Camilla Ah Kin (6 July 1964 – 9 June 2023) was an Australian actress known for her work on ''

Holding the Man ''Holding the Man'' is a 1995 memoir by Australian writer, actor, and activist Timothy Conigrave. It tells of his 15-year love affair with John Caleo, which started when they met in the mid-1970s at Xavier College, an all-boys Jesuit Catholi ...

'', ''Ali & the Ball'', '' Going Home'', and Channel 9 comedy series ''

Here Come the Habibs ''Here Come the Habibs'' is an Australian television comedy series produced by Jungle Entertainment. A sitcom featuring a Lebanese Australian family who win the lottery and move to the posh eastern suburbs of Sydney, the show premiered on the N ...

''.

Biography

Ah Kin was a graduate of the

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan University (ECU) was established in 1980 to provide performing arts tuition. WAAPA (commonly pronounced "whopp-a") operates as a part of ECU, located at the ECU campus in ...

. Her work included theatre, film, and TV as a performer. In 1992, she received a cultural scholarship from the government of France to study at L’École Internationale du Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. She also completed Master of Arts (Research) with the Department of Performance Studies at the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...

. Ah Kin appeared in productions for companies including Bell Shakespeare, Belvoir,

Sydney Theatre Company Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is an Australian theatre company based in Sydney, New South Wales. The company performs in The Wharf Theatre at Dawes Point in The Rocks area of Sydney, as well as the Roslyn Packer Theatre (formerly Sydney Thea ...

, Melbourne Theatre Company, WA Theatre Company (Black Swan),

Ensemble Theatre The Ensemble Theatre is an Australian theatre company and theatre, situated in the Sydney suburb of Kirribilli, New South Wales. History It is Australia's longest continuously running professional theatre group, having given its first performa ...

, and

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. She had also worked as a director,

dramaturge A dramaturge or dramaturg is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programmes (or helps others with these tasks), consults auth ...

, and teacher. In 2015, she was featured on the Australian romantic drama film ''Holding the Man''. In 2016, Ah Kin was chosen to portray Mariam Habib in a leading role on ''

''. Ah Kin died on 9 June 2023, at the age of 58.

Credits

Film

* ''Ali & the Ball'' (short film) (2008) * ''

'' (2015) as Lois Caleo * '' What About Sal?'' (2023) as Suzanna; Posthumous release

Television

* ''

Halifax f.p. ''Halifax f.p.'' is an Australian television crime series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2002. The series stars Rebecca Gibney as Doctor Jane Halifax, a forensic psychiatrist investigating cases involving the mental state of suspects or ...

'' (1996) * '' Blue Heelers'' (1997) * ''

Murder Call ''Murder Call'' is an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and broadcast on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The series was inspired by the ''Tessa Vance'' novels by Jennifer Rowe, bot ...

'' (1999) * '' Going Home'' (2000) * '' All Saints'' (2002–07) * ''

Stories from the Golf ''Stories from the Golf'' is an Australian television comedy series first broadcast on SBS in 2004. The series was made up of 13 five-minute episodes. ''Stories from the Golf'' was written and produced by Wayne Hope and Robyn Butler. Cast * Way ...

'' (2004) * ''

Stupid, Stupid Man ''Stupid, Stupid Man '' is an Australian television comedy which originally aired on TV1. It is set in the office of the fictional men's magazine ''COQ'' (''Chap's Own Quarterly''), parodying such men's magazines as ''FHM'' and ''Ralph''. The fi ...

'' (2006–08) as Sandra * '' Tough Nuts: Australia's Hardest Criminals'' (2011) * ''

Rake Rake may refer to: * Rake (stock character), a man habituated to immoral conduct * Rake (theatre), the artificial slope of a theatre stage Science and technology * Rake receiver, a radio receiver * Rake (geology), the angle between a feature on a ...

'' (2012) * ''

'' (2016–17) as Mariam Habib

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ah Kin, Camilla 1964 births 2023 deaths Year of birth uncertain 21st-century Australian actresses Australian film actresses Australian television actresses