Nina Landis
Australian actress
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Nina Landis is an Australian stage and screen actress, who trained in Australia and New York.
Nina Landis | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1978–2014 |
Early life
Landis studied drama at Flinders University, Adelaide in the mid to late 1970s.
Career
Landis' feature film credits include the title role (Rikky) in Rikky and Pete, Komodo, Four of a Kind, Handle with Care, and Blackjack: Sweet Science.
Her principal roles on television include Embassy, Prime Time, The Keepers, One Summer Again, MDA, The Flying Doctors, Prisoner, A Country Practice.
She has performed on the stages of national theatre companies and fringe theatres.
Landis also lectures on acting, is a voice-over artist, and a documentary photographer.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Nightmares | Judy[1] | Feature film |
| 1985 | Niel Lynne | Helen | Feature film |
| 1987 | To Market to Market | Samantha | Feature film |
| 1988 | Rikky and Pete | Rikky Menzies[2] | Feature film |
| 1991 | Antamosi | Film short | |
| 1997 | True Love and Chaos | Affirmation Voice | Feature film |
| 1999 | Komodo | Aunt Annie[1] | Feature film |
| 2008 | Four of a Kind | Susan | Feature film |
| 2008 | Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Herself | Feature film documentary |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981; 1984 | Cop Shop | Ellen Shannon | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1981 | Prisoner | Michelle Parkes | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 1981; 1993 | A Country Practice | Sandra Popovich | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1982 | The Sullivans | Guest role: Molly | TV series |
| 1984 | The Keepers | Miriam Woods | TV series, 9 episodes |
| 1984 | Special Squad | Lisa | TV series, episode 10: "Duel" |
| 1984 | Carson's Law | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1985 | One Summer Again | Clara Southern | TV miniseries |
| 1985 | Handle with Care | Julie | TV film |
| 1986 | Prime Time | Kate MacArthur | TV series |
| 1987 | Always Afternoon | Renata Stein | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1988 | Rafferty's Rules | Jan Mondale | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1990 | The Flying Doctors | Megan Price | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1990 | Embassy | Susan Derek | TV pilot |
| 1990–91 | Embassy | Susan Derek | TV series, 25 episodes |
| 1992 | The Late Show | Sally Bowen | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993 | A Country Practice | TV series, 2 episodes | |
| 1994–97 | Ocean Girl[3] | H.E.L.E.N. (voice) | TV series, 78 episodes |
| 1999 | Thunderstone | Syndia | TV series, 19 episodes |
| 2002–03 | MDA | Claudia Montserrat | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 2003 | Wilderness | Narrator | Film documentary |
| 2004 | BlackJack: Sweet Science | Stella Anderson | TV film series |
| 2008 | The Hollowmen | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 2008 | City Homicide | Valerie Zimmerman | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Liquid Stone: Unlocking Gaudi's Secret | Narrator | Film documentary |
| 2014 | Neighbours | Judge Lockwood | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2015 | Little Stars | Narrator | Film documentary |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel Baltimore | Suzy | Drama Centre, Adelaide | |
| Dracula | Lucy | Drama Centre, Adelaide | |
| The Trial | Mrs Burstner | Drama Centre, Adelaide | |
| Lysistrata | Lampito | Dodd Street Theatre, Melbourne | |
| Dōjōji (The Dancer) | The Dancer | Drama Centre, Adelaide | |
| 1978 | Oedipus the King / Oedipus at Colonus | Suppliants / Guards / Attendants | The Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA for Adelaide Festival |
| 1979 | Hamlet | The Playhouse, Adelaide, with STCSA | |
| 1979 | The Shaughraun | Moya | The Playhouse, Adelaide, with STCSA |
| 1979 | Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Bubba | STCSA |
| 1980 | Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book for Boys | Lois | Space Theatre, Adelaide & Edinburgh Festival with The Stage Company |
| 1981 | Covenant of the Rainbow | Art | La Mama, Melbourne |
| 1982 | Degrees of Change | ||
| 1984 | Scapin | Zerbinetta | Hoyts Prince Theatre, Hobart, Studio Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company |
| 1992 | No Going Back | Ruth | Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, with MTC |
| 1993 | Blood Moon | Katina | Theatre Works, Melbourne |
| 1994 | Wounds to the Face | The Mother | Theatre Works, Melbourne, with Black Box Theatre Company |
| 2023 | Way | Voice Over Artist | La Mama, Melbourne |
