Equity Ensemble Awards

The Equity Ensemble Awards (or Equity Awards) are an Australian awards system, that is an accolade presented by The Equity Foundation, the performers branch of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA). The awards have been presented annually since 2011, and are awarded to a cast in a television drama series, comedy series and television movie or miniseries. The awards are peer voted, via a secret ballot, by members of the Equity Foundation.^[1] In addition to these categories, the foundation also presents a lifetime achievement award, which has been presented since 2009.^[2]

Award categories

Competitive

Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

In the following list, winners are listed first and highlighted in a separate colour, in boldface; those not highlighted or in boldface are the nominees. The years listed are of when the television program first aired in Australia; the awards are presented the year after.^[3]

Year	Performers	Program	Series	Network
2010 (1st)
	Heidi Arena, Stephen Ballantyne, Keith Brockett, Robyn Butler, Victoria Eagger, Bob Franklin, Justin Hamilton, Roz Hammond, Fiona Harris, Wayne Hope, Tony Moclair and Nicole Nabout	The Librarians	—	ABC
	Amanda Brotchie, Beth Buchanan, Susie Dee, Paul Denny, Dailan Evans, Kim Gyngell, Anna Jennings-Edquist, Rebecca Massey, Geoffrey Rush, Martin Sharpe, Raj Sidhu, Cindy Waddingham and Adam Zwar	Lowdown	—	ABC
	Adrian Bernotti, Amanda Bishop, Anthony Hayes, Phil Lloyd, Eddie Nehl and Ivy Nehl	Review with Myles Barlow	—	ABC2
	Jason Gann, Cindy Waddingham and Adam Zwar	Wilfred	—	SBS One
2011 (2nd)
	Joel Barker, Jonathan Biggins, Amanda Bishop, Peter Carmody, Jack Dawes, Michael Denkha, Al Dukes, Drew Forsythe, Phil Lloyd, Paul McCarthy, Craig McLachlan, Georgina Naidu, Wildenfox Pavarotti, Jim Russell and Jack Versace	At Home With Julia	—	ABC1
	Chris Lilley (who acted the entire ensemble: Daniel and Nathan Sims, S.mouse, Jen Okazaki, Gran and Blake Oakfield)	Angry Boys	—	ABC1
	Alison Bell, Abe Forsythe, Celia Pacquola, Toby Truslove	Laid	—	ABC1
	Christian Barratt-Hill, Travis Cotton, Ben Geurens, Deborah Kennedy, Mick Molloy, Susie Porter, Andrew Ryan and Emily Taheny	The Jesters	—	Movie Extra
	Hamish Blake, Jasna Harriss-Currie, Leah de Niese, Laura Gordon, Jess Harris, Simon Russell and Josh Schmidt	Twentysomething	—	ABC2
2012 (3rd)
	Ian Meadows, Patrick Brammall, Jane Harber, Danny Adcock, Tina Bursill, Rachel Gordon, Phil Lloyd, Darren Gilshenan and Guy Edmonds	A Moody Christmas	—	ABC1
	Alison Bell, Celia Pacquola, Abe Forsythe, Toby Truslove and Damon Herriman	Laid	—	ABC1
	Adam Zwar, Paul Denny, Beth Buchanan, Dailan Evans and Kim Gyngell	Lowdown	—	ABC1
	Christine Anu, Ben Gerrard, Paul Ireland, Adam Richard and Toby Truslove	Outland	—	ABC1
	Frank Woodley, Justine Clarke, Tom Long and Alexandra Cashmere	Woodley	—	ABC1
2013 (4th)
	Dougie Baldwin, Michala Banas, Patrick Brammall, Harrison Feldman, Maddy Jevic, Robyn Malcolm, Annie Maynard, Rhys Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Glenn Robbins and Lara Robinson	Upper Middle Bogan	Series 1	ABC1
	Wade Briggs, Judi Farr, Andrew S. Gilbert, Debra Lawrence, Renee Lim, David Roberts, Caitlin Stasey, Josh Thomas and Thomas Ward	Please Like Me	Series 1	ABC2
	Hamish Blake, Leah de Niesse, Jess Harris, Simon Russell and Josh Schmidt	Twentysomething	Series 2	ABC2

Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

In the following list, winners are listed first and highlighted in a separate colour, in boldface; those not highlighted or in boldface are the nominees. The years listed are of when the television program first aired in Australia; the awards are presented the year after.

