Susie Porter

Susie Porter (born 1971) Porter attended Newcastle Grammar School and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Newcastle. She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1995. Porter revealed in 2024 in an interview with 9honey that she was originally going to audition at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts but ended up with food poisoning and couldn't attend that audition.

Personal life Porter married Christopher Mordue in 2010.

Porter is a wildlife advocate and is a wildlife ambassador for World Animal Protection.

In 2022, she penned a letter to the NSW State Government urging the then Agriculture Minister, Dugald Saunders, to put an end to all puppy farms in the state.

Acting career Television Porter began her acting career in an episode of House Gang, a short lived television program. She then had small roles in other Australian television programs in the late 1990s, including Big Sky, Wildside and Water Rats.

In 2006, Porter had a leading role in RAN, an Australian mini-series, which won her a Best Leading Actress in a Television Drama at the AFI Awards. In late 2007, she appeared in East West 101, a six-part drama series that aired on SBS. In 2008, Porter appeared in East of Everything (a six-part drama series that aired on the ABC) and in the mini-series Make Or Break (an English and Australian production that aired on Foxtel's UKTV).

In 2009, Porter appeared on the second seasons of both East of Everything and East West 101, and first run The Jesters and My Place. In 2010, she appeared on the telemovie Sisters of War as Kay Parker. In 2011, she appeared in the third, and final season, of East West 101. In 2012, she appeared on Channel Ten's mini-series Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms. She played Pam Knight in Puberty Blues from 2012 to 2014.

In 2017, Porter was cast in the Foxtel drama series Wentworth in the main role Marie Winter; the role was originally portrayed by Maggie Millar in Prisoner. Porter first appeared in Wentworth during the fourth episode of the sixth season, broadcast on 10 July 2018. She reprised her role as Marie Winter in the seventh season in 2019, and again in the eighth and final season which premiered in 2020 and ended in 2021. She made her final appearance in penultimate episode of the final season.

In 2024, Porter was named in the cast for ABC drama Plum.

In December 2022, Porter was named in the cast for the new Disney+ series The Artful Dodger. On 3 February 2025, a cast announcement for the second series of The Artful Dodger confirmed that Porter would reprise her role as Lady Jane Fox from series one.

Film

In 1996, Porter made her film debut in Idiot Box. In 1997, she starred as Angie in the Australian comedy Welcome to Woop Woop. In 1999, she had a major role in Two Hands. In 2000, she starred in the film Bootmen and in the crime drama film The Monkey's Mask, which she plays a lesbian private detective who falls in love with a suspect, for which she won the award for 'Best Actress' at the Dallas OUT TAKES festival in 2001. In 2001, she appeared in the Australian movie Mullet and had a small role in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.

In 2005, Porter had a supporting role in the Australian film Little Fish. In 2006, she had a role in the film The Caterpillar Wish which won her Best Supporting Actress in the AFI Awards.

In 2015, Porter starred in Is This the Real World.

Porter appeared in 2022 film Gold which was filmed in South Australia.

In 2023, Porter appeared in the short film Waves at Bondi's Flickerfest.

In 2024, Porter was announced as part of the cast for the film Dirty Boy. On 6 August, Porter was announced as part of the cast for the film Overture. In 2025 Overture would be retitled to The Travelers. In December 2025, Porter was nominated for two AACTA awards for her role in The Travelers and Apple Cider Vinegar.

Theatre Date Title Role Notes 1990 A Sack Full of Prezzies / Red Santa Newcastle Panthers, West Wallsend Workers Club 1991 Waiting for Lefty Community Arts Centre, Hamilton with Hunter Workers Theatre 1991 Southern Steel Roz Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company 1991 Aftershocks Kerry / Fay / Jenny Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company 1993 Mother and Son Mrs Lind NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1994 The Devils NIDA Parade Studio, Sydney 1994 Three Sisters Masha NIDA Parade Studio, Sydney 1994 The Merchant of Venice Launcelot / Servant NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1994 Epsom Downs Ghost of Emily Davidson NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1994 Did You Hear The One About The Irishman...? NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1995 A View From the Bridge Beatrice NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1995 Guys and Dolls Martha / Dancer NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1995 Ghetto Hayyah NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1996 Somewhere in the Darkness Sally Wharf Theatre, Sydney with Sydney Theatre Company 2000 Sweet Phoebe Stables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company 2001 The Vagina Monologues Valhalla Cinema, Sydney 2005 Broken Valley Belvoir Theatre 2006 The Emperor of Sydney Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company 2007 Riflemind Cindy Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company 2010 That Face Martha Belvoir Theatre 2011 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Olive Belvoir Theatre 2015 Death and the Maiden Paulina Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company

Filmography

Film

Television

Other appearances

Awards Year Work Award Category Result 1999 Feeling Sexy FCCA Awards Best Actress 1999 Two Hands FCCA Awards Best Supporting Actress 1999 Two Hands AFI Awards Best Supporting Actress 2000 Better Than Sex AFI Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role 2001 Better Than Sex FCCA Awards Best Actress 2001 Mullet IF Awards Best Actress 2001 The Monkey's Mask Dallas Out Takes Best Actress 2002 The Monkey's Mask FCCA Awards Best Actress 2003 Teesh and Trude AFI Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role 2003 Teesh and Trude FCCA Awards Best Actress 2006 The Caterpillar Wish AFI Awards Best Supporting Actress 2006 The Caterpillar Wish FCCA Awards Best Supporting Actress 2006 RAN AFI Awards Best Lead Actress in Television Drama 2007 RAN Logie Awards Most Outstanding Actress 2010 East West 101 AFI Awards Best Lead Actress in Television Drama 2010 East West 101 Logie Awards Most Outstanding Actress 2011 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Sydney Theatre Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role of a Mainstage Production 2012 Sisters of War AFI Awards Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama 2012 The Jesters Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 2012 East West 101 Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 2013 Dangerous Remedy Logie Awards Most Outstanding Actress 2013 Dangerous Remedy AFI Awards Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama 2013 Puberty Blues Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 2014 Underbelly: Squizzy Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Miniseries or Telemovie 2017 Hounds of Love AFI Awards Best Supporting Actress 2017 Hounds of Love FCCA Awards Best Supporting Actress 2018 Seven Types of Ambiguity Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 2019 Wentworth Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 2019 Cargo Australian Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress 2019 Cargo FCCA Awards Best Supporting Actress 2019 The Second Logie Awards Most Outstanding Supporting Actress 2021 Hungry Ghosts Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 2026Apple Cider Vinegar AACTA AwardsBest Supporting Actress in a DramaNominatedThe Travellers Best Lead Actress in FilmNominated