Nell Feeney

Nell Feeney (born 29th July 1966) is an Australian actress who played Janelle Timmins on the Australian soap opera Neighbours.

Early life and education In 1988, Feeney started studying acting at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), graduating in 1990. In 2010, she studied a Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting & Directing at Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS).

Career Feeney appeared on Neighbours from November 2004 to July 2007, returning briefly in 2015. She had also appeared in the soap the previous year as Joanne Blair. Her contract with Neighbours expired during the course of 2007, and she left the show along with Sianoa Smit-McPhee, who played her on-screen daughter Bree Timmins.

Feeney appeared in the movie Mallboy, alongside her Neighbours on-screen husband Brett Swain.

She has appeared in many other Australian television shows, including City Homicide, Rush, Blue Heelers, Dirt Game, Stingers, and Winners & Losers.

Personal life Feeney met fellow Neighbours cast member Shane Connor, when he made a guest appearance in TV series Phoenix, on which Feeney was starring. They were married in 1994 and Feeney gave birth to twins Thomas and Grace in 1995. Feeney and Connor were divorced in 1997.

Filmography

Film YearTitleRoleNotes 1993 Clowning Around 2 Lilly TV movie 1994 The Feds: Obsession Rose Dell'oro TV movie 1995 The Feds: Deception Rose Dell'oro TV movie 1995 The Feds: Abduction Rose Dell'oro TV movie 1995 The Feds: Terror Rose Dell'oro TV movie 1996 The Feds: Deadfall Rose Dell'oro TV movie 2000 Mallboy Jenny Short film 2000 Wee Jimmy Jean Short film Desire The woman Short film 2003 Three Weeks in Koh Samui Mum (Gena) Short film 2007 Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn Additional voices TV movie 2010 Ours Short film 2023 Foe Tailing Waitress Feature film

Television YearTitleRoleNotes 1991 Home and Away Sandra 1 episode 1991 A Country Practice Roxanne Hartley Season 11, 2 episodes 1992 Phoenix Megan Edwards Season 1, 11 episodes 1995 Fire Phoebe Season 1, episode 11: "Glory Days" 1995 Snowy River: The Mcgregor Saga Elsie Morgan Season 3, 2 episodes 1998 State Coroner Sally Allbright Season 2, episode 4: "The Gift of Life" 2001 The Secret Life of Us Marriage Counsellor Season 1, episode 6: "Expect the Unexpected" 1998–01 Blue Heelers Fran Bennett / Sonia Weller / Sandra Stevens Seasons 5–8, 3 episodes 2001 Halifax f.p. Maureen O'Connor Season 6, episode 2: "Playing God" 2002 Stingers Vicki Quinlan Season 5, episode 17: "Mind Games" 2002 MDA Elise Fenton Season 1, episode 10: "Quid Pro Quo" 2008 Rush Denise Season 1, episode 12 2009 Dirt Game Laurie Miniseries, 2 episodes 2010 City Homicide Kitty Bancroft Season 4, episode 6: "Last Seen" 2011–14 Winners & Losers Carolyn Gilbert Seasons 1–4, 20 episodes 2003–15 Neighbours Janelle Timmins 88 episodes 2015 The Doctor Blake Mysteries Pamela Gilchrist Season 3, episode 5: "A Night to Remember" 2015 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Hilda Cobb Season 3, episode 6: "Death at the Grand" 2018 Superwog Concierge Season 1, episode 6: "Power Trip" 2020 The Gloaming Shelly Hopkins Miniseries, 6 episodes 2021 Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries Oona O'Doherty Season 2, episode 8: "New Year's Evil"

Stage YearTitleRoleNotes 1991 The Egg and Spoon Man Carlton Courthouse, Melbourne with La Mama 1992 In Angel Gear Universal Theatre, Melbourne with Mystic Productions 1992; 1998 D.A.R.K. The Adventures of Diane Arbus Kaff Theatre, Perth, Universal Theatre, Melbourne with Moondog Theatre Company 1993 M. Butterfly Renee / Woman at Party / Girl in magazine Playhouse, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre, Seymour Centre, Sydney with MTC 1997 Macbeth Victorian regional tour with MTC 2003 God's Last Acre Kerry Phillips Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company 2011 The Sum of Us Joyce HIT Productions 2012 Happy Ending Louise Southbank Theatre with MTC 2017 Credentials Rosy La Mama Courthouse, Melbourne 2013 When Dad Married Fury Sue HIT Productions