Geraldine Brophy

Geraldine Brophy
Height: 5' 8" / 173 cm
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Summary
Geraldine is most remembered as the effervescent Moira Crombie from NZ’s best loved drama Shortland Street which she
played for five years from 1997 to 2001. She won the 1998 New Zealand Film and Television Best Actress award for her lead
role in Home Movie and was a finalist for Best Actress in the 2000 awards for Shortland Street. Other television appearances
include the recent Seven Periods with Mr. Gormsby, Serial Killers, Spin Doctors, Maddigan’s Quest and Insiders Guide to
Love. She has played Detective Farnom in the film In My Father’s Den, and was also cast in Peter Jackson’s King Kong.
Geraldine is heavily involved in the New Zealand theatre scene with directing, producing and acting. In her subsequent 22
years in the industry she has played more than 150 roles on stage. She was a core member of Elric Hooper’s Court Theatre
Company for over a decade, winning the Press Best Actress award several times. Her memorable work there includes leads
in a range of classics, among them the title roles in Medea, and St. Joan, Portia in The Merchant of Venice, Gertrude in
Hamlet, Beatrice in Much Ado about Nothing, Gwendoline in The Importance of Being Earnest, Stella in A Streetcar Named
Desire, Mae in Cat on A Hot Tin Roof, Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible, and Sonia in Uncle Vanya. More recently Geraldine
has appeared principally in contemporary plays at the Auckland Theatre Company and Wellington’s Downstage theatre. She
also played the title role in the New Zealand Actor’s company Festival production of Shakespeare’s King Lear, Leah. She
won the 1996 Chapman Tripp Award for Best Supporting Actress in the Downstage production of Tzigane. In the Cinema she
has been seen in the hit film In My Father’s Den and King Kong and has completed filming The Water Horse for release in
cinemas 2007. Geraldine’s previous productions as director include Alan Bennett’s Single Spies at the Court Theatre and the
2005 revival of Renee’s Wednesday To Come, at Downstage theatre. She has directed her own plays The Viagra
Monologues and most recently, the premiere of her latest play, The Paradise Package at the Fortune Theatre Dunedin in
2006. Her career as a dramatist began with the highly praised The Viagra Monologues at the Herald Theatre in Auckland in
2003. This piece on the theme of male sexuality and its expression inside and outside of relationships, features fifteen
dramatic monologues divided among three male performers who play from three to eighty three. Mary’s Gospel premiered at
the Herald theatre in 2004. It focuses on the relationship of mentally disturbed Mary and her cousin /caregiver Lizzie after the
death of Mary’s son Christie. The play, set in a Hutt Valley state house, is a painful and poignant look at community care and
the Irish immigrant community in Wellington. Geraldine created the role of Lizzie and also that of Karen in her best-known
work Confessions of a Chocoholic, which debuted in Petone in 2004 and has since gone on to tour nationally. It tells of a
teenage mother being forced to give up her baby for adoption and her search in later life for this child. Real Estate was
premiered in Petone 2005. A two hander, it involves octogenarians Norma and Lottie whose relationship is strained by
Norma’s reluctance to leave her family home and Lottie’s revelation of her involvement with Rocky, Norma’s late husband.
Geraldine topped off 2008 by Winning Best Actress in a Feature Film for ’Second Hand Wedding’ at the Qantas Film & TV
Awards. In ’Second Hand Wedding’ Geraldine played strong-willed and avid garage sale hunter Jill Rose. In 2009 Geraldine
won the hearts of the nation while competing on Dancing with the Stars, making it through to the semi-finals with her lively
dance partner Stefano Olivieri. Geraldine lives in Petone, Wellington New Zealand with her husband Ross Joblin and two
daughters, Zoe and Beatrice. She is available for guest appearances and MCing events.
Awards
2008
Qantas Film and Television Awards
Best Actress - Second New Zealand
Hand Wedding
1996
New Zealand Film & Television Awards
Best Supporting
Actress - Tzigane
2/25 Sale Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Ph: +64 9 379 2010 | [email protected] | www.actors.co.nz
New Zealand
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Geraldine Brophy
Film
2013
Eternity
Veronica
Creative Coast
Dir: Alex Galvin
2011
Hook, Line and Sinker
Bernadette
Dir: Andrea Bosshard | Shane Loader
2011
The Devil's Rock
Voice of the Demon
Chameleon Pictures
Dir: Paul Campion
2009
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Nobleman's Wife
Sketch Films | Lakeshore
Entertainment
Dir: Patrick Tatopoulos
2008
Second Hand Wedding
Jill Rose
Garage Sale Productions
Dir: Paul Murphy
2007
The Water Horse
Gracie
Revolution Studios
Dir: Jay Russell
2005
King Kong
Maude
Universal Pictures
Dir: Peter Jackson
2004
In My Father's Den
Det. Farnon
IFMD Ltd.
