Victoria Longley

Victoria Constance Mary Longley (24 September 1960 – 29 August 2010) was an Australian actress. She worked extensively in television.

Early life Longley was the daughter of doctor and rowing coach Eric Longley. Her mother Pamela studied Law as she brought up her four daughters, of whom Victoria was the youngest. When she was young she lived in Longueville NSW.

Career Longley made her screen debut in a film called The More Things Change as a pregnant au pair. An early foray into television was in the epic miniseries The Dirtwater Dynasty, opposite Hugo Weaving, and Edens Lost, a 4-part miniseries for ABC in 1989. In the ABC series, Mercury, not-so-loosely based on the Sunday Age, she played a senior journalist, alongside Geoffrey Rush cast as editor, believed to be modelled on Bruce Guthrie.

Other television credits included: Murder Call, Wildside, Water Rats, Farscape, The Alien Years, Turtle Beach, Young Lions, and All Saints.

Death Longley died from breast cancer, aged 49, in St Leonards, New South Wales.

Filmography

Film YearTitleRoleNotes 1985 The More Things Change Geraldine 1989 Celia Alice Tanner 1992 Turtle Beach Sancha 1994 Dallas Doll Rosalind Sommers 1994 Talk Julia Strong 1995 Hayride to Hell Hilary Weygate Short film 1997 Diana & Me Pauline Challinor 2000 Happy Mother's Day Mum Short film 2002 Grey Short film 2003 Unlocked Renee Short film

Television YearTitleRoleNotes 1985 I Can‘t Get Started Amanda TV movie 1986 Land of Hope Regular role Miniseries 1988 The Dirtwater Dynasty Kate McBride / Nancy McBride Miniseries 1988 The Alien Years Elizabeth Parsons Miniseries 1989 Edens Lost Bea Miniseries 1990 Ring of Scorpio Lead role Miniseries 1992 Six Pack Kelly Anthology series, 1 episode: "Piccolo Mondo" 1993 Seven Deadly Sins Deirdre Miniseries, episode: "Lust" 1993 Crimebroker Carver TV movie 1995 G.P. Barbara 1 episode 1996 Mercury Georgi Singer 13 episodes 1997 Murder Call Cynthia Chase 1 episode 1997–99 Wildside Inspector Virginia King 57 episodes 1998 A Difficult Woman Giselle McKenzie Miniseries 1999 Water Rats Tracy Bennett 1 episode 2000, 2002–03 All Saints Kath Williams 1 episode 2001 Farscape Neeyala 2 episodes 2001 Finding Hope Meg TV movie 2002 Young Lions Police Psychiatrist 4 episodes 2002–04 All Saints Margaret O'Brien 4 episodes 2003 BlackJack: Murder Archive Therese Ricci TV movie

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2006 Sydney Theatre Awards Best Actress in a Lead Role The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? 2006 Helpmann Awards Best Female Actor in a Play The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? 1994 1994 Australian Film Institute Awards Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Talk 1989 1989 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Celia 1988 1988 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Telefeature or Miniseries The Alien Years