Әустралиялық актриса, режиссер және педагог Элизабет Александер

Australian actress, director and teacher

Elizabeth Alexander (sometimes credited as Liz Alexander; born 21 August 1952) is an Australian actress, director and teacher.

Alexander was born in Adelaide, South Australia, but now lives in Sydney. She attended All Hallows' School in Brisbane. She was married to actor George Spartels from 1984 to 2006 and has two daughters. She currently works at Queenwood School for Girls as a dramatic arts teacher.

Alexanders' acting career began early with a part in the series Bellbird in 1967. However, it was straight from graduating at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) that she got her big break with the part of Esther Wolcott in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) series Seven Little Australians. Allegedly the producers had all but given up on the show, because they did not feel that they had found a suitable actress for the part, until they discovered Alexander. She was actually younger than actress Barbara Llewellyn, who played her stepdaughter Meg in the series, but producers and audiences felt that they were both convincing in their roles. The ten part series delivered huge ratings when it was broadcast in 1973, and was also the first ABC series to enjoy international acclaim. It went on to win three Australian Film Institute Awards and four Penguins, including best drama series and the 1974 George Wallace Memorial Logie for Best New Talent for Alexander as the sweet tempered Esther. The series is now available on DVD. Alexander had a recurring guest role in the high rating Australian medical drama All Saints as the viper like Dr. Alison Newell, ex wife of Dr. Frank Campion, played by John Howard. She was not initially written as his ex wife, as her character appeared before Howard joined the cast. Apparently, it was the sharp onscreen dynamic between Alexander and Howard in their early scenes together that made the writers decide to write this history into Alexander's character. Other television credits include: Home and Away (she played Christine Jones, the overprotective conservative mother of Melody Jones), Silent Number, Special Squad, Chopper Squad, Farscape, Murder Call, Seven Deadly Sins (Pride), Salem's Lot and Time Trax, a science fiction series in which she starred as a computer hologram alongside Dale Midkiff. Her film work includes: the lead role in The Killing of Angel Street (which won an award at the Berlin Film Festival) opposite John Hargreaves, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Summerfield with Nick Tate and John Waters, Sebastian and the Sparrow and The Journalist with Sam Neill. 2010 saw her appear in a thriller called The Clinic and in 2011 she made an appearance in Fred Schepisi's The Eye of the Storm. Her theatre credits are also numerous and include: Hermione in The Winter's Tale, Portia in The Merchant of Venice for which she received glowing reviews, Martha in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for which she again received extremely positive reviews, Kate in another STC production of Harold Pinter's Old Times and many more. She also played anthropologist Margaret Mead in David Williamson's play Heretic. The play, based on Mead's life and work, was the subject of much debate and controversy due to the very public row between the writer, Williamson, and the director Wayne Harrison over the play's production. Alexander has also directed a number of plays and written several screenplays, including a short film titled Memento (which was sold to Village Roadshow) which she also directed, about the emotional problems caused by the return of a father to his family, a young boy and his mother. She also directed a feature film, A Spy in the Family. Alongside this she also does voiceover work.

YearTitleRoleType 1967 Bellbird TV series, 1 episode 1973 Seven Little Australians Esther Wolcott TV miniseries, 10 episodes 1974 Behind the Legend Guest lead role: Elizabeth Kenny TV series, 1 episode: Elizabeth Kenny 1974 This Love Affair TV series, episode 6: Seven Tenths of a Second 1974 1975 Silent Number Regular role: Jean Hamilton TV series, 38 episodes 1975 Ben Hall Regular role: Angela Mitchell TV series, 8 episodes 1976 King's Men TV series, 1 episode 1978 Chopper Squad Francis Carter TV series, episode 5: Psychotic Lady 1978 Case for the Defence Jean TV series, episode 9: A Plea of Insanity 1978 The Scalp Merchant TV film 1979 Golden Soak Regular role: Janet Garrety TV miniseries, 6 episodes 1980; 1981 Cop Shop Guest roles: Virginia Kingston / Sue McGregor TV series, 4 episodes 1981 A Sporting Chance TV series, episode 4: The Name of the Game 1984 Singles Regular role: Alison Kirk TV series, 5 episodes 1984 Special Squad Edith TV series, episode 8: The Wurzburg Link 1986 Ivanhoe Voice (as Liz Alexander) Animated TV film 1987 Rafferty's Rules TV series, 1 episode 1987 Willing and Abel TV series, 1 episode 1991 About Face Nightingale Ward Sister TV series, 1 episode 1991 G. P. Carmen Gailey TV series, 1 episode 1993 Seven Deadly Sins Jill Pascoe TV film series, episode 2: Pride 1993 Bonjour la Classe Nurse TV series, 1 episode 1993 1994 Time Trax Regular role: Selma / Kit TV series US/Australia, 43 episodes 1998 Murder Call Hilary Windsor TV series, season 2, episode 12: Something Fishy 1999 Alien Cargo Rojean Page, Explorer Dolphin TV film, US 1999 The Lost World Mrs. Krux TV series US/Canada/Australia/New Zealand, 1 episode 2000 The Thing About Vince Mrs. Rogers TV miniseries UK, 1 episode 2002 Farscape Vella TV series, 1 episode 2003 2006 All Saints Recurring role: Dr. Alison Newell (as Liz Alexander) TV series, 23 episodes 2003 Page to Stage Performance Director Film documentary 2004 Salem's Lot Ann Norton (as Liz Alexander) TV miniseries, 2 episodes 2008; 2019 Home and Away Recurring role: Christine Jones TV series, 20 episodes 2010 Lost Girl Kala (as Liz Alexander) TV series, 1 episode 2011 Snobs Helena TV film 2012 Fatal Honeymoon Cindy Thomas (as Liz Alexander) TV film Australia/US 2013 In Your Dreams Magistrate (as Liz Alexander) TV series Germany/Australia, 1 episode 2019 Home and Away Judge TV series, 2 episodes 2020 The Secrets She Keeps Recurring role: Renee Cole (as Liz Alexander) TV series, 6 episodes 2021 Clickbait Regular role: Andrea Brewer (as Liz Alexander) TV series US/Australia, 7 episodes