Dina Panozzo

Dina Panozzo
Born
Dina Panozzo

Australia
OccupationActress
RelativesOriana Panozzo (sister)

Dina Panozzo (born 1966 [1]) is an Australian-born actress of Italian descent.[2]

Early life

Panozzo's parents emigrated to Adelaide from northern Italy, on a ship called 'Queen Neptuna'. Her mother was 19 and a housewife, her father a labourer and later a carpenter. Growing up in Adelaide in the 1970s, Panozzo became passionate about Adelaide’s thriving amateur theatre scene, in particular, Adelaide Theatre Company.[3]

Career

Panozzo is best known for her regular roles in the television series Carla Cametti PD[4] and Bed of Roses.[5] She has also appeared in a recurring role in Packed to the Rafters and guest roles in many Australian series, including A Country Practice, Water Rats, and White Collar Blue. Panozzo also had regular roles in the short-lived comedy series Wedlocked[6] and the soap opera Richmond Hill.[7] Featured film roles include Black & White & Sex[8] and Fistful of Flies.[9]

Her theatre roles include Popular Front (Theatre Works, 1987),[10][11] ABC (Belvoir Street Theatre, 1988),[12] Sisters (Malthouse Theatre, 1991),[13][14] S.O.S. Sex, Overkill and Salvation of the Soul (Belvoir Street Theatre, 1991),[15] and A Little Like Drowning (Belvoir Street Theatre, 1992).[16] She also wrote, co-directed and starred in Varda Che Bruta...Poretta which played in multiple venues from 1992 to 1994.[17][18]

Filmography

Film

Year Film Character Type
1993 Bedevil Voula Feature film (segment: Lovin' the Spin I'm In)
1993 Just Desserts Maria Stroppi Film short
1996 Fistful of Flies Grace Lupi Feature film
1998 Let's Wait Gina Film short
2001 The Man Who Sued God Italian Reporter Feature film
2002 Mother of an Attitude Film short
2004 Love's Brother Zia Norman Feature film
2011 The Man with Wings Film short
2012 Black & White & Sex Angie 6 Feature film
2020 Bloodshot Heart Catherine Feature film

Television

Year Program Character Type
1983 The Sullivans TV series, 1 episode
1983; 1984 Cop Shop Marti Vickers (as Dena Panozzo) TV series, episodes 555–556
1983; 1984 Carson's Law Miss Refton / Anges Weston TV series, 2 episodes
1984 City West Lead role TV series
1984 A Country Practice Lily TV series, 2 episodes
1984 Special Squad Maria (as Dena Panozzo) TV series, 1 episode
1988 Richmond Hill Jill Warner TV series, 59 episodes
1989 Mission: Impossible Serena TV series, 1 episode
1990 Acropolis Now! Rosita TV series, 1 episode
1992 G.P. Rosie Tait TV series, 1 episode
1994; 1996 Wedlocked Susie Abruzzo TV series, 11 episodes
1998 Wildside Renata Cellini TV series, 1 episode
2000 Water Rats Antonella Luvece TV series, 2 episodes
2001 Head Start Vivienne TV miniseries, 1 episode
2003 White Collar Blue Theresa Nitti TV series, 1 episode
2008–2010 Bed of Roses Gemma O'Reilly TV series, 14 episodes
2009 Carla Cametti PD Angela Cametti TV series, 6 episodes
2009; 2012 Packed to the Rafters Rita Karandonis TV series, 8 episodes
2010 Underbelly Samira Kanaan TV series, 2 episodes
2013–2014 A Place to Call Home Carla Poletti TV series, 11 episodes
2024 Last Days of the Space Age Fran TV series, 7 episodes

Television (as self)

Year Program Character Type
1988 World Expo 88 Opening Celebrations Herself TV special
1988 Just for the Record Herself TV series, 1 episode
1988 Olympathon Herself TV special
1988 Perfect Match Herself TV series, 1 episode
1988 Melbourne Cup Carnival Herself TV special
1989 International It’s a Knockout Contestant TV special
1989 Celebrity Cricket Herself TV special
1991 Review Herself TV series, 1 episode
1991 Industrial Democracy Herself Film documentary
1992 Whats Cooking Guest TV series, 1 episode
1993 Residential Tenancies Tribunal Herself Film documentary
1993 Tonight Live with Steve Vizard Guest TV series, 1 episode
1993 Good Morning Australia Guest TV series, 1 episode
1994 Live It Up Herself TV series, 1 episode
2001 Mum's the Word Herself TV series, 1 episode
2012 The People Speak Australia Contributor TV special

