| Linda Cropper | |
| Occupation: | Actress |
Linda Cropper (born 1 January 1958) is an Australian actress, primarily known for her role as Geraldine Proudman in the TV series Offspring and as Dame Nellie Melba in the television series Melba. A shortened version of Melba was selected for screening as a film at a Royal Command Performance before Queen Elizabeth II in London.
Cropper's television credits include roles in ABC miniseries Palace of Dreams, Edens Lost, Ring of Scorpio, Bordertown, Wildside, Water Rats, All Saints, White Collar Blue and The Pacific. She had a recurring role as Xhalax Sun during the third season of the Australian-American science fiction series Farscape.
Cropper's film credits include Teesh and Trude (2002), Little Fish (2005) and Fool's Gold (2008).
Cropper's many theatre credits include Simon Phillip's co-production of Poor Boy for the Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company, and the role of Lady Macbeth in Bell Shakespeare's Macbeth. Other credits with Bell Shakespeare include Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, As You Like It and Hamlet. Sydney Theatre Company credits include Arcadia, A Month in the Country, Top Girls, and Great Expectations. She played the solo role Melbourne Theatre Company's production of The Architect by Aidan Fennessy in 2018.[1]
| Year | Title | Role | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Spring & Fall | C.E.S. Officer | TV series, episode 1: 'Close Comfort' | |
| 1984 | Five Mile Creek | Tillie | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1984 | A Country Practice | Joy Walker | TV series, 2 episodes | |
| 1985 | Palace of Dreams | Miriam Mendel | TV miniseries, 10 episodes | |
| 1986 | Cyclone Tracy | Joycie | TV miniseries, 3 episodes | |
| 1987 | Melba | Nellie Melba / Nellie Mitchell Armstrong 'Melba' | TV miniseries, 8 episodes | |
| 1988 | Rafferty's Rules | TV series, 1 episode | ||
| 1988 | Mike Willesee's Australians | Lola Montez | TV film series, episode 6: 'Lola Montez' | |
| 1988 | Spit MacPhee | Betty Arbuckle | TV miniseries, 4 episodes | |
| 1988 | Edens Lost | Stevie | TV miniseries, 4 episodes | |
| 1989 | Bodysurfer | Anthea | TV miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 1990 | Ring Of Scorpio | Marlene Walker | TV miniseries, 3 episodes | |
| 1990 | The Private War of Lucinda Smith | Lucinda Smith | TV miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 1992 | Children of the Dragon | Monica | TV miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 1992 | In Sydney Today | Guest | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1992 | Cluedo | Matilda Mayberry | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1993 | Review | Guest Presenter | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1993 | G.P. | Shelley | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1994; 1997 | Good Morning Australia | Guest | TV series, 2 episodes | |
| 1994; 1997 | What's Cooking? | Guest | TV series, 2 episodes | |
| 1995 | Bordertown | Bev Stafford | TV miniseries, 10 episodes | |
| 1997 | Ten News | Herself | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1997 | Return To Jupiter | Computer | TV series, 13 episodes | |
| 1998 | Wildside | Carol Wilson | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1999-2000 | Water Rats | Charlie Driscoll | TV series, 7 episodes | |
| 2000-2001 | Farscape | Xhalas Sun / Fento | TV series, 5 episodes | |
| 2002 | All Saints | Anita Murphy | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 2002-2003 | White Collar Blue | Fran Hoffman | TV pilot & 7 other episodes | |
| 2004 | Narrator (voice) | TV documentary | ||
| 2006 | McLeod's Daughters | Trudi Webb | TV series, 2 episodes | |
| 2008 | Connected: The Power of Six Degrees | Narrator (voice) | Film documentary | |
| 2009 | Fairweather Men | Narrator (voice) | TV documentary | |
| 2010 | The Pharaoh Who Conquered the Sea | Narrator (voice) | TV documentary | |
| 2010 | Satisfaction | Loretta Hawkes | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 2010-2017 | Offspring | Geraldine Proudman | TV series, 86 episodes | |
| 2010 | The Pacific | Mary Frank Sledge | TV miniseries, 4 episodes | |
| 2011 | The Secret History of Eurovision | Narrator (voice) | TV special | |
| 2011 | Seduction in the City | Narrator | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 2012 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Veronique Sarcelle | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 2013 | Redfern Now | Coroner | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 2014 | Old School | Barb | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 2016 | Howard on Menzies: Building Modern Australia | Narrator (voice) | TV series documentary, 2 episodes | |
| 2016 | Rake | Ms Crown | TV series, 2 episodes | |
| 2017 | The Leftovers | The Nun | TV series, 2 episodes | |
| 2018 | Studio 10 | Guest | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 2018 | Pine Gap | Dani Griffin | TV miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 2020 | How to Stay Married | Claire | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 2024 | High Country[2] | TV series, 8 episodes (filming) |
| Year | Title | Role | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Going Sane | Irene Carter | Feature film | |
| 1994 | The Seventh Floor | Vivian | Feature film | |
| 1996 | Little White Lies | Tessler | Feature film | |
| 1997 | The Hostages[3] | Wendy | TV film | |
| 1997 | Sidewinder - Titanic Days | Dianne | Film short | |
| 1997 | Blackrock | Diane | Feature film | |
| 1998 | With or Without You | Audrey | Feature film | |
| 1999 | Passion | Mrs. Lowery | Feature film | |
| 1999 | Envy | Kate | Feature film | |
| 2001 | My Husband, My Killer | Megan Kalajzich | TV film | |
| 2002 | Teesh and Trude | Trudy (Trude) | Feature film | |
| 2002 | The Nugget | Roadhouse Waitress | Feature film | |
| 2005 | Little Fish | Denise | Feature film | |
| 2006 | Answered By Fire | Liz Savage | TV film | |
| 2007 | The Tank | Film short | ||
| 2008 | Dream Life | Dawn | TV film | |
| 2008 | Fool's Gold | Tess's Attorney | Feature film | |
| 2010 | Suburbia | Mary | Film short | |
| 2013 | Welcome to Iron Knob | Auntie Marg | Film short | |
| 2018 | Upgrade | Pamela | Feature film | |
| 2019 | Loop-Group ADR | Feature film |
In 2010, Cropper was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance Satisfaction, and also in the 1989 AACTAs for Best Actress in a Miniseries, for Edens Lost.
She won the Green Room Award (Performer, Theatre Companies) in 2019 for her 2018 performance in The Architect.[6]