Nicola Parry
FILM/TELEVISION
SOME SAY LOVE (PILOT)
Various Freehand Productions, 2011
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Role: Sales Assistant Dir: Rob Sitch, Working Dog Project 2010
THE LIBRARIANS- Series 3
Role: Beverly The Librarians Pty Ltd 2010
AUSTRALIAN VERSUS Fremantle Media 2010
THANK GOD YOUR HERE
Core Cast Working Dog/Channels 7/10 2006-2009
SHHH PASS IT ON (pilot)
Presenter Core 3 Entertainment, Philippa Whitfield 2007
THIS IS YOUR LIFE (pilot)
Various Michael Bouchier, Michael Gregory 2007
WORKING IT OUT (short)
Role: Amanda Ruby Films, Ed Wightman 2007
AKMAL
Cast Taiyo Films, Akmal Saleh 2006
NATIONAL IMPROV CHAMPIONSHIPS
Various Comedy Channel, John Knowles 2006
THE WEDGE (Pilot)
Various Ch 10, Cornerbox 2005
THINK FRESH
Various Comedy Channel, Julie Dunsmore 2003
PRINCE OF THE PANTRY (short film)
Role: Catriona Foxtel/Qantas, Angus Pitt 2003
SHOPPING AROUND
Girl (Lead) Freelunch, A. Bishop 2002
THEATRE
“THIS IS YOUR LIFE”
Various Cracker Comedy Festival Michael Gregory 2007
“160 CHARACTERS”
Various National and International Tour: MICF, Adelaide Festival, Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney Cracker Comedy Festival, Sydney Big Laugh Comedy Festival, Singapore Arts Festival (6 sell-out seasons)2004-2007
NATIONAL IMPROV CHAMPIONSHIPS
Improviser Impro Australia, John Knowles 2005-2006
A FAMILY AFFAIR
Director Company B- B Sharp Lyn Wallis 2005
TWELFTH NIGHT
Role: Olivia S. Carter Productions Fiona Pulford 2003-2004
A REGULAR ONE NIGHT STAND
Various Footbridge Theatre EM Productions 2004
CELEBRITY THEATRESPORTS
Host Enmore Theatre Andrew O’Keefe 2004
EXPLOSIVE MINDS
Regular Cast National Touring Grant Davies 2002
WINNER OFTHEATRESPORTS Cranston Cup Belvoir Street/Enmore Theatres 2002-2005
OFFICEJERKS
Role: Fritha Darlinghurst Theatre Adam Gelin 2002
OPEN STAGE PRODUCTIONS
Improviser National Touring Dan Cordeaux 2001-2002
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS CENTRE
Reader 2001-2002
Nicola was Associate Director at Bush Theatre London 1999 – 2000 working on productions including: Dogs Barking by Richard Zadjlic, Normal by Helen Blakeman, Chris and Nicholas, by Clare Jones, Card Boys, by Mike Packer, Shang-a-lang, by Catherine Johnson and A Place at the Table by Simon Block. She was General Manager of Actors Centre Australia 2003-2005.
SPECIAL SKILLS
Accents, Improvisation, Singing
COMMERCIAL
EBAY CAMPAIGN
Role: Woman Prodigy Films 2006
SUPACHEAP CAMPAIGN
Role: Wife Prodigy Films Tim Bullock 2006
SMH/TROPFEST CAMPAIGN
Role: Denise Saatchi/Goodoil 2005
RADIO/VOICEOVER
Guest presenter – Drive Time The Akmal Show, NOVA RADIO 2007
Various – Thank God You’re Here, Radio Campaign 2006
Denise – Tropfest/SMH Campaign, Hope Agency/SMH 2005
Voice Over Artist – Rob Carlton Productions, Shadowfax 2004
Voice Over Artist – Comedy Pilot, Silent Partners/Basement Studios 2004
Casual Guest Presenter – TNT Radio London 1999-2000
CORPORATE
As a corporate host and performer, Nicola has worked with a wide variety of companies and clients. She is a core member of the ‘Explosive Minds!’ team performing nationally and internationally, and has also worked for TanJose, Solid Lines Creative, ImproAustralia, Dramatic Change and many more. Some of Nicola’s recent clients have included: Ricoh, Commonwealth Bank, JB Were Goldman Sachs, Sonafi Aventis, Johnson and Johnson, Telstra, Zocor, Clearview, Fuji Xerox, AMP, Apple Computers, Nutrimetics, Elli Lilly, Macquarie Bank, Ernst and Young, Swiss Re, Pharmacia, Optus, Visy and Samsung.
TRAINING
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA, UK)
Nicola is best known as a lead cast member in all four series of the award-winning comedy ‘Thank God You’re Here’, and recently starred in ABC Television’s AFI and Logie winning ‘The Hollowmen’. Some of her other television credits include ‘Swift and Shift Couriers’ (SBS), ‘This is Your Laugh’ (Ch 7), ‘Sleuth 101’ (ABC), ‘Australia Versus’ (7) and ‘The Librarians’ (ABC).
On stage Nicola has starred in the sell-out production '160 Characters’, which toured nationally and internationally, playing the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Cracker Comedy Festival, Adelaide Festival and Singapore International Arts Festival. Other stage credits include the Cracker Comedy Festival’s ‘This is Your Laugh’, ‘Tabloid Musical’, ‘Twelfth Night’, ‘As You Like It’ and many improv theatre seasons at Sydney's Belvoir Street and Enmore Theatres. Nicola also won the Australian National Improv championships as part of the NSW team, co-hosted the Celebrity Challenge with Andrew O’Keefe, and has hosted for the Melbourne International Film Festival.
She also directed the award winning comedy band ‘The Axis of Awesome’ for the Melbourne and Edinburgh Comedy Festivals.
Nicola has done extensive work as a voice over artist and appeared in several television commercials. For radio she has guest hosted Nova’s drive time show and was a recurring guest in Radio National’s ‘Lonely Hearts Club’ series.
In addition to her performing credits, Nicola has been General Manager of Actors Centre Australia, Associate Director of the UK ’s Bush Theatre, and a Resident Director at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA)