Michela Noonan

Michela Noonan
Born (1975-01-30) 30 January 1975 (age 49)[1]
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1990–present
Notable workStrange Fits of Passion
The Miraculous Mellops
Spellbinder

Michela Noonan is an Italian-Australian actress who was born in England.[2] In 1999 Noonan was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the film Strange Fits of Passion.[3]

Noonan works in Australia and Italy. She had main roles in the Australian TV series The Miraculous Mellops[4] and Spellbinder[5] and played the lead in the film Strange Fits of Passion.[6][7] She has appeared on film and TV in Italian productions such as Apnea,[2] Quore and Il Destino a Quattro Zampe[8]

Early life

Noonan was born in London to an Italian father and an Australian mother. When she was 4 her parents separated and she moved with her mother to Sydney. She got her first break at age 15 in the Australian Young People's Theatre production of Romeo and Juliet.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Type
1997 Square One Vicky Film
1998 The Sugar Factory Angela Feature film
1999 Mumbo Jumbo TV movie
1999 Strange Fits of Passion She Feature film
2002 Il Destino Quattro Zampe TV movie
2002 Quore Paola Feature film
2002 Pier Paolo Pasolini e la ragione di un sogno Self Documentary film
2005 Apnea Chiara Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Type
1990 Home and Away Girl #2 TV series, 1 episode
1991 G.P. Simone Meyer TV series, 1 episode
1991-92 The Miraculous Mellops Harmony Dump TV series, 21 episodes
1993 A Country Practice Donna Martin TV series, 2 episodes
1995-96 Spellbinder Katrina Muggleton TV series, 26 episodes
1996 Ocean Girl TV series, 1 episode
1997 Roar Edain TV series, 1 episode
1998 All Saints Julie Allen TV series, 1 episode
1998 Wildside Juliette Crawley TV series, 1 episode
1998-2000 Water Rats Catarina Luvece / Rebecca TV series, 3 episodes
2000 Farscape Vyna TV series, 1 episode
2003 White Collar Blue Dana TV series, 1 episode
2006 The Chaser's War on Everything Guest TV series, 1 episode
2014 The Code Annie Joyce TV series, 1 episode
2014 Devil's Playground Nun TV series, 1 episode

References

  1. ^ Michela Noonan at IMDb
  2. ^ a b Fulton, Adam (14 September 2007), The Italian job, Sydney Morning Herald
  3. ^ a b Mathieson, Craig (21 September 2007), Michela's Italian noir job - FILM, The Age
  4. ^ Miraculous Mellops 1, Screen Australia
  5. ^ Terrace, Vincent (15 September 2021). Broadcast in the U.S. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 192. ISBN 9781538156094.
  6. ^ Zwar, Adam (26 March 2000), Life of this actress a double act, Herald Sun
  7. ^ Lalor, Peter (30 October 1999), Balancing act, Daily Telegraph
  8. ^ McKenna, Jo (6 July 2002), The Italian job, Herald Sun