Trudy Hellier

{{short description|Australian film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2019}} {{infobox person | image = | caption = | name = Trudy Hellier | occupation = Actress, director, screenwriter | awards = Australia Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay }} '''Trudy Hellier''' is an Australian actress, director and screenwriter with many television credits to her name. ==Selected credits== She was a featured in the Australian television programs ''Round the Twist'' as school teacher and love interest Fay James,<ref>{{Citation | last= Oliver | first= Robin | title= Show of the week | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald| date= 28 February 2000}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last= Enker | first= Debi | title= Pick of the day | periodical= The Age | date= 24 February 2000}}</ref> and ''Frontline'' as segment producer Kate Preston.<ref>{{Citation | last= Giles | first= David | title= Welcome to Frontline | periodical= Australian Screen Education | date= Summer 2003}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Welcome to Frontline |url = https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bonus-trudy-hellier/id1528934202?i=1000668760788 | periodical= Champagne Comedy odcast | date= 8 September 2024}}</ref> She appeared on ''Blue Heelers'', ''The Games'', ''Neighbours'', ''The Secret Life of Us'', ''Guinevere Jones'', ''State Coroner'', ''Law of the Land'' and ''Driven Crazy''.

On stage she appeared in ''Working Out'' (George Fairfax Studio, 1991),<ref>{{Citation | last= Radic | first= Leonard | title= Work with accent on the positive | periodical= The Age | date= 15 May 1991}}</ref> ''Mrs Warren's Profession'' (Newton Actors Group Studio Theatre, 1991),<ref>{{Citation | last= Evans | first= Bob | title= Unpleasantness at its best | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 2 December 1991}}</ref> ''Skin'' (The Top of the Town, 1995),<ref>{{Citation | last= Carroll | first= Steven | title= Show of the week | periodical= The Age | date= 17 September 1995}}</ref> ''Trapped'' (playing as part of ''Poles Apart'', La Mama, 1996)<ref>{{Citation | last= Rundle| first= Guy | title= Poles Apart is good in parts | periodical= The Age | date= 26 February 1996}}</ref> and ''Crave'' (Fringe Festival, The Parkview Hotel, 2000)<ref>{{Citation | last= Thomson | first= Helen | title= Work with accent on the positive | periodical= The Age | date= 17 October 2000}}</ref>

As a director she created the short film ''Trapped'' (2000)<ref>{{Citation | last= Sanford | first= Tracey | title= 'Trapped' | periodical= The Desert Sun | date= 5 August 2000}}</ref>

In 2011 she appeared as Deb in the touring production of Furiously Fertile. In addition to her acting, Hellier has also written and directed in the Australian TV and film industries. She won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay in a Short Fiction Film for ''Break & Enter'' in 1999.<ref>{{Citation | last= Zion | first= Lawrie | title= Top film awards carried off by Two Hands | periodical= The Age | date= 14 November 1999}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|375437}}

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