Anne Looby

Anne Looby is an Australian actress, producer and stage director. She is known for playing character roles in TV serials.

Career

Screen

Since graduating from NIDA in 1988, Looby has worked in theatre, television and film. She appeared in the serial A Country Practice as vet Anna "Lacey" Newman and All Saints as Julie Archer and the award-winning ABC mini-series Simone de Beauvoir's Babies. She was awarded the AFI for Best Actress in a mini-series for this role.

She has appeared in the feature films Daydream Believer (1992), Willful (2001) and with John Malkovich in Disgrace.

Stage In 2007, Looby was in Company in the role of Joanna. She appeared in the play Arcadia, winning the Sydney Critic Award.

Looby directed the stage productions of Hi-5 House Hits for international touring in 2014, followed by Hi-5 House of Dreams touring production in 2015. Between 2012 and 2016, she directed school productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night. In addition, Anne has been assistant director at ACA for the 2012, 2014 productions of Reality Bytes.

Between 2006 and 2011, Looby conceived, developed and produced Breast Wishes.

She has taught acting-for-camera and Shakespeare for Beginners at both the NIDA summer school and Theatre Nepean UWS. She has also been a drama coach for HSC drama students.

Looby was a member of the NIDA Board of Studies for 11 years and is a member of the Actors Centre Australia Advisory Board and member of the Sydney arts community and has been a member of MEAA for 30 years.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Type 1991 Strangers Anna TV movie 1992 Over the Hill TV reporter Feature film 1992 Daydream Believer Margo Feature film 2005 Alex's Party Laura Short film 2007 Frail Mother Short film 2007 Hammer Bay Lauren Clarke TV film2008 Disgrace Rosalind Feature film

Television Year Title Role Type 1985 Star Search Contestant with Phillip Stammers (Winner) TV series 1989 Rafferty's Rules Katherie Dever TV series 1991 Embassy Kate TV series 1990 A Country Practice Jennifer Rose TV series1992–1993 A Country Practice Anna Lacey Newman TV series, 148 episodes 1994 G.P. Grace TV series 1996 Heartbreak High Dana TV series 1997 Simone de Beauvoir's Babies Louise TV miniseries 1997–1998 Wildside Carla Wallace TV series 1999 See How They Run Lilly Morton/Cassidy TV series 2000 Water Rats Gabrielle Lloyd McMahon TV series 2001 Willful Katya 2001 Corridors of Power Caroline Fielding TV series 2003 Always Greener Margaret Milne TV series 2003–2004 All Saints Julie Archer TV series 2012 Underbelly Anthony’s Barrister TV series 2013 Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War Florence Packer TV miniseries 2010–2013 Dance Academy Dr. Wicks TV series 2016 Rake Stella TV series 2017 House of Bond Kathleen Bond TV miniseries

Theatre

As actor Year Title Role Type Mack and Mabel Amateur production 1984 The Rocky Horror Show Janet Weiss Bathurst, Rialto Theatre Brisbane, Theatre Royal 1985 Tommy Newcastle Panthers Club 1987 Undiscovered Country NIDA Theatre 1988 Veneer 2 UNSW Parade Theatre 1988 5th of July UNSW Parade Theatre 1989 Hello Wharf Theatre 1989-90 The Rover Playhouse Adelaide, Seymour Centre 1990 The Imaginary Invalid NIDA Theatre 1990 Macbeth NIDA Theatre 1991 Twelfth Night Playhouse Newcastle 1991 Mongrels Ensemble Theatre 1993 The Shaughraun (aka The Lovable Rascal) Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane 1994 King Lear Gonerill Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company 1994 Arcadia Lady Croom Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company (Won Sydney Theatre Critics Award) 1994-95 The Shaughraun (aka The Lovable Rascal) Claire Ffolliott Playhouse, Melbourne, Sydney Opera House with Melbourne Theatre Company / Sydney Theatre Company 1996 Macbeth Lady Macbeth Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company 2006 The Peach Season Celia Stables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company (Nominated for Helpmann Award) 2007 Company Joanna Theatre Royal (Nominated for Sydney Theatre Award) 2009 Breast Wishes Carol Seymour Centre, IMB Theatre Wollongong, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Newcastle Civic Theatre, Playhouse Canberra, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Digger Festival Theatre with State Theatre Company of South Australia

As director / creator Year Title Role Type 2009 Breast Wishes Creator / Producer Seymour Centre, IMB Theatre Wollongong, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Newcastle Civic Theatre, Playhouse Canberra, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth 2011 Breast Wishes Creator / Producer Clocktower Centre Melbourne 2012, 2014 Reality Bytes Assistant Director ACA 2014 Hi-5 House Hits Director Australian, Asian & UAE tour 2015 Hi-5 House of Dreams Director Australian & Asian tour A Midsummer Night's Dream Director School production Twelfth Night Director School production Much Ado About Nothing Director School production 2016 Breast Wishes Creator / Producer Basement Theatre, Gold Coast