# Nina Landis

Nina Landis is an Australian stage and screen actress, who trained in Australia and New York.

## Early life

Landis studied drama at Flinders University, Adelaide in the mid to late 1970s.

## Career

Landis' feature film credits include the title role (Rikky) in Rikky and Pete, Komodo, Four of a Kind, Handle with Care, and Blackjack: Sweet Science.
Her principal roles on television include Embassy, Prime Time, The Keepers, One Summer Again, MDA, The Flying Doctors, Prisoner, A Country Practice.
She has performed on the stages of national theatre companies and fringe theatres.
Landis also lectures on acting, is a voice-over artist, and a documentary photographer.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1980 | Nightmares | Judy | Feature film |
| 1985 | Niel Lynne | Helen | Feature film |
| 1987 | To Market to Market | Samantha | Feature film |
| 1988 | Rikky and Pete | Rikky Menzies | Feature film |
| 1991 | Antamosi | | Film short |
| 1997 | True Love and Chaos | Affirmation Voice | Feature film |
| 1999 | Komodo | Aunt Annie | Feature film |
| 2008 | Four of a Kind | Susan | Feature film |
| 2008 | Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Herself | Feature film documentary |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1981; 1984 | Cop Shop | Ellen Shannon | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1981 | Prisoner | Michelle Parkes | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 1981; 1993 | A Country Practice | Sandra Popovich | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1982 | The Sullivans | Guest role: Molly | TV series |
| 1984 | The Keepers | Miriam Woods | TV series, 9 episodes |
| 1984 | Special Squad | Lisa | TV series, episode 10: "Duel" |
| 1984 | Carson's Law | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1985 | One Summer Again | Clara Southern | TV miniseries |
| 1985 | Handle with Care | Julie | TV film |
| 1986 | Prime Time | Kate MacArthur | TV series |
| 1987 | Always Afternoon | Renata Stein | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1988 | Rafferty's Rules | Jan Mondale | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1990 | The Flying Doctors | Megan Price | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1990 | Embassy | Susan Derek | TV pilot |
| 1990–91 | Embassy | Susan Derek | TV series, 25 episodes |
| 1992 | The Late Show | Sally Bowen | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993 | A Country Practice | | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1994–97 | Ocean Girl | H.E.L.E.N. (voice) | TV series, 78 episodes |
| 1999 | Thunderstone | Syndia | TV series, 19 episodes |
| 2002–03 | MDA | Claudia Montserrat | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 2003 | Wilderness | Narrator | Film documentary |
| 2004 | BlackJack: Sweet Science | Stella Anderson | TV film series |
| 2008 | The Hollowmen | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2008 | City Homicide | Valerie Zimmerman | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Liquid Stone: Unlocking Gaudi's Secret | Narrator | Film documentary |
| 2014 | Neighbours | Judge Lockwood | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2015 | Little Stars | Narrator | Film documentary |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| | Hotel Baltimore | Suzy | Drama Centre, Adelaide |
| | Dracula | Lucy | Drama Centre, Adelaide |
| | The Trial | Mrs Burstner | Drama Centre, Adelaide |
| | Lysistrata | Lampito | Dodd Street Theatre, Melbourne |
| | Dōjōji (The Dancer) | The Dancer | Drama Centre, Adelaide |
| 1978 | Oedipus the King / Oedipus at Colonus | Suppliants / Guards / Attendants | The Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA for Adelaide Festival |
| 1979 | Hamlet | | The Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1979 | The Shaughraun | Moya | The Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1979 | Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Bubba | STCSA |
| 1980 | Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book for Boys | Lois | Space Theatre, Adelaide & Edinburgh Festival with The Stage Company |
| 1981 | Covenant of the Rainbow | Art | La Mama, Melbourne |
| 1982 | Degrees of Change | | |
| 1984 | Scapin | Zerbinetta | Hoyts Prince Theatre, Hobart, Studio Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company |
| 1992 | No Going Back | Ruth | Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC |
| 1993 | Blood Moon | Katina | Theatreworks, Melbourne |
| 1994 | Wounds to the Face | The Mother | Theatreworks, Melbourne with Black Box Theatre Company |
| 2023 | Way | Voice Over Artist | La Mama, Melbourne |