Geraldine Hakewill

{{short description|Australian actress (born 1987)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|07|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| nationality = Australian

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| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer}}

| years_active = {{start date|2008}}–present

| known_for = * Wanted

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| spouse = {{marriage|Mark Leonard Winter|2021}}

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Geraldine Hakewill (born 13 July 1987) is an Australian actress and singer. She acted as Chelsea Babbage in the Australian TV series Wanted for three seasons from 2016 to 2018 and Peregrine Fisher the titular character in Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries for two seasons from 2019 to 2021.

Early life and education

Hakewill was born on 13 July 1987 in Paris, France, where her parents were living while her father, Peter Hakewill, a general practitioner, was working in tropical disease management. At nine months old, her family moved to Geneva, Switzerland, and then to Chennai in south India, where they practised meditation in an ashram. Her mother Elizabeth later taught meditation. Hakewill grew up in Sydney from age four with a younger brother, Lucas. In March 1994, her father set up an Australian agency for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) to attract local doctors.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227368921 |title=Médecins sans frontières s'implante en Australie |trans-title=Doctors Without Borders Sets Up in Australia |newspaper=Le Courrier Australien |issue=4 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 April 1994 |access-date=5 October 2022 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia |language=fr }} When Hakewill was 14 years old her parents divorced. Her father remarried, and she has two step-siblings and two half-siblings.

Hakewill graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Career

= Acting =

She played Beth in the 2010 Australian film Uninhabited directed by Bill Bennett, and played Ella in 2011 Australian thriller Wasted on the Young. In August to September of that year she took the role of Tiny in the theatre play, Sweet Bird andsoforth at ATYP Studio.{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005022241/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/bittersweet-symphony-of-youth-and-confusion-20110822-1j6ll.html |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/bittersweet-symphony-of-youth-and-confusion-20110822-1j6ll.html | title=Bitter-Sweet Symphony of Youth and Confusion | first=Lenny Ann | last=Low | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=23 August 2011 | access-date=5 October 2022 |archive-date=5 October 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live }} She has appeared in productions for the Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir St Theatre and Bell Shakespeare Company.{{cite web | url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/457877 | title=Contributor: Geraldine Hakewill | publisher=AusStage | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20210331161752/https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/457877 | archive-date=31 March 2021 | access-date=5 October 2022 | url-status=live }}{{cite web |first=Elissa |last=Blake |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/my-how-shes-grown-20130329-2gxwm.html |title=My, How She's Grown |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=31 March 2013 |access-date=5 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023112543/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/my-how-shes-grown-20130329-2gxwm.html |archive-date=23 October 2020 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }} Also in 2011, she played Angela in a production of the play Heaven by Kit Brookman, performed at the Old 505 Theatre in Surry Hills, Sydney.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sydneyartsguide.com.au/heaven/|title=HEAVEN Review|publisher=Sydney Arts Guide|author=Mark Pigott|date=19 November 2011|access-date=1 June 2017}}

Hakewill secured the starring role of Chelsea Babbage in all three seasons of TV thriller, Wanted (2016–2018){{cite web |first=David |last=Dale |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/drama/wanted-geraldine-hakewill-behind-the-wheel-of-new-television-thriller-20160201-gmj1wd.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206143029/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/drama/wanted-geraldine-hakewill-behind-the-wheel-of-new-television-thriller-20160201-gmj1wd.html |title=Wanted: Geraldine Hakewill Gets Behind the Wheel of Thriller with Rebecca Gibney |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=7 February 2016 |access-date=5 October 2022 |archive-date=6 February 2018 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }} for which she received a TV Week Logie Award nomination for Most Outstanding Newcomer in 2017.{{Cite web|last=Smethurst|first=Sue|date=31 March 2021|title=Geraldine Hakewill from ABC's Wakefield shares her life in Daylesford |url=https://www.domain.com.au/domain-review/geraldine-hakewill-from-abcs-wakefield-shares-her-life-in-daylesford-1036682/ |access-date=2 June 2021|website=Domain|language=en-AU}}{{cite web | url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/awards/logies-newcomer-geraldine-hakewill-has-turned-to-an-alist-sisterhood/news-story/1f7278b27694d23a216b98660218a85f.html | title=Logies 2017: Geraldine Hakewill up for Graham Kennedy Best Newcomer | first=Holly | last=Byrnes | website=Herald Sun | date=22 April 2017 | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20170421144508/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/162240/20170422-0018/www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/awards/logies-newcomer-geraldine-hakewill-has-turned-to-an-alist-sisterhood/news-story/1f7278b27694d23a216b98660218a85f.html | archive-date=21 April 2017 | access-date=5 October 2022 | url-status=live }} From 2019 she starred in Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries a spin-off of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012–2015) TV series, which was based on Kerry Greenwood's novels. She took the lead and titular character of Peregrine Fisher for two seasons (2019, 2021).{{cite news|author=Michael Lallo|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/seven-launches-new-food-channel-new-programs-and-axes-three-shows-20181025-p50c0b.html| title=Seven launches new food channel, new programs – and axes three shows |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=26 October 2018|access-date=26 October 2018}}{{cite web | url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/ms-fishers-modern-murder-mysteries/index.html | title=Australian Television: Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries | first=Tony | last=Zuk | work=Australian Television Information Archive | access-date=5 October 2022 }} She was hoping for a third season, however as of October 2022 there has been no confirmation from its broadcaster Seven Network.{{cite web | url=https://parade.com/1218658/klconniewang/geraldine-hakewill-ms-fisher-modern-murder-mysteries/ | title=Geraldine Hakewill Opens Up About Ms. Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries and What She Loves About the '60s | first=K. L. Connie | last=Wang | work=Parade | date=23 June 2021 | access-date=5 October 2022 }}

