Lily Sullivan

Lily Sullivan's father is an importer of medical equipment, and her mother, Jayne "Noni", is a visual artist. They emigrated to Australia from the UK together before Lily's birth. She grew up in Queensland, and the family lived in Logan City while she was in high school.{{cite news | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/life-is-suddenly-mental-for-galore-star-lily-sullivan--in-a-good-way-20140620-zsgwo.html | title=Life is suddenly mental for Galore star Lily Sullivan ... in a good way | date=20 June 2014 | first=Karl | last=Quinn | newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald | access-date=17 November 2019 }}

After seeing a production of A Streetcar Named Desire on stage in Brisbane as a teenager, Sullivan became enamoured with the idea of acting, and planned to audition for one of the major drama schools. However, a callout for a film role came in her final year of high school, and she auditioned and won the role.

Sullivan made her feature film debut in P. J. Hogan's 2012 feature Mental,{{cite web | title=Everything To Know About 'I Met A Girl' Star Lily Sullivan | website=Elle Australia | date=2 April 2021 | url=https://www.elle.com.au/celebrity/lily-sullivan-24973 | access-date=30 May 2022}} for which she auditioned while still at school, and earned an AACTA Award nomination for Best Young Actor and a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award nomination for Best Performance by a Young Actor.{{cite web | title=Lily Sullivan | website=RGM | date=16 April 2019 | url=https://www.rgm.com.au/voices/female-voices/lily-sullivan/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530085518/https://www.rgm.com.au/voices/female-voices/lily-sullivan/ | archive-date=30 May 2022 | url-status=live | access-date=30 May 2022}}

In 2014, she appeared in the feature film Galore (2014), which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival.{{cite web| title=Q&A with director Rhys Graham|work= MIFF Industry|url=https://miffindustry.com/premiere-fund-slate/galore/?section_id=interview |access-date= 25 May 2022}} For her performance, she won the Best Actress award at the 2014 Cinema des Antipodes Saint-Tropez.{{cite web | title=2014 edition| website=Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma des Antipodes | url=http://www.festivaldesantipodes.com/index.php/en/22-all/english-uk/older/334-2014 | access-date=25 May 2022}} She moved to Melbourne after this.

Sullivan was one of two runners-up in the 2015 Heath Ledger Scholarship,{{cite news|last1=Groves|first1=Don|title=Heath Ledger Scholarship winner named |url=http://if.com.au/2015/06/02/article/Heath-Ledger-Scholarship-winner-named/JJNUPDVZCX.html|accessdate=25 May 2016|work=Intermedia|date=2 June 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323160130/https://www.if.com.au/heath-ledger-scholarship-winner-named/| archive-date= 23 March 2019}} along with Emilie Cocquerel. Both were given round trips to Los Angeles to increase their profiles in the US market, as well as a scholarship to attend masterclasses at Screenwise Film and Television School in Sydney.{{cite web | title=Congratulations to Queenslander, Lily Sullivan, named as one of two runners up for 2015 Australians in Film Heath Ledger Scholarship. | website=Screen Queensland | date=2 June 2015 | url=https://screenqueensland.com.au/sq-news/congratulations-to-queenslander-lily-sullivan-named-as-one-of-two-runners-up-for-2015-australians-in-film-heath-ledger-scholarship/ | access-date=30 May 2022}}

She appeared in the second season of the television series Rake (2012) and had a recurring role in the NBC series Camp (2013), an American show filmed in Queensland. She had a role in the 2015 film Sucker, starring Timothy Spall.

In 2018, she reached further prominence in the lead role of Miranda in Picnic at Hanging Rock. Later that year, she became the face of Australian pearl company Paspaley, starring in a 60-second advertising video shot on the Kimberley coast in Western Australia.{{Cite web| url=https://www.adnews.com.au/campaigns/72andsunny-sydney-release-first-work-for-australian-pearler-paspaley|title = 72andSunny Sydney release first work for Australian pearler Paspaley |website =AdNews}}

Sullivan played Lucy in the 2021 Netflix film I Met a Girl. The same year, she was cast in the film Evil Dead Rise, written and directed by Lee Cronin,{{Cite web|last=Couch|first=Aaron|date=2021-05-26|title='Evil Dead Rise' Set at New Line, HBO Max| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/evil-dead-rise-sam-raimi-bruce-campbell-1234959149/|access-date=2021-05-26| website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}} which was released on 21 April 2023.{{cite web | last=Laman | first=Douglas | title=Evil Dead Rise Director Teases Start of Filming With BTS Photo | website=CBR | date=7 June 2021 | url=https://www.cbr.com/evil-dead-rise-director-tease-photo/ | access-date=30 May 2022}}{{cite web| url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3728813/evil-dead-rise-getting-a-theatrical-release-in-april-2023/|title='Evil Dead Rise' Getting a Theatrical Release in April 2023!|website=Bloody Disgusting|first=John|last=Squires|date=24 August 2022|access-date=24 August 2022}}

