Catherine Purling

Age Range: | 53 - 59 years |
Hair: | Dark Blonde |
Eyes: | Blue/Green |
Height: | 167cm |
Nationality: | Australian |
Languages Spoken: | English |
Downloadable CV(PDF) |
Education / Training
1986-89 | Flinders University Drama Centre | BA (FUDC) |
2014 | Certificate III in Children’s Services | ACCCO |
Theatre
2023 | No Strings Attached Theatre | Hungry Hallucinations | Catherine Purling |
2022-2023 | No Strings Attached Theatre | Idealtown | Catherine Purling |
2010-2013 | Stand Up Comedy | Adelaide Stand Up Comedy | @ Arkaba & Rhino Room |
Character Jam | @ Higher Ground | ||
2013 | Adelaide Fringe Show | “420” – Various characters | Dir: AJ Rae |
2012 | Adelaide Fringe Show | “Svetlana Sexkittenya Does Show” – Singing Stagehand | Dir: Eliza Thomas |
2012 | Adelaide Fringe Show | “Wispa & the Golden Dragon” – Narrator/Kaos | Dir: Kelly Alsop – Shimmer Entertainment |
2011 - 2012 | Adelaide Fringe Show | “Bedazzled Burlesque” - MC | Dir: Kelly Alsop – Shimmer Entertainment |
1997 | Darwin Theatre Company | “Solitary Animals” – Laurel | Dir: Carmel Young |
1997 | Cavanaugh Theatre Co | “The Laboratory” - Violante | Dir: Robyn Walker |
1996 | Itallic Entertainment (Melb) | “Monty’s Magic Show” - Ms Bunny | Dir: Anton Berezin |
1996 | La Mama (Melb) | “Minties for the Tin” – Gai | Dir: Di Nicol |
1995 | Linking Image Productions (Melb) | “Behind the Play” – Lynette
(Two Seasons) |
Dir: Marita Wilcox |
1994 | Tapestry Theatre Co (Melb) | “Clay” – Clair/Jen | Dir: Deborah Hynes |
1991 | Patch Theatre Co. | “The Secret Garden” – Martha
(Two seasons) |
Dir: Christine Anketel |
1991 | Patch Theatre Co. | “Beyond the Labyrinth” – Shelly | Dir: Christine Anketel |
1990 | Vitalstatistix Theatre Co. | “Erotix” – Cathy | Dir: Andrea Lemon |
1990 | Magpie Theatre Co. | “The Arbor” – Sister/Anne Green/ Chris’s Mum/Nurse | Dir: Angela Chaplin |
1989 | FUDC - Kids Come Out | “Greenthumb” – Lilli Pilli | Dir: Gus Worby |
1989 | FUDC – Graduation Prod. | “Tartuffe” – Elmire | Dir: Peter Douglas |
1988 | FUDC at the Red Shed | “The Devils Gateway” - Ivy | Dir: Charlie Parkinson |
1988 | FUDC – Adelaide Festival | “Under Southern Eyes” – Drowned body/waxworker | Dir: Jules Holledge |
1986 | Bunyip Children’s Theatre Co. | “The Pied Piper” – Star Rat | Dir: Tony Roberts |
Film
2022 Talk To Me – Feature Film Nurse Dir: Danny & Michael
Philippou
2015 | COPMI - Training video | “Restraints” - Catherine | Dir: Ian Bone |
2012 | COPMI – Training video | “Domestic Violence” - Veronica | Dir: Ian Bone |
2010 | COPMI – Training video | “Children with disabilities” - Kylie | Dir: Ian Bone |
2008 | A2K Media (feature film) | “Kambing Jantan” – Jenny Dickson | Dir: Rudi Soedjarwo |
2008 | Trop Fest entry | “Catman” – Bartender/Wife | Dir: Catherine Purling & David Woolford |
2006 | Kojo Pictures (Short Film) | “Spike Up” – Jade | Dir: Anthony Maras |
2006 | Feast Film Festival (Short Film) | “Not waving, drowning” – Stuart’s mum | Dir: Michael Trower |
2003 | MRC/AFC Grant - (Short Film) | “My Surfer Boy” – Narrator/Singer | Dir: Catherine Purling |
2003 | Student Film/Documentary | “Perspective” - Presenter | Dir: Sands Butterworth |
2001 | Best FX – Corporate video | “Life’s a Beach” – Mum | Dir: Matthew Bate |
