# Susan Prior

Susan Prior is an Australian actress.

## Early life and education

Susan Prior graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.

## Career

Prior has worked extensively with the Sydney Theatre Company, including Riflemind, as well as acting in films and television series.
In early 2022 Prior played one of the lead roles, as Martha, in a State Theatre Company South Australia production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, to acclaim by critics.
On 24 November 2023, Prior was named in the cast for Foxtel series The Last Anniversary.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2024 | The Deb | Tish | |
| 2024 | Just a Farmer | Kathryn | |
| 2021 | Chopin's Piano | George Sand | |
| 2021 | Ascendant | Barbara Wolf | |
| 2020 | Cube Season | Mirren Cube | Short film |
| 2020 | Groundhog Night | Cheryl | Short film |
| 2020 | Mukbang | Sandra | Short film |
| 2018 | Book Week | Lee Issen | |
| 2018 | Riot | Norma Gowland | TV novie |
| 2017 | Jasper Jones | Gwyn Wishart | Feature film |
| 2015 | Second Hand | Gabby | Short film |
| 2015 | Reg Makes Contact | Susan | Short film |
| 2015 | Bunny New Girl | Alice Dunn | Short film |
| 2014 | The Orchard | Rachel | Short film |
| 2014 | The Rover | Dorothy Peeples | Feature film |
| 2014 | Snowlblind | Gene | Short film |
| 2014 | Handyman | Melinda | Short film |
| 2013 | The Twin | Annie/Sarah | Short film |
| 2013 | My Mother Her Daughter | Susan | Short film |
| 2012 | Not Suitable for Children | Marcie | Feature film |
| 2012 | Careless Love | Lee | Feature film |
| 2010 | Animal Kingdom | Alicia Henry | Feature film |
| 2008 | The View from Greenhaven | Kate | Feature film |
| 2007 | The Uncertainty Principal | Sue | Short film |
| 2007 | Nothing Lasts Forever | Woman | Short film |
| 2006 | Suburban Mayhem | Christine Andretti | Feature film |
| 2005 | A Divided Heart | Millie Vickery | |
| 2005 | Monster | Mother | Short film |
| 2005 | The Saviour | Carmel | Short film |
| 2005 | Still Time | Sue | Short film |
| 2003 | A Cold Summer | Phaedra | Feature film |
| 2002 | Little Blue | Mum | Short film |
| 2000 | A Wreck, A Triangle | Eleanor | |
| 1999 | Doctor By Day | Kay | |
| 1998 | War Story | Mother | Short film |
| 1998 | Praise | Sophie | Feature film |
| 1997 | Heaven's Burning | Sharon | Feature film |
| 1996 | Idiot Box | Luce | Feature film |
| 1994 | Muriel's Wedding | Girl at Wedding | Feature film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2025 | The Last Anniversary | Margie | TV series |
| 2024 | Bump | Mara | Guest: 1 episode |
| 2021-22 | Aftertaste | Denise | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 2021 | The Moth Effect | Staff Member | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2020 | The Gloaming | Susan Kelly | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2019 | The Commons | Lena Gordon | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2019 | The Other Guy | Sharon | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2019 | Frayed | Ruth George née Nelligan | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Glitch | Anna Donohue | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Les Norton | Chenille | TV series, 4 episodes |
| | Jade of Death | Donna | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Fighting Season | Dr. Linda | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2018 | Bite Club | Tricia | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2018 | The Second | Detective | |
| 2018 | Safe Harbour | Renee | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Doctor Doctor | Minnie | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Top of the Lake | Beccy | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2015 | Love Child | Geraldine Donnelly | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012-14 | Puberty Blues | Yvonne Hennessey | TV series, 17 episodes |
| 2012 | Rake | Barbara | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012 | Home and Away | Margaret Henderson | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2006 | The 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Live Action | Herself | TV special |
| 2006 | Two Twisted | Nurse Hughes | TV anthology series, 1 episode |
| 2005 | All Saints | Beth Chandler | TV series, 15 episodes |
| 2002 | Farscape | Kirayh | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2002 | Young Lions | Christine Malouf | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2000 | Water Rats | Rosie Callahan | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1996 | House Gang | Lucy's Mum | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1996 | Police Rescue | Debra | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | G.P. | Linda Swanson | TV series, 1 episode |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2022 | Chalkface | Denise Hart | Sydney Opera House, Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide with Sydney Theatre Company and with STCSA |
| 2022 | Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Martha | Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 2020 | Dev | | Online, Australia |
| 2020 | Baroness Nihil Zalay | | Online |
| 2018 | Bliss | Alice Dalton | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2016 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Peter Quince | Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2016 | The Distance | Bea | Southbank Theatre, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2016 | Kin (staged reading) | Mrs Mignon Bloom | Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2015 | Death and the Maiden | Paulina Salaa | Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company & Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2015; 2017 | The Present | Sasha | Sydney Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company & Barrymore Theatre, Broadway |
