Paula Arundell

Paula Arundell is an Australian actress and singer.

Early life Arundell studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), in Sydney. She graduated in 1995, with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting).

Career Arundell has appeared in television roles, beginning with guest roles in Water Rats and Murder Call in 1997. She landed a main role as Claire in Children’s Hospital that same year.

She also had recurring roles as Gina in Love My Way (2004–05), Paula Gill in Home and Away (2009) and Sheriff Waller in the miniseries Reckoning (2019–2020).

She appeared in the series Hunters in 2016, and had further guest roles in All Saints, Farscape, The Alice, Out of the Blue and miniseries Clickbait. In 2021, Arundell joined the cast of Neighbours as Evelyn Farlow for a two-week guest stint. Her most recent television roles have been guest spots in Surviving Summer and The Newsreader.

Arundell's films have included 1998 comedy Dags, 2000 alternative drama Sample People (with Ben Mendelsohn and Kylie Minogue), 2008 drama Disgrace (alongside John Malkovich), 2016 fantasy action film Gods of Egypt (alongside Gerard Butler) and 2018 fantasy thriller Harmony. Her most recent roles have been in 2023 supernatural horror film Late Night with the Devil and 2024 crime thriller Sleeping Dogs (with Russell Crowe).

As a singer, Arundell performed a version of the Tim Buckley song "Song to the Siren", which was used in the 2006 Neil Armfield film Candy.

She voiced Sonic the Hedgehog in the Sonic Live in Sydney theme park. She has also narrated 2020 documentary Cute Little Killers.

Arundell has performed extensively in theatre and has won and been nominated for several awards. She played an older Hermione Granger in the Melbourne production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which saw her nominated for a 2019 Helpmann Award.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1997 Diana & Me Constable Feature film 1998 Dags Tracey Feature film 2000 Sample People Cleo Feature film 2003 Bad Eggs Simone Feature film 2003 Silent Storm Narrator Documentary film 2008 Disgrace Dr. Farodia Rassool Feature film 2011 The Cartographer Polly (voice) Short film 2016 Gods of Egypt Fussy Older Maidservant Feature film 2018 Harmony Nurse Jean Feature film 2023 Late Night with the Devil Diane Feature film 2024 Sleeping Dogs Susan Avery Feature film

Television Year Title Role NotesRef 1997 Water Rats Michelle Season 2, episode 11: "Goldie's Trip" 1997 Murder Call Rebecca Voss Season 1, episode 2: "The Burial" 1997 Children's Hospital Claire 1998; 2004; 2009 All Saints Officer Wilson / Simone Birchley / Nura Arkuna 3 episodes 2003 Farscape Talikaa Season 4, episode 14: "Twice Shy" 2004–2005 Love My Way Gina Season 1, 7 episodes 2005 The Alice Lara Miniseries, 1 episode 2008 Out of the Blue Simone Season 1, episode 22 2009 Home and Away Paula Gill 7 episodes 2011 Me and My Monsters Season 2, episode 6: "Monstrously Good Cookies" 2011 Slide Kat Season 1, episode 3 2013 The Time of Our Lives Chelsea Season 1, episode 7: "The Mistake" 2016 Hunters Liana / Lauren 5 episodes 2019–2020 Reckoning Sheriff Waller Miniseries, 7 episodes 2020 Cute Little Killers Narrator Documentary 2021 Clickbait Tanisha Miniseries, episode 7: "The Son" 2021 Neighbours Evelyn Farlow 5 episodes 2023 Surviving Summer Jacqueline Laurent Season 1, episode 8: "The Stairway" 2023 The Newsreader Nadia Season 2, episode 4: "The Hungry Truth"2026The F Ward Anita CorcoranTV series: 6 episodes

Audio Year Title Role Notes 1997 Sonic Live in Sydney Sonic the Hedgehog Short audio play

