Lucy Bell

Lucy Bell (born 23 December 1968) is an English-born Australian actress who appears in Australian television, film and theatre.

Early life Bell was born in 1968 in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom, to Australian actor and director John Bell and Polish-born Australian actress Anna Volska, while they were working for the Royal Shakespeare Company. She grew up alongside older sister Hilary Bell, who is an accomplished playwright.

Career

Television Bell began her career in 1981, with a guest role in the miniseries A Town Like Alice. For several years she then appeared in television guest roles, before securing a lead role as Kate Logan in Snowy in 1993.

In 1994 and 1996, Bell had two recurring roles in G.P.. She then played the co-lead role of Detective Tessa Vance in Murder Call alongside Peter Mochrie across three seasons, from 1997 until 2000. In 2003, she starred in the second season of Grass Roots as Emily Bell. She had two recurring role in All Saints in 2006 and 2007, and a lead role as Tess Jardine in the 2009 miniseries Dirt Game.

In 2018, Bell starred in the miniseries Fighting Season as Phillipa Vogel and in 2022, she feature as Jodie in the miniseries Amazing Grace. More recently, she has had parts as Belinda in the miniseries Black Snow in 2022, and Lynn Walcott in The Secrets She Keeps from 2022 to 2023.

Film Bell's first film role was in the 1985 period drama Burke & Wills, alongside Jack Thompson. She then appeared in the 1993 romance drama The Nostradamus Kid, opposite Noah Taylor and Miranda Otto. In 1994, she starred as Mary MacKillop in the biographical docudrama film Mary. She appeared in the 1997 films Oscar and Lucinda and Thank God He Met Lizzie.

Bell then starred as Celia alongside Nick Giannopoulos in the 2000 cult comedy film The Wog Boy. In 2008, she had roles in the drama Ten Empty and neo-noir thriller The Square.

Filmography

Television

Film YearTitleRoleType 1985 Burke & Wills Kyte's Daughter Feature film 1993 The Nostradamus Kid Sarai Anderson Feature film 1993 Crimetime Feature film 1994 Mary Mary MacKillop TV movie 1997 Thank God He Met Lizzie (aka The Wedding Party) Andi Feature film 1997 Oscar and Lucinda Miss Mary Hasset Feature film 1999 Sydney – A Story of a City Virginia Feature film 2000 The Wog Boy Celia O'Brien Feature film 2008 The Square Martha Yale Feature film 2008 Ten Empty Diane Feature film 2016 Emerald City: Live Kate Leigh Film

Shorts + Year Title Role Notes 1995 Swinger Girlfriend Short 2008 Almost Eleven The Mum Short 2008 April in July Anne Short 2011 Cupid Diana Short 2018 Dots Marge Short 2018 Second Best Dina Short

Theatre

As actor Year Title Role Notes 1991 Merrily We Roll Along NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1991 Tales of the Decameron / Serious Money NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1992 For Julia Julia Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 1993 Scenes from an Execution Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 1994 Blue Murder Eve Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 1994 Mack and Mabel - In Concert Narrator State Theatre, Melbourne with The Gordon Frost Organisation 1994 The Cafe Latte Kid / Darling Oscar Wharf Studio Theatre, Sydney with STC 1995 Twelfth Night Viola University of Sydney, Monash University, Melbourne, Melbourne Athenaeum, Canberra Theatre, Playhouse, Adelaide with Bell Shakespeare 1995 Pericles Marina University of Sydney, Monash University, Melbourne, Melbourne Athenaeum, Canberra Theatre, Playhouse, Adelaide with Bell Shakespeare 1996 As You Like It Sydney Opera House with STC 1996 Wolf Lullaby Lizzie Gael Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company 1999 Svetlana in Slingbacks / Salt Orange Australian National Playwrights Conference, Canberra 2000 The Falls Alberta Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company 2000 Twelfth Night Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 2001 The Vagina Monologues Valhalla Cinema, Sydney 2004 Through the Wire Sydney Opera House 2004 Humble Boy Seymour Centre, Sydney 2005 The Cherry Orchard Varya Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC 2011 Speaking in Tongues Jane Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company 2012 The Duchess of Malfi Duchess of Malfi Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare 2012 Between Two Waves Voice Over Artist Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company 2013 Dreams in White Anne Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company 2014; 2016 Emerald City Kate Stables Theatre, Sydney, Online with Griffin Theatre Company 2015 The Anzac Project: Dear Mum and Dad / Light Begins to Fade Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2018 Marjorie Prime Tess Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2019 Splinter Woman Stables Theatre, Sydney, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga with Griffin Theatre Company 2021 Appropriate Rachael Kramer-Lafayette Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney with STC 2021 Honour Honour Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2022 Hamlet Gertrude Sydney Opera House, Canberra Theatre, Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with Bell Shakespeare 2023 Romeo and Juliet The Nurse The Neilson Nutshell, Sydney with Bell Shakespeare 2024 RBG: Of Many, One Understudy Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Brisbane with STC 2024 In a Nutshell: The Poetry of Violence The Neilson Nutshell, Sydney, Canberra Theatre with Bell Shakespeare

As director Year Title Role Notes 1988 Warner Warner Director University of Sydney 2006 Light Years Director Wharf Theatre, Sydney with ATYP

Awards and nominations Year Work Award Category Result 2013 Paper Giants: Magazine Wars Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Miniseries or Telemovie 2014 Emerald City Glugs Theatrical Awards Norman Kessell Memorial Award for Most Outstanding Actor 2021 Appropriate Sydney Theatre Awards Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Mainstage Production