Roxane Wilson
Encyclopedia
Roxane Wilson is an Australian actress best known for her roles in Water Rats
, Stingers
and The Alice
. She was born in Durban
, South Africa to an Italian Mother and an English Father. She lives in Los Angeles
with her children.
in London.
In 1972, Roxane moved with her mother to Sydney via London. Her stepfather is Ian "Peewee" Wilson, leader and founding member of the Australian rock and roll band The Delltones
.
After a couple of years in suburban Sydney, touring with the band, her family moved to Eungai Creek, New South Wales
on the mid-north coast, where they maintained a fifty acre farm, growing organic vegetables.
In 1983 she extended her modeling career to New York, where she signed with Wilhelmina Models
and lived for three years. During her time in New York she studied acting at HB Studio
and the Meisner technique
with Robert Modica.
On return to Australia, she began her career as a professional actress. In 1991 she furthered her training by attending full time study at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Roxane works extensively in film, television and theatre. She has also made television appearances as a presenter for the AFI Awards
and as a guest on the Good Morning Australia
, Donny Sutherland's "Sounds", "In Melbourne Today" (GTV 9) and Bert Newton
Show.
She has also worked as a tutor and as a private acting coach at Screenwise
, Out of the Blue
and ATYP.
Water Rats (TV series)
Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney...
, 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...
and The Alice
The Alice
The Alice was an Australian drama television series created by Justin Monjo and Robyn Sinclair. It was set in the central outback city of Alice Springs. The program began as a successful TV movie, that later spun off a regular series. The series proved less popular and was cancelled by the Nine...
. She was born in Durban
Durban
Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...
, South Africa to an Italian Mother and an English Father. She lives in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
with her children.
Early life
Roxane was born in Durban in 1965 to an Italian mother and an English father. Her father was also an actor, formerly trained at the Old VicOld Vic
The Old Vic is a theatre located just south-east of Waterloo Station in London on the corner of The Cut and Waterloo Road. Established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, it was taken over by Emma Cons in 1880 when it was known formally as the Royal Victoria Hall. In 1898, a niece of Cons, Lilian...
in London.
In 1972, Roxane moved with her mother to Sydney via London. Her stepfather is Ian "Peewee" Wilson, leader and founding member of the Australian rock and roll band The Delltones
The Delltones
The Delltones, a popular Australian rock 'n roll band, originally formed in 1958. They started out as a vocal harmony group with the lineup consisting of Brian Perkins, Noel Widerberg, Ian 'Peewee' Wilson and Warren Lucas...
.
After a couple of years in suburban Sydney, touring with the band, her family moved to Eungai Creek, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
on the mid-north coast, where they maintained a fifty acre farm, growing organic vegetables.
Career
Roxane Wilson started her career at an early age with modeling. In 1981 she signed with the Chadwick Models agency in Sydney.In 1983 she extended her modeling career to New York, where she signed with Wilhelmina Models
Wilhelmina Models
Wilhelmina Models is a modeling agency founded in 1967 by the model Wilhelmina Cooper and her husband Bruce Cooper in Manhattan Starting in 2010, Wilhelmina Models started a sub-brand called "Digital Empire Modeling" for new digital-era modeling talents....
and lived for three years. During her time in New York she studied acting at HB Studio
HB Studio
Founded in 1945 by Herbert Berghof, the HB Studio is a school that offers professional training in the performing arts. Located in Greenwich Village in New York City, its curriculum includes classes in a variety of areas, including acting, directing, playwrighting, screenwriting, musical theatre,...
and the Meisner technique
Meisner technique
The Meisner technique is an acting technique developed by the American theatre practitioner Sanford Meisner.Meisner developed this technique after working with Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler at the Group Theatre and as head of the acting program at New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse and...
with Robert Modica.
On return to Australia, she began her career as a professional actress. In 1991 she furthered her training by attending full time study at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts , Edith Cowan University was established in 1980 to provide performing arts tuition comparable to the highest calibre of national and international training benchmarks to be able to meet industry needs around the globe.The school is located in the...
Roxane works extensively in film, television and theatre. She has also made television appearances as a presenter for the AFI Awards
Australian Film Institute Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, known as the AACTA Award , is an accolade presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . The awards recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry and television industry, including directors,...
and as a guest on the Good Morning Australia
Good Morning Australia
Good Morning Australia from Network Ten was the name of two different programs. This article is for Bert Newton's morning program, not to be confused with the breakfast news program of the same name....
, Donny Sutherland's "Sounds", "In Melbourne Today" (GTV 9) and Bert Newton
Bert Newton
Albert Watson "Bert" Newton, AM, MBE is an Australian television personality, known for hosting television series such as In Melbourne Tonight, Good Morning Australia and 20 to 1. Newton has also hosted the Logie Awards on numerous occasions through his career.-Early life:Newton was born in...
Show.
She has also worked as a tutor and as a private acting coach at Screenwise
Screenwise
Screenwise is an Australian film and television school for actors based in Surry Hills, Sydney. The school, established in 2000 and using only Australian Film Institute Award winners as teachers, is overseen by actor Denise Roberts...
, Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue (2008 TV series)
Out of the Blue is an Australian serial drama commissioned by the BBC, produced by Australia's Southern Star Entertainment. It began screening on BBC One on weekday afternoons on 28 April 2008. The programme attracted lower than desired ratings figures, prompting the broadcaster to shift it to its...
and ATYP.
Filmography & Theatre
| Year | Title | Medium | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Black and White and Sex | Film | Angie 4 |
| 2010 | Emily | Short Film | Jane |
| 2010 | Spirit-Ed | Short Film | Mrs Jones |
| 2010 | City Homicide City Homicide City Homicide was an Australian television drama series that aired on the Seven Network between 27 August 2007 – 30 March 2011. The series was set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne... |
Television | Myra Rawlings |
| 2010 | Send in the Dogs | Television | Narrator |
| 2009 | Rescue: Special Ops Rescue: Special Ops Rescue: Special Ops is an Australian television drama series that first screened on the Nine Network in 2009. Filmed in and around Sydney, the program is produced by Southern Star Entertainment with the assistance of Screen Australia and the New South Wales Government.This drama series focuses on a... |
Television | Chantelle Gregory |
| 2008 | Out of the Blue Out of the Blue (2008 TV series) Out of the Blue is an Australian serial drama commissioned by the BBC, produced by Australia's Southern Star Entertainment. It began screening on BBC One on weekday afternoons on 28 April 2008. The programme attracted lower than desired ratings figures, prompting the broadcaster to shift it to its... |
Television | Angela Mulroney |
| 2008 | Outrageous Fortune Outrageous Fortune (TV series) Outrageous Fortune was a New Zealand comedy/drama television series, which was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and was produced by South Pacific Pictures... |
Television | Candice Fletcher |
| 2007 | Punishment | Film | Marie Rogen |
| 2004–2005 | The Alice The Alice The Alice was an Australian drama television series created by Justin Monjo and Robyn Sinclair. It was set in the central outback city of Alice Springs. The program began as a successful TV movie, that later spun off a regular series. The series proved less popular and was cancelled by the Nine... |
Television | Ellie Delaney |
| 2000–2003 | 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... |
Television | Daniella Mayo |
| 2001 | Lucky Blue | Short Film | Angel |
| 2000–2001 | Freak Winds | Theatre | Myra |
| 2000 | Film | Girl in Shop | |
| 1999 | Change of Heart | Film | Anne |
| 1999 | True Colours | Short Film | Helen |
| 1999 | Short Film | Charlotte | |
| 1999 | Beastmaster | Television | Atlanta |
| 1999 | Finding the Sun | Theatre | Cordelia |
| 1998–1999 | Water Rats | Television | Suzi Abramovich |
| 1998 | Practical Mamet | Theatre | Various |
| 1998 | Wildside | Television | Marilyn O'Connor |
| 1998 | Reflections | Film | Helen Stacey |
| 1998 | Murder Call Murder Call Murder Call was an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and seen on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The idea to the series was born by the books of Tessa Vance by Jennifer Rowe: Suspect/Deadline and Something Wicked... |
Television | Kristen Charlton |
| 1998 | Erskineville Kings Erskineville Kings Erskineville Kings was a Radical Media production made for Palace Films on a minimal budget and directed by newcomer Alan White. It was released on 1 January 1999... |
Film | Eve |
| 1997–1998 | Big Sky | Television | Robbie Manning |
| 1997 | Film | The Girl Friend | |
| 1996 | Common Law | Television | Karen |
| 1996 | Film | Tracey | |
| 1996 | Three Months in Her Bathroom | Film | Carmen |
| 1995 | Police Rescue Police Rescue Police Rescue was an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by ABC and Southern Star Xanadu in association with the BBC.... |
Television | Tessa |
| 1995 | Echo Point Echo Point Echo Point was an Australian television soap opera produced by Southern Star Productions for Network Ten in 1995.The series was devised as an attempt by the Ten Network to rival the opposition soap Home and Away on the Seven Network... |
Television | Coral O'Connor |
| 1995 | Family & Friends | Television | Jennifer Chandler |
| 1994 | Private Lives | Theatre | Amanda Prynne |
| 1994 | Rosencrantz & Guilderstern are Dead | Theatre | Gertrude |
| 1994 | Spare Tires | Short Film | Helen |
| 1994 | Shadow Chasing | Short Film | Kate |
| 1993 | Taming the Shrew | Theatre | Hortensio |
| 1993 | Bobbin' Up | Theatre | Jeanie/Violet/Rita |
| 1993 | Lady Windermere's Fan | Theatre | Lady Plymdale |
| 1993 | Bumpy Angels | Theatre | Blanche |
| 1993 | A Dream Play | Theatre | Keeper/Alice |
| 1993 | Red Noses | Theatre | Mother Metz & others |
| 1992 | Loose Ends | Short Film | Lee |
| 1992 | A Month in the Country | Theatre | Natalia Petrovna |
| 1992 | The Dining Room | Theatre | 8 characters |
| 1992 | The Greeks | Theatre | Helen of Troy |
| 1992 | Just Genes | Theatre | Co-Wrote/Performed |
| 1989 | Azzedene | Short Film | Azzedene |
| 1988 | Territorial Rites | Theatre | Genevieve |
| 1988 | Suddenly Last Summer | Theatre | Miss Holly |