# Lucy Bell

Lucy Bell (born 23 December 1968) is an English-born Australian actress who appears in Australian television, film and theatre.

## Early life

Bell was born in 1968 in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom, to Australian actor/director John Bell and Polish-born Australian actress Anna Volska, while they were working for the Royal Shakespeare Company. She grew up alongside older sister Hilary Bell, who is an accomplished playwright.
Bell studied at Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1991.

## Career
### Television

Bell began her career in 1981, with a guest role in the miniseries A Town Like Alice. For several years she then appeared in television guest roles, before securing a lead role as Kate Logan in Snowy in 1993.
In 1994 and 1996, Bell had two recurring roles in G.P.. She then played the co-lead role of Detective Tessa Vance in Murder Call alongside Peter Mochrie across three seasons, from 1997 until 2000. In 2003, she starred in the second season of Grass Roots as Emily Bell. She had two recurring role in All Saints in 2006 and 2007, and a lead role as Tess Jardine in 2009 miniseries Dirt Game.
In 2018, Bell starred in miniseries Fighting Season as Phillipa Vogel and in 2022, she feature as Jodie in miniseries Amazing Grace. More recently, she has had parts as Belinda in miniseries Black Snow in 2022 and Lynn Walcott in The Secrets She Keeps from 2022 to 2023.

### Film

Bells first film role was in 1985 period drama Burke & Wills, alongside Jack Thompson. She then appeared in 1993 romance drama The Nostradamus Kid, opposite Noah Taylor and Miranda Otto. In 1994, she starred Mary McKillop in the biographical docudrama film Mary. She appeared in the 1997 films Oscar and Lucinda and Thank God He Met Lizzie, both of which starred Cate Blanchett.
Bell then starred as Celia alongside Nick Giannopoulos in the 2000 cult comedy film The Wog Boy. In 2008, she had roles in drama Ten Empty and neo-noir thriller The Square.

## Personal life

Bell is married to writer, TV and radio presenter, stand up comic, author and former lawyer James O'Loghlin and together they have three daughters.
Bell is a vegetarian.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1981 | A Town Like Alice | Jane Holland | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1992 | A Country Practice | Louise Callaghan | 1 episode |
| 1993 | Snowy | Kate Logan | Miniseries, 13 episodes |
| 1994–1996 | G.P. | Lizzie Dunstan / Michelle Evans | 6 episodes |
| 1997 | Water Rats | Angela Dimitriou | 1 episode |
| 1997–2000 | Murder Call | Detective Tessa Vance | 56 episodes |
| 1998 | Wildside | Nina | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Burke's Backyard | Celebrity Gardner (with Anna Volska & John Bell) | 1 episode |
| 2001 | My Husband, My Killer | Marlene Watson | TV movie |
| 2001 | Farscape | Nurse Kelsa | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Grass Roots | Emily Bell | Season 2, 7 episodes |
| 2003 | White Collar Blue | Mia | 1 episode |
| 2004 | Through My Eyes | Juror | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2006–2007 | All Saints | Sonia Moore / Marie Booth | 6 episodes |
| 2007 | Bastard Boys | Petra Hilsen | Miniseries |
| 2009 | City Homicide | Deborah Van Der Lind | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Dirt Game | Tess Jardine | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 2009 | :30 Seconds | Amanda Walls | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Cops L.A.C. | Neighbour | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Crownies | Ruth Steinberg | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Paper Giants: Magazine Wars | Susan Duncan | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Love Child | Belinda Saunders | 1 episode |
| 2014 | A Place to Call Home | Adele Duval | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Catching Milat | Jill Walters | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2016 | John Bell: One Man Show | Herself | TV special |
| 2017 | Here Come the Habibs | Magistrate | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Home and Away | Prosecutor Barnesdale | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Rake | Senator Fiona Boyd | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Fighting Season | Phillipa Vogel | Miniseries, 5 episodes |
| 2020 | Between Two Worlds | Celebrant | 1 episode |
| 2021 | Amazing Grace | Jodie | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | The Secrets She Keeps | Belinda | 6 episodes |
| 2022–2023 | Black Snow | Lyn Walcott | 4 episodes |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1985 | Burke & Wills | Kyte's Daughter | Feature film |
| 1993 | The Nostradamus Kid | Sarai Anderson | Feature film |
| 1993 | Crimetime | | Feature film |
| 1994 | Mary | Mary McKillop | TV movie |
| 1997 | Thank God He Met Lizzie (aka The Wedding Party) | Andi | Feature film |
| 1997 | Oscar and Lucinda | Miss Mary Hasset | Feature film |
| 1999 | Sydney – A Story of a City | Virginia | Feature film |
| 2000 | The Wog Boy | Celia O'Brien | Feature film |
| 2008 | The Square | Martha Yale | Feature film |
| 2008 | Ten Empty | Diane | Feature film |
| 2016 | Emerald City: Live | Kate Leigh | Film |

