# Zoe Carides

Zoe Carides (Greek: Ζωή Καρίδη, romanized: Zoí Karídi; born 19 February 1962) is an Australian actress of film and television, who is best known for her roles in Death in Brunswick as Sophie, G. P. as Dr. Sonia Kapek and Grass Roots as Liz Murray.

## Family

Carides was born in Sydney, Australia .
She has a daughter. Her sister is actress Gia Carides who also appeared in Police Rescue. Her brother-in-law was actor Anthony LaPaglia.

## Career

Carides has made cameos in many successful Australian television shows, such as All Saints, Acropolis Now, White Collar Blue, Crownies, Janet King, Rake, and Top of the Lake: China Girl.
Carides appeared in the 1980s advertisement for the State Bank of Victoria where, as she sits in her bed with her partner, she turns and says "it's your money, Ralph". This saying became part of the Australian lexicon for many years with people quoting it when talking about any monetary issue.
In 1986 Carides worked as a presenter on the ABC magazine style television show Edge of the Wedge
Carides' first major role was the 1991 film Death in Brunswick as the love interest of Sam Neill's lead character. She also went on to star in Brilliant Lies, which won her an AFI nomination, The Kiss and Police Rescue. She also starred in the independent Australian production of Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns.
After turning 40, Carides set two goals: to have a solo exhibition of her paintings and to record an album of her own music.
In 2005, Carides starred in the Sydney Theatre Company's Influence, by David Williamson, for which she won a Helpmann Award. In 2008, she played the part of Pia Jones in the BBC-commissioned Australian soap opera Out of the Blue.
She has also directed two short films: Gifted in 2005, and Not even a Mouse in 2011.
In 2015, Carides appeared in the film Alex & Eve, which was based on the Australian play by Alex Lykos. She plays Chloe, the mother of Greek Alex (played by Richard Brancatisano), who falls in love with Muslim Lebanese Eve (played by Andrea Demetriades).
She released an album of self-written songs, When I was Little, in 2018.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1985 | Chunk - Cut the Cheese | | Film Short |
| 1986 | Face the Day | | Film Short |
| 1986 | With Inertia | | Film Short |
| 1988 | Kadaicha (aka Stones of Death) | Gail Sorensen | Feature film |
| 1991 | Death in Brunswick | Sophie Papafogos | Feature film |
| 1992 | Mad Bomber in Love | Rebecca | Feature film |
| 1992 | Seeing Red | Red Sessions | Feature film |
| 1993 | Shotgun Wedding | Helen Llewellyn | Feature film |
| 1994 | Police Rescue | Constable Lorrie 'Flash' Gordon | Feature film |
| 1994 | Gino | Lucia Petri | Feature film |
| 1994 | Fuckwit | Shannon | Film Short |
| 1996 | Brilliant Lies | Katy Connor | Feature film |
| 1998 | The Kiss | Sue | Film Short |
| 1998 | The Picture Woman | Travelling Woman | Film Short |
| 1998 | Something Honest | | Film Short |
| 1999 | Midas | Narrator | Film Short |
| 2000 | Sammy Blue | | Film Short |
| 2000 | Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns | Nicki | Feature film |
| 2005 | Gifted | Writer | Film Short |
| 2008 | The Black Balloon | Russell's Mum | Feature film |
| 2010 | Good As New | Mum | Film Short |
| 2011 | The Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg | Lisa Bacon | Video |
| 2011 | I Spy | Jo | Film Short |
| 2011 | Throw Away the Key | 6 Minutes Journalist | Film Short |
| 2011 | Family Values | Mum | Film Short |
| 2012 | Not Suitable for Children | Lab Technician | Feature film |
| 2013 | Mystery Road | Shirley | Feature film |
| 2013 | Blinder | Ally | Feature film |
| 2013 | The Kiss | Woman | Film Short |
| 2014 | The Little Death (aka A Funny Kind of Love) | Doctor Barnes | Feature film |
| 2014 | Surviving Bug | Sue | Film Short |
| 2014 | Grace Under Water | Lou | Film Short |
| 2015 | Airlock | Leanne Ashbrook | |
| 2015 | Alex & Eve | Chloe | Feature film |
| 2016 | The Veiled | Maria | Film Short |
| 2016 | Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child | Rominja | Feature film |
| 2017 | Event Zero | Pamela Laird | Feature film |
| 2017 | Red Handed | Female Voiceover (voice) | Film Short |
| 2018 | Final Resting Place | Mum | Film Short |
| 2018 | Trigger Happy | Belinda the DOP | Film Short |
| 2018 | Hot Mess | Loz's Mum | Feature film |
| 2019 | A Remarkable Career | Interviewer | Film Short |
| 2020 | Charging | Premier | Film Short |
| 2022 | Interceptor | President Wallace | Netflix Feature film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1985 | Out There | Presenter | TV series |
| 1986 | Edge of the Wedge | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1986 | Game of Life | Herself | TV series |
| 1986 | Studio 86 | | TV series, 2 episodes: "Strawberry Girl" & "Sisters in the Bathroom" |
| 1987 | Rafferty's Rules | Janine Tate | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1988 | The Insiders (Your First Tax Return) | Narrator | Video documentary |
| 1988 | Richmond Hill | | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1988 | The Tourist (aka Sands of Bedouin) | | TV movie |
| 1989 | Rafferty's Rules | Mardi | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1989 | E Street | Jill Pritchard | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1989 | Acropolis Now | Stella Hatzidimitropoulos | TV series, episode: "The Proxy Blues" |
| 1990 | The Flying Doctors | Mandy Sinclair | TV series, episode 20: "Life Line" |
| 1991 | The Midday Show | Guest (with Sam Neill) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991 | Tonight Live with Steve Vizard | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | Andrew Denton: Live and Sweaty | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993 | For Whose Sake? | Presenter | Film documentary |