Year	Performers	Program	Series	Network
2010 (1st)
	Kate Box, Caroline Brazier, Richard Carter, Danielle Cormack, Matt Day, Russell Dykstra, Keegan Joyce, Steve Le Marquand, Geoff Morrell, Adrienne Pickering and Richard Roxburgh	Rake	—	ABC1
	Kerry Armstrong, Julia Blake, Richard Davies, Susie Dee, Kaarin Fairfax, Janet Foye, Andrew S. Gilbert, Caroline Gillmer, Jay Laga'aia, HaiHa Le, Amanda Ma, Frank Magree, Lawrence Mah, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, Cameron McKenzie, Dina Panozza, Tim Phillipps, Philip Quast, Charles Tingwell and Gareth Yuen	Bed of Roses	—	ABC1
	Linda Cropper, Richard Davies, Alicia Gardner, Don Hany, Jane Harber, Lachy Hulme, Asher Keddie, Deborah Mailman, Eddie Perfect, Kat Stewart and John Waters	Offspring	—	Network Ten
	Michael Caton, Ryan Corr, Rebecca Gibney, George Houvardas, Gillian Jones, Jessica Marais, Angus McLaren, Hugh Sheridan, James Stewart, Erik Thomson and Zoe Ventoura	Packed to the Rafters	—	Seven Network
	Mitch Bartlett, Emma Booth, Dieter Brummer, Rob Carlton, Cheree Cassidy, Salvatore Coco, Caroline Craig, Natasha Cunningham, Firass Dirani, Damien Garvey, Michael Gittany, Diarmid Heidenreich, John Lahoud, Dan Mor, Tom O'Sullivan, Daniel Roberts, Waddah Sari, Peter Scarf, John Seru, Hazem Shammas, Paul Tassone, Sigrid Thornton and Wil Traval	Underbelly: The Golden Mile	—	Nine Network
2011 (2nd)
	Daniela Farinacci, Aaron Fa'aoso, Don Hany, Renee Lim, Matt Nable, Susie Porter and Tasneem Roc	East West 101	—	SBS One
	Kerry Armstrong, Julia Blake, Kaarin Fairfax, Andrew S. Gilbert, Caroline Gillmer, Jay Laga'aia, HaiHa Le, Frank Magree, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, Matt Levett and Cameron McKenzie	Bed of Roses	—	ABC1
	Jeanette Cronin, Andrea Demetriades, Marta Dusseldorp, Jerome Ehlers, Indiana Evans, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Chantelle Jamieson, Peter Kowitz, Todd Lasance, Daniel Lissing, Ella Scott Lynch, Hamish Michael, Christopher Morris and Paul Moxey	Crownies	—	ABC1
	Linda Cropper, Richard Davies, Alicia Gardner, Jane Harber, Lachy Hulme, Asher Keddie, Matt Le Nevez, Deborah Mailman, Eddie Perfect, Kat Stewart and John Waters	Offspring	—	Network Ten
	Michael Caton, Ryan Corr, Merridy Eastman, Rebecca Gibney, George Houvardas, Jessica Marais, Hannah Marshall, Angus McLaren, Hugh Sheridan, James Stewart and Erik Thomson	Packed to the Rafters	—	Seven Network
2012 (3rd)
	Wayne Blair, Lisa Flanagan, Deborah Mailman, Aaron McGrath, Kelton Pell, Leah Purcell, Tessa Rose, Shari Sebbens and Ursula Yovich	Redfern Now	Series 1	ABC1
	Richard Bligh, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings, Essie Davis, Tammy MacIntosh, Travis McMahon, Nathan Page, Ruby Rees-Wemyss and Anthony Sharpe	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	Season one	ABC1
	Linda Cropper, Richard Davies, Alicia Gardner, Lachy Hulme, Asher Keddie, Matt Le Nevez, Deborah Mailman, Eddie Perfect, Kat Stewart and John Waters	Offspring	Season three	Network Ten
	Charlotte Best, Isabelle Cornish, Rodger Corser, Ashleigh Cummings, Dylan Goodearl, Brenna Harding, Reef Ireland, Claudia Karvan, Jeremy Lindsay-Taylor, Ed Oxenbould, Susie Porter, Susan Prior and Dan Wyllie	Puberty Blues	Series 1	Network Ten
	Kate Box, Caroline Brazier, Danielle Cormack, Matt Day, Russell Dykstra, Keegan Joyce, Steve Le Marquand, Robyn Malcolm, Damien McGarvey Adrienne Pickering and Richard Roxburgh	Rake	Series 2	ABC1
2013 (4th)
