Rachael Blake

Rachael Morelle Blake (born 26 May 1971) is an Australian actress.

Early life Blake was born in Perth, Western Australia. At the age of 18 months, she moved to England with her English parents, only to return to Perth at age 11. Blake was born deaf in one ear, a condition that was rectified by a series of operations undertaken before she was six. To overcome shyness her mother enrolled her in elocution lessons, which she continued until age 17.

In 2012, Blake portrayed Kris Perry in the theatre production of 8 in Sydney and Melbourne. In 2013, she portrayed Lady Tuckworth in the HBO Asia series Serangoon Road. She played a main role in the 2014 drama film Melody, for which she has received recognition (see below). She appeared in the 2016 film Gods of Egypt.

Awards and honours

Blake won the Silver Logie Award for 'Most Outstanding Actress' at the Logie Awards (1999). She was nominated four times at the Australian film Institute (since 2011 called the AACTA Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards) and won the award for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama' for Wildside in 1998 and 'Best Actress for a Supporting role' for Lantana in 2001. She received the Montréal World Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her portrayal, in the title role, in the 2014 drama film Melody (2014). In 2004, she won the Best Actress (Melhor Actriz) – Directors' Week Award at Fantasporto film festival (2004) and the Best Actress Award at Pacific Meridian film festival, Vladivostok for Perfect Strangers (2003). In 2018, she was part of the ensemble cast that won the 'Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Series in a Drama Series' by Equity Ensemble Awards 2018 for Cleverman (2016)

Personal life In 2003, she married Wildside co-star Tony Martin. They later starred together in Serangoon Road.

Filmography

Film

Television Herself Short film documentary 2010 Beautiful Prison: The World of 'The Prisoner'|Herself Short film documentary 2010 Hawke|Hazel Hawke TV film 2010 Immortal| Narrator Film documentary 2011 Cannes Film Festival| Interviewee TV special 2012 |Regular role: Natasha TV miniseries, 7 episodes 2013 Jabbed: Love, Fear And Vaccines| Narrator TV film documentary 2013 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries|Guest role: Ailsa Wilton TV series, 1 episode: "Blood at the Wheel" 2013 Serangoon Road|Regular role: Lady Tuckworth TV miniseries, 9 episodes 2016 Rake|Recurring role: Ruth Rogers TV series, 3 episodes: "4.1", "4.2", "4.3" 2017 Cleverman|Regular role: Marion Frith TV series, season 2, 6 episodes 2018 Today| Guest (with Susie Porter) TV series, 1 episode 2018 Today Extra|Guest (with Susie Porter) TV series, 1 episode 2021 Eden|Recurring role: Katia Van Der Linden TV series, 5 episodes 2022 Significant Others''Regular lead role: Ursula TV miniseries, 6 episodes