Geneviève Picot is an Australian stage, film and television actress.[1]

Geneviève Picot
Born1956[1]
OccupationActress
Years active1980–present
Notable workProof
Undercover

Career

edit

Picot is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art[2] and some of her other performances include The Timeless Land, The Sullivans[3] and Bread and Roses.[4]

In 1983 Picot was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Undercover[5] and in 1991 was nominated for the same award for her role in Proof.[1]

Filmography

edit

Film

edit
Year Title Role Type
1983 Undercover Libby Feature film
1987 To Market To Market Suzanna Feature film
1991 Proof Celia (as Genevieve Picot) Feature film
1993 Bread & Roses Sonja Davies Feature film
1994 Muriel's Wedding Store Detective Feature film
1995 Maidenhead Film short
1997 True Love and Chaos Hannah Feature film
2003 Max's Dreaming Rose Feature film
2006 Irresistible Mara's Nurse Feature film
2006 The Book of Revelation Barmaid Feature film
2010 The Last Bottle Mary Film short
2015 Force of Destiny Louise Feature film
2015 The Dressmaker Mrs. Tobin Feature film
2017 Ali's Wedding Magistrate Cummings Feature film

Television

edit
Year Film Role Type
1980 The Timeless Land Recurring role: Emily TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1980-81 The Sullivans Regular role: Caroline Sullivan TV series, 183 episodes
1983 Carson's Law Guest role: Cecily Johnson TV series, 2 episodes
1983 A Descant for Gossips Lead role: Helen Striebel TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1985 The Long Way Home Lead role: Robin TV film
1986 The Fast Lane Guest role: Miriam TV series, 1 episode
1987 The Petrov Affair Recurring role: Joyce Bull TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1988 The Four Minute Mile Recurring role: Marjorie Jackson TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1989 Inside Running Lead role: Penelope Phillips TV series, 19 episodes
1991 G.P. Guest role: Melanie Sanders TV series, 1 episode
1992 In Sydney Today Guest TV series, 1 episode
1992 Acropolis Now! Guest role: Nurse Wallace TV series, 1 episode
1992 Good Vibrations Lead role: Kate Riener TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1993 Seven Deadly Sins Lead role: Eve TV series, 1 episode 7: "Wrath"
1993 The Making of Nothing Herself TV special
1994-04 Good Morning Australia Guest TV series
1995 Halifax f.p. - Hard Corps Guest role: Denise Rattigan TV film series, 1 episode 5: "Hard Corps"
1995 Frontline Guest role: Elizabeth Holst TV series, 1 episode
1995 Law of the Land Guest role: Val Weekes TV series, 1 episode
1995 Fire Recurring role: Sophie Harrison TV series, 4 episodes
1996-98 Medivac Lead Regular role: Julia McAlpine TV series, 48 episodes
2002 MDA Guest role: Dr. Sally Williams TV series, 1 episode
2004 Wicked Science Regular role: Principal Alexa Vyner TV series, 15 episodes
2006 Abortion, Corruption and Corps: The Bertram Wainer Story Lead role: Peggy Berman TV film
2007 McLeod's Daughters Guest role: Helen Hall TV series, 2 episodes
2013 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Guest role: Valma Brightwell TV series, 1 episode
2019 Rosehaven Recurring role: Jenny TV series, 3 episodes
2019 The Hunting Guest role: Judge Goldsworth TV miniseries, 1 episode
2021 Jack Irish Recurring role: Det. Fran Underwood TV series, 4 episodes

