Celia Ireland
Celia Ireland (born 16 May 1966) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Regina Butcher on the television series "All Saints" and her Logie award winning role as Liz Birdsworth on the prison drama series "Wentworth". Early life. Celia Ireland was born in Newcastle, New South Wales on 16 May 1966. She lived in Haig Street, Belmont, City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia with a large cast of older sisters and a brother. Celia attended Saint Mary's Catholic High School, Gateshead, City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales and later  Saint Anne's/Saint Pius X College, Adamstown (Newcastle), New South Wales, Australia. Currently, she often visits Canberra, ACT and enjoys shopping and eating out. Career. Ireland made her television debut in 1992 when she made a guest appearance on the Australian television series "Police Rescue". What followed was a number of guesting roles on television series such as "A Country Practice", "Water Rats" and "Murder Call", to name but a few and the feature films "Dallas Dolls" in 1994, which was her film debut; "", "Floating Life", "Idiot Box" and "Thank God He Met Lizzie", with Cate Blanchett; all of which  she appeared in throughout the nineties. In 1997, Ireland played Rosy's mother Filameena in the Australian children's television series "Swinging" for ABC TV. In 1998, Ireland went on to voice Boronia in the Australian children's animated television series "Petals" for ABC TV and Mrs. Simms in the Australian children's animated television series "Seaside Hotel" for Seven Network and Yoram Gross EM TV in 2003. In 1999, Ireland was cast as Regina Butcher on the Seven Network drama series "All Saints", first appearing during the series' second season. She left the series in 2005 during season eight . While appearing on "All Saints", Ireland continued to receive guest roles in several series and films; the Australian feature films "After the Rain", "My Mother Frank", "Angst" and "Australian Rules", in which she received a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role; the popular Nine Network drama series "McLeod's Daughters" and "Don't Blame Me". In 2006, Ireland played a recurring role in the second season of "Supernova". Her other television credits include "Monster House", "Laid", "Me and My Monsters , the television comedy-drama series Packed to the Rafters", and a recurring role as Connie Callahan in the Seven Network soap opera "Home and Away"; the films "Rogue", "Cactus", "Being Venice" and "Goddess". In 2012, Ireland received the regular role of Liz Birdsworth on Australian prison drama series "Wentworth", a reimagining of the cult classic series "Prisoner" ("Prisoner: Cell Block H") which aired on Network Ten from 1979 to 1986. "Wentworth" went to air on SoHo in mid-2013. Ireland has so far appeared as a regular in all three seasons, as a prisoner who gives peer support to her fellow  inmates. Her character name is that of the original "Prisoner" character Lizzie Birdsworth, although Ireland plays a completely different character role to that of Sheila Florance's character, they do however share a similarity as Liz is a functioning alcoholic, Ireland would later exit the series in season 7. After leaving Wentworth Celia joined the filming of Five Bedrooms and Total Control.