Susan Lyons
Australian actress (born 1958)
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Susan Lyons (born 1958, Sydney) is an Australian actress.
Susan Lyons | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1958 (age 67–68) |
| Occupations | Actress, producer |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Known for | All Saints, Farscape |
| Spouse | Jefferson Mays |
| Children | 4 |
Career
Film and television
Lyons' television appearances include: A Country Practice, Police Rescue,[1] Murder Call, Farscape, Something in the Air and All Saints.
Her film appearances include: The Good Wife,[2] No Worries,[3] In a Savage Land,[4] Black and White, Corroboree, Martin Four and Napoleon.
Lyons starred in the 1998 Australian Christmas film Crackers, playing single mother Hilary who hates Christmas.[5]
Theatre
Lyons has also appeared extensively in stage productions for many of the major theatre companies in Australia, including Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, State Theatre Company of South Australia and Bell Shakespeare. She has appeared in such titles as Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, The Comedy of Errors, The Vagina Monologues, The Beggar’s Opera, As You Like It, Pygmalion, Measure for Measure and Two Weeks with the Queen.
Her most recent credits includes work as an associate director on the 2003 Broadway production of I Am My Own Wife directed by Moisés Kaufman[6] which was also staged in Melbourne in 2006. She also adapted a version of A Christmas Carol, which has been staged on Broadway and throughout the US from 2018 onward.
She has also narrated the audio book version of Incendiary, by Chris Cleave.[7]
Personal life
Lyons is married to Tony Award-winning theatre and film actor Jefferson Mays. They first met in 2002 when Lyons saw Mays perform in a production of Outward Bound at the Westport Country Playhouse, in Connecticut.[8]
Awards
| Year | With | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Susan Lyons | Marten Bequest Scholarship | Acting | Won[9] |
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The Winds of Jarrah | Diana Venness | Feature film |
| 1987 | The Umbrella Woman (aka The Good Wife) | Mrs. Fielding | Feature film |
| 1987 | The Riddle of the Stinson | Jean Batten | TV film |
| 1989 | The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro | Ruth | TV film |
| 1990 | Wendy Cracked a Walnut (aka ...Almost) | Caroline | Feature film |
| 1992 | Six Pack: Loveless | Annie | TV film series, 1 episode |
| 1993 | No Worries | Ellen Bell | Feature film |
| 1994 | Ebbtide | Alison | Feature film |
| 1994 | The Roly Poly Man | Sandra Burnett | Feature film |
| 1995 | Napoleon | Penny, Napoleon's Mum / Other Wallaby (voice) | Feature film |
| 1996 | The Territorians | Anne McCabe | TV film |
| 1998 | Halifax f.p.: Afraid of the Dark | Detective Helen de Castro | TV film series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | Crackers | Hilary Dredge | Feature film |
| 1999 | In a Savage Land | Helen Stevens | Feature film |
| 2001 | Martin Four | Grace | Film short |
| 2002 | Black and White | Dr. Thompson (uncredited) | Feature film |
| 2005 | Life | Jean Gregory | TV film |
| 2007 | Corroboree | Verna | Feature film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | For the Term of His Natural Life | Sarah | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1983; 1989; 1990 | A Country Practice | Sister Sandy Wright / Elizabeth Brown / Linda Freeman | TV series, 10 episodes |
| 1984 | Five Mile Creek | Miss Parling | TV series, season 2, episode 10: "Matchmaker" |
| 1987 | Willing and Abel | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1988 | Stringer | Laura Chandler | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 1990 | Rafferty's Rules | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1990 | Come in Spinner | Dallas McIntyre | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1991; 1993 | Eggshells | Jill Knight | TV series, 13 episodes |
| 1991 | G.P. | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1992 | E Street | Nancy Plimshaw | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1992 | Six Pack | Annie | TV series, season 1, episode 2: "Loveless" |
| 1995 | Police Rescue | Janet | TV series, season 4, episode 6: "Double Jeopardy" |
| 1996 | Mercury | Nell Roberts | TV miniseries, 13 episodes |
| 1996 | Sun on the Stubble | Ellie Gunther | TV miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 1997 | Fallen Angels | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1998 | Murder Call | Amanda MacKenzie | TV series, season 2, episode 16: "A View to a Kill" |
| 1998 | Three Forever | Martha Graves | TV miniseries |
| 1999 | Dog's Head Bay | Vicki Santorini | TV series, 13 episodes |
| 2001 | Farscape | Sierjna | TV series, season 3, episode 12: "Meltdown" |
| 2001 | All Saints | Natalie Moyes | TV series, season 4, episode 39: "Child's Play" |
| 2002 | Something in the Air | Sue Smithies | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 2010 | American Experience | Elizabeth Merry | TV series, season 22, episode 4: "Dolley Madison" |
Theatre
As actor
As director
| Year | Title | Role | Venue / Co. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–2004; 2006 | I Am My Own Wife | Artistic Consultant / Associate Director | Lyceum Theatre, Broadway, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with MTC |
| 2018–2024 | A Christmas Carol | Adaptor | Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles, South Coast Repertory Theatre, Park Theatre, New Hampshire, Nederlander Theatre, Broadway, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego |