Rachel Szalay

Rachel Szalay (born January 1965) is an Australian actress and visual artist.

Early life Szalay was born in January 1965. From 1983 to 1985, she studied visual art at City Art Institute. In 1986, she then began studying an acting diploma at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, graduating in 1988.

Career Szalay has appeared in numerous stage roles, including a production of The Importance of Being Earnest as Cecily Cardew, which she joined in 1990. The production was so popular that it became an ongoing stage show between 1988 and 1992, and was televised by the ABC.

Her film credits include roles in The Delinquents (1989), Mad Bomber in Love (1992) and Lilian's Story (1996). She also has several television credits to her name, including a recurring role as Kris in Children's Hospital and guest roles in A Country Practice, Six Pack and Grass Roots.

Szalay is also an accomplished visual artist, who uses a variety of mediums to capture the Australian bush and its unique flora and fauna. She has showcased her art in numerous exhibitions since 1986, and started staging solo shows from 1994.

Personal life Szalay resides in the Blue Mountains, in New South Wales.

Acting credits

Film Year Title Role Notes 1989 The Delinquents Maxine 1992 Mad Bomber in Love Julia 1994 Unacceptable Behaviour Wendy Short film 1996 Lilian's Story Inmate One

Television Year Title Role Notes 1989 A Country Practice Stephanie Kouros 2 episodes 1992 Six Pack Nicole 1 episode 1992 The Importance of Being Earnest Cecile Cardew TV movie 1997–1998 Children's Hospital Kris 6 episodes 2000 Grass Roots Judith 1 episode

Stage Year Title Role Notes 1985 Hot’l Baltimore NIDA Theatre, Sydney 1987 The Man Who Came to Dinner NIDA Theatre, Sydney 1988 Veneer 1 NIDA Theatre, Sydney 1988 The Screens Mother NIDA Theatre, Sydney 1988 Fifth of July NIDA Theatre, Sydney 1990 Reckless Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney with Bophtelophti Theatre for Sydney Festival 1990 Once in a Lifetime Sydney Opera House with STC 1990–1992 The Importance of Being Earnest Cecily Cardew Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Adelaide, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Theatre Royal Sydney with STC & MTC 1991 The Dreamer Examines his Pillow Donna Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC 1991; 1994 Furious Lynnie / Friend One Wharf Theatre, Sydney, Space Theatre, Adelaide, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with STC & Playbox Theatre Company 1992 Time and the Room Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC 1993 Top Girls Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC 1994 That Eye, The Sky Alice Flack Stanley Palmer Cultural Centre, Sydney, Playhouse, Melbourne with Burning House Theatre Company 1996 Playgrounds Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC 1996 The Incorruptible Louise Porter Canberra Theatre, Sydney Opera House with STC Playbox Theatre Company & Canberra Theatre Trust 1998 Mourning Becomes Electra Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC 1998 Navigating Sydney Opera House with STC 2002 Svetlana in Slingbacks Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney 2004 Boston Marriage Claire Space Theatre, Adelaide with STCSA

Radio Year Title Role Notes Sixteen Words for Water ABC Radio 1998; 2005 Flame ABC Radio radio play 1999 The Twentieth Century and the Dream Reader ABC Classic FM's "The Listening Room" radio play Sylvia Plath ABC Radio Poetica ABC Radio Background Briefing Readings ABC Radio radio show