Actors Australia

[SaraCooper]

SARA COOPER

Actor - film - television - stage - voice artist - corporate and festival roving

age range: 28 - 38
height: 172cm
build: medium
hair: brown
eyes: blue

MEAA: 3634375



all headshots courtesy: Alastair Bett
other performers in stills: Jonathan Auf Der Heide, Tania Bosak, Ryk Goddard, Leeroy Hart, Mel King, Essie Kruckemeyer, Finegan Kruckemeyer, Sean Monro, Justus Neumann, Laura Purcell, Jamie Unicombe, Jacob Williams, Lucy Wilson, John Xintavelonis

HISTORY:

Sara has worked nationally and internationally in theatre, film, television and voice for the past twelve years. 2008 saw her return from sell out shows at the Shanghai Grand Theatre, CHINA, and UNIMA Perth, Aus, with Terrapin's award winning Explosion Therapy (Winner: 'Most Outstanding Production' Shanghai International Children's Theatre Festival). Other recent stage highlights include working under the direction of Jessica Wilson and Jim Lasko (Red Moon Theatre, Chicago) in the large scale outdoor event Dream Masons for the Ten Days on the Island Festival, and world premiere performances of 2008's AWGIE winning Beyond The Neck. The role of 3 was written specifically for Sara by Holloway, and the play, 'a quartet on grief and violence', written after interviews with survivors from the 1996 Port Arthur massacre.

In 2000 Sara played the role of Jack's sister in Channel Ten's award winning mini-series My Brother Jack, performing opposite Matt Day and Will McInnes. From 1997 to 2009 as well as appearing in numerous shorts and commercials she has performed in over 28 stage shows, recorded multiple character voices for BLUE ROCKET's animation Pixel Pinkie, airing nationally on Channel Nine in July 2009, appeared as a regular reader for the Australian Script Centre, played to 17,000 strong audiences for Theatre Alfresco's summer children's shows, and graced large scale festivals and corporate events with roving characters.
This year sees her direct Tania Bosak's new touring show, perform readings for PlayWriting Australia's National Play Festival, and work as an acting consultant on Terrapin Puppet Theatre's Helena and The Journey of The Hello, touring to The Sydney Opera House mid year.
Sara has studied under world renowned performers Justus Neumann and Phillipe Gaulier, and graduated from the John Bolton Theatre School Vic in 1997.
2009 saw her perform opposite Robert Mammone in Brian Trenchard Smith's new feature ARCTIC BLAST and 2010 will see her return to Melbourne to pursue further screen work.

CREDITS:

STAGE:

"Explosion Therapy" - dir: Frank Newman - Terrapin Puppet Theatre, SHANGHAI Grand Theatre & UNIMA, Perth.
"Beyond The Neck" - dir: Ian Sinclair - Argy Bargy & Performing Lines, Peacock Theatre and Long Paddock.
"Dream Masons" - dir: Jessica Wilson & Jim Lasko - Ten Days on the Island.
"Maria Island of Dreams" - dir: Erin Collins - Ten Days on the Island.
"Alladin and His Magic Lamp" - dir: Les Winspear - Big Monkey Inc
"Ten Wonderful Years" - dir: Ryk Goddard - is theatre ltd (Tas Theatre Company)
"Snapshot 8x10" - dir: Sean Monro - Sleeping Dogs, Melbourne Fringe Festival
"Robin Hood" - dir: Les Winspear - Big Monkey Inc
"Monkey Magic" - Ben Winspear -Big Monkey Inc
"Every Wrinkle" - dir: Jami bladel - Kickstart Arts
"Treasure Island" - Les Winspear - Theatre Alfresco
"Light Particles" - dir: Sean Monro - Sleeping Dogs Perf. Co.
"Revelator" - dir: Sean Monro - Sleeping Dogs Perf. Co.
"The Present" - dir: Sean Monro - Sleeping Dogs Perf. Co.
"Starship TSO" - dir: Andrew Horabin - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
"My Sister's an Alien" - dir: Cazerine Barry - Terrapin Puppet Theatre
"The Owl and the Pussycat" - dir: Les Winspear - Theatre Alfresco
"Roundabout" - dir: Iain Lang - WINDEWARD BOUND Island Theare (Tas, Melb, Adelaide)
"Highest Mountain, Fastest River" - dir: Franz Docherty - Island Theatre
"I've Got Wind" - dir: Tania Bosak - Tasmania Symphony Orchestra
"Alice in Wonderland" - dir: Les Winspear - Theatre Alfresco
Summer Children's Shows at the MCG - Pussycat Theatre
"Imaginings" - dir: John Bolton - Yarraville Festival
"The Women's Jail Project" - dir: Karen Martin - Sunbury Women's Refactory
"This Point in Time" -dir: John Bolton - williamstown Summer Festival
"King Lear" (adapted version) - dir: John Bolton - Melbourne Backyard Fringe
"Dante's Inferno" - dir: Neil Cameron - Canberra Festival
"Shakespeare's Bastards" - dir: John bolton - John Bolton Theatre School
(extended stage credit list available on request)

PERFORMER FOR CREATIVE DEVELOPMENTS:

"Inheritance" dramaturg: KATE GAUL
"No Chaperone" dramaturg: DONNA ABELLA
"The Mark of Cain" dramaturg: PETER MATHESON
"The Garden of Paradise" dir: BEN WINSPEAR
Short Fuse Course dur: Catherine Millar AFTRS

TELEVISION:

