Caroline Brazier is an Australian actress who is best known for the role of Chrissy Merchant in Packed to the Rafters and the starring roles of Veronica Johnson and her twin sister Betti in the children's television series Parallax. Brazier has also had a number of roles in the theatre, films and other television series.

Caroline Brazier
Born
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present

Personal life

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Brazier was married to fellow Australian actor Geoff Morrell.[1]

Originally from Perth, Western Australia, Brazier graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1998. In between acting engagements, Brazier often heads home to spend time with her parents in Perth. As a child she briefly lived in Jakarta, becoming fluent in Indonesian, although she is no longer able to speak the language.[2]

Career

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Brazier has appeared in The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra for the Bell Shakespeare Company, Whale Music at Darlinghurst Theatre, and Speed-the-Plow for Perth Theatre Company. In 2012 she won Best Actress in a Leading Role in an Independent Production for I Want To Sleep With Tom Stoppard (Sydney Theatre Awards).[3]

She also played the Superintendent in Accidental Death of an Anarchist (2018) at Sydney Theatre and appeared in the music video for Silverchair's 1999 song "Emotion Sickness".[4]

In 2023, Brazier was named as part of the extended cast for the second series of Foxtel legal drama The Twelve.[5] In 2024, Brazier was named in series 2 of Scrublands.[6]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Rogue Mary Ellen
2011 Cupid Venus Short
2013 Stick Woman / Apparition Short
2014 Kharisma Karen Short
Morning Frost Sue Short
2016 Pulse Jacqui
2017 Three Summers Olivia
2022 Blacklight The boss

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Above the Law Carla Benning "Moving on Up"
Home and Away Alicia Campbell Recurring role
2001 South Pacific Rose TV film
Water Rats Heather Pinchon "The Marrying Kind"
TwentyfourSeven Georgia Leighton-Smith "It's My Life"
2002 Young Lions Gabrielle Hall "Boy School Bullies"
2003 White Collar Blue Sonia Parry "2.13"
2004 Parallax Veronica Johnson / Betti Main role
2007 City Homicide Frances Deerborne "Family Planning"
2008–09 Packed to the Rafters Chrissey Merchant Recurring role
2009 30 Seconds Kirsty "Good Clown Bad Clown"
2009 Legend of the Seeker Miss Crantan / Mistress Nathair "Broken"
2010–18 Rake Wendy Greene 39 episodes
2011 Wild Boys Catherine Bell Regular role
Terra Nova Deborah Tate Recurring role
2012 Dripping in Chocolate Marion Verger TV film
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Hetty "Death by Miss Adventure"
2015–16 Home and Away Carol Peters Recurring role
2016 Deep Water Tina Toohey TV miniseries
2017 Offspring Shanti 2 episodes
2018 Tidelands Rosa 8 episodes
2019 Reef Break Stefania Kivini 1 episode
2021 Wakefield Leyla 2 episodes
2022 Troppo Joanna 4 episodes
Joe vs. Carole Elizabeth Huntley 2 episodes
Mystery Road: Origin Geraldine 6 episodes
2023 Year Of Ophelia Kellaway 5 episodes
Wolf Like Me Principal 1 episode
2024 The Twelve Amethyst Walker 4 episodes
2025 Scrublands: Silver Jay Jay TV series
Ten Pound Poms Carmel TV series

References

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  1. ^ Carey, Adam (19 January 2023). ""You've got a brain tumour, you idiot!": What Geoff Morrell's drawings revealed". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Caroline Brazier: 'I'm enjoying seeing older women being celebrated on screen'". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  3. ^ Sydney Theatre Awards
  4. ^ "Silverchair - Emotion Sickness (Official Video)". YouTube. 28 September 2012.
  5. ^ Knox, David (31 August 2023). "Production underway on The Twelve S2 | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  6. ^ Knox, David (5 June 2024). "Filming underway on Scrublands: Silver | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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