally | Short film |
| 2012 | Careless Love | Imogen | |
| 2014 | The Sun Stands Still | Alice | Short film |
| 2016 | Allied | Scarlett | |
| 2021 | Cyrano | Theatre lady | |
| 2022 | Living | Mrs. Matthews | |
| National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing | Ursula |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Double Trouble | Sasha's friend (uncredited) | Episodes 6, 7 & 11 |
| 2008–2009 | Home and Away | Melody Jones | 61 episodes |
| 2015 | The Musketeers | Prostitute | Season 2, episodes 3 & 4: "The Good Traitor" and "Emilie" |
| 2016 | Call the Midwife | Roseanne Dawley | Season 5, episode 5 |
| 2018 | Endeavour | Anoushka Nolan | Season 5, episode 3: "Passenger" |
| Urban Myths | Nancy Neele | Season 2, episode 6: "Agatha Christie" | |
| 2020 | Sick of It | Sales Person | Season 2, episode 2: "The Ensuite" |
| 2022 | Atlanta | Joanne | Season 3, episode 3: "The Old Man and the Tree" |
| 2023 | The Castaways | Natasha | Episodes 1–5 |
| 2024 | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Elf Artisan | Season 2, episodes 1 & 2 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Crucible | Betty Parris | Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC |
| 2010 | As You Like It | Celia | Cleveland Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2010 | Three Sisters | Natasha | ATYP Studio, Wharf Theatre, Sydney with Cry Havoc |
| 2014–2015 | Hay Fever | Jackie Coryton | Theatre Royal, Bath, Duke of York's Theatre, London |
| 2017 | An Octoroon | Dora | Orange Tree Theatre, London |
| 2022 | Much Ado About Nothing | Ursula | National Theatre, London |
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- Celeste Dodwell at IMDb