Imogen Annesley (born 28 May 1970) is an Australian actress and director who is perhaps best known for her performances in the films ''
Playing Beatie Bow
''Playing Beatie Bow'' is a popular Australian children's novel, written by Ruth Park and first published on 31 January 1980. It features a time slip in Sydney, Australia.
Plot summary
Lynette Kirk has been a happy child, cheery about her parent ...
'', ''
Howling III: The Marsupials'' and ''
Queen of the Damned
''Queen of the Damned'' is a 2002 vampire film directed by Michael Rymer, loosely based on the third novel of Anne Rice's ''The Vampire Chronicles'' series, '' The Queen of the Damned'' (1988), although the film contains many plot elements from t ...
''.
Annesley made her feature film debut as a teenager, with the leading role of Abigail Kirk in the 1986 Australian film ''
Playing Beatie Bow
''Playing Beatie Bow'' is a popular Australian children's novel, written by Ruth Park and first published on 31 January 1980. It features a time slip in Sydney, Australia.
Plot summary
Lynette Kirk has been a happy child, cheery about her parent ...
''. A time travel drama based on the novel by
Ruth Park
Rosina Ruth Lucia Park AM (24 August 191714 December 2010) was a New Zealand–born Australian author. Her best known works are the novels '' The Harp in the South'' (1948) and '' Playing Beatie Bow'' (1980), and the children's radio serial '' ...
and directed by
Donald Crombie
Donald Charles Crombie (born 5 July 1942) is an Australian film and television director and screenwriter.
Born in Brisbane, Crombie was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School and studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.
Cro ...
, it was a failure at the box-office despite a number of positive reviews of the film and Annesley's performance. The film proved more popular on video release.
[ at Oz Movies- Accessed 2016-1-5][Greg Kerr, "Playing Beatie Bow", ''Australian Film 1978–1992'', Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p203]
Her television credits include: ''
Families
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
'', ''
Water Rats'', ''
Farscape
''Farscape'' is an Australian-American science fiction television series, produced origi