| 1993 | A Current Affair | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993; 1994 | Review | Guest Presenter | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993 | Ray Martin at Midday | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993-2001 | Good Morning Australia | Guest | TV series, 7 episodes |
| 1993 | People's Choice Awards | Presenter | TV special |
| 1994 | Police Rescue In Action | Constable Lorrie 'Flash' Gordon | TV movie |
| 1994; 1995 | Review | Herself | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Midday with Derryn Hinch | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | At Home | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | What's Cooking | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | Heartland | Shelley | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Ernie and Denise | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | Level 23 | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994; 1995 | Review - A.F.I. Awards | Herself | TV special |
| 1995 | The 37th Annual TV Week Logie Awards | Presenter | TV special |
| 1995 | Sale of the Century | Contestant | TV series, 3 episodes: "Cinema" |
| 1995-96 | G.P. | Dr. Sonia Kapek | TV series, 35 episodes |
| 1995 | Eleven AM | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | Ten News | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | National Nine News | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | Seven Nightly News | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | ABC News | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | Roy and HG | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | Review with Myles Barlow | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1996 | Midday with Kerri-Anne | Guest (with Gia Carides) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1996 | Monday to Friday | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1996 | World Vision Appeal: A Christmas Wish | Herself | TV special |
| 1997 | War of Distance | Narrator | TV film documentary |
| 1997 | Good Guys Bad Guys | Skye Rinker | TV series, 2 episodes: "1.8 Million Reasons to Change Your Name Part 1" & "1.8 Million Reasons to Change Your Name Part 2" |
| 1997 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Herself | TV special |
| 1998 | Good News Week | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | Good News Weekend | Guest | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1998 | What's Cooking | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | Wildside | Karen Begbie | TV series, 1 episode: "1.32" |
| 1999 | Murder Call | Dr. Constance Young | TV series, season 3, episode 7: "A Blow to the Heart" |
| 1999 | Dog's Head Bay | Pauline | TV series, 1 episode: "The Birthday Boy" |
| 2000 | Denise | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2000 | The 10.30 Slot | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2000-01 | All Saints | Sarah Adams | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 2000-03 | Grass Roots | Liz Murray | TV series, 18 episodes |
| 2001 | My Husband, My Killer | Lydia Lurman | TV movie |
| 2002 | White Collar Blue | Mrs. Zenopoulos | TV series, 1 episode: "1.7" |
| 2003 | Lucy | Lolita De Acha | TV movie |
| 2004 | Fireflies | Kim Porter | TV series, 1 episode: "Sons and Lovers" |
| 2006 | Monarch Cove | Guest role: Justine | TV series, 2 episodes: "1.11" & "1.12" |
| 2006 | All Saints | Jilly Winters | TV series, season 9, episode 3: "Moment of Faith" |
| 2007 | Back Seat | Beverly | TV short |
| 2008 | All Saints | Sandra Dyer | TV series, season 11, episode 6: "Careful What You Wish For" |
| 2008 | Out of the Blue | Pia Jones | TV series, 58 episodes |
| 2009 | The Cut | Goth Skater (voice) | TV miniseries, episode 5: "A Falcon's Tail" |
| 2010 | The Pacific | Mama Karamanlis | TV miniseries, episode 3: "Melbourne" |
| 2010 | Packed to the Rafters | Penny Mallory | TV series, 1 episode: "When Worlds Collide" |
| 2010 | Cops LAC | Alison Bristow | TV series, 1 episode: "Old Love" |
| 2011 | Crownies | Gillian Warden | TV series, 2 episodes: "1.16" & "1.18" |
| 2012 | Event Zero | Pamela | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2013 | Camp | Guidance Counselor | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2013 | The Real Mary Poppins | Herself | TV special |
| 2014 | Janet King | Gillian Warden | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Old School | Carmen Gabban | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2015 | Airlock | Leanne Ashbrook | TV series |
| 2015 | Ready for This | Principal Hardy | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2016 | Rake | Josephine | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2016-19 | Doctor Doctor | Nancy Miller / Jill / Mayor Miller | TV series, 9 episodes |
| 2016 | The Daily Edition | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2017 | Top of the Lake | Sylvia | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2017 | Pulse | Lucia | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2017 | Home and Away | Dr. Lang | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2019 | The Daily Edition | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2019 | The Commons | Dr. Carras | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2020 | Reckoning | Sue | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 2020 | Deadhouse Duck | Rosemary | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2021 | Arguments with My Mum | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2022 | The PM's Daughter | Michaela Keane | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2022 | Pieces of Her | Francine | TV series, 1 episode |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1988 | Blood Brothers | Linda | York Theatre |
| 1989 | Greek Tragedy | | Company B Belvoir Street Theatre |
| 2005 | Influence | | David Williamson for Sydney Theatre Company |