# Anne-Louise Lambert

Anne-Louise Lambert (born 1956), also credited as Anne Lambert, is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Miranda in the 1975 film Picnic at Hanging Rock.

## Life and career

Anne Louise Lambert was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1956 she later moved to Sydney. Under the name Anne Lambert, she first gained recognition on Australian television with roles in three soap operas. In 1973, she played nymphomaniac Sue Marshall in Number 96. The following year, she was an original cast member in a school-based drama, Class of '74, playing student Peggy Richardson.
Director Peter Weir saw her in a television commercial for Fanta playing the fancy Nancy character and felt she was perfect for the lead role in Picnic at Hanging Rock. In 1976, she had a six-month role in adult soap opera The Box as the "sexy and promiscuous" Trish Freeman.
During 1975, she appeared in a recurring sketch in comedy series The Norman Gunston Show called "The Checkout Chicks". This sketch, a send-up of melodramatic soap operas set in a supermarket, mostly featured other former Number 96 actors – Vivienne Garrett, Candy Raymond, Philippa Baker, Judy Lynne, and Abigail.
She adopted the name Anne-Louise Lambert when, on seeking work in the UK, she found that another actress was listed as Anne Lambert. She has worked steadily in film and on stage ever since, including starring roles in the BBC TV series The Borgias (1981), Cousin Phillis (1982) Peter Greenaway's The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), Breathing Under Water (1991), Seeing Red (1992), The Dirtwater Dynasty and Great Expectations – The Untold Story , A Los Cuatro Vientos (1987),filmed in Spain; and Australian TV miniseries such as Mussolini and I (1985), Fields of Fire 2 (1988), and Tanamera-The Lion of Singapore (1989). Her stage roles include Sweet Bird of Youth co-starring with Lauren Bacall and Colin Friels. She also played the role of Lady Mary Brackenstall in the adaptation of "The Abbey Grange" for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1986).
She later appeared in Lillian's Story with Toni Collette, and Somersault, which won Best Film at the 2004 Australian Film Institute Awards. She also appeared in the Australian TV series The Alice (2004) and the short drama Photograph (2006), directed by her sister Sarah Lambert, and also the short film Waiting for the Turning of the Earth (2011). Her most recent movie is The Last Babushka Doll (2018).
Lambert resides in the Sydney suburb of Balmain with her son (born 1989) and works as a psychotherapist, counsellor, and coach.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Tiitle | Role | Type |
| 1975 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Miranda St Clare (as Anne Lambert) | Feature film |
| 1982 | The Draughtsman's Contract | Mrs. Talmann / Mrs. Herbert's daughter (as Anne Louise Lambert) | Feature film UK |
| 1982 | Gossip | Clare | Feature film UK, (unfinished) |
| 1987 | A los cuatro vientos | Georgina (as Anne Louise Lambert) | Feature film, Spain |
| 1991 | Breathing Under Water | Beatrice | Feature film |
| 1992 | Seeing Red | Amanda | Feature film |
| 1993 | Just Desserts | Mona | Film short |
| 1994 | Unacceptable Behaviour | Lisa | Film short |
| 1995 | Napoleon | Spider / Earless Wallaby / Desert Mouse (voice as Anne Lambert) | Feature film |
| 1996 | Lilian's Story | Mother | Feature film |
| 1997 | A Cut in the Rates | unknown | Film short |
| 2004 | Somersault | Martha (as Anne Louise Lambert) | Feature film |
| 2006 | Photograph | Mandy | Film short |
| 2007 | You Or Me | Annie | Film short |
| 2008 | A Chair with a View | Narrator (voice) | Film short |
| 2011 | Waiting for the Turn of the Earth | Sarah | Film short |
| 2016 | Target Fascination | Patricia Nowlan | Feature film |
| 2018 | The Last Babushka Doll | unknown role | Film short |
| 2022 | Mother Mountain | Linda | Feature film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1973 | Number 96 | Sue Marshall (as Anne Lambert) | TV series, 7 episodes |
| 1974–1975 | Class of '74 | Peggy 'The Iceberg' Richardson / Peggy Richardson (as Anne Lambert) | TV series |
| 1975 | Class of '75 | Peggy Richardson (as Anne Lambert) | TV series |
| 1975 | Behind The Legend | unknown role (as Anne Lambert) | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 1975 | Matlock Police | Ellen Prosser (as Anne Lambert) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1975 | Division 4 | Julie Sullivan (as Anne Lambert) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1975 | The Norman Gunston Show | Herself (as Anne Lambert) – 'The Checkout Chicks' sketch | ABC TV series, 6 episodes |
| 1976 | The Box | Trish Freeman (as Anne Lambert) | TV series |
| 1976 | Up the Convicts | unknown role (as Anne Lambert) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1976 | Murcheson Creek | unknown role (as Anne Lambert) | TV movie |
| 1978 | Glenview High | Susan (as Anne Lambert) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1978 | Chopper Squad | Marilyn (as Anne Lambert) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1978 | Against the Wind | Miss Stodart (as Anne Lambert) | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1979 | Cop Shop | Jenny McGregor (as Anne Lambert) | TV series, 19 episodes |
| 1981 | The Borgias | Lucrezia Borgia (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV miniseries UK, 9 episodes |
| 1982 | Jackanory Playhouse | Princess Gilda (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV series UK, 1 episode |
| 1982 | Cousin Phillis | Phillis Holman (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV series UK, 4 episodes |
| 1982 | The Year of the French | Ellen Treacy | TV miniseries France/Ireland, 3 episodes |
| 1983 | Jury | Margaret (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV series UK, 1 episode |
| 1985 | Mussolini: The Untold Story | Orsola (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV miniseries US/Yugoslavia, 3 episodes |
| 1986 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Lady Mary Brackenstall (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV series UK, 1 episode |
| 1987 | Great Expectations: The Untold Story | Estella (as Anne Louise Lambert) | ABC TV movie |
| 1988 | The Dirtwater Dynasty | Emma Tarbox / Emma Tarbox Sr (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV miniseries, 5 episodes |
| 1988 | Fields of Fire II | Kate (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1989 | Tanamera – Lion of Singapore | Irene (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV miniseries, 7 episodes |
| 1989 | Living with the Law | unknown role (as Anne Louise Lambert) | ABC TV series |
| 1991 | Heroes II: The Return | Nancy Davidson (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1992 | English at Work | Herself (as Anne Louise Lambert) | SBS TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | The World Tonight | Herself (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | The Australian Film Institute Awards | Herself (as Anne Louise Lambert) | ABC TV special |
| 1994 | Under the Skin | unknown role (as Anne Louise Lambert) | SBS TV series, 1 episode "Grandmother's Teeth" |
| 1997 | Big Sky | Jean Friedrich (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | Murder Call | Linda Hindwood (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | Children's Hospital | Marion Laing (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2001 | Changi | Mary (as Anne Louise Lambert) | ABC TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2002 | All Saints | Gabrielle Trebom (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2003 | White Collar Blue | Valerie Dunn (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2004 | The Alice | Heaven Daily (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV movie |
| 2005 | The Alice | Heaven (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2013 | Moments in Time | Herself as Anne Louise Lambert / Miranda | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 2015 | House of Hancock | Hope Hancock (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2017 | House of Bond | Josie Rowland (as Anne Louise Lambert) | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2017 | David Stratton: A Cinematic Life | Herself (as Anne Louise Lambert) | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 2021 | Just Between Us | Herself as Anne Louise Lambert | ABC TV series, 1 episode |