	Wayne Blair, Tammy Clarkson Jones, Ernie Dingo, Lisa Flanagan, Noni Hazlehurst, Miah Madden, Kirk Page, Caren Pistorius, Saskia Williscroft, Meyne Wyatt and Ursula Yovich	Redfern Now	Series 1	ABC1
	Marta Dusseldorp, Noni Hazlehurst, Brett Climo, Craig Hall, David Berry, Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood, Abby Earl, Aldo Mignone and Frankie J. Holden	A Place to Call Home	Series 1	Seven Network
	Rick Donald, Nadine Garner, Craig McLachlan, Joel Tobeck, Cate Wolfe and John Wood	The Doctor Blake Mysteries	Series 1	ABC1
	Charlie Clausen, Kassandra Clementi, Charles Cottier, Dan Ewing, Rhiannon Fish, Lisa Gormley, Marcus Graham, Demi Harman, Catherine Mack, Robert Mammone, Will McDonald, Lynne McGranger, Ray Meagher, Andrew Morley, Ada Nicodemou, Georgie Parker, Kelly Paterniti, Stephen Peacocke, Johnny Ruffo, Bonnie Sveen, Emily Symons, Samara Weaving, Nic Westaway, Shane Withington and Lincoln Younes	Home and Away	Series 26	Seven Network
	Tim Campbell, Firass Dirani, Georgia Flood, Gyton Grantley, Lily Jones, Anna McGahan, Julia Morris, Rhys Muldoon, Edwina Royce, Natalie Saleeba, Gary Sweet and Madeleine West	House Husbands	Series 2	Nine Network
	Richard Bligh, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings, Essie Davis, Travis McMahon, Nathan Page and Anthony Sharpe	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	Series 2	ABC1
	Lucy Honigman, Shaun Micallef, Jonny Pasvolsky and Kat Stewart	Mr & Mrs Murder	Series 1	Network Ten
	Morgan Baker, Harley Bonner, Ashleigh Brewer, Josef Brown, Stefan Dennis, Rebekah Elmaloglou, Alan Fletcher, Kip Gamblin, Taylor Glockner, Saskia Hampele, Ariel Kaplan, Kate Kendall, Calen Mackenzie, Scott Major, Colette Mann, James Mason, Chris Milligan, Ryan Moloney, Eve Morey, Tom Oliver, Jenna Rosenow, Alin Sumarwata and Jackie Woodburne	Neighbours	Series 28	Eleven
	Linda Cropper, Richard Davies, Alicia Gardner, Jane Harber, Lachy Hulme, Kate Jenkinson, Asher Keddie, Matt Le Nevez, Garry McDonald, Eddie Perfect, Caren Pistorius, Kat Stewart and John Waters	Offspring	Series 4	Network Ten
	Jacob Allan, Michael Caton, Zoe Cramond, Merridy Eastman, Rebecca Gibney, George Houvardas, Hannah Marshall, Angus McLaren, Ben Mingay Brooke Satchwell and Erik Thomson	Packed to the Rafters	Series 6	Seven Network
	Chloe Bayliss, Richard Brancatisano, Matt Day, Susan Hoecke, Justin Holborow, Lisa McCune, Rod Mullinar, Rohan Nichol, Kristof Piechocki, Tasneem Roc and Andrew Ryan	Reef Doctors	Series 1	Network Ten
	Pamelyn Chee, Joan Chen, Maeve Dermody, Michael Dorman, Don Hany and Alaric Tay	Serangoon Road	Series 1	ABC
	Tony Barry, Cheree Cassidy, Justine Clarke, Stephen Curry, Thomas Fisher, Anita Hegh, Shane Jacobson, Kate Jenkinson, Sue Jones, Claudia Karvan, Elise MacDougall, Frances McGahey, William McInnes, Michelle Vergara-Moore and Damian Walshe-Howling	The Time of Our Lives	Series 1	ABC1
	Kate Atkinson, Shareena Clanton, Danielle Cormack, Nicole da Silva, Georgia Flood, Celia Ireland, Aaron Jeffery, Robbie Magasiva, Kris McQuade, Katrina Milosevic and Leeanna Walsman	Wentworth	Series 1	SoHo
	Melissa Bergland, Damien Bodie, Virginia Gay, Sarah Grace, Francis Greenslade, Katherine Hicks, Tom Hobbs, PiaGrace Moon, Jack Pearson, Stephen Phillips, Denise Scott, Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Melanie Vallejo and Tom Wren	Winners & Losers	Series 3	Seven Network
	Anna Bamford, Michael Booth, Michael Dorman, Emma Lung, Tracy Mann, Glenn McMillan, Ben Mingay, Peter Phelps, Tim Ross, Brooke Satchwell and Jessica Tovey	Wonderland	Series 1	Network Ten

Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Television Movie or Miniseries

In the following list, winners are listed first and highlighted in a separate colour, in boldface; those not highlighted or in boldface are the nominees. The years listed are of when the television program first aired in Australia; the awards are presented the year after.

Year	Performers	Program	Network
2011 (2nd)
	Raffaele Costabile, Blake Davis, Essie Davis, Alex Dimitriades, Melissa George, Diana Glenn, Anthony Hayes, Jonathan LaPaglia, Sophie Lowe, Lex Marinos, William McInnes, Sophie Okonedo, Liberty Townsend and Toula Yianni	The Slap	ABC1
	Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Emma Booth, Stephen Curry, Essie Davis, Siobhan Dow-Hall, Kerry Fox, Sean Keenan, Todd Lasance, Shannon Lively, William Mattock, Callan McAuliffe, Sarah McKellar, Geoff Morrell, Grace Ray, Lara Robinson, Tom Russell, Reece Sardelic, Annie Smith, Adam Sollis, Rohnan Tierney, Freya Tingley and Amanda Woodhams	Cloudstreet	Showcase
	John Brumpton, Richard Cawthorne, Louise Crawford, Max Fairchild, Nick Farnell, Colin Friels, Diana Glenn, Steve Hayden, Reef Ireland, Kate Jenkinson, Malcolm Kennard, Kris McQuade, Terry Norris, Martin Sharpe, Robert Taylor, Kerry Walker, Sean Rees-Wemyss, David Wenham and Bethany Whitmore	Killing Time	TV1
	Octavia Barron-Martin, Tony Barry, Rob Carlton, Cheree Cassidy, Matt Day, Maeve Dermody, Robin Goldsworthy, Richard Healy, Charlton Hill, Asher Keddie, Annie Maynard, Ian Meadows, Jessica Tovey, and Rory Williamson	Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo	ABC1
	John Batchelor, Matt Boesenberg, Richard Brancatisano, Jack Campbell, Khan Chittenden, Danielle Cormack, Caroline Craig, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Rick Donald, Guy Edmonds, Craig Hall, Steve Le Marquand, Anna McGahan, Izzie Stevens, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Lucy Wigmore and Felix Williamson	Underbelly: Razor	Nine Network
2012 (3rd)
	Mirrah Foulkes, Don Hany, Anthony Hayes, Genevieve Hegney, Ewen Leslie and Alexandra Schepisi	Devil's Dust	ABC1
	Lachy Hulme, Matthew Le Nevez, Brendan Cowell, Damon Gameau, Abe Forsythe, Cariba Heine and Darryl Brown	Howzat! Kerry Packer's War	Nine Network
	Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen, Roy Billing, Shane Jacobson, Damien Richardson, Vadim Glowna, Colin Friels, Steve Bisley, Emma Booth, Marshall Napier, Rhys Muldoon, Tottie Goldsmith and Colin Hay	Jack Irish: Bad Debts	ABC1
	Jimi Bani, Deborah Mailman, Colin Friels and Miranda Otto	Mabo	ABC1
	Matt Nable, Jonathan LaPaglia, Ben Winspear, Ella Scott Lynch, Josh Quong Tart, Aaron Jeffery, Jason Montgomery, P.J. Lane, Jodi Gordon and Leeanna Walsman	Underbelly: Badness	Nine Network
	Rachel Griffiths, Callan McAuliffe, Anthony LaPaglia, Alex Williams, Laura Wheelwright, Benedict Samuel and Jordan Raskopoulos	Underground: The Julian Assange Story	Network Ten
2013 (4th)
	Luke Buchanan, Holly Hunter, Jacqueline Joe, Genevieve Lemon, Robyn Malcolm, Elisabeth Moss, Peter Mullan, Robyn Nevin, Jay Ryan, David Wenham and Tom Wright	Top of the Lake	BBC UKTV
	Bryan Brown, Marie Bunel, Dan Spielman and Julia Zemiro	An Accidental Soldier	ABC1
	Roy Billing, Krew Boylan, Stephen Curry, Gyton Grantley, Morgan Griffin, Kevin Harrington, Joshua Hine, Denise Roberts, Martin Sacks, Joan Sydney and Anne Tenney	Cliffy	ABC1
	Lucy Bell, Alexander England, Rob Carlton, Khan Chittenden, Mark Lee, Rachel Griffiths, Mandy McElhinney, Caren Pistorius, Angus Sampson and William Zappa	Paper Giants: Magazine Wars	ABC1
	Nicholas Bell, Patrick Brammall, Maeve Dermody, Alan Dukes, Alexander England, Luke Ford, Mirrah Foulkes, Lachy Hulme, Anne Looby, Hamish Michael, Heather Mitchell and David Roberts	Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War	Nine Network
	Amanda Bishop, Nicholas Cassim, Patrick Connolly, Matt Day, Nick Falk, Mirrah Foulkes, Charlie Garber, Darren Gilshenan, Benedict Hardie, Damon Herriman, Rarriwuy Hick, Iain Lang, Kevin Maclsaac, Pip Miller and Paul Stewart	The Outlaw Michael Howe	ABC1
	Matt Boesenberg, Richard Cawthorne, Caroline Craig, Jared Daperis, Ian Dixon, Luke Ford, Diana Glenn, Fletcher Humphries, Elise Jansen, Camille Keenan, Nathan Page, Susie Porter, Ken Radley, Dan Wyllie and Ashley Zukerman	Underbelly: Squizzy	Nine Network
	David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Claudia Karvan, Remy Hii, Jordan Rodrigues, Sachin Joab, Felino Dolloso and Hien Nguyen	Better Man	SBS One

