# Anna Maria Monticelli

Anna Maria Monticelli is an Australian actress, screenwriter and producer.

## Career

Monticelli won the 1984 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Silver City. In 2001 she was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Original Screenplay for La Spagnola. At the 2008 Australian Writers Guild Awards (AWGIES) she won the best feature film adaptation for her screenplay of J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace. At the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards she won the 2010 Award for Best Screenplay for Disgrace and was nominated for Best Film in 2010 (producer) for Disgrace and for Best Screenplay - Original in 2002 for La Spagnola.

## Personal life

Monticelli is married to actor and director Steve Jacobs who directed La Spagnola and Disgrace.

## Filmography
### Film

| Title | Year | Role | Type |
| 1981 | Smash Palace | Jacqui / Alan's wife (as Anna Jemison) | Feature film |
| 1982 | Heatwave | Victoria West (as Anna Jemison) | Feature film |
| 1982 | The Dark Room | Nicky / Ray's mistress (as Anna Jemison) | Feature film |
| 1984 | My First Wife | Hilary (as Anna Jemison) | Feature film |
| 1984 | Silver City | Anna (as Anna Jemison) | Feature film |
| 1985 | After Hours | Sandra Adams (as Anna-Maria Monticelli) | Film short |
| 1985 | The Empty Beach | Anne Winter (as Anna-Maria Monticelli) | Feature film |
| 1986 | Nomads | Veronique 'Niki' Pommier (as Anna-Maria Monticelli) | Feature film |
| 1994 | Life Forms | Mel | Film short |
| 2004 | The Brother | Catherine | Film short |

### Television

| Title | Year | Role | Type |
| 1981 | A Sporting Chance | Guest role | TV series, episode 3: "Whatever Happened to Stephen Doyle?" |
| 1982 | For the Term of His Natural Life | Alicia (as Anna Jemison) | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1984 | Special Squad | Teresa Parrissa (as Anna Jemison) | TV series, 1 episode 3: "Code of Silence" |
| 1984 | Carson's Law | Eva Tarrant (as Anna Jemison) | TV series, 21 episodes |
| 1985 | Archer (aka Archer's Adventure) | Anna Swift (as Anna-Maria Monticelli) | TV film |
| 1985 | Five Mile Creek | Guest role | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1985 | Handle with Care | Kate (as Anna-Maria Monticelli) | TV film |
| 1987 | The Edge of Power | Gail Traynor (as Anna-Maria Monticelli) | TV film |
| 1987 | Play School | Guest Presenter (as Anna Maria-Monticelli) | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1988 | Rafferty's Rules | Diana Newby | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1988 | Emma: Queen of the South Seas | Recurring role: Princess Le'utu | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1988 | Mission: Impossible | Guest role: Lydia | TV series, episode 4: "The Condemned" |
| 1989 | G.P. | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1989 | Living With The Law | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1990 | Family and Friends | Luciana Rossi | TV series |
| 1990; 1993 | English at Work | Herself | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1991 | A Country Practice | Guest role | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1991 | New Faces | Guest Judge | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991 | In Sydney Today | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991 | The World Tonight | Herself | TV series, 1 episode ('Beauty and the Beast' segment) |
| 1991 | Chances | Bella | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | The Girl from Tomorrow II | Freya | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993 | Insiders | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993 | Eggshells | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | Under the Skin | | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Sky Trackers | Marie Colbert | TV series, 26 episodes |
| 1995 | Singapore Sling: Road to Mandalay | Tamara | TV film series, 1 episode |
| 1997 | Sex and Beyond: 25 Years of Cleo | Herself | TV special |
| 2001 | The Movie Show | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2002 | La Spagnola: Behind the Scenes | Herself | Short video documentary |
| 2002 | Home and Away | Helen Poulos | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2002 | White Collar Blue | Mrs. Cable | TV pilot / film |

### As writer / producer

| Title | Year | Role | Type |
| 2001 | La Spagnola | Writer / producer | Feature film |
| 2008 | Disgrace | Writer / producer | Feature film |

## Awards

| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
| 1984 | Silver City | AFI Awards | AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Won |
| 2001 | La Spagnola | AFI Awards | AFI Award for Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
| 2002 | La Spagnola | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Screenplay – Original | Nominated |
| 2008 | Disgrace | Australian Writers Guild Awards | Best Feature Film Adaptation | Won |
| 2010 | Disgrace | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Screenplay | Won |
| 2010 | Disgrace | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Film (producer) | Nominated |