2001 | Independent Short Film | “Mount Franklin” – Miss Demeanor | Dir: Christopher Corin/Judd Overton |
2000 | Plexus Films (Short Film) | “Turbulence” – Woman | Dir: Matthew Bate |
1995 | Swinburne University (Short Film) | “Love and Dissent” – Policewoman | Dir: Bentley Dean |
1992 | Network 8 – Corporate video | “Computing Careers and Their Secrets 2” - Susan | Dir: Andrew Ellis |
1991 | Milton Ingerson Productions – Corporate video | “Better Them Than Us” – Patient | Dir: Milton Ingerson |
1991 | Mills Street Productions – Corporate video | “ETSA Training Film” - Telephonist | |
1989 | The Film House – Corporate video | “Oral Zone” – Receptionist | |
1989 | Network 8 – Corporate video | “Computing Careers and Their Secrets” - Susan | Dir: Andrew Ellis |
1987 | Ellson Productions – Corporate video | “Making It” - Myris | |
1986-89 | FUDC Short Films | “Leave It To Us” - Bridesmaid
“Working Girl” - Cathy “The Kid” – Girlfriend “Sick Again” – Cathy |
Dir: Dave Crowe |
Television
2007 | Millennium Television | “McLeod’s Daughters” –
Hotel Cleaner |
Dir: Arnie Custo |
2003 | Millennium Television | “McLeod’s Daughters” – Ruby | Dir: Chris Martin-Jones |
1996 | Grundy Television | “Neighbours” – Hazel Mundy | Dir: Phillip East |
1994 | Grundy Television | “Neighbours” – Radio Announcer | |
1994 | ABC TV | “The Damnation of Harvey McHugh” – Clarissa | Dir: Mandy Smith |
1993 | Bottomline Productions | “Spritz Commercial” - Yuppie | |
1992 | Beyond Productions (5 episodes) | “Chances” – Emerald Cartier | Dirs: Steve Mann, Tony Osicka, Mark DeFriest, Kendal Flanagan |
1991 | Barron Films | “Tracks of Glory” – Autograph Hunter | Dir: Marcus Cole |
1991 | Television Advertisement | “Bi-Lo” – Cereal Box | |
1991 | Television Advertisement | “Lucky Dates” - Unlucky Friend | |
1990 | Television Advertisement | “Zamels” – Hand model | |
1989 | Grundy Television | “Australia’s Most Wanted” – Gail’s friend | Dir: Kendal Flanagan |
1987 | Lorimar Telepictures | “Aaron’s Way”- German Singer |
Voiceover
2012 | Timms Tunes | “Health Partners” | |
2011 | Timms Tunes | “Zero Waste” | |
2002 | Greg Clark Productions | “Adelaide Exchange Jewellers” | |
1997 | Top End Sounds (Darwin) | “LJ Hooker” | |
1991 | Peppers | “Weetbix” | |
1990 | Peppers | “1st National” | |
1990 | Peppers | “Ricardo Bikes” | |
1987 | Peppers | “John Martins” | |
1987 | Peppers | “Youth Employment Scheme” |
Other Information
Role Play- Various
Current Working with Children Check
Current Working with Disability Check
Current Public Liability Insurance
2020- current Teaching Artist – No Srings Attached Theatre of Disability
Theatre
Year | Role | Production | Company | Director |
---|---|---|---|---|
Martha | The Secret Garden | Patch Theatre Co. | Christine Anketel | |
Shelly | Beyond the Labyrinth | Patch Theatre Co. | Christine Anketel | |
Gai | Minties for the Tin | La Mama (Melb) | Di Nicol |
Film / Television
Year | Role | Production | Company | Director |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nurse | Talk To Me | Danny & Michael Philippou | ||
Hotel Cleaner/ Ruby | McLeod’s Daughters | Arnie Custo | ||
Hazel Mundy | Neighbours | Grundy Television | Phillip East |
Education / Training
Year | School | Qualification |
---|---|---|
1986-89 | Flinders University Drama Centre | BA (FUDC) |