Anya Beyersdorf is an Australian actress-turned-writer/director born in Armidale, New South Wales. In 2014 she won an AWGIE Award - the Monte Miller Award for her screenplay Paradise at the Australian Writer's Guild Awards. In 2016, she was awarded one of four inaugural Lexus Australia Short Film Fellowships by the Sydney Film Festival. She was also a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting semi-finalist. Beyersdorf trained in acting and directing in the theatres of Berlin after winning the Marten Bequest Prize for Acting for 2008/2009, working under Bulgarian director

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on the play ''The Powder Keg at Der Haus der Berliner Festspiele'', as well as traveling and studying performance in Poland, Denmark and the USA. Beyersdorf was one of eight actresses who played the title character Angie in John Winter’s directorial debut feature film, ''

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''. It was her second feature film, after ''Rats and Cats'' in 2007. Beyersdorf has acted in six short films, including playing the role of Emma in ''Emma and the Barista'' on ABC TV. She played the lead role in the

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short film ''Love’s Labour'', which was nominated for a Dendy Award in 2007. She also played the role of Tamara in the short film ''Dugong'', which was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award in 2007.

Filmography

Film Television

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* Australian film actresses Living people Actresses from New South Wales People from Armidale Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-actor-stub