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Theatre

Year Title Role Venue / Co.
1976 Johnny Castilhino Sheridan Theatre, Adelaide with Adelaide Theatre Group
1976–77 Jack the Ripper Martha Tabram / Rosie Wunmore Sheridan Theatre, Adelaide, Space Theatre, Adelaide with STCSA & Adelaide Theatre Group
1978 The Winter’s Tale Sheridan Theatre, Adelaide with Adelaide Theatre Group
1980 Sadie and Neco Sadie VCA
1981 Dimentos Lydia VCA
1981 The Three Sisters Olga Performance Studio One, Melbourne
1982 Tales from Land Shut
1983 Don't Stand on Ceremony
1984 Il Magnifico Seymour Centre, Sydney
1984 The Time of Your Life
1985 Exploring Shakespeare
1985 Richard III Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1985 Scenes Big and Little Playhouse Adelaide with STCSA
1985 Beatland Playhouse Adelaide with STCSA
1985 Muse of Fire Playhouse Adelaide with STCSA
1985 On the Razzle Christopher Playhouse Adelaide with STCSA
1985 The Touch of Silk Jeanne Playhouse Adelaide with STCSA
1985 Peter Pan Wendy Darling Playhouse Adelaide with STCSA
1986 Dreams in an Empty City Playhouse Adelaide with STCSA for Adelaide Festival
1987 Popular Front Marguerita Theatre Works, Melbourne
1987 The Impostor Zhou Minghua St Martins Youth Arts Centre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company for Spoleto Melbourne Festival of the Arts
1988 ABC Belvoir Street Theatre
1990 Spanish Cuisine
1991 Sisters Sylvie Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Monash University with Playbox Theatre Company
1991 S.O.S. Sex, Overkill and Salvation of the Soul Belvoir Street Theatre
1991 Love and Magic in Mama's Kitchen Belvoir Street Theatre
1992 A Little Like Drowning Belvoir Street Theatre with Teatar Di Migma
Nicaragua Belvoir Street Theatre[20]
1993 The Garden of Granddaughters Fay Wharf Theatre, Sydney, Monash University, Ford Theatre, Geelong, Her Majesty’s Theatre, Ballarat, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company & STC
1993 Belvoir Street Revues Belvoir Street Theatre
1993–94 Varda Che Bruta...Poretta (Look How Ugly She is...Poor Thing) One-woman show Stables Theatre, Sydney for Festival for Carnivale Sydney, Universal Theatre, Melbourne, Space Theatre, Adelaide with STCSA for International Women’s Playwright Conference with Performance Space
1996 A Progressive Dinner: Promiscuous Spaces 1: Table Talk Speaker Performance Space
1998 Emma Bridge Theatre, Sydney with Theatre South
1999 Monster Mouth Open City & Playworks[21]
2003 Cantata Dancer Acton Street Theatre, Canberra with Stopera
2004 The Vagina Monologues University of Sydney
2004 Kimberly Akimbo Patti Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
2007 From Door to Door Bessie Seymour Centre, Sydney
2007 Anna in the Tropics Ophelia Belvoir Street Theatre with Theatron Group
2015 The Plot Lily Mantouridion Theatre, Sydney with Skylight Productions & Katahanas Productions[22]
2018 The Gods of Strangers Assunta Northern Festival Centre, Port Pirie, Keith Michell Theatre, Adelaide, Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
2018 The Shifting Heart Momma Bianchi Seymour Centre, Sydney[23]
2022 The Life That I Gave You Studio Theatre, Sydney
2022 Set Piece Carriageworks, Sydney for Sydney Festival & Melbourne Rising Festival[24]

As writer/director

Year Title Role Venue / Co.
1993–94 Varda Che Bruta...Poretta (Look How Ugly She is...Poor Thing) Writer / co-director Stables Theatre, Sydney for Festival for Carnivale Sydney, Universal Theatre, Melbourne, Space Theatre, Adelaide with STCSA for International Women’s Playwright Conference with Performance Space
1999 La Voix Humaine / The Telephone Playwright / director Art Gallery of South Australia

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Awards and nominations

Year Nominated work Award Category Result
1992 The Touch of Silk Best Actress Award South Australian Critic Awards Won
1996 Fistful of Flies Gijón International Film Festival Best Actress Award Won
1997 Fistful of Flies Sochi International Film Festival Best Actress Award Won
2004 Kimberly Akimbo Glugs Theatrical Awards Norman Kessell Memorial Award for Best Actress for an Outstanding Performance Won
2011 Bed of Roses Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated

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Personal life

Panozzo is married to television producer Phillip Tanner. After all attempts to conceive ended in miscarriage, the couple adopted a two year old boy from Guatemala called Luis. In 2004, at the age of six, Luis had an award-winning Nickelodeon TV series, called Cooking for Kids with Luis, and caught the attention of Oprah Winfrey.[27]

Dina Panozzo is the elder sister of actress Oriana Panozzo.[28]

References

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  4. ^ Enker, Debi (8 January 2009), "A girl's own crime story", The Age
  5. ^ Lollo, Michelle (8 January 2009), "ABC's Bed Of Roses TV series launch", The Daily Telegraph
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  10. ^ Romney, Jason (10 February 1987), "Scaling the heights of politics", The Age
  11. ^ Radic, Leonard (16 February 1987), "Life as it was in the Red North", The Age
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  13. ^ Stone, Deborah (24 February 1991), "Three friends, on work and each other", The Age
  14. ^ Larkin, John (10 March 1991), "REVIEW: On the journey of self-discovery called life", The Age
  15. ^ Visontay, Michael (1 August 1991), "An emotional dynamo - on stage and off stage", The Sydney Morning Herald
  16. ^ Payne, Pamela (5 October 1992), "Emphatically Italian but hardly Italianate", The Sydney Morning Herald
  17. ^ Evans, Bob (16 January 1993), "An Aussie larrikin with Italian style", The Sydney Morning Herald
  18. ^ Weinger, Peter (16 November 1993), "A soapie star cleans up her act", The Age
  19. ^ https://app.showcast.com.au/profile/2B19335E
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  21. ^ https://www.realtime.org.au/works-in-progress-performance/
  22. ^ https://sydneyartsguide.com.au/the-plot-at-the-greek-theatre/
  23. ^ https://suzygoessee.com/2018/03/12/5-questions-with-dina-panozzo-and-david-soncin/
  24. ^ https://nightwrites.com/2022/01/08/set-piece-anna-breckon-nat-randall-with-performance-space/#more-2175
  25. ^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/3699
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  27. ^ https://www.stagenoise.com/feature/2007/finding-the-laughter
  28. ^ "Soap opera actors and shows - your questions answered". www.thesoapshow.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007.