In 2022, she was cast in the science fiction thriller film Monolith, directed by Matt Vesely. Filmed in the Adelaide Hills, the film had its Australian premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival on 27 October 2022,{{cite web | title=Monolith: World Premiere Gala | website=Adelaide Film Festival | date=7 July 2022 | url=https://adelaidefilmfestival.org/event/monolith-premiere-gala/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716041618/https://adelaidefilmfestival.org/event/monolith-premiere-gala/ | archive-date=16 July 2022 | url-status=live | access-date=26 August 2022}}{{cite web | title=Lily Sullivan sci-fi Monolith now shooting in Adelaide | website=Cinema Australia | date=23 May 2022 | url=https://cinemaaustralia.com.au/2022/05/23/lily-sullivan-sci-fi-monolith-now-shooting-in-adelaide/ | access-date=30 May 2022}} and its world premiere on 13 March 2023 at SXSW Film Festival. Several reviewers praised Sullivan's performance,{{cite web | last=Gorham | first=Luke | title=Monolith – Matt Vesely [SXSW '23 Review] | website=In Review Online | date=24 March 2023 | url=https://inreviewonline.com/2023/03/24/monolith/ | access-date=28 March 2023}}{{cite web | last=French | first=Alan | title=SXSW 2023: 'Monolith' Embraces Minimalistic Sci-Fi | website=Sunshine State Cineplex | date=23 March 2023 | url=https://sunshinestatecineplex.com/2023/03/23/sxsw-2023-monolith-embraces-minimalistic-sci-fi/ | access-date=28 March 2023}}{{cite web | title='Monolith' Review: Dir. Matt Vesely [SXSW]| date= 14 March 2023| first= Kat| last= Hughes| website=THN | url=https://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2023/03/14/monolith-review-dir-matt-vesely-sxsw/ | access-date=28 March 2023}}{{cite web | last=Donato | first=Matt | title=Monolith review: a ponderous sci-fi podcast thriller [SXSW 2023] | website=Film | date=24 March 2023 | url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1238046/monolith-review-a-ponderous-sci-fi-podcast-thriller-sxsw-2023/ | access-date=28 March 2023}}{{cite web | last=Mattes | first=Ari | title=Monolith considers the cultural and social implications of new technology, without overdoing it | website=The Conversation | date=26 October 2023 | url=https://theconversation.com/monolith-considers-the-cultural-and-social-implications-of-new-technology-without-overdoing-it-213645 | access-date=27 October 2023}} and after the film's showing at FrightFest in London, Sullivan won Best Actress in Total Film's FrightFest Awards.{{cite web | last=Graham | first=Jamie | title=The Total Film FrightFest Awards 2023 | website=Total Film| date=29 August 2023 | url=https://www.gamesradar.com/fright-fest-2023-total-film-award-winners-cobweb-where-the-devil-roams/ | access-date=3 September 2023}} In a 2023 interview she spoke about her role in Monolith being the "challenge of a lifetime", being the only actor on screen for 94 minutes, finding it "terrifying".{{cite interview | interviewer-last=Quinn | interviewer-first=Karl|first= Lily| last=Sullivan | title=How Lily Sullivan ‘descended into madness’, on screen and off | website=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=27 October 2023 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/how-lily-sullivan-descended-into-madness-on-screen-and-off-20231023-p5eefs.html | access-date=27 October 2023}}

Sullivan has also worked as a model in Australia and elsewhere.{{cite web | title=Lily Sullivan – Actress | website=Aje | date=25 September 2018 | url=https://ajeworld.com.au/blogs/aje-report/lily-sullivan-actress | access-date=30 May 2022}}

In October 2018 Paspaley, an Australian pearling company, launched its new ad campaign entitled "Something Real", featuring Sullivan.{{cite web | title=Paspaley changes modern 'Pearl-Ceptions' of women in new campaign via 72andSunny | website=Campaign Brief | date=5 October 2018 | url=https://campaignbrief.com/paspaley-changes-modern-pearl/ | access-date=30 May 2022}}{{cite web | title=Monsoon collection preview | website=Paspaley | date=12 September 2018 | url=https://www.paspaley.com/our-news/events/monsoon-media-preview | access-date=30 May 2022}}

{{as of|October 2023}} Sullivan was trying her hand at screenwriting, working on a "confrontational" comedy-drama for a male lead, while staying with a friend in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales.

• 2013: Nominee, AACTA Award for Best Young Actor, for Mental
• 2013: Nominee, Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor, for Mental
• 2013: Nominee, Equity Ensemble Awards, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Mini-series or Telemovie (with other cast members), for Picnic at Hanging Rock
• 2014: Co-winner, Best Actress, Cinema des Antipodes Saint-Tropez, for Galore (with Ashleigh Cummings)
• 2023: Winner, Total Film's FrightFest Awards, Best Actress, for Monolith{{cite web | last=Graham | first=Jamie | title=The Total Film FrightFest Awards 2023 | website=gamesradar | date=29 August 2023 | url=https://www.gamesradar.com/fright-fest-2023-total-film-award-winners-cobweb-where-the-devil-roams/ | access-date=3 September 2023}}

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