In 2019 Hakewill also had a recurring role as prison inmate Kylee Webb on the seventh season of Wentworth.{{cite web|author=Lexie Cartwright|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/australian-actor-geraldine-hakewill-aka-ms-fisher-looks-very-different-in-new-role-on-wentworth/news-story/0a5bf7d61bb81648ec8fdd16b47eca57|title=Australian actor Geraldine Hakewill — aka Ms Fisher — looks very different in new role on Wentworth |work=news.com.au|date=27 May 2019|access-date=30 May 2019}} At the Darlinghurst Theatre Company in that year, she played the shy character of Laura in the play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, where she also showcased her vocal talents.{{Cite web|title=The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Darlinghurst Theatre Company)|url=https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/reviews/the-rise-and-fall-of-little-voice-darlinghurst-theatre-company/|access-date=2021-07-28|website=Limelight|language=en-AU}}{{Cite web|last=Shand|first=John|date=2019-02-07|title=The Rise and Fall of Little Voice review: A rare bird happy to hide in its cage|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/the-rise-and-fall-of-little-voice-review-a-rare-bird-happy-to-hide-in-its-cage-20190206-h1awrm.html|access-date=2021-07-28|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}

In 2021, she played Dr. Kareena Wells in ABC's eight-part psych ward drama, Wakefield.{{Cite web|date=2 April 2021 |title=Wakefield review – superbly made and utterly riveting series based in a psych ward |first=Luke |last=Buckmaster |url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/apr/03/wakefield-review-superbly-made-and-utterly-riveting-series-based-in-a-psych-ward |access-date=5 October 2022 |website=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406063807/http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/apr/03/wakefield-review-superbly-made-and-utterly-riveting-series-based-in-a-psych-ward |archive-date=6 April 2021 |url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/apr/15/we-spoon-feed-audiences-too-much-behind-the-creation-of-wakefield-abcs-lauded-new-drama | title='We Spoon-feed Audiences too Much': Behind the Creation of Wakefield, ABC's lauded new drama {{!}} Australian Television | first=Meg | last=Watson | work=The Guardian | date=14 April 2021 | access-date=5 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509163741/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/apr/15/we-spoon-feed-audiences-too-much-behind-the-creation-of-wakefield-abcs-lauded-new-drama |archive-date=9 May 2021 }} Filming had begun but bush fires during 2019/2020 pushed the production to the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, which then were also affected by fires. In March 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic shut down shooting for five months, and the cast were able to secure the government JobKeeper payments during the hiatus.

In 2024, Hakewill guest starred in the Bluey episode Surprise!,{{Cite web|date=April 21, 2024|title=Surprise! Another Brand New Bluey Episode Is Here!|url=https://www.bluey.tv/blog/surprise-another-brand-new-bluey-episode-is-here/|publisher=Bluey.tv}} providing Bluey Heeler's adult voice in the ending.