Theatre

edit
Year Title Role Company / Location
1975 Verdi Requiem Chorister Sydney Opera House
1976 Blithe Spirit Elvira Condomine Playhouse Hobart
1977 Cabaret Kit Kat Girl Playhouse Hobart
1979 The Three Sisters Jane Street Theatre
1979 The Beggar's Opera NIDA Theatre, Playhouse Canberra
1979 The Ballad of the Sad Café NIDA Theatre
1981 Antigone Antigone / Eurydice Melbourne Athenaeum with Melbourne Theatre Company
1981 Tales from the Vienna Woods The Lady / Others Nimrod Theatre
1982 As You Like It Phoebe Melbourne Athenaeum with Melbourne Theatre Company
1982 The Changeling Diaphanta Universal Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
1983 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Honey Russell Street Theatre, Theatre Royal, Sydney with Melbourne Theatre Company
1984 Top Girls Lady Nijo / Win Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
1984 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia Melbourne Athenaeum, Sidney Myer Music Bowl with Melbourne Theatre Company
1985 Sons of Cain Bronwyn Playhouse Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney with Melbourne Theatre Company
1985 The Benefactors Sheila Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
1985 Trumpets and Raspberries Lucia Playhouse, Melbourne
1986 This is the Way the World Ends Wagner Church Theatre, Hawthorn with Australian Contemporary Theatre Co
1986 Wild Honey Sofya Playhouse Adelaide with STCSA
1987 Happy End Lillian Victorian College of the Arts
1987 The Comedy of Errors Adriana Church Theatre, Hawthorn
1988 Volpone Lady Would Be / Androgene Church Theatre, Hawthorn
1988 The Rivers of China Audra / Doubles Playhouse Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
1988-89 A Respectable Wedding The Bride Melbourne Theatre Company
1990–91 Hotel Sorrento Pippa Monash University, Wharf Studio Theatre, Playbox Theatre
1990 Love Letters Melissa Gardner Victorian Arts Centre Trust
1990-91 On Top of the World Stephanie Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company
1992 Summer of the Aliens Norma Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
1993 The Temple Brenda Blake / Mia (VO) / Lorna St John Playbox Theatre, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Monash University
1994 The Sisters Rosensweig Pfeni Rosensweig Playhouse, Melbourne, Monash University, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Geelong Arts Centre, Wharf Theatre, Glen Street Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth with Melbourne Theatre Company
1994 A Flea in Her Ear Lucienne Homenides De Histangua Mietta's, Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
1994 There's One In Every Marriage Mietta's for Melbourne International Comedy Festival
1995 Arcadia Lady Croom Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
1995 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Olive Playhouse, Melbourne, Monash University, Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre, Queens Park Theatre, Geraldton, Centennial Theatre, Kalgoorlie, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Glen Street Theatre; Canberra Theatre Centre, Ford Theatre, Geelong, The Capital, Bendigo, Gold Coast Arts Centre with Melbourne Theatre Company
1996 My Father's Father Ruth / Anita Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company
1996 Miss Bosnia Mira Fairfax Studio, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Monash University, Canberra Theatre Centre, The Capital, Bendigo, Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Gold Coast Arts Centre with Melbourne Theatre Company
1998 Away Coral Victorian regional tour with Melbourne Theatre Company
2000 The Great Man Fleur Playhouse, QPAC, Playhouse, Melbourne with Sydney Theatre Company
2001 The Rain Dancers Rita Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company
2001 The Vagina Monologues Ensemble Theatre, University of Sydney
2002 The Aunt's Story Various Playhouse, Melbourne, Belvoir Street Theatre, Playhouse, QPAC with Melbourne Theatre Company
2005 Barmaids Val QUT, Theatre Royal, Hobart with Hit Productions
2007 Small Metal Objects Carolyn Forrest Place, Queen Street Mall, Mildura Centro, Bendigo Marketplace, Salamanca Square, Hannover, Germany, Place des Innocents, Paris, Radhuspladsen, Copenhagen, Noorderplantsoen, Groningen, Netherlands, Landiwiese, Zurich, Switzerland, Stratford Station, London
2005 Ray's Tempest Ruthie Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company
2008 Rock'N'Roll Eleanor / Older Esme Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company
2008 The Spook Trixie / Phyllis Malthouse Theatre, Ford Theatre, Geelong, The Capital, Bendigo, Frankston Arts Centre
2008 The Lower Depths Anna Fortyfivedownstairs
2009; 2011; 2015 Small Metal Objects Carolyn Back to Back Theatre & Korea tour
2010 The Grenade Kerrie Haines Playhouse, Melbourne, Sydney Opera House with Melbourne Theatre Company
2012 Queen Lear Goneril Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
2016 The Great Fire Judith Belvoir Theatre Company
2018 Aspirations of Daise Morrow Older Woman Canberra Theatre Centre, Wollongong Town Hall with Brink Productions
2022 Emilia Judith / Priest / Lord Henry Carey Playhouse, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre Centre

[6][7]

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c Simmons, Clive (11 June 1995), "Breaking out of the Doll's House", The Canberra Times
  2. ^ Harford, Sonia (23 October 2017), "The mother of all mess", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. ^ "Genevieve Picot steps into The Sullivans", The Australian Women's Weekly, 2 July 1980
  4. ^ Colbert, Mary (21 October 1994), "Picot's Bed of Roses", The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ^ "Most award nominations to one film", The Canberra Times, 5 September 1983
  6. ^ https://shanahan.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/PICOT-Genevieve-300418.pdf [bare URL]
  7. ^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/6686 [bare URL]
edit