Rhondda Findleton

{{Short description|Australian actress}}

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Rhondda Findleton is a New Zealand actress largely based in Australia. She has had major roles in Plainclothes,{{Citation | last = | first = | date = 13 March 1995 | title = Policing in Plainclothes | periodical = The Evening Post (Wellington) | url = }}{{Citation | last = Wakefield | first = Phil | date = 15 March 1995 | title = A Kiwi cop show cut From too plain a cloth | periodical = The Evening Post (Wellington) | url = }} Grass Roots,{{Citation | last = Johnston | first = Tony | date = 2 July 2000 | title = Stormy Waters | periodical = Herald Sun | url = }}{{Citation | last = | first = | date = 12 January 2003 | title = Grass as green as ever | periodical = Herald Sun | url = }} The Sugar Factory{{Citation | last = Spence | first = John | date = 11 November 1999 | title = Visions of trauma | periodical = The Daily Telegraph | url = }}{{Citation | last = Paatsch | first = Leigh | date = 4 March 1999 | title = Dull day at the factory | periodical = The Daily Telegraph | url = }} telemovie Temptation{{Citation | last = Murphy | first = Kerrie | date = 28 August 2003 | title = Tempting tastes | periodical = The Australian | url = }}{{Citation | last = | first = | date = 31 August 2003 | title = Fresh face for enticing menu | periodical = The Daily Telegraph | url = }} and its spinoff series The Cooks.{{Citation | last = Enker | first = Debi | date = 14 October 2004 | title = The cooks' tale | periodical = The Age | url = }}{{Citation | last = Warneke | first = Ross | date = 21 October 2004 | title = Viewers cook The Cooks' goose | periodical = The Age | url = }}

Awards

Findleton has twice been nominated for Australian Film Institute Awards. In 2000, she was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama Series for her appearance in the Grass Roots episode "Late July 4.00pm to 10.30pm".{{cite web |title=AACTA AWARDS WINNERS & NOMINEES 2000 |url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/range/2000-2010/year/2000/ |website=AACTA |access-date=8 March 2023}}

In 2001, she was nominated for Best Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series for her appearance in the Stingers episode "Fool To Want You".{{cite web |title=AACTA AWARDS WINNERS & NOMINEES 2000 |url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/range/2000-2010/year/2001/ |website=AACTA |access-date=8 March 2023}}

Filmography

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1988

| Prejudice

| Caroline

| TV movie

1988

| Action Replay

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| TV movie

1989

| How Wonderful!

| Jen

| TV movie

1989

| More Winners: Mr Edmund

| Margaret

| TV movie

1990

| Harbour Beat

| Carol Walker

| Feature film

1993

| Love in Limbo

| Gwen Riddle

| Feature film

1993

| No Worries

| Maggie Gregg

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1993

| Avondale Dogs

| Paul's Mum

| Short film

1998

| The Laundry

| Woman

| Short film

1998

| The Sugar Factory

| Helen McMillan

| Feature film

1999

| Chameleon II: Death Match

| Eva

| TV movie

1999

| Secret Men's Business

| Mrs Healey

| TV movie

2002

| The Hard Word

| Jane

| Feature film

2003

| Temptation

| Rita Molloy

| TV movie

2006

| BlackJack: At the Gates

| Jane Harrison

| TV movie

2006

| Look Sharp

| Jo

| Short film

2007

| Skin

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| Short film

2008

| Dream Life

| Aunty Vivian

| TV movie

2010

| At the Tattooist

| Aunt Ros

| Short film

2010

| Wasted on the Young

| Cassandra

| Feature film

2011

| Blood Brothers

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| TV movie

2021

| The Greenhouse

| Lillian Tweedy-Bell

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= Television =

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1987–93

| A Country Practice

| Various characters

| TV series, 6 episodes

1988

| Rafferty's Rules

| Sue Gibson

| TV series, 4episodes

1988

| Home and Away

| Various roles

| TV series, 2 episodes

1991

| G.P.

| Jenny Mitcham

| TV series, 1 episode

1991

| Inspector Morse

| Anne Harding

| TV series, 1 episode

1993

| The Leaving of Liverpool

| Lorna

| TV series

1995

| Plainclothes

| DS George Samuels

| TV series

1995

| Echo Point

| Robin Ollie

| TV series, 2 episodes

1997

| Big Sky

| Shelly Martin

| TV series, 1 episode

1997

| State Coroner

| Anne Wilmont

| TV series, 1 episode

1997

| Wildside

| Tracey Malleson

| TV series, 3 episodes

1998

| Murder Call

| Freda Holland

| TV series, season 2, episode 12: Something Fishy

1998–2001

| Stingers

| Various roles

| TV series, 2 episodes

1999–2007

| All Saints

| Various roles

| TV series, 2 episodes

2001

| Halifax f.p.

| Grace Lord

| TV series, 1 episode

2002

| Bootleg

| Carol Hunter

| TV series, 3 episodes

2000–03

| Grass Roots

| Karin Schumaker

| TV series, 18 episodes

2003

| MDA

| Clara Shields

| TV series, 1 episode

2004–05

| The Cooks

| Rita Molloy

| TV series, 13 episodes

2006

| Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King

| Sarah Joyce

| TV miniseries

2006–07

| Love My Way

| Tess Delaney

| TV series, 6 episodes

2010

| City Homicide

| Francesca Hayward

| TV series, 1 episode

2011

| East West 101

| Rhonda Hunter

| TV series, 1 episode

2011

| Crownies

| Claudia Swann

| TV series, 1 episode

2012

| Rake

| Dr Fisher

| TV series, 1 episode

2014

| ANZAC Girls

| Matron Ellen Gould

| TV series, 3 episodes

2015

| Hiding

| Principal Barker

| TV series, 3 episodes

2016

| Wolf Creek

| Deborah Larsson

| TV series, 1 episode

2016

| Cleverman

| Frankie

| TV series, 5 episodes

2019

| Secret City

| Madeline Stenders

| TV series, 4 episodes

2022

| The Twelve

| Gabby

| TV series, 5 episodes

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