= Music =

In Wanted season 2 episode 2 Hakewill, in character, sang her rendition of "Angel" originally by Sarah McLachlan. Under the moniker Geri, the artist's music career spans folk and jazz. She is inspired by musicians, Karen O and Feist.{{Cite web|title=Geri|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/2IzOpLKMYGTvgxN755FZlI|access-date=2 June 2021|website=Spotify|language=en}} Her self-written four-track extended play (EP) You've Never Seen This Smile, was released on 28 March 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.marieclaire.com.au/geraldine-hakewill-girl-of-the-moment?category=career |title=Australian Actress Geraldine Hakewill Is Our New Girl Crush |first=Alley |last=Pascoe |website=Marie Claire Australia |date=26 November 2018 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20190416084036/https://www.marieclaire.com.au/geraldine-hakewill-girl-of-the-moment?category=career |archive-date=16 April 2019 |access-date=5 October 2022 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://www.geri-music.com/about|access-date=2 June 2021|website=GERI }} An EP track, "Healing" was used in the final episodes of Wanted season 3 in October of that year.{{cite web | url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/wanted/series3.html | title=Australian Television: Wanted: Episode Guide: Series 3 | first=Tony | last=Zuk | work=Australian Television Information Archive | access-date=5 October 2022 }}

Personal life

Hakewill met fellow actor Mark Leonard Winter in 2011, they were engaged in 2017, and married in December 2021.{{Cite instagram |first=Geraldine |last=Hakewill |user=geraldinehakewill |postid=CYDQy4PvW1I |date=29 December 2021 |title=Wed. |access-date=9 May 2022 }} They live in Daylesford, Victoria. She co-starred with Winter in the 2020 film Disclosure. Hakewill announced via an Instagram post on 12 September 2022 that the couple were expecting their first child. Hakewill has revealed her anxiety, which she ameliorates by meditation, "[it] has always been a big part of my self-care mental health practices. The meditation mum teaches is called 'heartfulness', which is a raja yoga meditation: very simple, no chanting. You sit in silence and focus on the heart. I've done that since I was little".{{Cite news |last=Dow |first=Steve |date=27 March 2021 |title=Tested by Fire and Plague, How Australia's Great New Drama Nearly Didn't Get Made |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/geraldine-hakewill-faces-her-demons-on-screen-and-off-20210324-p57dk5.html |access-date=5 October 2022 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118114410/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/geraldine-hakewill-faces-her-demons-on-screen-and-off-20210324-p57dk5.html |archive-date=18 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live }} Her favourite TV series is The West Wing, her favourite movie Amélie and she dreams of one day working with actress Juliette Binoche.{{Citation|title=Geraldine Hakewill loves Tasmania, even though she's never been there! {{!}} Quickfire Questions|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oedyR5egRg|language=en|access-date=2 June 2021}} One of her friends is fashion designer Bianca Spender.{{Cite news|last=2021 - 2:30pm|date=29 May 2021|title=The important lesson Bianca Spender taught Geraldine Hakewill|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/stellar/the-important-lesson-bianca-spender-taught-geraldine-hakewill/news-story/97b11c5fceb43221e682e3e9474a813e |access-date=2 June 2021 |newspaper=Daily Telegraph }}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

!Ref

2010

| Uninhabited

| Beth

| Main role

|

2011

| Wasted on the Young

| Ella

|

|

2014

| Ad Nauseam

| April

|

|

2017

| The Pretend One

| Charlie

|

|

2018

| Flotsam Jetsam

| Jasmine

|

|

2020

| Disclosure

| Bek Chalmers

|

|

2023

| The Rooster

| N/A (Producer)

|

|{{cite web |last1=Frater |first1=Patrick |title=Hugo Weaving, Phoenix Raei Star in ‘The Rooster’ Mystery Film From Australia’s Mark Leonard Winter |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/asia/hugo-weaving-phoenix-raei-the-rooster-1235320860/ |access-date=25 July 2022 |publisher=Variety |quote=The film is produced by Logie-nominated actor Geraldine Hakewill (“Wanted,” “Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries”), and AACTA award-winning producer MahVeen Shahraki (“Ellie and Abbie,” “The Translator”) through her company Thousand Mile Productions.}}

TBA

| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| Fertile Ground {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}}

| N/A (Director, screenwriter)

| Short film, based on a short story by Else Fitzgerald; principal photography carried out from February{{Cite instagram |first=Geraldine |last=Hakewill |user=geraldinehakewill |postid=DGmEvPKzvfp |date=27 February 2025 |title=We started filming this today. Thanks Else for letting me adapt your amazing story. This is wild. |access-date=4 April 2025 }} to March 2025{{Cite instagram |first=Geraldine |last=Hakewill |user=geraldinehakewill |postid=DHQUNmuTJSH |date=16 March 2025 |title=A couple of weeks ago I shot my first short film. Here are just some of the amazing people who made it. Can’t wait to be able to share their work with you. Photos by @sarahenticknap and @piajohnsonphotography (and one by @ellenstanistreet) I’m the luckiest 🩵 |access-date=4 April 2025 }}

| {{cite web |title=Artist Project: FERTILE GROUND short film |url=https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2EMn00000IiTtfMAF/fertile-ground-short-film |website=Australian Cultural Fund |access-date=4 April 2025}}

