Geraldine Brophy

Geraldine Mary Brophy (born 1961) is a New Zealand television, film and stage actress, theatre director and playwright.{{Cite web|title=Geraldine Brophy |url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/geraldine-brophy/biography|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.nzonscreen.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Geraldine Brophy|url=https://www.playmarket.org.nz/playwrights/geraldine-brophy/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.playmarket.org.nz|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=April 14, 2008|title=Ginette McDonald returns to Downstage Theatre|url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0804/S00134/ginette-mcdonald-returns-to-downstage-theatre.htm|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.scoop.co.nz}}

Biography

Brophy was born in Birmingham, England, to Irish parents, John and Marie Brophy.{{cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/nz/obituaries/thepost-nz/name/john-brophy-obituary?id=56801373 |title=John Brophy obituary |date=19 November 2024 |work=The Post |access-date=19 November 2024}} She and her family emigrated to New Zealand in 1972, when she was 12 years old.{{Cite web|date=2014-01-31|title=The real Geraldine Brophy|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/the-wellingtonian/9665375/The-real-Geraldine-Brophy|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Stuff |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Geraldine Brophy {{!}} Dancing With The Stars|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/430905/2495970|access-date=2021-08-01|website=tvnz.co.nz}} Educated at Sacred Heart College in Lower Hutt,{{Cite web|title=Michele Hewitson interview: Geraldine Brophy|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/michele-hewitson-interview-geraldine-brophy/BVY3GS2DVNTEWU6YAW5KZQ734I/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}} she left school when she was 16 years old, and received her first professional acting role in 1983, at the Centrepoint Theatre in Palmerston North. The following year, she joined the Fortune Theatre company in Dunedin, and for ten years she was a core member of the Court Theatre company in Christchurch. She has also appeared for Downstage Theatre and Circa Theatre in Wellington, and the Auckland Theatre Company. In 2002, Brophy played the title role in the New Zealand Actors' Company production of Shakespeare's King Lear, Leah.{{Cite web|title=Tragedy of a fledgling company of actors|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/tragedy-of-a-fledgling-company-of-actors/GR2PO5LIHMXSPYHKWOOG5PIZN4/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}

Brophy's first film appearance was in Fiona Samuel's film Home Movie in 1997, for which she won the New Zealand Film and Television Best Actress Award. After this role she was cast as the receptionist, Moira Crombie, in television soap opera Shortland Street, and played the character for four years. In the 2000s, Brophy appeared in television and film productions, including a season of Dancing with the Stars, during which she was injured and required surgery.

In 2003, Brophy began writing plays. Her first play was The Viagra Monologues, followed in 2004 by Mary’s Gospel and Confessions of a Chocoholic. She has also written Real Estate, The Paradise Package and The Merry Wives of Windsor Avenue, which was commissioned by Downstage and Centrepoint Theatres in 2008. Brophy and her daughter Beatrice Joblin co-wrote Ladies a Plate.{{Cite web|title=Ladies a Plate - Nutrition for the heart, mind and soul|url=https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=2582|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.theatreview.org.nz}}

Brophy has also directed plays on stage. In 2007, she directed Finding Murdoch for Downstage Theatre, Doubt for the Court Theatre, and Wednesday to Come. The following year she directed Under Milk Wood for the Court Theatre.

In 2023, Brophy was presented with a Scroll of Honour from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand for her services to entertainment.

Screenography

= Film =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2019

|Births, Deaths & Marriages

|Aunty Ngaire

2017

|Pork Pie

|Andy

2012

|Eternity

|Veronica

2011

|Hook, Line and Sinker

|Bernadette

2011

|The Devil's Rock

|Voice of the Demon

2009

|Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

|Nobleman's Wife

2008

|Second Hand Wedding

|Jill Rose

2007

|The Water Horse

|Gracie

|{{Cite web|title=The Water Horse|url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/international/showcase/water-horse|access-date=2021-08-01|website=New Zealand Film Commission|language=en}}

2004

|In My Father's Den

|Det. Farnon

= Television =

class="wikitable"

!Years

!Title

!Role

!Notes

!Reference

2023

|Little Apocalypse

|Nanny

|5 episodes

2022

|Wellington Paranormal

|Pakeha Ghost (voice)

|Episode: "Skeleton Crew"

2021–2023

|Under the Vines

|Morag

|2 episodes

2019

|The Brokenwood Mysteries

|Elsa

|Episode: "The Power of Steam"

2014

|How to Murder Your Wife

|Betty Benning

|TV movie

2012

|Siege

|Kris McGehan

|TV movie

2009

|Dancing with the Stars

|Herself (contestant)

2007

|Welcome to Paradise

|Despina

|Episode: "Little Bo Peepshow"

|{{Cite web|title=Other side of paradise|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/other-side-of-paradise/HZO5SOOYLNDHMFNPGPX3YUSG7A/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}

2007

|Outrageous Fortune

|Mrs Haggerty

|Episode: "Bow Stubborn Knees"

2005

|Maddigan's Quest

|Ida

|Episode: "Hillfolk"

2005–2006

|Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby

|Marion Patterson

|8 episodes

2005

|The Insider's Guide to Love

|Trish

|3 episodes

2004

|Serial Killers

|Sandy

|Episode: "Product Placement"

1997–2001

|Shortland Street

|Moira Crombie

|25 episodes

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1997

|Home Movie

|Bridie

Awards and recognition

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!Year

!Award

!Category

!Nominated for

!Result

!Notes

2015

|New York City International Film Festival

|Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Feature (Length) Film

|How to Murder Your Wife

|Won

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2008

| colspan="3" |Bruce Mason Playwriting Award

|Short listed

|{{Cite web|date=2008-09-24|title=Short list for NZ's National Playwriting Award|url=https://www.thebigidea.nz/node/179429|access-date=2021-08-01|website=The Big Idea|language=en}}

2008

|Qantas Film and Television Awards

|Best Actress - Film

|Second-Hand Wedding

|Won

2000

|New Zealand Film and Television Awards

|Best Actress - Television

|Shortland Street

|Nominated

1998

|TV Guide Television Awards

|Best Actress

|Home Movie

|Won

1996

|Chapman Tripp Award

|Best Actress in a Supporting Role

|Tzigane

|Won

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