# Peta Brady

Peta Brady (born 1972) is an Australian actress, known for her role as Cody Willis in Neighbours.

## Early life

Brady first gravitated towards acting and writing during her high school years, where she wrote some scenes for a school production. Following high school, she studied performing arts at the University of Ballarat.

## Career

Brady is best known for being the second actress to play Cody Willis (a role instituted by Amelia Frid), in the TV soap opera Neighbours from 1993 to 1996.
Since she left the show, Brady has appeared in the feature films Mullet (2001) and Pawno (2016) as well as numerous short films and tv movies. She has had roles in several miniseries, including Simone de Beauvoir's Babies (1997), Fat Cow Motel (2003), RAN (Remote Area Nurse) (2006) and The Slap (2011).
Brady has had recurring roles as Kelly in the TV sitcom Kath & Kim, Rosie Day in drama series Big Sky (1999), and Janine Ballich in Jack Irish (2016-2021). She has also had numerous guest roles in television series such as Phoenix (1993), Good Guys Bad Guys (1997), Raw FM (1997), Blue Heelers (1997 & 2003), MDA (2003), City Homicide (2008 & 2009), The Librarians (2009 & 2010), Rush (2010), It' a Date (2014), House Husbands (2015), Safe Home (2023) and Fake (2023)
Brady played the character of Annie in 2005 stage production Love by Australian playwright Patricia Cornelius, which won her the Gerda Nicholson Award for an 'Actress with an Emerging Career' at the 2005 Green Room Awards. The first play she wrote, Status Update (2010), received two Green Room Awards nominations, including 'Best New Writing for the Melbourne Stage', and 'Best Female Performer'. Her play Strands receive funding from the R.E Ross Trust Award in 2011. Brady performed in five seasons of Patricia Cornelius’s award winning play Shit, receiving the 2016 Green Room Award for Best Ensemble.
In 2011, Brady had been working for the Salvation Army as a mobile health, alcohol and drug safety outreach worker on weekends for about ten years, as a secondary source of income.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1991 | Street Angels | Chrissie | TV movie |
| 1994 | Only the Brave | Tammy | Short film |
| 1997 | Pepper | Alice | Short film |
| 2000 | Dogwoman: A Girl’s Best Friend | Parsley | TV movie |
| 2001 | Mullet | Robbie | Feature film |
| 2003 | The Forest | Emily | TV movie |
| 2005 | Da Kath & Kim Code | Keely | TV movie |
| 2009 | Four of a Kind | Young Gina | TV movie |
| 2012 | Beaconsfield | Jacqui Knight | TV movie |
| 2013 | The Turning | Mrs Larwood | Anthology film, segment: "Cockleshell" |
| 2015 | Pawno | Kylie | Feature film |
| 2018 | Incubator | Mum | Short film |
| 2021 | Some Happy Day | Tina | Feature film (also producer) |
| 2023 | Shit | Sam | Feature film |
| 2023 | Cold Water | Police Officer | Short film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1990 | Angels | Chrissie Street | TV series |
| 1993 | Phoenix | Mandy | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993-96 | Neighbours | Cody Willis | TV series, 292 episodes |
| 1997 | Good Guys Bad Guys | Susie Crake | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Raw FM | Jemma | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997 | Simone de Beauvoir’s Babies | Diane, age 17 | Miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1997–2003 | Blue Heelers | Anise Lightfoot / Margaret Todd | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 1999 | Big Sky | Rosie Day | TV series, season 2, 12 episodes |
| 1999 | Pig's Breakfast | Nancy | TV series |
| 2002-04 | Kath & Kim | Kelly | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 2003 | Fat Cow Motel | Diane | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2003 | MDA | Melissa Morrice | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2006 | RAN (Remote Area Nurse) | Lindy Gaibui | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 2008-09 | City Homicide | Kim Charlton | TV series, seasons 1 & 2, 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Whatever Happened to That Guy | Louise | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2009-10 | The Librarians | Marzena Stovic | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Rush | Linda | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2011 | The Slap | Shamira | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2014 | It’s a Date | Max | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2015 | House Husbands | Tania | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2016-2021 | Jack Irish | Janine Ballich | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 2023 | Safe Home | Hila | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2023 | Fake | Milena | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2024 | The Newsreader | Daniela Aranz | TV series, season 2 |

