Anya Beyersdorf is an Australian actress, born in Armidale, New South Wales

Armidale, New South Wales

Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale Dumaresq Shire had a population of 19,485 people according to the 2006 census. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region...

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Beyersdorf trained in acting and directing in the theatres of Berlin after winning the Marten Bequest Prize for Acting for 2008/2009, working under Bulgarian master director Dimiter Gotscheff on the play – The Powder Keg at Der Haus der Berliner Festspiele as well as traveling and studying performance in Poland, Denmark and the USA.

Anya played the title character Angie in John Winter’s (producer Rabbit Proof Fence) directorial debut feature film which premiered at the 58th Sydney International Film Festival. Black and White and Sex is Anya’s third feature film, after Rats and Cats (Melbourne Film Festival 2006, South By Southwest Film Festival USA 2009) and Triple Happiness (due for release 2012) as well performing as the Tragic Usherette in the self devised Magic Lantern Picture Show at the Famous Spiegeltent (Edinburgh Festival 2010).

Other film work includes lead performances in the 2007 Dendy Award nominated Australian Film Commission

Australian Film Commission

The Australian Film Commission was an Australian government agency with a mandate to promote the creation and distribution of films in Australia as well as to preserve the country's film history. It also had a production arm responsible for production and commissioning of films for government...

 film Love’s Labour directed by Natasha Pincus (Sydney Film Festival 2007, St Kilda Film Festival 2007, Dungog Film Festival 2007) and the AFI

Australian Film Institute Awards

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 nominated Film Victoria Dugong (Sundance 2007, Aspen Film Festival 2007, Melbourne Film Festival 2007, Brisbane Film Festival 2007, AFI Award nominated 2007) directed by Erin White.

Other work includes her breakthrough performance as troubled teen Miranda Eason on Stingers

Stingers

Stingers was an Australian police drama television series. It ran for eight seasons on the Nine Network before it was canceled in late 2004 due to declining ratings and the late timeslot Channel Nine gave the program...

, guest episodes on Blue Heelers

Blue Heelers

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 as Jacqui Hatcher, on Canal Road

Canal Road (TV series)

Canal Road is an Australian television drama series on the Nine Network. The series was produced in-house, under producer Susan Bower, in collaboration with writers Sarah Smith, John Ridley and Dave Warner, and directed by Kevin Carlin. It was filmed at Channel Nine’s GTV Studio 11 and on location...

 as Tracey, as well as playing the title role of Emma in Emma and the Barista on ABC TV

ABC Television

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, winning the Platinum Remi for best short film at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.