| 2014 | Suddenly Last Summer | Mrs Grace Holly | Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2014 | Is This Thing On? | Brianna | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2013 | Small and Tired | Electra | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2011 | The Libertine | Elizabeth Malet | Darlinghurst Theatre with Sport For Jove Theatre Company |
| 2010 | Our Town | Mrs. Gibbs | Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2010 | King Lear | Cordelia | His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Playhouse, Melbourne, Playhouse, Brisbane, Playhouse, Canberra, Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare |
| 2009 | The Web | Ivy | Playhouse, Perth, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga with Black Swan State Theatre Company |
| 2008–09 | Venus and Adonis | Venus | Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland, Wharf Theatre, Sydney with Bell Shakespeare Company & Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2007 | Riflemind | Lynn | Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2008 | Constance Drinkwater & the Final Days of Somerset | Constance Drinkwater | Stables Theatre, Darlinghurst with Tamarama Rock Surfers |
| 2008 | Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Blanche Dubois | Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2005 | Top Shorts | | Old Fitzroy Hotel Theatre, Sydney with Naked Theatre Company |
| 2005 | Hurlyburly | Bonnie | Stables Theatre, Sydney with The Group Theatre |
| 2005 | Arabian Night | Franziska | NIDA Company |
| 2004 | Dreaming Transportation | Singer | Sydney Opera House |
| 2002–03 | Alone It Stands | Various roles | Playhouse, Canberra, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Sydney Opera House, IMB Theatre, Wollongong |
| 2002 | The Soldiers Tale | The Devil | Australian Chamber Orchestra |
| 2001 | King Lear | The Fool / Cordelia | Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2000 | The Cavalcaders | | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney with O'Punksky's Theatre Company |
| 2000 | Sweet Road | Carla | SBW Independent Theatre, Sydney |
| 2000 | The Ecstatic Bible | | Scott Theatre, Adelaide for Adelaide Festival of Arts |
| 1999 | Laughter on the 23rd Floor | | Sydney Opera House |
| 1998 | La Dispute | Hermaine | St Stephen’s Church, Sydney with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1998 | Love for Love | | Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1997 | Wolf Lullaby | Lizzie | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 1996–97 | Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Honey | Sydney Opera House, Canberra Theatre, Princess Theatre, Launceston, Arts and Function Centre, Burnie, Theatre Royal, Hobart, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Esperance Civic Centre, Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre, Queens Park Theatre, Geraldton, Glen Street Theatre, Sydney with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1995 | The Jungle | | Wharf Theatre, Sydney with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1994–95 | That Eye, The Sky | Tegwyn | Space Theatre, Adelaide, Playhouse, Perth, Playhouse, Melbourne, Stanley Palmer Cultural Centre, Sydney with Burning House Theatre Company |
| 1995 | Sydney Stories 1: The Ninth Wonder / The Price of Prayer / The Last Days of a Famous Mime / Family Running for Mr. Whippy | | Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company with Sydney Theatre Company for Sydney Festival |
| 1993 | The Gentleman's New Clothes (aka Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme) | | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 1993 | The Pitchfork Disney | | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 1992 | Water Daughter / Glycerine Tears / The White Room | | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 1992 | Shorts at the Stables | | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 1992 | Fractured Intimacies | | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 1992 | Like Whiskey on the Breath of a Drunk You Love / The Flaw / Spumante Romantica | | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 1992 | Little Ragged Blossom / More About Cuddlepot and Snugglepie | | Stables Theatre, Sydney |
| 1992 | Last of the Earl Grey / A Surprise for Miffy | | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company with Missing Link Productions |
| 1992 | The Will | | Harold Park Hotel, Sydney with Lounge Acts |
| 1991 | Tales from tte Decameron / Serious Money | | NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney |
| 1991 | Merrily We Roll Along | | NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney |
| 1982 | Fatal Johnny | | Royalty Theatre, Adelaide with Adelaide Festival of Arts |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2015 | The Present | Sydney Theatre Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Mainstream | Nominated |
| 2015 | The Rover | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Actress in Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 2014 | The Rover | AACTA Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| 2014 | Small and Tired | Helpmann Awards | Best Actress in Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 2013 | Small and Tired | Sydney Theatre Awards | Best Actress in Supporting Role | Won |
| 2012 | Puberty Blues | AACTA Awards | Best Guest or Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| 2008 | Riflemimd | Helpmann Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| 2007 | The Saviour | Academy Awards | Best Live Action Short Film | Nominated |
| 2003 | A Cold Summer | Film Critics’ Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| ,2001 | Sweet Road | Norman Kessell Memorial Awards | Outstanding Performance | Won |
| 1998 | Wolf Lullaby | Green Room Awards | Best Actress | Nominated |