Anna Maria Monticelli
{{short description|Australian actress and screen writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| name = Anna Maria Monticelli
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| birth_place = Morocco
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| nationality = Australian
| other_names = Anna Jemison
| occupation = Actor, screenwriter, producer
| spouse = Steve Jacobs (Actor and director)
| known_for = Silver City (film)
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Anna Maria Monticelli is an Australian actress, screenwriter and producer.{{Citation | last = Schwartzkoff | first = Louise | date = 16 August 2008 | title = Actress lauded for film of Coetzee's Disgrace | periodical = The Sydney Morning Herald | url = https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/actress-lauded-for-film-of-coetzees-disgrace-20080816-gdsqvo.html }}
Career
Monticelli won the 1984 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Silver City.{{Citation | date = 6 October 1984 | title = 'Annie's Coming Out' acclaimed best film | periodical = Canberra Times | url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136920173?searchTerm=%22silver%20city%22%20afi%20award&searchLimits= }}{{cite book |last1= Ang |first1= Ien |last2=Hawkins |first2= Gey |last3= Dabboussy|first3= Lamia |date= 2008 |title= The SBS Story: The Challenge of Diversity |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=YdxdDek0-ZQC&q=%22Anna+Jemison%22+silver+city+afi&pg=PA165 |publisher= UNSW Press |page=165 |isbn= 9780868408392}} In 2001 she was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Original Screenplay for La Spagnola.{{Citation | last = Paatsch | first = Leigh | date = 15 November 2001 | title = Lantana patch | periodical = Herald Sun }} At the 2008 Australian Writers Guild Awards (AWGIES) she won the best feature film adaptation for her screenplay of J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace. At the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards she won the 2010 Award for Best Screenplay for Disgrace and was nominated for Best Film in 2010 (producer) for Disgrace and for Best Screenplay - Original in 2002 for La Spagnola.
Personal life
Monticelli is married to actor and director Steve Jacobs who directed La Spagnola and Disgrace.{{Citation | last = Cockrell | first = Eddie | date = 8 September 2008 | title = Toronto rolls out the red carpet for Aussie premiere | periodical = The Australian }}
Filmography
=Film=
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! Title ! Year ! Role ! Type | |||
| 1981 | Smash Palace | Jacqui / Alan's wife (as Anna Jemison) | Feature film |
| 1982 | Heatwave | Victoria West (as Anna Jemison) | Feature film |
| 1982 | The Dark Room | Nicky / Ray's mistress (as Anna Jemison) | Feature film |
| 1984 | My First Wife | Hilary (as Anna Jemison) | Feature film |
| 1984 | Silver City | Anna (as Anna Jemison) | Feature film |
| 1985 | After Hours | Sandra Adams (as Anna-Maria Monticelli) | Film short |
| 1985 | The Empty Beach | Anne Winter (as Anna-Maria Monticelli) | Feature film |
| 1986 | Nomads | Veronique 'Niki' Pommier (as Anna-Maria Monticelli) | Feature film |
| 1994 | Life Forms | Mel | Film short |
| 2004 | The Brother | Catherine | Film short |
=Television=
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! Title ! Year ! Role ! Type |
| 1981
| A Sporting Chance | Guest role | TV series, episode 3: "Whatever Happened to Stephen Doyle?" |
| 1982
| For the Term of His Natural Life | Alicia (as Anna Jemison) | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1984
| Teresa Parrissa (as Anna Jemison) | TV series, 1 episode 3: "Code of Silence" |
| 1984
| Eva Tarrant (as Anna Jemison) | TV series, 21 episodes |
| 1985
| Archer (aka Archer's Adventure) | Anna Swift (as Anna-Maria Monticelli) | TV film |
| 1985
| Guest role | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1985
| Kate (as Anna-Maria Monticelli) | TV film |
| 1987
| Gail Traynor (as Anna-Maria Monticelli) | TV film |
| 1987
| Guest Presenter (as Anna Maria-Monticelli) | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1988
| Diana Newby | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1988
| Emma: Queen of the South Seas | Recurring role: Princess Le'utu | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1988
| Guest role: Lydia | TV series, episode 4: "The Condemned" |
| 1989
| G.P. | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1989
| | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1990
| Luciana Rossi | TV series |
| 1990; 1993
| English at Work | Herself | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1991
| Guest role | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1991
| Guest Judge | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991
| In Sydney Today | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991
| The World Tonight | Herself | TV series, 1 episode ('Beauty and the Beast' segment) |
| 1991
| Chances | Bella | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992
| Freya | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993
| Insiders | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993
| | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994
| | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1994
| Marie Colbert | TV series, 26 episodes |
| 1995
| Singapore Sling: Road to Mandalay | Tamara | TV film series, 1 episode |
| 1997
| Sex and Beyond: 25 Years of Cleo | Herself | TV special |
| 2001
| Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2002
| La Spagnola: Behind the Scenes | Herself | Short video documentary |
| 2002
| Helen Poulos | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2002
| Mrs. Cable | TV pilot / film |
=As writer / producer=
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! Title ! Year ! Role ! Type | |||
| 2001 | La Spagnola | Writer / producer | Feature film |
| 2008 | Disgrace | Writer / producer | Feature film |
Awards
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0600027}}
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Category:Australian television actresses