Catherine Terracini is an Australian actress and producer who has been working in Australian theatre, film and television and commercials since 2004.
Early life and education Catherine Terracini was born in in Italy to Australian parents living in , near the village of Como. Her father is opera singer and artistic director of Opera Australia, Lyndon Terracini and her mother is arts administrator Elizabeth Terracini. Her parents returned to their home country in 1987, settling in the town of Lismore, New South Wales.
Terracini attended high school at Trinity Catholic College before being accepted to the Acting Degree Program at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney one year after graduating high school.
Career Terracini has worked in theatre, film, television, and commercials since graduating from NIDA. In 2010 she performed in the play Bug by Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer Tracy Letts for Griffin Independent and won the award for Best Actress at Brisbane International Film Festival's Warner Roadshow New Filmmaker's Awards in 2009 for the Short Film Let Go.
In 2012, Terracini was awarded a Mike Walsh Fellowship. Terracini is a Dame Joan Sutherland Fund recipient from the American Australian AssociationProfile at the American Australian Association which allowed her to study with The Barrow Group in New York City in 2013.
In 2019, Terracini was appointed creative producer by the effect and animation house, Heckler."Visual effects house Heckler appoints Catherine Terracini as creative producer", Heckler press release, via Mumbrella, 9 April 2019
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2007 Untouched Sally Short film 2008 Let Go Holly Short film The Pessimist Kat Short film 2009 Natural Selection Lucy Short film 2010 225 Julie Short film Silent Country Monica Short film 2014 Wyrmwood Annie Feature film
Television Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2007 All Saints ("Thresholds") Ashley McKay 1 episode
Theatre Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2006 The Cold Child (Australian premiere) Silke Griffin Theatre Company 2007 Human Geographies (The Works) Various Queensland Theatre Company 2008 Colder (World premiere) Robyn 33 Griffin Theatre Company Bloom / Three at The Table / Lazarus Won't Get out of Bed (play development) Various QTC 2009 Richard III Queen Elizabeth Carriageworks Sydney Ghost Stories Various roles Picture This Productions 2010 Bug RC Griffin Theatre Company 2011 Faustus Belzebub Bell Shakespeare "The many faces of Faust" by John Kinsella, The Australian, 27 May 2011 2012 Shallow Slumber (Australian premiere) Dawn NIDA Independent Program 2015 Hamlet Fortinbras / Cornelius / Soldier Tour with Bell Shakespeare "Review: Hamlet at the Canberra Theatre is dynamic and thrilling" by Peter Wilkins, The Canberra Times, 15 October 2015 2016 Tiny Remarkable Bramble Sonny Kings Cross Theatre, Sydney "Tiny Remarkable Bramble review by Carol Wimmer, stagewhispers.com.au, November 2016
References
External links
"Colder", Mark Hopkins, 6 May 2008, The Sydney Morning Herald "Griffin Stablemates: The Cold Child (Das kalte Kind) by Marius von Mayenburg", Chris Boyd, 25 July 2006