James Majoos is an Australian actor known for their role in the 2022 TV series ''
Heartbreak High
''Heartbreak High'' is an Australian television programme created by Michael Jenkins and Ben Gannon that ran from 1994 to 1996 on Network Ten and 1997 to 1999 on ABC, for seven series. It was also partially funded from 1996 by BBC2, with som ...
''.
On stage, they have appeared in
Sydney Theatre Company
Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is an Australian theatre company based in Sydney, New South Wales. The company performs in the Wharf Theatre at Dawes Point in The Rocks area of Sydney as well as the Roslyn Packer Theatre (formerly Sydney Theatre ...
's ''Grand Horizons'' and
Belvoir's ''
Fangirls''.
Awards
For their performance in ''Heartbreak High'', they were nominated for the 2022
AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) is a professional organisation of film and television practitioners in Australia. The academy's aim is "to identify, award, promote, and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements i ...
.'' ''
Personal life
Majoos is of South African descent and uses ''he/him'' pronouns. Majoos is also
non-binary
Non-binary or genderqueer Gender identity, gender identities are those that are outside the male/female gender binary. Non-binary identities often fall under the transgender umbrella since non-binary people typically identify with a gende ...
.
Filmography
Theatrical Credits
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, 2019
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''FANGIRLS''
, Saltypringl & others
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, First Australian Tour
, Yve Blake
, Part of the
2019 Brisbane Festival season
, -
, 2020
, ''
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
''Everybody's Talking About Jamie'' is a Musical theatre, stage musical centred around a coming-of-age story, with score by Dan Gillespie Sells and book and lyrics by Tom MacRae. The musical is inspired by the 2011 British television documentar ...
''
, Jamie
, Australian Tour
, Matt Ryan {{ref , Matt Ryan
, Cancelled due to the effects of the
Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
, -
, 2021
,
''FANGIRLS''
, Saltypringl & others
, Second Australian Tour
, Yve Blake
,
, -
, 2021
, ''Grand Horizons''
, Tommy
,
Roslyn Packer Theatre
The Roslyn Packer Theatre Walsh Bay is a theatre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The theatre is on Hickson Road at Walsh Bay, west of The Wharf Theatre, opposite Pier 6/7 on Walsh Bay. It seats up to 896 people. Originally named as the S ...
, Jessica Arthur
,
Awards and nominations
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, 2022
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12th AACTA Awards
The 12th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (generally known as the AACTA Awards) was an awards ceremony to celebrate the best of Australian films and television of 2022. The main ceremony occurred on 7 December 2022 at the ...
,
Best Lead Actor in Drama
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References
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External links
* {{IMDb name, 13147397
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Living people
Australian television actors
Australian stage actors
21st-century Australian male actors
Australian non-binary actors
Australian people of South African descent
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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