Caroline Brazier Explained

Caroline Brazier
Birth Place:Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:2000–present

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.

Personal life

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

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

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007RogueMary Ellen
2011CupidVenusShort
2013StickWoman / ApparitionShort
2014KharismaKarenShort
Morning FrostSueShort
2016PulseJacqui
2017Three SummersOlivia
2022 Blacklight The boss

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Above the LawCarla Benning"Moving on Up"
Home and AwayAlicia CampbellRecurring role
2001South PacificRoseTV film
Water RatsHeather Pinchon"The Marrying Kind"
TwentyfourSevenGeorgia Leighton-Smith"It's My Life"
2002Young LionsGabrielle Hall"Boy School Bullies"
2003White Collar BlueSonia Parry"2.13"
2004ParallaxVeronica Johnson / BettiMain role
2007City HomicideFrances Deerborne"Family Planning"
2008–09Packed to the RaftersChrissey MerchantRecurring role
200930 SecondsKirsty"Good Clown Bad Clown"
2009Legend of the SeekerMiss Crantan / Mistress Nathair"Broken"
2010–18RakeWendy Greene39 episodes
2011Wild BoysCatherine BellRegular role
Terra NovaDeborah TateRecurring role
2012Dripping in ChocolateMarion VergerTV film
Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesHetty"Death by Miss Adventure"
2015–16Home and AwayCarol PetersRecurring role
2016Deep WaterTina TooheyTV miniseries
2017OffspringShanti2 episodes
2018TidelandsRosa8 episodes
2019Reef BreakStefania Kivini1 episode
2021WakefieldLeyla2 episodes
2022TroppoJoanna4 episodes
Joe vs. CaroleElizabeth Huntley 2 episodes
Mystery Road: OriginGeraldine 6 episodes
2023Year OfOphelia Kellaway5 episodes
Wolf Like MePrincipal1 episode
2024The TwelveAmethyst Walker 1 episode
2025Scrublands: SilverJay JayTV series
Ten Pound PomsCarmelTV series

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carey . Adam . 19 January 2023 . “You've got a brain tumour, you idiot!”: What Geoff Morrell’s drawings revealed . 16 July 2024 . The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. Web site: 2 August 2018 . Caroline Brazier: 'I’m enjoying seeing older women being celebrated on screen' . 16 July 2024 . The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. Sydney Theatre Awards
  4. Web site: 28 September 2012 . Silverchair - Emotion Sickness (Official Video) . YouTube.
  5. Web site: Knox . David . 2023-08-31 . Production underway on The Twelve S2 TV Tonight . 2024-08-12 . tvtonight.com.au . en-AU.
  6. Web site: Knox . David . 2024-06-05 . Filming underway on Scrublands: Silver TV Tonight . 2024-08-12 . tvtonight.com.au . en-AU.