Rhoda Roberts
Rhoda Roberts | |
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Born | Rhoda Ann Roberts 1959 (age 64–65) Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia |
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Years active | 1986–present |
Spouse | Steven Field[1] |
Children | 3[1] |
Rhoda Ann Roberts AO (born 1959) is an Australian actress, director and arts executive.
Born in Canterbury Hospital in Sydney in 1959,[2] Bundjalung woman Roberts grew up and completed Year 10 in Lismore, then moved back to Sydney where she qualified as a nurse in 1979.[3]
Roberts co-starred with Rachael Maza and Lydia Miller in Belvoir Street Theatre's 1993 production of Louis Nowra's play Radiance.[4]
She was employed as presenter of Vox Populi, an SBS Television program, in 1990,[5] becoming the first Indigenous Australian to present a prime time current affairs program.[6]
In 1995 she founded the Festival of Dreaming and was its director until 2009.[7]
Roberts has been Head of Indigenous Programming at the Sydney Opera House since 2012.[3][8]
She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to the performing arts through a range of leadership and advocacy roles in the development, promotion and presentation of contemporary Indigenous culture".[9] She was honoured with one of the 2017 Centenary Sue Nattrass Awards presented at the 18th Helpmann Awards.[10][11]
Penny Tweedie's image of Roberts is held by the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.[3]
References
- ^ a b Pendergast, Kirra (2 February 2016). "People to know – Rhoda Roberts". Common Ground North Coast. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The power of creation". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Rhoda Roberts, b. 1960". National Portrait Gallery people. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Radiance". AusStage. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Ien Ang, Gay Hawkins, Lamia Dabboussy (2008). The SBS Story: The Challenge of Cultural Diversity. University of New South Wales Press. pp. 52–54. ISBN 9780868408392. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Sundays on ABC TV - Meet the Panellists:Rhoda Roberts". ABC Television. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ "Rhoda Roberts AO". Live Performance Australia. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "No Aboriginal Disadvantage". Sydney Opera House. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Ms Rhoda Ann Roberts". It's An Honour. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2017 Centennary Sue Nattrass Award | Helpmann Awards". web.archive.org. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ Macklin, Helen (17 July 2018). "Bluesfest congratulates Boomerang curator Rhoda Roberts on outstanding achievement award". The Music Network. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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