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Alexandra Schepisi
Alexandra Schepisi ( ) is an Australian actress. Early life Schepisi was born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is the daughter of filmmaker Fred Schepisi and casting director Rhonda (nee Finlayson) Schepisi. She obtained her bachelor's degree in dramatic art from Victorian College of the Arts in 1997. Career Schepisi made her acting debut as a baby, in the role of Baby Hersey in the 1978 drama film ''The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith'', which her father scripted and directed. In 2011, as an adult, she appeared in another film of her father's, '' The Eye of the Storm'' (2011). Schepisi has performed on stage, including the Melbourne Theatre Company production ''A Doll's House''. Schepisi has appeared in a number of Australian films and television shows. Her TV acting credits include ''The Secret Life of Us ''The Secret Life of Us'' is an Australian television drama series set in the beachside neighbourhood of St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AACTA Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the cinema of Australia, film and television in Australia, television industry, both locally and internationally, including the producers, directors, actors, writers, and cinematographers. It is the most prestigious awards ceremony for the Cinema of Australia, Australian film and Television in Australia, television industry. They are generally considered to be the Australian counterpart of the Academy Awards for the United States and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA Awards for the United Kingdom. The awards, previously called Australian Film Institute Awards or AFI Awards, began in 1958, and involved 30 nominations across six categories. They expanded in 1986 to cover television as well as film. The AACTA Awards were instituted in 2011. The AACTA Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matching Jack
''Matching Jack'' is a 2010 Australian drama film directed by Nadia Tass from a screenplay by Lynne Renew and David Parker (director), David Parker, based on an unfilmed script by Renew entitled ''Love and Mortar''. Plot Life seems idyllic for Marisa and her son, Jack, until a poor performance at a school soccer match ends with Jack in hospital and Marisa trying to find her husband, David, who is interstate at a conference. In fact, David is planning to leave Marisa for his current mistress, Veronica, with his phone off and not a care in the world. Jack is diagnosed with leukaemia and the only possibility of a cure is if David has had a child from one of his many flings who could be a bone marrow donor. Marisa looks back through his diaries, figures when he could have been having affairs, and goes out door knocking. Unsuspecting women face a desperate mother as Marisa searches high and low for possibilities and the full scale of David's infidelity is revealed. Meanwhile, Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
