Kylie Belling is an Australian stage, film and television actress and voice artist, who has also worked in other occupations. she works as Senior Manager, First Peoples, for ''Creative Victoria''.

Biography

Belling was born in

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and is of Yorta Yorta/ Wiradjuri/ South Sea Islander heritage. She graduated from the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

Victorian College of the Arts in 1985. She qualified as a

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teacher, later becoming a

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. In 2017 she completed the Williamson Community Leadership Program. She has been active in

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community affairs in Victoria, working in various sectors for many statewide community and government organisations. Belling is known for her television work. She played inmate Sarah West in '' Prisoner'' and was also an original cast member of '' The Flying Doctors'' as Sharon Herbert. Belling had an ongoing role in the series '' The Genie from Down Under'', and in '' Redfern Now'' as Patricia. In film, she was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''

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'' in 1986. She is also known for her role in the 2012 movie '' The Sapphires'' as Geraldine. Belling was also the first actress to play Ruby in the

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play ''

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'' in 1998, a role she reprised in 2000 and 2003, in several performances across Australia and internationally. She also played many other stage roles between 1985 and 2008. She co-founded the

Ilbijerri Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre Cooperative __NOTOC__ Ilbijerri Theatre Company, formerly Ilbijerri Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre Cooperative and also known simply as Ilbijerri, styled ILBIJERRI, is an Australian theatre company based in Melbourne that creates theatre creat ...

in Melbourne in about 1991, also performing the role of

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Recognition

She has won a

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, a Koorie Women Mean Business Arts Award, and a Sydney Myer Performing Arts Indigenous Award.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Kylie Belling at the Australia Council
20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian actresses Australian film actresses Australian soap opera actresses Australian voice actresses Indigenous Australian actresses Living people 1964 births {{Australia-tv-actor-stub