# Linda Cropper

Linda Cropper (born 1 January 1958) is an Australian actress, primarily known for her role as Geraldine Proudman in the TV series Offspring and as Dame Nellie Melba in the television series Melba. A shortened version of Melba was selected for screening as a film at a Royal Command Performance before Queen Elizabeth II in London.

## Career
### Television

Cropper's television credits include roles in ABC miniseries Palace of Dreams, Edens Lost, Ring of Scorpio, Bordertown, Wildside, Water Rats, All Saints, White Collar Blue and The Pacific. She had a recurring role as Xhalax Sun during the third season of the Australian-American science fiction series Farscape.

### Film

Cropper's film credits include Teesh and Trude (2002), Little Fish (2005) and Fool's Gold (2008).

### Theatre

Cropper's many theatre credits include Simon Phillip's co-production of Poor Boy for the Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company, and the role of Lady Macbeth in Bell Shakespeare's Macbeth. Other credits with Bell Shakespeare include Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, As You Like It and Hamlet. Sydney Theatre Company credits include Arcadia, A Month in the Country, Top Girls, and Great Expectations. She played the solo role Melbourne Theatre Company's production of The Architect by Aidan Fennessy in 2018.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1980 | Spring & Fall | C.E.S. Officer | TV series, episode 1: 'Close Comfort' |
| 1984 | Five Mile Creek | Tillie | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1984 | A Country Practice | Joy Walker | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1985 | Palace of Dreams | Miriam Mendel | TV miniseries, 10 episodes |
| 1986 | Cyclone Tracy | Joycie | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1987 | Melba | Nellie Melba / Nellie Mitchell Armstrong 'Melba' | TV miniseries, 8 episodes |
| 1988 | Rafferty's Rules | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1988 | Mike Willesee's Australians | Lola Montez | TV film series, episode 6: 'Lola Montez' |
| 1988 | Spit MacPhee | Betty Arbuckle | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1988 | Edens Lost | Stevie | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1989 | Bodysurfer | Anthea | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1990 | Ring Of Scorpio | Marlene Walker | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1990 | The Private War of Lucinda Smith | Lucinda Smith | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1992 | Children of the Dragon | Monica | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1992 | In Sydney Today | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | Cluedo | Matilda Mayberry | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993 | Review | Guest Presenter | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993 | G.P. | Shelley | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994; 1997 | Good Morning Australia | Guest | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1994; 1997 | What's Cooking? | Guest | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1995 | Bordertown | Bev Stafford | TV miniseries, 10 episodes |
| 1997 | Ten News | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997 | Return To Jupiter | Computer | TV series, 13 episodes |
| 1998 | Wildside | Carol Wilson | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999-2000 | Water Rats | Charlie Driscoll | TV series, 7 episodes |
| 2000-2001 | Farscape | Xhalas Sun / Fento | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 2002 | All Saints | Anita Murphy | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2002-2003 | White Collar Blue | Fran Hoffman | TV pilot & 7 other episodes |
| 2004 | Frank Hurley: The Man who Made History | Narrator (voice) | TV documentary |
| 2006 | McLeod's Daughters | Trudi Webb | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Connected: The Power of Six Degrees | Narrator (voice) | Film documentary |
| 2009 | Fairweather Men | Narrator (voice) | TV documentary |
| 2010 | The Pharaoh Who Conquered the Sea | Narrator (voice) | TV documentary |
| 2010 | Satisfaction | Loretta Hawkes | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2010-2017 | Offspring | Geraldine Proudman | TV series, 86 episodes |
| 2010 | The Pacific | Mary Frank Sledge | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 2011 | The Secret History of Eurovision | Narrator (voice) | TV special |
| 2011 | Seduction in the City | Narrator | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Veronique Sarcelle | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2013 | Redfern Now | Coroner | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2014 | Old School | Barb | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2016 | Howard on Menzies: Building Modern Australia | Narrator (voice) | TV series documentary, 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Rake | Ms Crown | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2017 | The Leftovers | The Nun | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Studio 10 | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2018 | Pine Gap | Dani Griffin | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2020 | How to Stay Married | Claire | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2024 | High Country | Rose de Vigny | TV series, 8 episodes |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1986 | Going Sane | Irene Carter | Feature film |