"My Brother Jack" - Samson Productions/Channel 10 - dir: Ken Cameron - Jack's sister
T.A.C. TVC - Renegade Productions - dir: Aleksi Vellis - Tina
Wrest Point Country Club TVC - Clemenger Tasmania - cut-out woman
Aurora Energy "WARM" TVC - Red Jelly Pty Ltd - girlfriend, featured
Tasmania Fire Safety TVC - Charles Minster Prod - mother, featured
Bettalite TVC - Clemeger BBDO - jogger, featured
AXA TVC - Clemenger BBDO VIC - customer, featured
Australian Education Union TVC - Appollo Productions - dir: Richard Keddie - Sue

FILM:

"The Gardener" (working title) - Raw Nerve short - dir: Jasmine Cameron
"ARCTIC BLAST" - dir: Brian Trenchard Smith - AUS/CANADIAN FEATURE
"Kaleidoscope" - AFC short - dir: Lucy Gouldthorpe - Lily
"Rosebery 7470" - independent feature - dir: Stefan Popescu - Sophie
"Trashglam" - indie short - dir: Andy Wilson - Deb
"Starring Xavier" - funded short - dir: Briony Kidd for Hobart Pavement Films - Patty Flint
"A Boy Named Marina" - VCA POST GRAD short - dir: Ellina Lapovok - Luba
"The Teacher" - VCA POST GRAD short - dir: Kristian Pithie - Carly
"Can you Unite Me?" - indie feature - dir: Stephen Firnan - Fiona
Relationships Australia Training Video - dir: Mike Sampey - MIRO Films - Annabelle
Westpac Training DVD - dir: Mike Swinson - CORPORATE IMAGE MATTERS

VOICE:
"Pixel Pinkie" - Series 1&2 (52 x 12 min eps) - BLUE ROCKET PRODUCTIONS - Max, Fern, Ms Domingo and various - CHANNEL NINE
"Soap on a Rope" - JOY FM - dir: Allyson Campbell - various
Exhibition and Launch voiceovers - ANGLICARE

READINGS:
PLAYWRITING AUSTRALIA NATIONAL FESTIVAL: 2009 Breakfast Readings
for THE AUSTRALIAN SCRIPT CENTRE:
"The Unsealed Road" by Mark Joseph
"Marmalade and Egg" by Melissa Cantwell
"Dr Ruysch's Anatomy Lesson" by Hilary Bell
"The Mark of Cain" by Leigh Swinbourne
"The Trial of the Flash Mob" by Richard Davey
"The Stationery Traveller" by Barry Kay
"Pathetique and the Papers" by Tom Holloway
In the Museum Series
Script Shape Series
FOR OTHER:
"Unstill Life" by Elizabeth Bennet for TAS MUSEUM and ART GALLERY
"Beyond the Neck" by Tom Holloway - independent
"Something to Declare" by Michael Gurr for ACTORS FOR REFUGEES
"The Pink Ladies" by F.Docherty and B.Bradley for VILLAGE CINEMAS
"The Vagina Monologues" V-Day Reading at the Backspace Theatre
"The Paper Bride" by Di Greentree at CINEMA NOVA, Carlton
"The Web" by Caille Golding at LA MAMA'S, Carlton


CORPORATE ENTERTAINMENT/ROVING:

ABAF GOLD BOOK LAUNCH
FESTIVAL OF VOICES
THE TASTE OF TASMANIA 2005-2009
THE ANTARCTIC MIDWINTER FESTIVAL 2006
BASS & EQUITABLE TULIP FESTIVAL 2006 & 2007
LGAT CONFERENCES
also for is theatre, Terrapin, Island Entertainment and Julia Ross Management, Melbourne.

DIRECTION:
ACTING CONSULTANT for Terrapin Puppet Theatre's "Helena and the Journey of the Hello" (SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE, May, 2009)
Director - Tania Bosak's "The Drum who Lost it's Beat." touring nationally 2009
"About Face" for is theatre (formerly Salamanca Theatre Company)
"In the Museum" for THE AUSTRALIAN SCRIPT CENTRE, TMAG & QVMAG
"Night Places" for the ATYP WEST COAST ROAD SHOW


TRAINING:

THE JOHN BOLTON THEATRE SCHOOL graduate , Melbourne, 1996- mid 1997 - Improvisation, Neutral Mask, Basle Mask, Melodrama, Clown, Greek Tragedy, Buffon, Commedia dell'Arte, Feldenkrais, Voice, Movement.
UNIVERSITY OF TAS B.Ed DRAMA MAJOR 1989-1992
Short Courses:
Acting for Film Masterclasses with Di Drew
Phillipe Gaulier Intensives - Le Jeu & Clown
Justus Neumann - Clown and is theatre EAT Program
Aleksi Vellis - Acting for Film and Television
Clare Bartholomew -Clown
Laura Sheedy - Viewpoints
Tom Greder - Clown
NIDA Winter School
Voice masterclass with Rowena Balos
Improvisation class wih Improbable Theatre U.K.

TEACHING (clown, physical theatre, impro, text work):
The Diana Greentree School of Drama, Williamstown, Victoria
ATYP WEST COAST ROAD SHOW
is theatre ltd (formerly Salamanca Theatre Co.)
Big Wig Youth Theatre
The Conservatory of Acting, Carlton, Victoria

OTHER:
Clown Doctor for The Humour Foundation (2005-2008)
Musical skills: flute, piano, guitar, clarinet, alto saxophone
Dance: 15yrs classical ballet training (R.A.D.)

CONTACT:
mb 0407 560 597
e:sco27715@bigpond.net.au
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Prof actor 1997-2009.
Graduate John Bolton Theatre School.