# Paula Arundell

Paula Arundell is an Australian actress and singer.

## Early life

Arundell studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), in Sydney. She graduated in 1995, with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting).

## Career

Arundell has appeared in television roles, beginning with guest roles in Water Rats and Murder Call in 1997. She landed a main role as Claire in Children’s Hospital that same year.
She also had recurring roles as Gina in Love My Way (2004–05), Paula Gill in Home and Away (2009) and Sheriff Waller in miniseries Reckoning (2019–2020)
She appeared in the series Hunters in 2016, and had further guest roles in All Saints, Farscape, The Alice, Out of the Blue and miniseries Clickbait. In 2021, Arundell joined the cast of Neighbours as Evelyn Farlow for a two-week guest stint. Her most recent television roles have been guest spots in Surviving Summer and The Newsreader.
Arundell's films have included 1998 comedy Dags, 2000 alternative drama Sample People (with Ben Mendelsohn and Kylie Minogue), 2008 drama Disgrace (alongside John Malkovich), 2016 fantasy action film Gods of Egypt (alongside Gerard Butler) and 2018 fantasy thriller Harmony. Her most recent roles have been in 2023 supernatural horror film Late Night with the Devil and 2024 crime thriller Sleeping Dogs (with Russell Crowe).
As a singer, Arundell performed a version of the Tim Buckley song "Song to the Siren", which was used in the 2006 Neil Armfield film Candy.
She voiced Sonic the Hedgehog in the Sonic Live in Sydney theme park. She has also narrated 2020 documentary Cute Little Killers.
Arundell has performed extensively in theatre and has won and been nominated for several awards. She played an older Hermione Granger in the Melbourne production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which saw her nominated for a 2019 Helpmann Award.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | Diana & Me | Constable | Feature film |
| 1998 | Dags | Tracey | Feature film |
| 2000 | Sample People | Cleo | Feature film |
| 2003 | Bad Eggs | Simone | Feature film |
| 2003 | Silent Storm | Narrator | Documentary film |
| 2008 | Disgrace | Dr. Farodia Rassool | Feature film |
| 2011 | The Cartographer | Polly (voice) | Short film |
| 2016 | Gods of Egypt | Fussy Older Maidservant | Feature film |
| 2018 | Harmony | Nurse Jean | Feature film |
| 2023 | Late Night with the Devil | Diane | Feature film |
| 2024 | Sleeping Dogs | Susan Avery | Feature film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | Water Rats | Michelle | Season 2, episode 11: "Goldie's Trip" |
| 1997 | Murder Call | Rebecca Voss | Season 1, episode 2: "The Burial" |
| 1997 | Children's Hospital | Claire | |
| 1998; 2004; 2009 | All Saints | Officer Wilson / Simone Birchley / Nura Arkuna | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | Farscape | Talikaa | Season 4, episode 14: "Twice Shy" |
| 2004–2005 | Love My Way | Gina | Season 1, 7 episodes |
| 2005 | The Alice | Lara | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2008 | Out of the Blue | Simone | Season 1, episode 22 |
| 2009 | Home and Away | Paula Gill | 7 episodes |
| 2011 | Me and My Monsters | | Season 2, episode 6: "Monstrously Good Cookies" |
| 2011 | Slide | Kat | Season 1, episode 3 |
| 2013 | The Time of Our Lives | Chelsea | Season 1, episode 7: "The Mistake" |
| 2016 | Hunters | Liana / Lauren | 5 episodes |
| 2019–2020 | Reckoning | Sheriff Waller | Miniseries, 7 episodes |
| 2020 | Cute Little Killers | Narrator | Documentary |
| 2021 | Clickbait | Tanisha | Miniseries, episode 7: "The Son" |
| 2021 | Neighbours | Evelyn Farlow | 5 episodes |
| 2023 | Surviving Summer | Jacqueline Laurent | Season 1, episode 8: "The Stairway" |
| 2023 | The Newsreader | Nadia | Season 2, episode 4: "The Hungry Truth" |