Dir: Brad McGann
Short Film
2013
Midnight at the Pier
Actress
Inny-Willy Productions
Dir: Ingrid Saker
2010
Rabbit
Peg
Dir: Jamie Lawrence
2005
Nothing Special
Marcy
Dir: Helena Brooks
Tele-Feature
2016
How to Murder Your Wife
Betty Benning
Avalon Films
Dir: Riccardo Pellizzeri
2012
Siege
Kris McGehan
Screentime
Dir: Mike Smith
2009
Life's a Riot
Mrs Cassey
Riot Productions Ltd.
Dir: Ian Mune
2/25 Sale Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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Geraldine Brophy
Television
2016
CNT Live
Meredith Pincer
Dir: Beatrice Joblin
2009
Dancing with the Stars
Contestant
2009
Legend of the Seeker
Queen Milena
ABC Studios
2007
Outrageous Fortune
Mrs Haggerty
South Pacific Pictures
Dir: Simon Bennett | Britta Johnstone
2007
Welcome to Paradise
Despina
The Gibson Group
Dir: Geoff Murphy
2005-2006
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby
Marion Patterson
Television New Zealand (TVNZ)
Dir: Danny Mulheron
2006
Maddigan's Quest
Ida
South Pacific Pictures
Dir: Charlie Haskell | Vanessa
Alexander | Peter Burger
2006
The Insiders Guide to Love
Trish
The Gibson Group
Dir: Yvonne McKay | Brendan
Donovan
2004
Serial Killers
Sandy
Landtry Ltd.
Dir: Mike Smith
1997-2001
Shortland Street
Moira Crombie
South Pacific Pictures
Cochrane (Core Cast)
2012
Awatea
Emma Gilhooly
Auckland Theatre Company
Dir: Colin McColl
2010
Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
Auckland Theatre Company
Dir: Willem Wassenaar
2009
Grumpy Old Women
Lead
Ben McDonald Productions
Dir: David McPhail
2005
Confessions of a Chocoholic
Karen
Number 8 Theatre
2005
Real Estate
Norma
Number 8 Theatre
2004
Marys Gospel
Lizzie
Native Tongue
Dir: Stuart Devenie (MNZM)
Theatre
2/25 Sale Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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2004
Romeo & Juliet
Capulet
Downstage Theatre
2004
Up for Grabs
Felicity
Downstage Theatre
Dir: Rachel More
2003
Middle Aged Spread
Elizabeth
Auckland Theatre Company
Dir: Colin McColl
2003
The Viagra Monologues
Actress
Native Tongue
Dir: Geraldine Brophy
2003
The World's Wife
Actress
Centrepoint Theatre
Dir: Miranda Harcourt
2002
Noises Off
Flavia
Auckland Theatre Company
Dir: Elric Hooper
2001
Rozencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
Rose
Auckland Theatre Company
1997
Molly Sweeney
Molly Sweeney
Auckland Theatre Company
1996
Eugenia
Mrs. Bassani / Lily
Taki Rua Productions
1996
One Flesh
Claudia / Frances
Downstage Theatre
1996
Tzigane
Lisa
Downstage Theatre
1996
Vampyre Dancers
Eliza
Circa Theatre
1985
Arcadia
Lady Croom
Auckland Theatre Company
Dir: Simon Phillips
1985
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Mae
The Court Theatre
1985
Charleys Aunt
Donna Lucia
The Court Theatre
Dir: Elric Hooper
1985
Dancing at Lughnasa
Maggie
Auckland Theatre Company
Musical Theatre
2013
Pirates of Penzance
Sgt of Police
Ben McDonald Productions
Dir: Raymond Hawthorne
1995
Braindead
Nurse Travistock
Downstage Theatre
2/25 Sale Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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Geraldine Brophy
Voice
2015
Schmeat
Narrator
ProductionShed.TV
2006
Mercury Falling
Narrator
Screentime
2004
Janet Frame Documentary
Voice
Skills
Accents
American | English - RP | Irish
2/25 Sale Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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