Maria Angelico

Maria Angelico is an Australian actress, writer and producer from Melbourne, Victoria. Angelico is best known for her portrayal of Julia Bechly in the TV series Sisters on Network Ten. She is also known for portraying Miss Tan in The InBESTigators.

Maria Angelico
Born
Maria Angelico
OccupationActor, writer and producer
Years active2001–present

Career

Angelico made her onscreen acting debut on Blue Heelers as teenager Jassy Kennedy in 2001 and appeared again in that series as Bianca Amalti in 2004. She continued working professionally as an actor throughout her teenage years. In 2002, Angelico received a place in the inaugural Scholarship course at the Melbourne Theatre Company and studied at the Susan Batson studio in New York, then undertook vocal and dialect training.[1]

In 2015, Angelico wrote, produced and starred in the web series Movement: the web series about a woman named Sophia who needs to sort out her life after making bad decisions and attempting to stay in control,[2] won the 2016 Spotlight on Melbourne WebFest award and was selected for the digital creators showcase at TriBeCa film festival 2016.[3] She appeared as Florence in the web series Other People’s Problems in 2017. Angelico starred in the lead role of Daphna in the stage play Bad Jews which toured nationally in Australia during 2015–2016.[4][5]

In 2017, Angelico starred as Julia Bechly in the TV drama series Sisters on Network Ten.[6][7]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Take Away Undesirable Teen Actor
2005 Hating Alison Ashley Sophie Actor
2007 My Sister and I Nina Actor
2008 Under a Red Moon Natalie Actor
2009 Blessed Morgue Receptionist Actor
2010 Stalker Jan Actor
2011 The Fat Lady Swings Maria Actor
2012 10Terorists Tree Hugger, Jarrah Actor
2012 Underground: The Julian Assange Story Maureen Actor
2013 The War Fiona Voice Actor
2014 Small Amy Actor

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001 Blue Heelers Jassy Kennedy 1 episode
2004 Blue Heelers Bianca Amalti 1 episode
2005 We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year Mel 6 episodes
2008 Bogan Pride Girl at Canteen 1 episode
2009 Home and Away Kayla Deboer 1 episode
2009 City Homicide Rhiannon Casey 1 episode
2010 Rush Elizabeth Heinz 1 episode
2014 Wentworth Katrina 'Trina' Jenkins 1 episode
2015 Footballer Wants a Wife Jade 5 episodes
2017 Trip For Biscuits Exalted Leader 1 episode
2017 Sisters Julia Bechly 6 episodes
2018 Zero-Point Amanda Jade/Hou Yi
2018 Glitch Sophie
2018 American Eggs Revonika
2018 Mr. Black Greta
2018 How to Stay Married Verity
2018 Get Krack!n Rachel 1 episode
2019 The InBESTigators Miss Tan 18 episodes
2019 My Life Is Murder Cara Morgan 1 episode
2020 Stateless Angie Sanford 6 episodes
2020 Retrograde Isabel 6 episodes

Web series
Year Title Role Notes
2015-2016 Movement Writer/ Producer/ Actor (Sophia) 7 episodes
2017 Other People’s Problems Actor (Florence) 5 episodes

Theatre
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Black Rock Tiffany Actor
2008 Shedding Rosa Actor
2012 Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Roberta Actor
2015-2016 Bad Jews Daphna Feygenbam Actor

Awards and nominations

Screen writing
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2016 Melbourne WebFest Award Spotlight Award for Best Writing Movement Won [3]
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References
  1. "Maria Angelico Bio Page". Catherine Poulton Management. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  2. Henderson, Amy (18 February 2016). "Movement the Web Series". Yen Mag. nextmedia Pty Ltd. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. Bale, Brendan (24 October 2017). "At home with Sisters' Maria Angelico". The Weekly Review. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  4. Staff writer, Arts Review (23 April 2016). "On the Couch with Maria Angelico". Arts Review. Byte Media. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  5. Wrong, Suzy (21 May 2016). "5 Questions with Maria Angelico and Simon Corfield". Suzy Goes See. Wordpress. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  6. Knox, David (23 September 2017). "Sisters: trailer". TV Tonight. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  7. Staff writer, Decider TV (25 October 2017). "Meet your new SISTERS". Decider TV. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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