TBA

| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| Runner {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}}

| Monica

| Filming

=Television=

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

!Ref

2010

| Rescue: Special Ops

| Shona Lankford

| Season 2, 1 episode

|

2013

| Camp

| Kendra Huffington

| Season 1, 2 episodes

|

2015

| Australia: The Story of Us

| Bridget Hayes

| Season 1, 1 episode

|

2016

| Soul Mates

| Miss Murphy

| Season 2, 4 episodes

|

rowspan="2" | 2017

| Here Come the Habibs!

| Sally

| Season 2, 1 episode

|

Pulse

| Connie

| Season 1, 1 episode

|

2018

| Wanted

| Chelsea Babbage

| Seasons 1-3, 18 episodes

|{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=2015-12-14 |title=Wanted: trailer {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2015/12/wanted-trailer.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=tvtonight.com.au |language=en-AU}}

2019

| Wentworth

| Kylee Webb

| Season 7, 1 episode

|{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=2019-05-09 |title=Geraldine Hakewill guests in Wentworth {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/05/geraldine-hakewill-guests-in-wentworth.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=tvtonight.com.au |language=en-AU}}

2019–21

| Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries

| Peregrine Fisher

| Seasons 1-2, 12 episodes

|

2021

| Wakefield

| Dr. Kareena Wells

| TV miniseries, 8 episodes

|{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=2020-02-12 |title=New ABC drama, Wakefield. {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/02/new-abc-drama-wakefield.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=tvtonight.com.au |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=2021-06-06 |title="Wakefield really pushed the envelope" {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/06/wakefield-really-pushed-the-envelope.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=tvtonight.com.au |language=en-AU}}

rowspan="2" | 2022

| Boy & Bear State of Flight

| Woman

| TV special

|

This Is Your Life: Rebecca Gibney

| Self

| 1 episode

|

2023

| Five Bedrooms

| Victoria

| Season 4, 2 episodes

|

2024

| Bluey

| Grown-Up Bluey (voice)

| Season 3, 1 episode

|

Stage

In 2024, Hakewill joined the Australian theatre tour of the play Gaslight.{{Cite web |last=Review |first=Arts |date=2023-11-18 |title=Kate Fitzpatrick to join cast of Gaslight – set to tour Australia in 2024 |url=https://artsreview.com.au/kate-fitzpatrick-to-join-cast-of-gaslight-set-to-tour-australia-in-2024/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Australian Arts Review |language=en-AU}} In 2017, Hakewill would appear in Macbeth alongside Jai Courtney.{{Cite web |last=Harford |first=Sonia |date=2017-05-29 |title=Hollywood star Jai Courtney on why he couldn't resist playing Macbeth at MTC |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/hollywood-star-jai-courtney-on-why-he-couldnt-resist-playing-macbeth-at-mtc-20170526-gwdvv9.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}

class="wikitable sortable"

|+

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

!Ref

2024

|Gaslight

|Bella

|Queensland Theatre Co / Sydney / Melbourne

|{{Cite news |last=Story |first=Hannah |date=2024-02-19 |title='I thought it was all my fault': How being gaslit led this theatre director to take on a classic |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-20/gaslight-play-geraldine-hakewill-lee-lewis-queensland-theatre/103483752 |access-date=2024-08-25 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}

2021

|Julius Caeser

|Various

|Sydney Theatre Co

|

2021

|Homeboy/Kabul

|Priscilla

|

|

2019

|The Real Thing

|Annie

|Sydney Theatre Co

|{{Cite web |last=Lilson |first=Jo |date=13 September 2019 |title=★★★★☆ The Real Thing (Sydney Theatre Company) |url=https://limelight-arts.com.au/reviews/the-real-thing-sydney-theatre-company/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Limelight |language=en-AU}}

2017

|Macbeth

|Lady Macbeth

|Melbourne Theatre Co

|

2016

|Low Level Panic

|Celia

|Old Fitz Theatre

|{{Cite web |author=Staff Writers |date=2016-07-28 |title=No Panic For Geraldine Hakewill |url=https://scenestr.com.au/arts/no-panic-for-geraldine-hakewill |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=scenestr.com.au |language=en-gb}}

References

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