Lifetime Achievement Award

2009: Peter Carroll
2010: Bob Hornery
2011: Maggie Dence^[4]
2012: Ron Haddrick^[5]
2013: Jill Perryman and Kevan Johnston^[6]
2014: Toni Lamond
2015: Grant Page
2016: Anne Phelan
2017: Noeline Brown^[7]
2018: Julia Blake and Terry Norris^[8]
2019: Lillian Crombie and Ningali Lawford-Wolf^[9]^[10]

References

^ "Equity Awards 2011: Winners announced". Equity Foundation. Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA). 29 April 2011. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^ "Equity Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Foxtel". Equity Foundation. Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA). 18 May 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^ "Equity Ensemble Awards 2014 – Voting now open!". Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^ Simon Marnie, "Weekend Brunch–Maggie Dence" Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 20 November 2011.
^ Alex Speed, "Lifetime award shows it's not just a stage he's going through", The Age, 20 November 2012.
^ Mairi Nicolson, "Showbiz News", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 6 October 2013.
^ Staff Writer (13 October 2017). "Noeline Brown to receive 2017 Equity Lifetime Achievement Award". If Magazine. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
^ "Lifetime achievement award for Julia Blake and Terry Norris". If. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
^ "Lifetime Achievement Award". Equity Foundation. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
^ "Lillian Crombie and Ningali Lawford-Wolf honoured by Australian performers". Equity Foundation. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

External links

Equity Ensemble Awards (includes past winners, click through for nominees)

[2011awards-1] "Equity Awards 2011: Winners announced". Equity Foundation. Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA). 29 April 2011. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

[2] "Equity Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Foxtel". Equity Foundation. Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA). 18 May 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

[3] "Equity Ensemble Awards 2014 – Voting now open!". Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

[4] Simon Marnie, "Weekend Brunch–Maggie Dence" Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 20 November 2011.

[5] Alex Speed, "Lifetime award shows it's not just a stage he's going through", The Age, 20 November 2012.

[6] Mairi Nicolson, "Showbiz News", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 6 October 2013.

[7] Staff Writer (13 October 2017). "Noeline Brown to receive 2017 Equity Lifetime Achievement Award". If Magazine. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

[8] "Lifetime achievement award for Julia Blake and Terry Norris". If. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

[9] "Lifetime Achievement Award". Equity Foundation. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

[10] "Lillian Crombie and Ningali Lawford-Wolf honoured by Australian performers". Equity Foundation. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

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