Kylie Belling

Australian actress

Kylie Belling (born November 22, 1964) is an Australian stage, film and television actress and voice artist, who has also worked in other occupations. as of 2019 she works as Senior Manager, First Peoples, for Creative Victoria.

Belling was born in Melbourne and is of Yorta Yorta/Wiradjuri/South Sea Islander heritage. She qualified as a secondary school teacher, later becoming a Master of Public Health. In 2017 she completed the Williamson Community Leadership Program. She has been active in Aboriginal community affairs in Victoria, working in various sectors for many statewide community and government organisations. Belling had an ongoing role in the series The Genie from Down Under, and in Redfern Now as Patricia. In film, she was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Fringe Dwellers in 1986. She is also known for her role in the 2012 movie The Sapphires as Geraldine. She co founded the Ilbijerri Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre Cooperative in Melbourne in about 1991, also performing the role of artistic director.

She has won a Deadly Award, a Koorie Women Mean Business Arts Award, and a Sydney Myer Performing Arts Indigenous Award.

Year Title Role Notes 1986 The Flying Doctors Sharon Herbert 22 episodes 1986 Prisoner Sarah West 11 episodes 1988 The Gerry Connolly Parliament House Protestor Episode: "Episode #1.5" 1989 Naked Under Capricorn Casey Miniseries 1990 Rafferty's Rules Rosie Johnson Episode: "In Custody" 1992 Bligh 10RA Episode: "The First Treaty" 1996 The Genie from Down Under Trish Emu 8 episodes 1997–98 Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers Lionel Dexter, Lilian Dexter (voices) 26 episodes 2013 Redfern Now Patricia Episode: "Consequences"