Anne Looby is an Australian actress, producer and stage director. She is known for playing character roles in TV serials.

Career

Since graduating from

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in 1988, Looby has worked in theatre, television and film. She appeared in the serial ''

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'' as vet Anna "Lacey" Newman and '' All Saints'' as Julie Archer and the award-winning ABC mini-series ''

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''. She was awarded the

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for Best Actress in a mini-series for this role. She has appeared in the feature films ''Daydream Believer'' (1992), ''Willful'' (2001) and with

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in ''Disgrace''. In 2007, Looby was in ''Company'' in the role of Joanna. She appeared in the play ''Arcadia'', winning the Sydney Critic Award. Looby directed the stage productions of '' Hi-5 House Hits'' for international touring in 2014, followed by '' Hi-5 House of Dreams'' touring production in 2015. Between 2012 and 2016, she directed school productions of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'' and ''Twelfth Night''. In addition Anne has been assistant director at ACA for the 2012, 2014 productions of Reality Bytes. Between 2006 and 2011, Looby conceived, developed and produced

Breast Wishes ''Breast Wishes'' is an Australian musical comedy produced by Anne Looby, Simone Parrott and Neil Gooding with music and lyrics by Bruce Brown. Background In January 2005, Anne Looby's sister, Amanda, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Wanting to h ...

. She has taught acting-for-camera and Shakespeare for Beginners at both the NIDA summer school and Theatre Nepean UWS. She has also been a drama coach for HSC drama students. Looby was a member of the

Board of Studies for 11 years and is a member of the Actor's Centre Australia Advisory Board and member of the Sydney arts community and has been a member of

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for 30 years.

Filmography

References

External links

* AACTA Award winners Australian television actresses Australian stage actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian women 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-actor-stub