## Theatre
### As actor

| Year | Title | Role | Venue / Theatre |
| 1997 | The Essentials | | Trades Hall, Melbourne with Zeal Theatre |
| 1998 | Shark Fin Soup | Robyn Pike | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC |
| 1999 | Diving for Pearls | Verge | Albury Convention & Performing Arts Centre with MTC & HotHouse Theatre |
| 2001 | The Rain Dancers | Kat | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC |
| 2004 | Mouse | Max (self-devised) | Zeal Theatre |
| 2005 | The Secret Place | Chloe | Zeal Theatre / STC |
| 2005 | Love | Annie | Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with HotHouse Theatre Won Gerda Nicholson Award for Emerging Actor at Green Room Awards |
| 2006 | Room Service | Girl in Hotel | Melbourne Writers Festival |
| 2006 | Sugar Mountain | | Cinema Nova, Melbourne |
| 2007 | The Call | Denise | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with Melbourne Workers Theatre |
| 2008 | Zombie State | Persephone | University of Melbourne with Melbourne Workers Theatre |
| 2009 | The Water Carriers | Kate | Southbank Theatre, Melbourne with MTC |
| 2009 | Entanglement | | Carlton Courthouse, Melbourne with La Mama |
| 2010 | Status Update | Eve | La Mama, Melbourne for Melbourne Fringe Festival Nominated for Best Actor at Green Room Awards |
| 2010 | War Crimes | Ricky | Playwrights Conference |
| 2011 | Save for Crying | Luv | La Mama, Melbourne Nominated for Best Actress in Independent Theatre at 2011 Green Room Awards |
| 2011 | Strands | | La Mama, Melbourne Nominated for Best Actor at Green Room Awards |
| 2013 | Coranderrk | Various roles | Ilbijerri Theatre Company |
| 2014 | Ugly Mugs | Working Girl / Mum | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company Nominated for Best Actor at Green Room Awards |
| 2014; 2018 | The House of Bernada Alba | Angela | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC |
| 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019 | Shit | Sam | Southbank Theatre, Melbourne with MTC, Darwin Festival, Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Seymour Centre, Sydney for Sydney Festival, Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga with HotHouse Theatre, Venice Biennale, Edinburgh Festival Won 5 Green Room Awards including Best Ensemble |
| 2017 | Trustees | Lesley / Peta | Belarus Theatre / Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2019 | Dogged (reading) | Main cast | Playwriting Australia |

### As writer

| Year | Title | Role | Venue / Theatre |
| 2009 | Entanglement | Playwright | Carlton Courthouse, Melbourne with La Mama |
| 2010 | Status Update | Playwright | La Mama, Melbourne for Melbourne Fringe Festival Nominated for Best Writing at Green Room Awards |
| 2011 | Strands | Playwright | La Mama, Melbourne Nominated for Best New Writing for Stage at Green Room Awards |
| 2014 | Ugly Mugs | Playwright | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Stables Theatre, Sydney Nominated for Best Writer at Green Room Awards |

## Radio

| Year | Title | Role | Venue / Theatre |
| | The Farm | | ABC Radio National |
| 2007 | Great Ocean Road | Tracey | ABC Radio National |
| 2007 | Bantam: A Real Book | Performer | ABC Radio National |
| 2009 | Good | Sylvie | ABC Radio National |
| 2010 | Poetry | Various roles | ABC Radio |
| 2010 | Oxygen | Performer | ABC Radio |
| 2010 | Water Carriers | Performer | ABC Radio |

## Awards

| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2005 | Love | Green Room Awards | Gerda Nicholson Award for Emerging Actor | Won |
| 2010 | Status Update | Green Room Awards | Best New Writing for the Melbourne Stage | Nominated |
| 2010 | Status Update | Green Room Awards | Best Female Performer | Nominated |
| 2011 | Strands | Green Room Awards | Best Actor | Nominated |
| 2011 | Strands | Green Room Awards | Best New Writing | Nominated |
| 2011 | Save for Crying | Green Room Awards | Best Actress in Independent Theatre | Nominated |
| 2014 | Ugly Mugs | Green Room Awards | Best Actor | Nominated |
| 2014 | Ugly Mugs | Green Room Awards | Best Writer | Nominated |
| 2016 | Shit | Green Room Awards | Best Ensemble | Won |