# Nell Feeney

Nell Feeney is an Australian actress who played Janelle Timmins on the Australian soap opera Neighbours.

## Early life & education

In 1988, Feeney started studying acting at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), graduating in 1990. In 2010, she studied a Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting & Directing at Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS).

## Career

Feeney appeared on Neighbours from November 2004 to July 2007, returning briefly in 2015. She had also appeared in the soap the previous year as Joanne Blair. Her contract with Neighbours expired during the course of 2007, and she left the show along with Sianoa Smit-McPhee, who played her on-screen daughter Bree Timmins.
Feeney appeared in the movie Mallboy, alongside her Neighbours on-screen husband Brett Swain.
She has appeared in many other Australian television shows, including City Homicide, Rush, Blue Heelers, Dirt Game, Stingers, and Winners & Losers.

## Personal life

Feeney met fellow Neighbours cast member Shane Connor, when he made a guest appearance in tv series Phoenix, on which Feeney was starring. They were married in 1994 and Feeney gave birth to twins Thomas and Grace in 1995. Feeney and Connor were divorced in 1997.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | Clowning Around 2 | Lilly | TV movie |
| 1994 | The Feds: Obsession | Rose Dell'oro | TV movie |
| 1995 | The Feds: Deception | Rose Dell'oro | TV movie |
| 1995 | The Feds: Abduction | Rose Dell'oro | TV movie |
| 1995 | The Feds: Terror | Rose Dell'oro | TV movie |
| 1996 | The Feds: Deadfall | Rose Dell'oro | TV movie |
| 2000 | Mallboy | Jenny | Short film |
| 2000 | Wee Jimmy | Jean | Short film |
| | Desire | The woman | Short film |
| 2003 | Three Weeks in Koh Samui | Mum (Gena) | Short film |
| 2007 | Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn | Additional voices | TV movie |
| 2010 | Ours | | Short film |
| 2023 | Foe | Tailing Waitress | Feature film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Home and Away | Sandra | 1 episode |
| 1991 | A Country Practice | Roxanne Hartley | Season 11, 2 episodes |
| 1992 | Phoenix | Megan Edwards | Season 1, 11 episodes |
| 1995 | Fire | Phoebe | Season 1, episode 11: "Glory Days" |
| 1995 | Snowy River: The Mcgregor Saga | Elsie Morgan | Season 3, 2 episodes |
| 1998 | State Coroner | Sally Allbright | Season 2, episode 4: "The Gift of Life" |
| 2001 | The Secret Life of Us | Marriage Counsellor | Season 1, episode 6: "Expect the Unexpected" |
| 1998–01 | Blue Heelers | Fran Bennett / Sonia Weller / Sandra Stevens | Seasons 5–8, 3 episodes |
| 2001 | Halifax f.p. | Maureen O'Connor | Season 6, episode 2: "Playing God" |
| 2002 | Stingers | Vicki Quinlan | Season 5, episode 17: "Mind Games" |
| 2002 | MDA | Elise Fenton | Season 1, episode 10: "Quid Pro Quo" |
| 2008 | Rush | Denise | Season 1, episode 12 |
| 2009 | Dirt Game | Laurie | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2010 | City Homicide | Kitty Bancroft | Season 4, episode 6: "Last Seen" |
| 2011–14 | Winners & Losers | Carolyn Gilbert | Seasons 1–4, 20 episodes |
| 2003–15 | Neighbours | Janelle Timmins | 88 episodes |
| 2015 | The Doctor Blake Mysteries | Pamela Gilchrist | Season 3, episode 5: "A Night to Remember" |
| 2015 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Hilda Cobb | Season 3, episode 6: "Death at the Grand" |
| 2018 | Superwog | Concierge | Season 1, episode 6: "Power Trip" |
| 2020 | The Gloaming | Shelly Hopkins | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 2021 | Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries | Oona O'Doherty | Season 2, episode 8: "New Year's Evil" |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | The Egg and Spoon Man | | Carlton Courthouse, Melbourne with La Mama |
| 1992 | In Angel Gear | | Universal Theatre, Melbourne with Mystic Productions |
| 1992; 1998 | D.A.R.K. The Adventures of Diane Arbus | | Kaff Theatre, Perth, Universal Theatre, Melbourne with Moondog Theatre Company |
| 1993 | M. Butterfly | Renee / Woman at Party / Girl in magazine | Playhouse, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre, Seymour Centre, Sydney with MTC |
| 1997 | Macbeth | | Victorian regional tour with MTC |
| 2003 | God's Last Acre | Kerry Phillips | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company |
| 2011 | The Sum of Us | Joyce | HIT Productions |
| 2012 | Happy Ending | Louise | Southbank Theatre with MTC |
| 2017 | Credentials | Rosy | La Mama Courthouse, Melbourne |
| 2013 | When Dad Married Fury | Sue | HIT Productions |