Susie Porter


Susie Porter is an Australian television and film actress.

Early life

Porter was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, to Bill, a doctor, and Jenny, a nurse. She has two older sisters, Cathy and Jackie, and a younger sister, Louise. Porter attended Newcastle Grammar School and earned a bachelor of arts from the University of Newcastle. She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1995.

Acting career

Television

Porter began her acting career in an episode of House Gang, a short lived television program. She then had small roles in other Australian television programs in the late 1990s, including Big Sky, Wildside and Water Rats.
In 2006, Porter had a leading role in RAN, an Australian mini-series, which won her a Best Leading Actress in a Television Drama at the AFI Awards. In late 2007, she appeared in East West 101, a six-part drama series that aired on SBS. In 2008, Porter appeared in East of Everything and in the mini-series Make Or Break.
In 2009, Porter appeared on the second seasons of both East of Everything and East West 101, and first run The Jesters and My Place. In 2010, she appeared on the telemovie Sisters of War as Kay Parker. In 2011, she appeared in the third, and final season, of East West 101. In 2012, she appeared on Channel Ten's mini-series . She played Pam Knight in Puberty Blues from 2012 to 2014.
In 2017, Porter was cast in the Foxtel drama series Wentworth in the main role Marie Winter; the role was originally portrayed by Maggie Millar in Prisoner. Porter first appeared in Wentworth during the fourth episode of the sixth season, broadcast on 10 July 2018. She reprised her role as Marie Winter in the seventh season.

Film

In 1996, Porter made her film debut in Idiot Box. In 1997, she starred as Angie in the Australian comedy Welcome to Woop Woop. In 1999, she had a major role in Two Hands. In 2000, she starred in the film Bootmen and in the crime drama film The Monkey's Mask, which she plays a lesbian private detective who falls in love with a suspect. For which she won the award for 'Best Actress' at the Dallas OUT TAKES festival in 2001. In 2001, she appeared in the Australian movie Mullet and had a small role in .
In 2005, Porter had a supporting role in the Australian film Little Fish. In 2006, she had a role in the film The Caterpillar Wish which won her Best Supporting Actress in the AFI Awards.
In 2015, Porter starred in "Is this the real world".

Theatre

In 2011, Porter starred as Olive in the play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll at the Belvoir Theatre, Sydney.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996House GangBottle Shop GirlEpisode: "Truth or Dare"
1997Big SkyTracyEpisode: "Duke of Yarragul"
1998WildsideDebbieEpisode: "1.6"
Episode: "1.7"
1998Children's HospitalFrances ClarkeEpisode: "Tears Before Bedtime"
1998Water RatsJulie DrummondEpisode: "Heads or Tales"
1998AftershocksMarg TurnbullTV movie
2001'PandoraEpisode: "Secrets and Lies"
2003State of PlaySusan SagattcheanTV miniseries
2003Silent WitnessMaxine CroftEpisode: "Answering Fire: Part 1"
Episode: "Answering Fire: Part 2"
2006RAN Remote Area NurseHelen Tremaine6 episodes
2006Love My WayChristine4 episodes
2006'Sally Blair KinnellEpisode: "The Road Virus Heads North"
2006Two TwistedSamEpisode: "Delivery Man"
2007–2011East West 101Patricia Wright20 episodes
2008–2009East of EverythingEve Pritchard13 episodes
2009My PlaceMiss Muller7 episodes
2009–2011'Julia Wilson16 episodes
2010Sisters of WarKay ParkerTV movie
2012–14Puberty BluesPam KnightTV miniseries
2012Dance AcademyAnne Black3 episodes
2012'Vanessa RossTV miniseries
2012Dangerous RemedyPeggyTV movie
2012ProblemsMrs Moth4 Episodes
2013Who Do You Think You Are?Herself
2018–presentWentworthMarie WinterSeason 6−

Awards

Also been nominated at the AFI Awards in: