Jillian O'Dowd

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Jillian O’Dowd (NIDA BDA, LTCL)

New Zealand born Jillian O’Dowd is a NIDA graduate with 30 years professional experience on Stage and Screen, as a classically trained actor, voice artist, singer, drummer, director, teacher and producer in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Asia.

Jilly’s been recently heard on SLR productions ABC kids TV award winning Series Two Guess How Much I Love You and Christmas Special. Jilly’s voice features as The Narrator, The Big Brown Bear and The Bluebird. She is featured on the up and coming 2018 GHMILY Easter Special.

Currently recording at Trackdown Digital on Nate is Late animation due for release 2018 on Channel 9, Germany and France, she is Nate’s Mum, Violet, Melanie, Hydra the Warrior Mermaid and many more which showcases her Australian, UK and US accents.

Jilly was the comic lead role in RAA’s ‘Storm’ commercial in SA 2017. She is about to appear on ABC TV for ‘Rake’, in a comic scene on Episode 3 with Richard Roxburgh.

Her corporate voice/acting experience began with being the face and voice of AGL in Sydney.

She has performed numerous roles on stage for The STC, Belvoir St Theatre, The ARTSLAB NSW, The Comedy Co. UK, Leicester Square Theatre and continues to hone her character roles. She’s played many a Mum on TV/Film in Waterrats, All Saints, Home and Away and a wedding celebrant on Cold Feet. She’s tred the boards with Hugh Jackman in The Boy from Oz and was one of the ten picked to sing live in the National Arena Tour, covering Rock Star Chrissy Amphlet’s role as Judy Garland. Jilly also covered Australia’s leading music theatre star Marina Prior in The Witches of Eastwick musical.

Jilly’s main passion is her voice work and her husband’s band, Baxter Stone and The Chocolate Dogs as their drummer/singer.

With Jillian’s versatility and experience in every medium – she can take on any gig!

Awards

2012		National Youth Theatre Award		British Theatre Overseas \| Singapore
1994		Hazel Treweek Shakespeare Award		Shakespeare		Australia

Film

2017	Trinity	Diana Clone	Cheeroth Productions Dir: Sajeev Cheeroth
2005	Love Stirred Not Shaken	Anna	Hunter Productions Dir: Vic Hunter
2001	Walking on Water	The Crying Girl	Porchlight Films Dir: Tony Ayres
1997	Dead Letter Office	Lizzie	Artist Services Dir: John Ruane

Short Film

2005	Baptism	The Wife	Dir: Machew Macracken
1998	Antidote	The Woman (Lead)	AFTRS
1996	Schlinder's Lift	The Daughter	Dir: Dean Carey

Tele-Feature

2000		The Three Stooges			Mavis	Jim Lemley & Tim White Productions

Television

2007-2007	All Saints	Lynnette Shearer	7 Network
2004	Sixpack Sitcom	Liv Tyler	AFTRS Dir: Ben West
2003-2003	All Saints	Jasmine	7 Network
2001	Cold Feet	Wedding Celebrant	Granada Television
2000	Love if a Four Letter Word	Pokie Woman	ABC
2000-2000	Home and Away	Mrs Little	Seven Network
1999-1999	Water Rats	Linda	Nine Network Australia Dir: Mark Piper

Theatre

2016	Songs about Girls and their Fingerips	Rachael	The Artslab Dir: Sarah Butler
2016	Songs about Girls and their Fingerips	Rachael	The Artslab Dir: Sarah Butler
2015	Tempting Morsels	Lead	The Artslab Dir: Sarah Butler
2012	History of Theatre	Director	Traffic of the Stage Dir: Jillian O'Dowd
2012	A Brave New World	Fanny \| Linda	TNT / ADGE Dir: Paul Stebbings
2011	Wildboyz	Maxine \| Tina \| Gloria	Robert Warner Productions Dir: Stuart Morrison
2010-2011	Dinnerladies	Petual Gordeno	Dir: David Graham
2010	Beautiful Bodies in Leicester Square	Martha	Six in the City Dir: Caroline Devlin
2008	Young Mary \| Hay Before He Mower \| Loss of Innocence	Mary Mackillop \| Various	Troubadour Theatre Dir: Scott Croll
2002	Sweet Phoebe	Helen (Lead)	Hair of the Dog Inc Dir: Helen Dallimore
2001	The Tempest	Sebastian \| Trinculo	Bell Shakespeare Co Dir: Des James
2001	The Misanthrope	Ellen	Hair of the Dog Inc Dir: David Field

Training

Training and Development	London School of Dramatic Art Tutors(s)Jake Taylor	London, UK
Bachelor of Dramatic Art	NIDA Tutors(s)Tony Knight	Sydney, Australia
Licentiate Teachers Diploma	Trinity College of London	London, UK

Skills

Language	French - Beginner \| German
Accents	American \| Australian \| British \| Eastern European \| New Zealand
Singing	Blues \| Classical \| Musical Theatre
Dance	Contemporary \| Jazz \| Tap
Music	Drums
Sports	Tennis \| Yoga