Geraldine Brophy (born 1961) is a New Zealand television, film and stage actress, theatre director and playwright.

Biography

Brophy was born in

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, England to Irish parents. She and her family emigrated to New Zealand in 1972, when she was 12 years old. She attended Sacred Heart College in Lower Hutt. She left school when she was 16 years old, and received her first professional acting role in 1983, at the Centrepoint Theatre in

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. The following year she joined the Fortune Theatre company in Dunedin, and for ten years she was a core member of the Court Theatre company in Christchurch. She has also appeared for Downstage Theatre and

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in Wellington and Auckland Theatre Company. In 2002, Brophy played the title role in the New Zealand Actors' Company production of Shakespeare's ''

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'', Leah. Brophy's first film appearance was in

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's film ''Home Movie'' in 1997, for which she won the New Zealand Film and Television Best Actress Award. After this role she was cast as the receptionist,

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, in television soap opera ''

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'', and played the character for 4 years. In the 2000s Brophy appeared in television and film productions, including a season of ''

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,'' during which she was injured and required surgery. In 2003 Brophy began writing plays. Her first play was ''The Viagra Monologues'', followed in 2004 by ''Mary’s Gospel'' and ''Confessions of a Chocoholic''. She has also written ''Real Estate, The Paradise Package'' and ''The Merry Wives of Windsor Avenue,'' which was commissioned by Downstage and Centrepoint Theatres in 2008. Brophy and her daughter Beatrice Joblin co-wrote ''Ladies A Plate.'' Brophy has also directed plays on stage. In 2007, she directed ''Finding Murdoch'' for Downstage Theatre, ''Doubt'' for the Court Theatre, and ''

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''. The following year she directed ''

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'' for the Court Theatre.

Screenography

Film

Television

Awards and recognition

Personal life

Brophy is married to actor Ross Joblin and has two daughters. Their daughter Beatrice Joblin is a writer, director and producer.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brophy, Geraldine Living people English emigrants to New Zealand People from Birmingham, West Midlands New Zealand film actresses New Zealand television actresses New Zealand stage actresses 1961 births 21st-century New Zealand dramatists and playwrights People educated at Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt