Dina Panozzo

Dina Panozzo (born 20 September 1958) is an Australian-born actress of Italian descent.

Early life Panozzo was born on 20 September 1958. Her parents emigrated to Adelaide from northern Italy, on a ship called Queen Neptuna. Her mother was 19 and a housewife, her father a labourer and later a carpenter. Panozzo is the elder sister of actress Oriana Panozzo. Growing up in Adelaide in the 1970s, Panozzo became passionate about Adelaide's thriving amateur theatre scene, in particular, Adelaide Theatre Company. and Bed of Roses. She has also appeared in a recurring role in Packed to the Rafters and guest roles in many Australian series, including A Country Practice, Water Rats, and White Collar Blue. Panozzo also had regular roles in the short-lived comedy series Wedlocked and the soap opera Richmond Hill. Featured film roles include Black & White & Sex and Fistful of Flies.

Her theatre roles include Popular Front (Theatre Works, 1987), ABC (Belvoir Street Theatre, 1988), Sisters (Malthouse Theatre, 1991), S.O.S. Sex, Overkill and Salvation of the Soul (Belvoir Street Theatre, 1991), and A Little Like Drowning (Belvoir Street Theatre, 1992). She also wrote, co-directed and starred in Varda Che Bruta...Poretta which played in multiple venues from 1992 to 1994.

Personal life Panozzo is married to television producer Phillip Tanner. After all attempts to conceive ended in miscarriage, the couple adopted a two year old boy from Guatemala called Luis. In 2004, at the age of six, Luis had an award-winning Nickelodeon TV series, called Cooking for Kids with Luis, and caught the attention of Oprah Winfrey.

Filmography

Film Year Film Character Type 1993 Bedevil Voula Feature film (segment: Lovin' the Spin I'm In) 1993 Just Desserts Maria Stroppi Film short 1996 Fistful of Flies Grace Lupi Feature film 1998 Let's Wait Gina Film short 2001 The Man Who Sued God Italian Reporter Feature film 2002 Mother of an Attitude Film short 2004 Love's Brother Zia Norman Feature film 2011 The Man with Wings Film short 2012 Black & White & Sex Angie 6 Feature film 2020 Bloodshot Heart Catherine Feature film

Television Year Program Character Type 1983 The Sullivans TV series, 1 episode 1983; 1984 Cop Shop Marti Vickers (as Dena Panozzo) TV series, episodes 555–556 1983; 1984 Carson's Law Miss Refton / Anges Weston TV series, 2 episodes 1984 City West Lead role TV series 1984 A Country Practice Lily TV series, 2 episodes 1984 Special Squad Maria (as Dena Panozzo) TV series, 1 episode 1988 Richmond Hill Jill Warner TV series, 59 episodes 1989 Mission: Impossible Serena TV series, 1 episode 1990 Acropolis Now! Rosita TV series, 1 episode 1992 G.P. Rosie Tait TV series, 1 episode 1994; 1996 Wedlocked Susie Abruzzo TV series, 11 episodes 1998 Wildside Renata Cellini TV series, 1 episode 2000 Water Rats Antonella Luvece TV series, 2 episodes 2001 Mum's The Word Herself TV series, 1 episode 2001 Head Start Vivienne TV miniseries, 1 episode 2003 White Collar Blue Theresa Nitti TV series, 1 episode 2008–2010 Bed of Roses Gemma O'Reilly TV series, 14 episodes 2009 Carla Cametti PD Angela Cametti TV series, 6 episodes 2009; 2012 Packed to the Rafters Rita Karandonis TV series, 8 episodes 2010 Underbelly Samira Kanaan TV series, 2 episodes 2013–2014 A Place to Call Home Carla Poletti TV series, 11 episodes 2024 Last Days of the Space Age Fran TV series, 7 episodes 2024 Darby and Joan Gabriella TV series, 1 episode

Theatre

As actor Year Title Role Venue / Co. 1976 Johnny Castilhino Sheridan Theatre, Adelaide with Adelaide Theatre Group 1976–77 Jack the Ripper Martha Tabram / Rosie Wunmore Sheridan Theatre, Adelaide, Space Theatre, Adelaide with STCSA & Adelaide Theatre Group 1978 The Winter’s Tale Sheridan Theatre, Adelaide with Adelaide Theatre Group 1980 Sadie and Neco Sadie VCA, Melbourne 1981 Dimentos Lydia VCA, Melbourne 1981 The Three Sisters Olga Performance Studio One, Melbourne 1982 Tales from Land Shut 1983 Don't Stand on Ceremony 1984 Il Magnifico Seymour Centre, Sydney 1984 The Time of Your Life 1985 Exploring Shakespeare 1985 Richard III Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA 1985 Scenes Big and Little Playhouse Adelaide with STCSA 1985 Beatland Playhouse Adelaide with STCSA 1985 Muse of Fire Playhouse Adelaide with STCSA 1985 On the Razzle Christopher Playhouse Adelaide with STCSA 1985 The Touch of Silk Jeanne Playhouse Adelaide with STCSA 1985 Peter Pan Wendy Darling Playhouse Adelaide with STCSA 1986 Dreams in an Empty City Playhouse Adelaide with STCSA for Adelaide Festival 1987 Popular Front Marguerita Theatre Works, Melbourne 1987 The Impostor Zhou Minghua St Martins Youth Arts Centre, Melbourne, with Playbox Theatre Company for Spoleto Melbourne Festival of the Arts 1988 ABC Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney 1990 Spanish Cuisine 1991 Sisters Sylvie Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Monash University, Melbourne, with Playbox Theatre Company 1991 S.O.S. Sex, Overkill and Salvation of the Soul Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney 1991 Love and Magic in Mama's Kitchen Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney 1992 A Little Like Drowning Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney, with Teatar Di Migma Nicaragua Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney 2003 Cantata Dancer Acton St Theatre, Canberra with Stopera 2004 The Vagina Monologues University of Sydney 2004 Kimberly Akimbo Patti Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2007 From Door to Door Bessie Seymour Centre, Sydney 2007 Anna in the Tropics Ophelia Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney, with Theatron Group 2015 The Plot Lily Mantouridion Theatre, Sydney with Skylight Productions & Katahanas Productions 2018 The Gods of Strangers Assunta Northern Festival Centre, Port Pirie, Keith Michell Theatre, Adelaide, Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA 2018 The Shifting Heart Momma Bianchi Seymour Centre, Sydney 2022 The Life That I Gave You Studio Theatre, Sydney 2022 Set Piece Carriageworks, Sydney, for Sydney Festival & Melbourne Rising Festival

As writer/director Year Title Role Venue / Co. 1993–94 Varda Che Bruta...Poretta (Look How Ugly She is...Poor Thing) Writer / co-director Stables Theatre, Sydney for Festival for Carnivale Sydney, Universal Theatre, Melbourne, Space Theatre, Adelaide with STCSA for International Women’s Playwright Conference with Performance Space 1999 La Voix Humaine / The Telephone Playwright / director Art Gallery of South Australia

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Awards and nominations Year Nominated work Award Category Result 1992 The Touch of Silk South Australian Critic Awards Best Actress Award 1996 Fistful of Flies Gijón International Film Festival Best Actress Award 1997 Fistful of Flies Sochi International Film Festival Best Actress Award 2004 Kimberly Akimbo Glugs Theatrical Awards Norman Kessell Memorial Award for Best Actress for an Outstanding Performance 2011 Bed of Roses Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

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