Theatre Year Title Role Venue / Co. 1993 Cosi Cherry NIDA, Sydney 1994 The Wedding Song NIDA, Sydney 1994 Translations Marie NIDA, Sydney 1994 Twelfth Night Viola NIDA, Sydney 1994 Epsom Downs Miss Motrom NIDA, Sydney 1994 Stone NIDA, Sydney 1995 Tales from the Vienna Woods Marianne NIDA, Sydney 1995 Guys and Dolls Mimi / Dancer NIDA, Sydney 1995 Ghetto The Dummy NIDA, Sydney 1995 The Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in the Garden NIDA, Sydney 1996 Much Ado About Nothing Hero Melbourne Athenaeum, Sydney Opera House, Canberra Theatre with Bell Shakespeare 1996 The Torrents Jenny Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA 1997 The Tempest Ariel Canberra Theatre, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Athenaeum with Bell Shakespeare 1998 Clark in Sarajevo Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company 1998 Love for Love Sydney Opera House with STC 1999 Interactive World Theatre Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 1999 Henry V The Boy / Princess Katherine Melbourne Athenaeum, Playhouse, Canberra, Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare 2000 Company Marta Playhouse, Melbourne, with MTC 2000 Measure for Measure Isabella Playhouse, Melbourne, with MTC 2000 The White Devil Zanche Theatre Royal Sydney with STC for Olympic Arts Festivals 2000 Attempts on Her Life STC 2001 Three Sisters Masha Sydney Opera House with STC 2001 Antony and Cleopatra Cleopatra Sydney Opera House, IMB Theatre, Wollongong, Playhouse, Melbourne, Playhouse, Canberra, Riverside Theatres, Parramatta with Bell Shakespeare 2002 Hippolytus Government House, Sydney with Bell Shakespeare 2002 Life Is a Dream Rosaura Sydney Opera House with STC 2003 Beasty Grrrl Carla Devonport Entertainment and Convention Centre 2003 The Servant of Two Masters Smeraldina Playhouse, Brisbane, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Monash University, The Capital, Bendigo, Clocktower Centre, Melbourne, with Bell Shakespeare 2003 The Threepenny Opera Jenny Diver Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 2004 Night Letters Camilla / Jane Queen's Theatre, Adelaide, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, with STCSA & Playbox Theatre Company 2005 Three Furies: Scenes from the Life of Francis Bacon Tisiphone Sydney Opera House, Auckland with Griffin Theatre Company 2005 Julius Caesar Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company 2006 Kookaburra Launch Concert Singer Lyric Theatre, Sydney 2006 Peribanez Seymour Centre, Sydney 2006 Are You There? Ana Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2007 The Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and Little Ragged Blossom Wallaby / Mrs Snake Theatre Royal Sydney 2007 Paul Mary Magdalene Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 2007 Love Lies Bleeding Lia Wharf Theatre, Glen Street Theatre with STC 2007 Blackbird Una Wharf Theatre, Shed 6, Wellington, New Zealand with STC 2008 Scorched Jihane Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 2009 Gethsemane Monique Toussaint Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 2010 Oedipus Rex & Symphony of Psalms Antigone / Narrator Sydney Opera House 2010 Honour Claudia Sydney Opera House with STC 2012 Under Milk Wood Polly Garter Sydney Opera House with STC 2012 Death of a Salesman Theatre Royal Sydney 2013 Peter Pan Mrs Darling 2013 Angels in America The Angel / Emily Theatre Royal Sydney, Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 2014 Clybourne Park Francine Ensemble Theatre, Sydney, The Concourse, Sydney 2014 Macbeth Banquo Sydney Theatre with STC 2015 Suddenly Last Summer Sister Felicity Sydney Opera House with STC 2015 Mother Courage and Her Children Yvette Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 2015; 2017; 2018 The Bleeding Tree Mother Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company, Wharf Theatre with STC, Canberra Theatre Centre 2016 Disgraced Jory Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company, IMB Theatre, Wollongong, Playhouse, Canberra with STC 2016 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Hippolyta / Titania Sydney Opera House with STC 2017 Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play Marge / Quincy / various roles Space Theatre, Adelaide, Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, with STCSA 2017 The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne 2017 Atlantis Electra / Cuban Man / Choir Leader / Cowgirl Mum / various roles Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 2018 Top Girls Griselda Sydney Opera House with STC 2018 Sami in Paradise Fima / Fairuz Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 2019; 2022 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Hermione Granger Princess Theatre, Melbourne 2020 Belvoir in Concert Online, Australia 2023 The Master and Margarita Woland / Ensemble Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 2024 Death of a Salesman The Woman Theatre Royal Sydney 2024 Carousel: A Concert Mrs Mullin Princess Theatre, Melbourne with Enda Markey Presents 2024 Sweat Cynthia Wharf Theatre, Sydney, with STC 2024 POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive Margaret, The First Lady Queensland Theatre (cancelled) 2025 The Birds Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne 2025 Troy Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne 2025 Nucleus Cassie Seymour Centre, Sydney, with Griffin Theatre Company

Awards and nominations Year Work Award Category Result The Tempest Green Room Awards Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role 1999 Henry V Glugs Theatrical Awards Best Up and Coming Actor Henry V Green Room Awards Best Female Actor in a Featured Role 2004 The Threepenny Opera Helpmann Awards Best Female Actor in Supporting Role in a Musical 2005 Three Furies Sydney Theatre Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Antony and Cleopatra Sydney Morning Herald Awards Best Actress Antony and Cleopatra Green Room Awards Best Female Actor in a Lead Role 2015 The Bleeding Tree Sydney Theatre Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role of a Mainstage Production 2016 The Bleeding Tree Helpmann Awards Best Female Actor in a Play 2019 The Bleeding Tree Green Room Awards Best Theatre Company Performer 2019 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Helpmann Awards Best Female Actor in a Play