Lily Sullivan

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Lily Sullivan is an Australian actress, known for her role as Coral in the 2012 film Mental and in the lead role of Miranda in the 2018 TV series Picnic At Hanging Rock.

Early life and education

Sullivan's father is an importer of medical equipment, and her mother a visual artist, who emigrated to Australia from the UK together before Lily's birth. She grew up in Queensland and attended John Paul College in early years then went to Calvary Christian College in year 2 in Logan City, graduating in 2011.[1]

After seeing a production of A Streetcar Named Desire on stage in Brisbane as a teenager, Sullivan became enamoured with the idea of acting, and planned to audition for one of the major drama schools. However, a callout for a film role came in her final year of high school, and she auditioned and won the role.[2]

Career

Sullivan made her feature film debut in P. J. Hogan's 2012 feature Mental,[3] for which she auditioned while still at school,[1] playing opposite Toni Collette, Liev Schreiber and Anthony LaPaglia.[4] For this she earned an AACTA Award nomination for Best Young Actor and a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award nomination for Best Performance by a Young Actor.[5]

In 2014, she appeared in the feature film Galore (2014),[1] which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival.[6] She earned a Best Actress award for her performance at the 2014 Cinema des Antipodes Saint-Tropez.[7][4] She moved to Melbourne after this.[1]

Sullivan was one of two runners-up in the 2015 Heath Ledger Scholarship,[8] along with Emilie Cocquerel. Both were given round trips to Los Angeles to increase their profiles in the US market, as well as a scholarship to attend masterclasses at Screenwise Film and Television School in Sydney.[4]

She appeared in the second season of the television series Rake (2012) and had a recurring role in the NBC series Camp (2013), an American show filmed in Queensland. She had a role in the 2015 film Sucker, starring Timothy Spall.[1]

In 2018, she reached further prominence in the lead role of Miranda in Picnic At Hanging Rock. Later that year, she became the face of Australian pearl company Paspaley, starring in a 60-second advertising video shot on the Kimberley coast in Western Australia.[9]

Sullivan played Lucy in the Australian film I Met A Girl, which was released on Netflix in April 2021.[3]

In 2021, Sullivan was cast in the film Evil Dead Rise, written and directed by Lee Cronin[10] and due for release on 21 April 2023.[11][12]

In 2022 she was cast in Monolith, a science fiction thriller film made by a team of emerging South Australian filmmakers: writer Lucy Campbell, director Matt Vesely and producer Bettina Hamilton. Filmed in the Adelaide hills, the film has its world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival on 27 October 2022.[13][14]

Other work

Sullivan has also worked as a model in Australia and elsewhere.[3][2]

In October 2018 Paspaley, an Australian pearling company, launched its new ad campaign entitled "Something Real", featuring Sullivan.[15][16]

Filmography

Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Mental Coral Moochmore
2012 Rake Michelle 1 episode (R vs Wooldridge & Anor)
2013 Galore Laura
2013 Camp Marina Barker 10 episodes
2015 Sucker Sarah
2017 Jungle Amie
2018 Romper Stomper Petra 6 episodes
2018 Picnic At Hanging Rock Miranda 6 episodes
2019 Dark Place Sally Anthology film
2020 Barkskins Delphine 8 episodes
2020 I Met a Girl Lucy
2023 Evil Dead Rise Beth
2022 Monolith Single-actor film

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Quinn, Karl (20 June 2014). "Life is suddenly mental for Galore star Lily Sullivan ... in a good way". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Lily Sullivan - Actress". Aje. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Everything To Know About 'I Met A Girl' Star Lily Sullivan". Elle Australia. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d "Congratulations to Queenslander, Lily Sullivan, named as one of two runners up for 2015 Australians in Film Heath Ledger Scholarship". Screen Queensland. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Lily Sullivan". RGM. 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Q&A with director Rhys Graham". MIFF Industry. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  7. ^ a b "2014 edition". Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma des Antipodes. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  8. ^ Groves, Don (2 June 2015). "Heath Ledger Scholarship winner named". Intermedia. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  9. ^ "72andSunny Sydney release first work for Australian pearler Paspaley". AdNews.
  10. ^ Couch, Aaron (26 May 2021). "'Evil Dead Rise' Set at New Line, HBO Max". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  11. ^ Laman, Douglas (7 June 2021). "Evil Dead Rise Director Teases Start of Filming With BTS Photo". CBR. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  12. ^ Squires, John (24 August 2022). "'Evil Dead Rise' Getting a Theatrical Release in April 2023!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Monolith: World Premiere Gala". Adelaide Film Festival. 7 July 2022. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Lily Sullivan sci-fi Monolith now shooting in Adelaide". Cinema Australia. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Paspaley changes modern 'Pearl-Ceptions' of women in new campaign via 72andSunny". Campaign Brief. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Monsoon collection preview". Paspaley. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  17. ^ a b c "Lily Sullivan: Awards". IMDb. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

External links

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