### Audio

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | Sonic Live in Sydney | Sonic the Hedgehog | Short audio play |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Venue / Co. |
| 1993 | Cosi | Cherry | NIDA, Sydney |
| 1994 | The Wedding Song | | NIDA, Sydney |
| 1994 | Translations | Marie | NIDA, Sydney |
| 1994 | Twelfth Night | Viola | NIDA, Sydney |
| 1994 | Epsom Downs | Miss Motrom | NIDA, Sydney |
| 1994 | Stone | | NIDA, Sydney |
| 1995 | Tales from the Vienna Woods | Marianne | NIDA, Sydney |
| 1995 | Guys and Dolls | Mimi / Dancer | NIDA, Sydney |
| 1995 | Ghetto | The Dummy | NIDA, Sydney |
| 1995 | The Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in the Garden | | NIDA, Sydney |
| 1996 | Much Ado About Nothing | Hero | Melbourne Athenaeum, Sydney Opera House, Canberra Theatre with Bell Shakespeare |
| 1996 | The Torrents | Jenny | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1997 | The Tempest | Ariel | Canberra Theatre, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Athenaeum with Bell Shakespeare |
| 1998 | Clark in Sarajevo | | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 1998 | Love for Love | | Sydney Opera House with STC |
| 1999 | Interactive World Theatre | | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney |
| 1999 | Henry V | The Boy / Princess Katherine | Melbourne Athenaeum, Playhouse, Canberra, Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare |
| 2000 | Company | Marta | Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC |
| 2000 | Measure for Measure | Isabella | Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC |
| 2000 | The White Devil | Zanche | Theatre Royal Sydney with STC for Olympic Arts Festivals |
| 2000 | Attempts on Her Life | | STC |
| 2001 | Three Sisters | Masha | Sydney Opera House with STC |
| 2001 | Antony and Cleopatra | Cleopatra | Sydney Opera House, IMB Theatre, Wollongong, Playhouse, Melbourne, Playhouse, Canberra, Riverside Theatres, Parramatta with Bell Shakespeare |
| 2002 | Hippolytus | | Government House, Sydney with Bell Shakespeare |
| 2002 | Life is a Dream | Rosaura | Sydney Opera House with STC |
| 2003 | Beasty Grrrl | Carla | Devonport Entertainment and Convention Centre |
| 2003 | The Servant of Two Masters | Smeraldina | Playhouse, Brisbane, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Monash University, The Capital, Bendigo, Clocktower Centre, Melbourne with Bell Shakespeare |
| 2003 | The Threepenny Opera | Jenny Diver | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2004 | Night Letters | Camilla / Jane | Queen's Theatre, Adelaide, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with STCSA & Playbox Theatre Company |
| 2005 | Three Furies: Scenes from the Life of Francis Bacon | Tisiphone | Sydney Opera House, Auckland with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 2005 | Julius Caesar | | Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2006 | Kookaburra Launch Concert | Singer | Lyric Theatre, Sydney |
| 2006 | Peribanez | | Seymour Centre, Sydney |
| 2006 | Are You There? | Ana | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney |
| 2007 | The Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and Little Ragged Blossom | Wallaby / Mrs Snake | Theatre Royal Sydney |
| 2007 | Paul | Mary Magdalene | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2007 | Love Lies Bleeding | Lia | Wharf Theatre, Glen Street Theatre with STC |
| 2007 | Blackbird | Una | Wharf Theatre, Shed 6, Wellington, New Zealand with STC |
| 2008 | Scorched | Jihane | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2009 | Gethsemane | Monique Toussaint | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2010 | Oedipus Rex & Symphony of Psalms | Antigone / Narrator | Sydney Opera House |
| 2010 | Honour | Claudia | Sydney Opera House with STC |
| 2012 | Under Milk Wood | Polly Garter | Sydney Opera House with STC |
| 2012 | Death of a Salesman | | Theatre Royal Sydney |
| 2013 | Peter Pan | Mrs Darling | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2013 | Angels in America | The Angel / Emily | Theatre Royal Sydney, Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2014 | Clybourne Park | Francine | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney, The Concourse, Sydney |
| 2014 | Macbeth | Banquo | Sydney Theatre with STC |
| 2015 | Suddenly Last Summer | Sister Felicity | Sydney Opera House with STC |
| 2015 | Mother Courage and Her Children | Yvette | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2015; 2017; 2018 | The Bleeding Tree | Mother | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company, Wharf Theatre with STC, Canberra Theatre Centre |
| 2016 | Disgraced | Jory | Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company, IMB Theatre, Wollongong, Playhouse, Canberra with STC |
| 2016 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Hippolyta / Titania | Sydney Opera House with STC |
| 2017 | Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play | Marge / Quincy / various roles | Space Theatre, Adelaide, Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney with STCSA |
| 2017 | The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man | | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2017 | Atlantis | Electra / Cuban Man / Choir Leader / Cowgirl Mum / various roles | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2018 | Top Girls | Griselda | Sydney Opera House with STC |
| 2018 | Sami in Paradise | Fima / Fairuz | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2019; 2022 | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Hermione Granger | Princess Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2020 | Belvoir in Concert | | Online, Australia |
| 2023 | The Master and Margarita | Woland / Ensemble | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2024 | Death of a Salesman | The Woman | Theatre Royal Sydney |
| 2024 | Carousel: A Concert | Mrs Mullin | Princess Theatre, Melbourne with Enda Markey Presents |
| 2024 | Sweat | Cynthia | Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC |
| 2024 | POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive) | Margaret, The First Lady | Queensland Theatre (cancelled) |
| 2025 | The Birds | | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2025 | Troy | | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2025 | Nucleus | Cassie | Seymour Centre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
| | The Tempest | Green Room Awards | Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |
| 1999 | Henry V | Glugs Theatrical Awards | Best Up and Coming Actor | Won |
| | Henry V | Green Room Awards | Best Female Actor in a Featured Role | Won |
| 2004 | The Threepenny Opera | Helpmann Awards | Best Female Actor in Supporting Role in a Musical | Nominated |
| 2005 | Three Furies | Sydney Theatre Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| | Antony and Cleopatra | Sydney Morning Herald Awards | Best Actress | Won |
| | Antony and Cleopatra | Green Room Awards | Best Female Actor in a Lead Role | Nominated |
| 2015 | The Bleeding Tree | Sydney Theatre Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role of a Mainstage Production | Nominated |
| 2016 | The Bleeding Tree | Helpmann Awards | Best Female Actor in a Play | Won |
| 2019 | The Bleeding Tree | Green Room Awards | Best Theatre Company Performer | Nominated |
| 2019 | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Helpmann Awards | Best Female Actor in a Play | Nominated |