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Maria Angelico

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Maria Angelico
Born
Melbourne, Australia
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, and producer
Years active2001–present

Maria Angelico is an Australian actress, writer and producer from Melbourne, Victoria. Angelico is best known for her portrayal of Julia Bechly in the TV series Sisters on Network Ten (2017), as Miss Tan in The InBESTigators (2019), and as Angie Sanford in the ABC Television drama Stateless in 2020.

Early life and education

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Maria Angelico was born in Melbourne, Australia.[citation needed]

In 2002, Angelico received a place in the inaugural scholarship course at the Melbourne Theatre Company, and studied at the Susan Batson studio in New York, then undertook vocal and dialect training.[1]

In 2010 Angelico completed the part-time acting program at 16th Street Actors Studio in Melbourne.[2]

Career

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Angelico acted in several TV series, including Blue Heelers[1] as teenager Jassy Kennedy in 2001, and appeared again in that series as Bianca Amalti in 2004, Neighbours, and a recurring role in Chris Lilley's We Can be Heroes . She continued working professionally as an actor throughout her teenage years.[2]

In 2015, Angelico wrote, produced and starred in the web series Movement: the web series about a woman named Sophia who needs to sort out her life after making bad decisions and attempting to stay in control.[3] She won the 2016 Spotlight on Melbourne WebFest award and was selected for the digital creators showcase at TriBeCa film festival 2016.[4]

She appeared as Florence in the web series Other People's Problems in 2017. Angelico starred in the lead role of Daphna in the stage play Bad Jews which toured nationally in Australia during 2015–2016.[5][6]

In 2017, Ashe starred as Julia Bechly in the TV drama series Sisters on Network Ten.[7][8]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Take Away Undesirable Teen Actor
2005 Hating Alison Ashley Sophie Actor
2007 My Sister and I Nina Actor
2008 Under a Red Moon Natalie Actor
2009 Blessed Morgue Receptionist Actor
2010 Stalker Jan Actor
2011 The Fat Lady Swings Maria Actor
2012 10Terorists Tree Hugger, Jarrah Actor
Underground: The Julian Assange Story Maureen Actor
2013 The War Fiona Voice Actor
2014 Small Amy Actor
2023 Favourites Sam Short

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
2001 Blue Heelers Jassy Kennedy 1 episode
2004 Blue Heelers Bianca Amalti 1 episode
2005 We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year Mel 6 episodes
2008 Bogan Pride Girl at Canteen 1 episode
2009 Home and Away Kayla Deboer 1 episode
City Homicide Rhiannon Casey 1 episode
2010 Rush Elizabeth Heinz 1 episode
2014 Wentworth Katrina 'Trina' Jenkins 1 episode
2015 Footballer Wants a Wife Jade 5 episodes
2017 Trip For Biscuits Exalted Leader 1 episode
Sisters Julia Bechly 7 episodes [9]
2018 Zero-Point Amanda Jade/Hou Yi 4 episodes
Glitch Sophie 1 episode
American Eggs Revonika 2 episodes
How to Stay Married Verity 1 episode
Get Krack!n Rachel 1 episode
2019 Mr. Black Greta 1 episode
The InBESTigators Miss Tan 18 episodes [10]
My Life Is Murder Cara Morgan 1 episode
2020 Stateless Angie Sanford 6 episodes
Retrograde Isabel 6 episodes
2021-23 The Newsreader Cheryl Rici 11 episodes
2021 New Gold Mountain Annie Thomas 4 episodes
2022 Discontent Milly 3 episodes
2023 The Clearing Jenny 2 episodes
Strife Christine 6 episodes [11]

Web series/Video Games

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Year Title Role Notes
2015-2016 Movement Writer/ Producer/ Actor (Sophia) 7 episodes
2017 Other People’s Problems Actor (Florence) 5 episodes
2020 World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Winter Queen Video Game
2022 World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Winter Queen Video Game

Theatre

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 Black Rock Tiffany Actor
2008 Shedding Rosa Actor
2012 Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Roberta Actor
2015-2016 Bad Jews Daphna Feygenbam Actor

Awards and nominations

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Screen writing

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2016 Melbourne WebFest Award Spotlight Award for Best Writing Movement Won [4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Maria Angelico Bio Page". Catherine Poulton Management. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Maria Angelico Bio Page". Catherine Poulton Management. Archived from the original on 2 June 2014.
  3. ^ Henderson, Amy (18 February 2016). "Movement the Web Series". Yen Mag. nextmedia Pty Ltd. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b Bale, Brendan (24 October 2017). "At home with Sisters' Maria Angelico". The Weekly Review. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  5. ^ "On the Couch with Maria Angelico". Arts Review. Byte Media. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  6. ^ Wrong, Suzy (21 May 2016). "5 Questions with Maria Angelico and Simon Corfield". Suzy Goes See. Wordpress. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  7. ^ Knox, David (23 September 2017). "Sisters: trailer". TV Tonight. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  8. ^ Staff writer, Decider TV (25 October 2017). "Meet your new SISTERS". Decider TV. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Airdate: Sisters | TV Tonight". 9 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Airdate: The Inbestigators | TV Tonight". 6 June 2019.
  11. ^ Knox, David (26 March 2023). "Asher Keddie begins production on Strife | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
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