Kylie Belling (born 22 November 1964) is an Australian stage, film and television actress and voice artist, who has also worked in other occupations. she works as Senior Manager, First Peoples, for Creative Victoria.
Biography
Belling was born in Melbourne and is of Yorta Yorta/Wiradjuri/South Sea Islander heritage. She graduated from the University of Melbourne Victorian College of the Arts in 1985. She qualified as a secondary school teacher, later becoming a Master of Public Health. In 2017 she completed the Williamson Community Leadership Program. She has been active in Aboriginal community affairs in Victoria, working in various sectors for many statewide community and government organisations.
Belling is known for her television work. She played inmate Sarah West in Prisoner and was also an original cast member of The Flying Doctors as Sharon Herbert. Belling had an ongoing role in the series The Genie from Down Under, and in Redfern Now as Patricia.
In film, she was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Fringe Dwellers in 1986. She is also known for her role in the 2012 movie The Sapphires as Geraldine.
Belling was also the first actress to play Ruby in the Indigenous Australian play Stolen in 1998, a role she reprised in 2000 and 2003, in several performances across Australia and internationally. She also played many other stage roles between 1985 and 2008.
She co-founded the Ilbijerri Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre Cooperative in Melbourne in about 1991, also performing the role of artistic director.
Recognition She has won a Deadly Award, a Koorie Women Mean Business Arts Award, and a Sydney Myer Performing Arts Indigenous Award.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1986 The Fringe Dwellers Noonah Comeaway 1987 Ground Zero Receptionist 1988 Damned Whores and Evil Bitches (voice) 1991 Until the End of the World Lydia 1999 Harry's War Maude Green Short film 2012 The Sapphires Geraldine
Television Year Title Role Notes 1986 The Flying Doctors Sharon Herbert 22 episodes 1986 Prisoner Sarah West 11 episodes 1988 The Gerry Connolly Parliament House Protester Episode: "Episode #1.5" 1989 Naked Under Capricorn Casey Miniseries 1990 Rafferty's Rules Rosie Johnson Episode: "In Custody" 1992 Bligh 10RA Episode: "The First Treaty" 1996 The Genie from Down Under Trish Emu 8 episodes 1997–98 Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers Lionel Dexter, Lilian Dexter (voices) 26 episodes 2013 Redfern Now Patricia Episode: "Consequences"
References
External links
Kylie Belling at the Australia Council