| 1994 | The Seventh Floor | Vivian | Feature film |
| 1996 | Little White Lies | Tessler | Feature film |
| 1997 | The Hostages | Wendy | TV film |
| 1997 | Sidewinder - Titanic Days | Dianne | Film short |
| 1997 | Blackrock | Diane | Feature film |
| 1998 | With or Without You | Audrey | Feature film |
| 1999 | Passion | Mrs. Lowery | Feature film |
| 1999 | Envy | Kate | Feature film |
| 2001 | My Husband, My Killer | Megan Kalajzich | TV film |
| 2002 | Teesh and Trude | Trudy (Trude) | Feature film |
| 2002 | The Nugget | Roadhouse Waitress | Feature film |
| 2005 | Little Fish | Denise | Feature film |
| 2006 | Answered By Fire | Liz Savage | TV film |
| 2007 | The Tank | | Film short |
| 2008 | Dream Life | Dawn | TV film |
| 2008 | Fool's Gold | Tess's Attorney | Feature film |
| 2010 | Suburbia | Mary | Film short |
| 2013 | Welcome to Iron Knob | Auntie Marg | Film short |
| 2018 | Upgrade | Pamela | Feature film |
| 2019 | Koko: A Red Dog Story | Loop-Group ADR | Feature film |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Company |
| 1978 | The Threepenny Opera | | NIDA Theatre |
| 1979 | Lost to the Devil | Maggie | Neutral Bay Music Hall |
| 1979 | Cabaret | Sally | Civic Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company |
| 1979 | Under Milk Wood | | Civic Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company |
| 1979 | The Miracle Worker | Aunt Ev | Civic Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company |
| 1980 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Refreshment Girl / Lise / Sister Marthe | Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1980 | Volpone | Celia | Nimrod Theatre |
| 1981 | Celluloid Heroes | Alison Mackay | Opera Theatre, Adelaide, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth |
| 1981 | The Dresser | Irene | Theatre Royal, Sydney, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Townsville Civic Theatre, Pilbeam Theatre, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth |
| 1981 | Chinchilla | Romola de Pulszky | Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1982 | Amadeus | Constanze Weber | Theatre Royal, Sydney with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1982 | Tristram Shandy | | Nimrod Theatre |
| 1984 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | | Melbourne Athenaeum with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 1986 | The Madras House | | Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1988 | The Mortal Falcon | | Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1988 | An Ideal Husband | | Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1988 | Loot | | Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1990 | The Secret Rapture | Katherine Glass | Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1990 | Three Sisters | Masha | Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1991 | Three Stories High - Julia's Song / Painted Woman / Koori Love | | Belvoir Street Theatre |
| 1992 | The Marriage of Figaro | The Countess | Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane |
| 1992 | Vassa | | NIDA Studio |
| 1993 | Top Girls | | Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1993 | The Idiot | | Crossroads Theatre, Sydney with Fisher Stein Productions |
| 1994 | King Lear | | Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2000 | A Month in the Country | | Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2002 | Hippolytus | | Government House, Sydney with Bell Shakespeare |
| 2003 | Hamlet | Gertrude | Sydney Opera House, Orange Civic Theatre, Playhouse Canberra, Ford Theatre, Geelong, Playhouse, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Hobart with Bell Shakespeare |
| 2003 | As You Like It | | Playhouse, Melbourne with Bell Shakespeare |
| 2004 | Twelfth Night | Maria | Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Melbourne, Playhouse Canberra, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Orange Civic Theatre with Bell Shakespeare |
| 2005 | Death Variations | | Seymour Centre with East Coast Theatre Company |
| 2006 | Romeo and Juliet | Lady Capulet | Playhouse, Canberra, Playhouse, Melbourne, Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare |
| 2007 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Australian national tour with Bell Shakespeare |
| 2009 | Poor Boy | Viv | Southbank Theatre, Sydney Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company / Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2011 | And No More Shall We Part | Pam | Stables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company |
| 2012 | The Mousetrap | Mrs Boyle | Sydney Theatre, Playhouse Canberra, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Dunstan Playhouse, St. James Theatre, Wellington, QPAC |
| 2014 | Nora | Helen | Belvoir Theatre |
| 2014 | Ghosts | Helene Alving | Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2015 | Elektra / Orestes | Clytemnestra | Belvoir Theatre |
| 2018 | The Architect | Helen Pyefinch | Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2019 | Australian Realness | Mother | Malthouse Theatre |
| 2021–22 | Grand Horizons | Nancy | Roslyn Packer Theatre |
| | Arcadia | | Sydney Theatre Company |
| | Great Expectations | | Sydney Theatre Company |

## Accolades

In 2010, Cropper was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance Satisfaction, and also in the 1989 AACTAs for Best Actress in a Miniseries, for Edens Lost.
She won the Green Room Award (Performer, Theatre Companies) in 2019 for her 2018 performance in The Architect.