Danielle Carter

Danielle Carter is an Australian actress. She has acted in a number of popular television shows, films and plays.

Education After landing a recurring role in the television series Richmond Hill while still in school, Carter was accepted into Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art, (NIDA), from which she graduated in 1993. Wanting to further hone her craft, she has since studied with the Moscow Arts Theatre School (in 2013), and The Michael Chekhov School in New York in (since 2015).

Career Television Carter played Nikki Spencer in the soap opera Richmond Hill before it was cancelled in June 1988. She then had a recurring role as Jenny Owens in Neighbours (1989).

In 1996, Carter appeared in the series Pacific Drive as Saskia. She had regular ongoing roles as Bree on Medivac (1996–1997) and Sally on Something in the Air (2000–2002). In 2008, she played the wife of the notorious Australian underworld figure Alphonse Gangitano in the first series of Underbelly. In 2011 she played Holly in Mal.com.

Carter has had guest roles in G.P., Heartland, Murder Call, Flipper, BeastMaster, The Lost World, Halifax f.p., Blue Heelers, The Secret Life of Us, Stingers, City Homicide, All Saints, Satisfaction, House Husbands, Offspring. She has also appeared in the miniseries Mr & Mrs Murder, Paper Giants: Magazine Wars and Clickbait.

Film In 2009, Carter appeared in the Nicolas Cage blockbuster Knowing as 'Miss Priscilla Taylor (1959)'. Following this, she appeared in Last Dance (2012), The Legend Maker (2014) and Rip Tide (2017) as well as a number of short films.

Theatre Carter has appeared in numerous theatre roles throughout her career, with many of Australia's most prominent theatre companies including Ensemble Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company and La Mama Theatre (Melbourne). She has performed in Uncle Vanya. Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard III and My Zinc Bed, among others.

In 2016, Carter performed in the Ensemble Theatre production of Jane Caferella's e-baby, a two-hander play where she played the genetic mother of IVF embryos in a gestational surrogacy arrangement. It was the Sydney premiere of the play, which had only previously been produced in Melbourne in 2015.

Teaching Carter has worked as an on-set film and television acting tutor, and a performance coach for professional working actors. She has also taught courses at WAPPA, Victorian College of the Arts, Federation University, NIDA, The National Theatre Drama School, 16th Street, Film and Television International and St Martins Youth Theatre.

She wrote a book for Currency Press called "Racing Against Time", a handbook/guide for actors working in film and television.

Filmography

Film + Year Title Role Notes 1994 Kid in a Bin Kate Short 1989 Neighbours Jenny Owens Regular role Year Title Role Notes 1989 Dags Karen / Wendy Australian national tour 1992 Here Comes a Chopper NIDA 1992 Uncle Vanya Sofia Alexandrovna Serebryakova NIDA 1992 Hamlet Ophelia / Osric NIDA 1992 That's Amore! NIDA 1992 Metamorphosis Greta NIDA 1993 Bobbin’ Up Nell NIDA 1993 Road Brenda / Dor / Leslie NIDA 1993 Anna Karenina Dolly / Seriozha / Maria NIDA 1993 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia NIDA 1994 Hypothalamania The Girl STC 1994 Away Meg / Leonie / Hermia Riverside Theatres Parramatta with STC 1995 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Puck Original Theatre Company 1995 The Quartet from Rigoletto Annie Q Theatre, Penrith, Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 1998 Property of the Clan Jade Theatre 20/20 1999 All Things Considered Joanna Marian Street Theatre, Sydney 1999 Face to Face Julie Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2003 Still Order / Want Me La Mama, Melbourne 2003 Flame / Still Tower Room, Melbourne with Look Look Theatre 2006 Europe Barbara Victorian College of the Arts 2007 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Queanbeyan Conference Centre with Queanbeyan Players Inc 2007 Shadow Passion Catherine Harrow Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne 2007 A Midsummer Night's Dream Titania Theatre Works, Melbourne 2009 The Cove (8 short works) Sylvie / Estelle The Dog Theatre, Melbourne 2009 Absurd Person Singular Eva Jackson Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2010 Status Update Coral / Adam La Mama, Melbourne with Melbourne Fringe Festival 2011 My Wonderful Day Paula Hammond Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2012 The Gingerbread Lady Toby Landau Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2014 Richard III Elizabeth Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2015 My Zinc Bed Elsa Quinn Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2016 e-baby Catherine Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2018 Fury Alice Red Stitch Actors Theatre 2018 The Norman Conquests Sarah Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2022 When the Rain Stops Falling Space 28, Melbourne with Clovelly Fox Productions 2022 Boxing Day BBQ Connie Ensemble Theatre, Sydney

As director Year Title Role Type 2007 Motor-Mouth and Suck-Face: An Apocalyptic Love Story Director Randall Theatre, Melbourne with St Martins Youth Arts Centre