Lucy Wigmore[1] is a stage and screen actress[2][3][4] from New Zealand. She played core cast member Dr Justine Jones in the long-running soap opera Shortland Street, and has also starred as Lillian May Armfield in Underbelly: Razor,[5] a 13-part drama set in the 1920s–1930s on the rough and ready streets of Sydney, Australia. Underbelly "is one of Nine Networks most successful franchises".[6] In 2015 Wigmore made a short film called Stationery which she wrote and directed.[7]
Lucy Wigmore | |
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| Born | 1977 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2002 – present |
| Relatives | Gin Wigmore (sister) Jason Aalon Butler (brother-in-law) |
Personal life
editWigmore was raised in Auckland, New Zealand, where she attended Takapuna Grammar School. She studied international business and advertising at the Auckland University of Technology, and spent her final year of study in France.
Wigmore also completed a three-year Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting) at Toi Whakaari New Zealand's National Drama School, graduating in 2002.[8] She had her first AD and casting role in the Embrace Life Commercial for Sussex Safer Roads.[9]
Wigmore's sister Gin is a singer and songwriter. Lucy directed one of Gin's music videos, 2016's "Willing to Die".[citation needed] One of Gin's songs, "Lucy Loo," was written for her sister.[citation needed]
Filmography
edit| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | Interloafer | Harper Harrison | Dir: Aidee Walker |
| 2014 | Stationery | Celine | Tall Story Productions & Working Group Entertainment, Dir: Lucy Wigmore |
| 2014 | The Land | Loretta | Dir/Producer: Steven Rodgers/Ingvar Kenne |
| 2010 | Sign Language[10] | Director/Writer | London Film Academy |
| 2008 | The Last Magic Show[11] | Margot | Dir: Andrew Conlan |
| 2008 | Ash & Libby | Ash | Twilight Productions, Dir: Mark Prebble |
| 2007 | Adventures of Spectacularman | Female Sidekick | Twilight Productions, Dir: Mark Prebble |
| 2005 | Spring Flames | Gwen Madden (Lead) | Seannanchie Productions, Dir: Aileen O'Sullivan |
| 2005 | King Kong[12] | Theatre patron | Universal Studios, Dir: Peter Jackson |
| 2002 | For Good | Reporter | MAP Productions, Dir: Stuart McKenzie |
| Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2018 | Westside | Shona | Episode: 3.8 |
| 2013 | Love Child (TV series) | Carol | Nine Network[13] |
| 2012 | Tricky Business (Australian TV series) | Harriet Lipson | Screentime[14] |
| 2011 | Panic at Rock Island | Band member | Uncredited |
| 2011 | Underbelly: Razor | Lillian May Armfield | 13 Ep's Core Cast, Screentime[15] |
| 2007 - 2009 | Shortland Street [16] | Dr Justine Jones | Lead Role (2 years) South Pacific Pictures[17] |
| 2007 | Eating Media Lunch | Josephine Smythe | Great Southern Television |
| 2007 | Orange Roughies | Martine Crawford | Screenworks |
| Theatre | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | The Sweetest Thing | Bella | Belvoir St Theatre, Dir: Sarah Goodes |
| 2010 | Cat and Mouse | Director | La Mama Theatre (Melbourne) |
| 2009 | As You Like It | Rosalind | Hen & Chickens Theatre, London, Dir: Roanna Dalziel |
| 2009 | A Simple Procedure | Lex, Troy, Wendy | Last Night Productions,[18] Pleasance Theatre, London |
| 2009 | The Night Before Christmas | Krissy | Shaky Isles London |
| 2007 | Look Back in Anger | Helena | Dir: Miranda Harcourt, Bats Theatre[19] & Silo Theatres [20] |
| 2007 | Salon 71 | Self-Devised solo show | Silo Theatre, Dir: Ben Crowder |
| 2007 | The Women | Mary Haines | NZ National Tour, Dir: Katie Wolfe |
| 2006 | Disgrace | Various | Auckland Theatre Company[21] |
| 2004 | Cloud Nine | Maud/Betty | Silo Theatre, Dir: Edwin Wright |
| 2003 | Othello | Bianca | Centrepoint Theatre,[22] Dir: Alison Quigan |
| 2003 | Middle Age Spread | Judy | Centrepoint Theatre, Dir: Jonathan Hendry |
| 2002 | Road | Carol/Valerie | Studio 77, Dir: Larry Rew |
| 2002 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Nurse Flinn | Circa Theatre,[23] Dir: Andrew Foster |
| 2002 | Leah | Burgundy/Gloucester's Servant | NZ Actors Company, Dir: Simon Bennett |
References
edit- ^ "Lucy Wigmore". IMDb.
- ^ http://www.creativerep.com.au/cr/talent/actresses/wigmorel.asp[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Lucy Wigmore Actor | Auckland Actors".
- ^ "Dennis Lyne - Actresses". Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "Your daily fix of celebrity gossip". Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ "Underbelly Squizzy". Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ Screen, NZ On. "Lucy Wigmore | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Graduate". www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Embrace Life". Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Sign Language. YouTube.
- ^ "The Last Magic Show". IMDb.
- ^ "Lucy Wigmore, Actor, New Zealand".
- ^ "Home". nineentertainment.com.au.
- ^ "Home". screentime.com.au.
- ^ "Productions: Underbelly". Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ List of Shortland Street characters#J
- ^ "Home". southpacificpictures.com.
- ^ "Last Night Productions". Archived from the original on 1 December 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ "Home page | Bats Theatre - Home". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "Home". silotheatre.co.nz.
- ^ http://www.atc[permanent dead link].
- ^ http://www.centrepoint[permanent dead link].
- ^ http://www.circa[permanent dead link].
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