Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood (born 24 July 1987) is an Australian actress and producer.
Early life Arianwen lived in the small rural area of Black Mountain in the New England Region of New South Wales. She attended Newling Public School and Duval High School in Armidale. She went on to study a Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Acting) at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating in 2008.https://www.nida.edu.au/alumni-and-industry/all-alumni/
Career
After graduating from NIDA, Parkes-Lockwood played Abigail in The Crucible for the Sydney Theatre Company. She also starred in a 2010 Sydney production As You Like It, playing Rosalind.
She appeared as Dolly Green in the 2011 television series Underbelly: Razor; then in an episode of Tough Nuts (2011)Lennie McPherson: Mr Big episode of "Tough Nuts: Australia's Hardest Criminals", at IMDb as well as an episode of the two-part BBC docudrama The Kangaroo Gang: Thieves by Appointment (2011).
She was a winner of the 2011 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship for acting and filmmaking.
In 2013, she was cast as Olivia Bligh in the Seven Network's 1950s period drama A Place to Call Home in which she appeared for 61 episodes, until 2018. In 2015 she had a guest role as Harriet Edwards in ABC Television's Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.
Parkes-Lockwood is also a successful voiceover artist, having voiced television commercials for Renault Arkana, LG, Chemist Warehouse, BBC Earth, Nurofen, Manicare, Elastoplast and Magnum.https://www.rmk.com.au/voices/voices/arianwen_parkes_lockwood/
In 2019, she appeared naked in a video for PETA's anti-wool campaign.Jonathon Moran, "A Place To Call Home actor Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood attacks Australia’s wool industry, joining forces with animal rights group PETA," The West Australian 13 September 2019.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Note 2011 The Filmmaker Teenage Jess (also Producer & Assistant Director) Short film 2011 Rosey and Me Rosey Short film 2011 Gallery Short film 2012 May Emma Short film 2016 A Grape Family Adventure Voice (also Producer & Art Director) Animated short film
Television Year Title Role Note 2011 Tough Nuts: Australia's Hardest Criminals Marlene McPherson season 1, episode 8: "Lennie McPherson: Mr Big" 2011 The Kangaroo Gang: Thieves by Appointment Fiona episode 1: "King of Thieves" 2011 Underbelly: Razor Dolly Green 4 episodes 2013–18 A Place to Call Home Olivia Bligh / Samantha Swanson Main role 2015 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Harriet Edwards TV series, 1 episode 2019 PETA Anti-Wool Campaign Self Video
Audiobook narration
The Barbershop Girl by Georgina Penney Bridget Crack by Rachel Leary The Sister's Song by Louise Allan Islands by Peggy Frew How to Be Thin in a World of Chocolate by Michael Connolly The Fence by Meredith Jaffé Michelle de Kretser on Shirley Hazzard by Michelle de Kretser Eight Lives by Susan Hurley Blackwater by Jacqueline Ross The Safe House by Cameron Ward Bennelong and Phillip by Kate Fullagar Sisters in Captivity by Colin Burgess Suitcase of Dreams by Tania Blanchard Her Sunburnt County by Deborah FitzGerald Letters from Berlin by Tania Blanchard The Lost Love Song by Minnie Darke The Girl from Munich by Tania Blanchard Paris Dreaming by Katrina Lawrence Echo Lake by Joan Sauers Whisky Valley by Joan Sauers The Lace Weaver by Lauren Chater The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant by Kayte Nunn Two Steps Onward by Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion Two Steps Forward by Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion Daughter of Calabria by Tania Blanchard Star-Crossed by Minnie Darke Wifedom by Anna Funder My Brilliant Sister by Amy Brownhttps://www.rmk.com.au/arianwen_parkes_lockwood/https://www.audible.com.au/search?searchNarrator=Arianwen+Parkes-Lockwood
Theatre Year Title Role Note 2005 Hamlet Bondi Pavilion, Sydney with The Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia 2008 The Crucible Abigail Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company 2010 As You Like It Rosalind 199 Cleveland Street Theatre, Sydney
Personal life
Parkes-Lockwood is married to writer and voiceover artist Marcello Fabrizi,https://www.pressreader.com/australia/who/20180813/283381947736373 and together they have a daughter, Serafina, who was born on Christmas Eve, 2017. She encourages people to remove the stigma around miscarriage and talk openly about it, having experienced one herself, prior to having her daughter.https://www.nowtolove.com.au/entertainment/tv/arianwen-parkes-lockwood-miscarriage-51596/
Parkes-Lockwood is vegan.Daniela Ongaro, "‘I love this dog but eat this pig... why?’ Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood reveals why she became vegan," The Daily Telegraph, 22 October 2014.
References
External links
A Place to Call Home at the Internet Movie Database
Judges' Report 2011 at martenbequest.com.au Trouble SOCIAL: The Martens 2011 at troublemag.com Blake, Jason The Crucible The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 May 2009