Helen O’Connor
TELEVISION
CROWNIES Role: Miriam (Episodes 3/4/17/21/22) Screentime / ABC. 2011
PACKED TO THE RAFTERS Role: Katya (block 37). Seven Network 2011
THE JESTERS Series 1 & 2 Role: Bonnie. Dir: Kimball Rendall / Prod Kevin Brumpton & Angus Fitzsimmons
EAST OF EVERYTHING Role: Sylvia. Dir: Various / Prod. Fiona Eagger, ABC Television
OFFSIDE Role: Sam (lead). Dir: Richard Vilensky / AFTRS
ALL SAINTS Role: Jill O’Sullivan. Dir: Cameron Welsh / Seven Network
HEADLAND Role: Ruby Taylor (semi regular). Dir: Various / Seven Network
DR BOGLE & MRS CHANDLER Role: Ms Nash. Film Australia
SNOBS Role: Ms Atkinson. West Street Productions Pty Ltd
DON’T BLAME ME Role: Mrs Wilton. West Street Productions Pty Ltd
WHITE COLLAR BLUE Role: Martine Gazenski (guest role). Knapman Wyld Television Pty Ltd
ALL SAINTS Role: Cassie Brooker (guest role). Seven Network
HOME & AWAY Role: Mrs Bell. Seven Network
HEADSTART Role: TV Personality. Gannon Productions/ABC
OUTRIDERS Role: Mrs Goodman. West Street Productions
GOING HOME Role: Schizophrenic. SBS
BREAKERS Role: Kate Markham (Main regular cast). Screentime Pty Ltd
G.P Role: Kerry Holberton. RCC
MEDIVAC Role: Colonel Doom. Liberty and Beyond Productions
THE BEAST Role: Maeve. Calamari Productions
THE FERRALS Role: Producer. ABC
ENGLISH AT WORK Role: Lynette. SBS
A COUNTRY PRACTICE Role: Rebecca Mills. JNP Films
LOVELESS Role: Joan. Generation Films/SBS
TOMORROW’S END Role: Irene. Film Australia
POLICE RESCUE Role: Susie. ABC/Xanadu
THE FLYING DOCTORS Role: Vicki. Crawford Productions
THE GIRL FROM TOMORROW Role: Irene. Film Australia
GRIM PICKINGS Role: Jill Mission. SAFC
WRECK OF THE STINSON Role: Viola. Kennedy Miller
JESSICA Role: Carol. AFTRS
RELATIVE MERITS Role: Alana. ABC TV
FILM
NATALIE WOOD: LAST CHILD Role: Crew Member. Dir: Peter Bogdanovich
FUTURE TENSE Role: Senator Benson. Dir: Jean de Segonzac
SPIDER AND ROSE Role: Screamer. Dendy Films
FRAUDS Role: Margaret. Dir: Stephen Elliott
TIL THERE WAS YOU Role: Margot. Dir: John Seale
BOYS IN THE ISLAND Role: Vera Miles. Esmarlo
OUT OF THE BODY Role: Barbara. David Hannay Productions
THE EVERLASTING SECRET FAMILY Role: Judge’s Associate. Indian Pacific Films
THEATRE
QUARTERMAINE’S TERMS Role: Anita. Marian St Theatre
MILO STC
EUROPE Role: Barbara. Stables Theatre
STRAIGHT AND NARROW Role: Louis. Peter & Ellen Williams
AN EVENING WITH MERV HUGHES Role: Susan. Theatre of Comedy
LIPSTICK DREAMS Role: Jess. Q Theatre/Glenn St. Season
I HATE HAMLET Role: Felicia. Marian St Theatre
WOMEN OF TROY Role: Athene /Chorus. STC
ON TOP OF THE WORLD Role: Stephanie. Q Theatre
LIPSTICK DREAMS Role: Jess. Elizabethan Theatre Trust
LIPSTICK DREAMS Role: Jess. New England Theatre Co
JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES Role: Pam. New England Theatre Co
NO WORRIES Role: Mum. Q Theatre
JABBERWOCKY Role: Slythiest Tove. Phillip St Theatre
ON THE WALLABY Role: Margaret. WA Theatre Co
ANTIGONE Role: Antigone. Hole in the Wall
GREAT EXPECTATIONS Role: Estelle. WA Theatre Co/Dir: Simon Phillips
WRITING CREDITS
Co-Writer Lipstick Dreams – New England Theatre Co / Australian Elizabethan Theatre trust
Victoria 1990/Perth 1991/UK Production 1991/Sydney/1992-93
Writer Lipstick Dreams TV series – Beyond International
Co-writer Happy Families – Riverina Theatre Company
Writer/Producer The Harlettes – Opera in the Pub and the Girls Stand Up
COACHING / TEACHING
Drama Coach – Home & Away drama series for 4 years, Seven Network 2001-2004
Accent Coach – USA accent – various commercials 2007/2008/2009
Dialect Coach – Packed to the Rafters – English dialect coaching 2009.
Corporate Coach – COUP live & corporate. 2007-current.
TRAINING
1985 WAAPA (Western Australian Academy Performing Arts) Graduate
1981 BA Dip Ed (Drama) – University of NSW