Lulu Pinkus

Lulu Pinkus is an Australian screenwriter, producer, stage, film and television actress. She made appearances on numerous television crime and police dramas during the 1970s and early 80s, including a nine-episode stint on Prisoner, as well as supporting roles in a number of feature films. She was also the wife of Yahoo Serious and has been involved in producing all of his films: Young Einstein, Reckless Kelly and Mr. Accident. Pinkus is also an accomplished artist, having been featured in several art exhibitions.

Career Pinkus made her television acting debut in 1975 with guest spots on Division 4 and Homicide, making a second appearance on the latter series a year later. She also appeared in the television miniseries Against the Wind, Cop Shop and Chopper Squad in 1978. She also performed with the Australian Performing Group at the Pram Factory and as part of the Hoopla Foundation's reading of the play Freaks in 1978. She performed in a Melbourne production of Snoo Wilson's The Everest Hotel alongside Jillian Archer and Helen Hemingway in June of the same year. Following this came her first major role, a storyline spanning 11 episodes (of which she appears in 9) in the cult soap opera Prisoner playing Melinda Cross. Melinda, a university friend of Karen Travers (Peta Toppano), is arrested when she attempts to blackmail a married university lecturer with whom she had been having an affair.

She made her feature film debut that same year in the post-apocalyptic film Mad Max (1979), one of several Prisoner cast members to appear in the film. Her brief role was as the Nightrider's punky girlfriend. She also had supporting roles in the thrillers Thirst (1979) and Snapshot (1979). She continued working in television starring in the miniseries The Last Outlaw (1980), the television movie Intimate Strangers (1981) and guest starred on Bellamy and A Country Practice between 1981 and 1982. Her last role was in the film A Slice of Life (1983).

She was the associate producer of Young Einstein (1988), in which she made a cameo appearance, and married Yahoo Serious on 22 January 1989. Following her marriage to Serious, she became involved in all his later film projects. She wrote and co-produced, as Lulu Serious, Reckless Kelly (1993) and Mr. Accident (2000). She was also the film's music coordinator and casting director. In May 2007, it was reported that Pinkus and Serious had separated. In February 2008, she appeared at an art exhibition in New South Wales. Her collection was considered unconventional combining pop culture "with religious imagery & fairy tale motifs".

Film YearTitleRoleType 1979 Mad Max Nightrider's Girl Feature film 1979 Snapshot (aka The Day After Halloween) Wendy Feature film 1979 Thirst Nurse Feature film 1982 A Slice of Life Addy Feature film 1988 Young Einstein The Blonde Feature film 1993 Reckless Kelly Hollywood Supermarket Check-out Feature film 2000 Mr. Accident Rock Clip Chick (as Lulu Serious) Feature film 2022 Three Thousand Years of Longing Old Merchant Wife Feature film

Television Year Title Role Type 1974 Matlock Police Nurse TV series, 1 episode 1974; 1975 Division 4 Shop Assistant / Ellen Swanson TV series, 2 episodes 1975; 1976 Homicide Chrissie / Robbie Meyer TV series, 2 episodes 1978–1980 Cop Shop Corrie Williams / Shirley Baker / Linda Hobbs / Felicity Browning / Heather Browning / Celia Denton TV series, 11 episodes 1978 Chopper Squad Kate TV series, 1 episode 1978 Against The Wind Jenny TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1979 Patrol Boat Chris TV series, 1 episode 1979 Prisoner Melinda Cross TV series, 9 episodes 1980 The Last Outlaw Helen TV miniseries, 4 episodes 1980 Water Under the Bridge Ann TV miniseries, 1 episode 1981 Menotti TV series, 1 episode 1981 Intimate Strangers Dirk TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1981 Bellamy Maureen TV series, episode 24: "Jodie's Story" 1981; 1982 Holiday Island Linda Cross / Kim Mason TV series, 2 episodes 1982 A Country Practice Tracy TV series, 2 episodes