Geneviève Lemon
Born: 1958-04-21 in Sydney, Australia
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Genevieve Lemon is an Australian actress who has appeared in a number of soap operas – as Zelda Baker in The Young Doctors, Marlene "Rabbit" Warren in Prisoner and Brenda Riley in Neighbours. She showed her comedic and singing talents in the televised revue show Three Men and a Baby Grand. Lemon has also appeared in a number of films directed by Jane Campion – Sweetie, The Piano and Holy Smoke. She played in the stage production "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – the Musical" as the barmaid and owner of the Broken Hill Hotel, Shirley. Her first CD, with her band, is called "Angels in the City". It is a live recording of a concert she performed in the Studio at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Singing around the House series. Genevieve Lemon is currently on stage at London's Victoria Palace Theatre, portraying Mrs Wilkinson in Billy Elliot the Musical, a role she performed firstly in Sydney then Melbourne. On 21 January 2008 she won the Best Actress in a Musical award at the 2007 Sydney Theatre Awards. Lemon won a 2008 Helpmann Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Billy Elliot the Musical. Lemon has worked extensively for a number of major state theatre companies in Australia. Lemon began her career with the Leichhardt-based amateur theater company, The Rocks Players. Description above from the Wikipedia article Genevieve Lemon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- Kangaroo as Bernadette
2024
- Runt as Dolly Shearer
- Return to Paradise as Madge Woodburne
- Population 11 as Valerie Hogarth
2023
- The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race as Barb
- Totally Completely Fine as Lorraine Mathews
2022
- The Tourist as Sue
- Colin from Accounts as Jenny
- Ticket to Paradise as Beth-Ann
- Here Out West as Nancy
2021
- Sweet River as Elenor Drake
- The Power of the Dog as Mrs. Lewis
- Eden as Fiona Palmer
2019
- Frayed as Shirley
2018
- Acute Misfortune as Geneviève Lemon
- Ladies in Black as Mrs. Wentworth
2015
- Redfern Now: Promise Me as Dr Linda
- The Secret River as Mrs. Herring
2013
- Top of the Lake as Bunny
2008
- 8 as Pam Garner (segment "The Water Diary")
- The Adventures of Charlotte and Henry as Charlotte's Mum / Henry's Mum / Madame (voice)
2007
- To Each His Own Cinema as Bug (segment: The Lady Bug)
2006
- Making Sweetie as Self
- The Water Diary as Pam
- Suburban Mayhem as Auntie Diane
2003
- The Postcard Bandit as Nola
2001
- Always Greener as Loretta
1999
- Holy Smoke as Rahi
- Soft Fruit as Josie
1997
- The Well as Jen Bordern
1995
- Billy's Holiday as Julie
1993
- The Piano as Nessie
1992
- Big ideas as Beth Draper
1989
- Sweetie as Dawn 'Sweetie'
- Luigi’s Ladies as Debbie
1988
- Home and Away as Hazel Easton
1987
- Rafferty's Rules as Julie
1986
- The Flying Doctors as Libby