Australian actress
Amanda Douge (photo Ruth Crafer)
Amanda Douge
Born December 1976 (age 47) Occupation Actress Years active 1991–present
Amanda Douge (born December 1976) is an Australian actress, best known from various television and feature film roles.
Early life and Education
Douge was born in Melbourne in 1976, and studied law at Melbourne University (1993)[ 1] She has a Masters of Letters in Creative Writing and is a current PhD candidate at The University of Glasgow. (2024)[ 2]
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 long-running Australian tv soap 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 starring opposite 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 .[ 3]
She played Becky Gallagher, the mentally ill twin sister of Dr. Jack Gallagher on the US FOX drama Mental (2009).
Douge most recently appeared in two episodes of Hijack , starring Idris Elba (2023). Douge appears in the upcoming series Kaos (TV series) for Netflix in the role of Andromache (2024).
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
As actor
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[ 4]
2019
The Daughter Abroad
The Mother
Theatre 503, London [ 5]
As crew
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
[ 6]
Awards
[ 3]
References
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