Roxane Wilson (born 1965) is a South African-born 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.
Early life Wilson was born in Durban, South Africa in 1965, to an Italian mother and an English father.Roxane Wilson's biography at Punishment (the Movie) Her father was also an actor, who trained at the Old VicAustralian Television 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.
Career Wilson began her career at an early age with modelling. In 1981 she signed with the Chadwick Models agency in Sydney. She also joined the Rocks Players drama school, paying for her studies with earnings from modelling. In 1983 she relocated to New York for three years, where she signed with Wilhelmina Models and travelled the world modelling. During her time in New York she studied acting at HB Studio and the Meisner technique with Robert Modica.
On her return to Australia in 1990, Wilson began her career as a professional actress, playing the lead female role in the television series Family and Friends. In 1991 she relocated to Perth and furthered her craft by studying acting at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts She graduated in 1993 with a Diploma of Performing Arts, before returning to Sydney, where she worked extensively in film, television and theatre.
She had leading stage roles in Noël Coward's Private Lives, Practical Mamet, Edward Albee's Finding the Sun and Freak Winds. She also had significant roles in the television series Water Rats, The Alice, and the film Punishment. She had a guest role Home and Away, and appeared in the films Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) alongside Miranda Otto, Paperback Hero (1999) with Hugh Jackman and independent film Black & White & Sex (2011).
In 2014 she appeared in the Australian Theatre Company's Los Angeles production of Holding the Man opposite Cameron Daddo, Adam J. Yeend and Nate Jones. The production was directed by Larry Moss and received strong critical praise.
She has also worked as a tutor and as a private acting coach at Screenwise and ATYP.
Personal life In 2001 Wilson married fellow actor Grant Bowler. They relocated to Los Angeles not long afterwards, to further their respective acting careers. Wilson became pregnant with their first child and subsequently focussed on being a full time mother to daughter Edie. During a return to Sydney in 2005, their son Ezekiel was born.
Wilson and Bowler divorced in 2011, and Wilson returned to Los Angeles with her children in 2012, where she now lives.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1989 Azzedene Azzedene Short film 1992 Loose Ends Lee Short film 1994 Shadow Chasing Kate Short film 1994 Spare Tires Helen Short film 1996 Three Months in Her Bathroom Carmen 1998 Reflections Helen Stacey 1997 The Final Squeak The Girl Friend Short film 1999 True Colours Helen Short film 1998 Erskineville Kings Eve 1999 The Heroes Charlotte Short film 1999 Change of Heart Anne 2000 The Day Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon Tracey 2000 A Once Smiling Woman Girl in Shop Short film 2001 Lucky Blue Angel Short film 2007 Punishment Marie Rogen 2010 Mrs Wright Mrs Wright Short film 2011 Black and White and Sex Angie 4 2010 Emily Jane Short film 2010 Spirit-Ed Mrs Jones Short film 2015 Molly's Method Molly Mayer Short film 2015 Crushed Sophie Rose 2015 Brentwood Strangler Sasha Green Short film 2019 Dark Whispers: Volume 1 Hannah Wieldance Anthology film
Television Year Title Role Type 1990 Family & Friends Jennifer Chandler TV series 1995 Echo Point Coral O'Connor 130 episodes 1996 Police Rescue Tessa Season 5, episode 9: "The Only Constant" 1996 Common Law Karen 1997 Big Sky Robbie Manning Season 1, 13 episodes 1998 Wildside Marilyn O'Connor Season 1, episode 33 1998 Murder Call Kristen Charlton Season 2, episode 9: "Dead Fall" 1998–1999 Water Rats Suzi Abramovich Seasons 3–4, 6 episodes 1999 Beastmaster Queen Atlantia Season 1, episode 16: "A Devil's Deal" 2000–2002 Stingers Daniella Mayo Seasons 3–6, 69 episodes 2004 The Alice Ellie Delaney TV movie 2005–2006 The Alice Ellie Delaney Season 1, 22 episodes 2008 Outrageous Fortune Candice Fletcher Season 4, episode 8: "Guilty Creatures" 2008 Out of the Blue Angela Mulroney Season 1, 17 episodes 2009 Rescue: Special Ops Chantelle Gregory Season 1, 2 episodes 2010 Send in the Dogs Narrator 2010 City Homicide Myra Rawlings Season 4, episode 22: "Empowerment" 2011 Home and Away Laura Carmody 16 episodes 2013 Wonderland Kate Season 1, episode 12: "Gary Marriage" 2020 Deadhouse Dark Coach Iris Sloane Season 1, episode 2: "No Pain No Gain"
Stage Year Title Role Notes 1988 Suddenly Last Summer Miss Holly The Drama Studio, Sydney 1988 Territorial Rites Genevieve The Drama Studio, Sydney 1992 Just Genes Performer Also co-writer 1992 The Greeks Helen of Troy 1992 The Dining Room 8 characters 1992 A Month in the Country Natalia Petrovna 1993 Red Noses Mother Metz & others 1993 A Dream Play Keeper / Alice 1993 Bumpy Angels Blanche Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts 1993 Lady Windermere's Fan Lady Plymdale Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts 1993 Bobbin' Up Jeanie / Violet / Rita Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts 1993 The Taming of the Shrew Hortensio 1994 Rosencrantz and Guilderstern Are Dead Gertrude 1994 Private Lives Amanda Prynne NSW tour 1998 Practical Mamet Various PAWA, Stables Theatre, Sydney 1999 Finding the Sun Cordelia Swell Productions 2000–2001 Freak Winds Myra Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney with Tamarama Rock Surfers 2014 Holding the Man Mary-Gurt / Lois / Various Matrix Theatre, Los Angeles with Australian Theatre Company
References
External links
Sue Barnett & Associates, Roxane Wilson's biography Roxane Wilson's biography on the official Punishment website