Rhonda Wilson (actress)

Rhonda Wilson
OccupationsActress, Theatre Director, Oral Historian, Author
Years active1978-2005

Rhonda Wilson is an Australian actress, theatre director and author. For her performance in The Hour Before My Brother Dies she was nominated for the 1987 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature, a role she was reprising from the earlier stage production.[1]

Wilson is a stage actress and director,[2] often working with Daniel Keene with whom she cofounded Tide Theatre.[1][3] Stage shows include Angels Tomorrow,[4][5] The Hour Before My Brother Dies,[1][6][7] All Souls,[8][9][10] Low,[11][12] Blood Sister and[13] Echoes of Ruby Dark.[14][15]

Additionally, she performed various plays in New York City for which she received critical acclaim, including The Hour Before My Brother Dies,[16][17] Estrella,[18][19] The Fighter and[20][21] Isle of Swans.[22][23][24]

Her Directorial work includes All Souls at the Malthouse Theatre,[25] Silent Partner at the George Fairfax Theatre at the Victorian Arts Centre, [26] The Snake Pit at The Church Theatre,[27] Isle of Swans at Westside Arts Theatre (NYC) and [28][29] The Fighter at the Theatre for the New City in New York, which she directed under the name Iris James.[30][31]

Wilson is a Oral Historian. Her Oral History book "Good Talk: The Extraordinary Lives Of Ten Ordinary Australian Women" (Penguin, 1985) was nominated for the Victorian Premier’s Prize in Australian Studies.[32] Additionally, she researched and edited "Shelter: An Oral History of Majorie Oke Rooming House for Women" (Black Pepper Publishing, 2007), which was also nominated for the Victorian premiere's prize in Australian studies.[33]

She has also self-published her novel called the "The Intended Head" (Self-published, 2024).[34]


Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Type
1986 The Hour Before My Brother Dies TV movie

Stage

Year Title Role Type
Angels Tomorrow
The Hour Before My Brother Dies
All Souls and Low
Estrella
Isle of Swans
The Snake Pit
Echoes of Ruby Dark
Blood Sister
Low

Direction

Year Title Role Type
All Souls
Silent Partner
The Snake Pit
The Fighter
Isle of Swans

Books

Year Title Role Type
1985 Good Talk
2007 Shelter
2024 The Indented Head

References

  1. ^ a b c Payne, Pamela (6 July 1990), "Life with an expiry date", The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. ^ Rhonda Wilson, AusStage
  3. ^ Portus, Martin (8 December 1987), "Big Apple welcomes a resilient battler", The Sydney Morning Herald
  4. ^ Evans, Bob (6 December 1986), "Life and love set to a ringside bell", The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ^ Angels Tomorrow, AusStage
  6. ^ The Hour Before My Brother Dies, AusStage
  7. ^ The Hour Before My Brother Dies, AusStage
  8. ^ Thomson, Helen (17 April 1995), "Puzzlement, pain among the lost souls", The Age
  9. ^ All Souls, AusStage
  10. ^ All Souls, AusStage
  11. ^ Elliot, Helen (22 November 1994), "Snapshots about lives where love is all that's sweet", The Sydney Morning Herald
  12. ^ Low, AusStage
  13. ^ Thomson, Helen (7 September 1999), "Telling tale, but lacks empathy", The Age
  14. ^ Goodman, Walter (12 January 1986), "STAGE: TWO WORKS BY AUSTRALIAN WRITER", The New York Times
  15. ^ STAGE: TWO WORKS BY AUSTRALIAN WRITER, The New York Times
  16. ^ Goodman, Walter (12 January 1986), "STAGE: TWO WORKS BY AUSTRALIAN WRITER", The New York Times
  17. ^ STAGE: TWO WORKS BY AUSTRALIAN WRITER, The New York Times
  18. ^ Elliot, Helen (2 August 1991), "Review/Theater; A Solo Study of the Politics of Revenge", The New York Times
  19. ^ Review/Theater; A Solo Study of the Politics of Revenge, The New York Times
  20. ^ Gussow, Mel (27 August 1998), "Review/Theater; A Fading Prizefighter Confronts His Facade", The New York Times
  21. ^ Review/Theater; A Fading Prizefighter Confronts His Facade, The New York Times
  22. ^ Goodman, Walter (18 October 1987), "STAGE: 'ISLE OF SWANS,' BY AUSTRALIAN", The New York Times
  23. ^ STAGE: 'ISLE OF SWANS,' BY AUSTRALIAN, The New York Times
  24. ^ Echoes of Ruby Dark, The Malthouse Theatre
  25. ^ All Souls, The Malthouse Theatre
  26. ^ Silent Partner at the George Fairfax Theatre, Aus Stage
  27. ^ The Snake Pit, Theatre Aotearoa
  28. ^ Goodman, Walter (18 October 1987), "STAGE: 'ISLE OF SWANS,' BY AUSTRALIAN", The New York Times
  29. ^ STAGE: 'ISLE OF SWANS,' BY AUSTRALIAN, The New York Times
  30. ^ Gussow, Mel (27 August 1998), "Review/Theater; A Fading Prizefighter Confronts His Facade", The New York Times
  31. ^ Review/Theater; A Fading Prizefighter Confronts His Facade, The New York Times
  32. ^ Rhonda Wilson, Black Pepper Publishing
  33. ^ Shelter by Rhonda Wilson, Black Pepper Publishing
  34. ^ The Indented Head by R K Wilson, Amazon


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