Linda Cropper


Linda Cropper is an Australian actress, primarily known for her role as Geraldine Proudman in the TV series Offspring. Her other screen credits include the lead role of opera legend Nellie Melba in Melba as well as roles in ABC mini-series Palace of Dreams, Edens Lost, Ring of Scorpio, Bordertown, Wildside, Water Rats, All Saints, White Collar Blue and The Pacific. In 2010, Cropper was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance Satisfaction. Cropper is possibly best known to international audiences for her recurring role as Xhalax Sun during the third season of the science fiction series Farscape.
Cropper's film credits include Teesh and Trude, Little Fish and Fool's Gold.

Theatre

Cropper's theatre credits include Simon Phillip's co-production of Poor Boy for the Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company, and the role of Lady Macbeth in Bell Shakespeare's Macbeth. Her other credits with Bell Shakespeare include Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, As You Like It and Hamlet. Her Sydney Theatre Company credits include Arcadia, Month in the Country, Top Girls, and Great Expectations. Recently, Cropper won the Green Room Award for her performance in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of the new Australian play The Architect by Aidan Fennessy.