### Shorts

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2018 | Dots | Marge | Short |
| 2018 | Second Best | Dina | Short |
| 2011 | Cupid | Diana | Short |
| 2008 | Almost Eleven | The Mum | Short |
| 2008 | April in July | Anne | Short |
| 1995 | Swinger | Girlfriend | Short |

## Theatre
### As actor

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Merrily We Roll Along | | NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney |
| 1991 | Tales of the Decameron / Serious Money | | NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney |
| 1992 | For Julia | Julia | Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC |
| 1993 | Scenes from an Execution | | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 1994 | Blue Murder | Eve | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 1994 | Mack and Mabel - In Concert | Narrator | State Theatre, Melbourne with The Gordon Frost Organisation |
| 1994 | The Cafe Latte Kid / Darling Oscar | | Wharf Studio Theatre, Sydney with STC |
| 1995 | Twelfth Night | Viola | University of Sydney, Monash University, Melbourne, Melbourne Athenaeum, Canberra Theatre, Playhouse, Adelaide with Bell Shakespeare |
| 1995 | Pericles | Marina | University of Sydney, Monash University, Melbourne, Melbourne Athenaeum, Canberra Theatre, Playhouse, Adelaide with Bell Shakespeare |
| 1996 | As You Like It | | Sydney Opera House with STC |
| 1996 | Wolf Lullaby | Lizzie Gael | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 1999 | Svetlana in Slingbacks / Salt Orange | | Australian National Playwrights Conference, Canberra |
| 2000 | The Falls | Alberta | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 2000 | Twelfth Night | | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2001 | The Vagina Monologues | | Valhalla Cinema, Sydney |
| 2004 | Through the Wire | | Sydney Opera House |
| 2004 | Humble Boy | | Seymour Centre, Sydney |
| 2005 | The Cherry Orchard | Varya | Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC |
| 2011 | Speaking in Tongues | Jane | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 2012 | The Duchess of Malfi | Duchess of Malfi | Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare |
| 2012 | Between Two Waves | Voice Over Artist | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 2013 | Dreams in White | Anne | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 2014; 2016 | Emerald City | Kate | Stables Theatre, Sydney, Online with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 2015 | The Anzac Project: Dear Mum and Dad / Light Begins to Fade | | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney |
| 2018 | Marjorie Prime | Tess | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney |
| 2019 | Splinter | Woman | Stables Theatre, Sydney, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 2021 | Appropriate | Rachael Kramer-Lafayette | Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney with STC |
| 2021 | Honour | Honour | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney |
| 2022 | Hamlet | Gertrude | Sydney Opera House, Canberra Theatre, Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with Bell Shakespeare |
| 2023 | Romeo and Juliet | The Nurse | The Neilson Nutshell, Sydney with Bell Shakespeare |
| 2024 | RBG: Of Many, One | Understudy | Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Brisbane with STC |
| 2024 | In a Nutshell: The Poetry of Violence | | The Neilson Nutshell, Sydney, Canberra Theatre with Bell Shakespeare |

### As director

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Warner Warner | Director | University of Sydney |
| 2006 | Light Years | Director | Wharf Theatre, Sydney with ATYP |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2013 | Paper Giants: Magazine Wars | Equity Ensemble Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Miniseries or Telemovie | Nominated |
| 2014 | Emerald City | Glugs Theatrical Awards | Norman Kessell Memorial Award for Most Outstanding Actor | Won |
| 2021 | Appropriate | Sydney Theatre Awards | Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Mainstage Production | Nominated |