Zoe Carides

Zoe Carides
Born (1962-02-19) 19 February 1962
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Occupation Actress
Years active 1986 - present
Relatives Gia Carides (sister)
Danielle Carides (sister)

Zoe Carides (born 19 February 1962) is an Australian actress of film and television, who is best known for her roles in Death in Brunswick as Sophie, G. P. as Dr. Sonia Kapek and Grass Roots as Liz Murray. Carides was born in Sydney,[2] to an English mother and Greek father.

Family

She has a daughter named Paris. Her sister is actress Gia Carides who also appeared in Police Rescue. Her brother-in-law was actor Anthony LaPaglia.

Acting roles

Carides has made cameos in many successful Australian television shows, such as All Saints, Acropolis Now, White Collar Blue, Crownies, Janet King, Rake, and the upcoming Top of the Lake 2.

Carides' first big movie was the 1991 film Death in Brunswick. She also went on to star in Brilliant Lies, which won her an AFI nomination, The Kiss and Police Rescue. She also starred in the independent Australian production of Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns.[3]

After turning 40, Carides set two goals: She wanted to have a solo exhibition of her paintings and to record an album of her own music.

In 2005, Carides starred in the Sydney Theatre Company’s Influence, by David Williamson, for which she won a Helpmann Award. In 2008, she played the part of Pia Jones in the BBC-commissioned Australian soap opera Out of the Blue.

In 2015, Carides played Chloe in the movie Alex & Eve, based on the hit Australian play by Alex Lykos. She plays Chloe, the mother of Greek Alex, (played by Richard Brancatisano), who falls in love with Muslim Lebanese Eve, (played by Andrea Demetriades). It also stars Tony Nikolakopoulos, Alex Lykos and George Kapiniaris.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1988 Stones of Death Gail Sorenson
1991 Death in Brunswick Sophie Papafogos
1992 Mad Bomber in Love Rebecca
1992 Seeing Red Red Sessions
1993 Shotgun Wedding Helen Llewellyn
1994 Police Rescue Const. Lorrie 'Flash' Gordon
1994 Gino Lucia Petri
1994 Fuckwit Shannon Short film
1996 Brilliant Lies Katy Connor
1998 Kiss, TheThe Kiss Sue Short film
1998 Picture Woman, TheThe Picture Woman Travelling Woman Short film
2000 Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns Nicki
2001 Midas Narrator (voice) Short film
2008 Black Balloon, TheThe Black Balloon Russell's Mum
2010 Good As New Mum Short film
2011 Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg, TheThe Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg
2011 I Spy Jo Short film
2011 Throw Away the Key 6 Minutes Journalist Short film
2011 Family Values Mum Short film
2013 Mystery Road Shirley
2013 Blinder Ally
2013 The Kiss Woman Short film
2014 A Funny Kind of Love Doctor Barnes
2014 Surviving Bug Sue Short film
2014 Grace Under Water Lou Short film
2015 Airlock Leanne Ashbrook
2015 Alex & Eve Chloe
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1986 Studio 86 Episode: "Strawberry Girl"
Episode: "Sisters in the Bathroom"
1988 Sands of Bedouin TV movie
1989 Acropolis Now Stella Hatzidimitropoulos Episode: "The Proxy Blues"
1990 Flying Doctors, TheThe Flying Doctors Mandy Sinclair Episode: "Life Line"
1994 Heartland Shelley TV miniseries
1995-1996 G.P. Dr. Sonia Kapek 35 episodes
1997 Good Guys Bad Guys Skye Rinker Episode: "1.8 Million Reasons to Change Your Name: Part 1"
Episode: "1.8 Million Reasons to Change Your Name: Part 2"
1998 Wildside Karen Begbie Episode: "1.32"
1999 Murder Call Dr. Constance Young Episode: "A Blow to the Heart"
1999 Dog's Head Bay Pauline Episode: "The Birthday Boy"
2000-2001 All Saints Sarah Adams 5 episodes
2000-2003 Grass Roots Liz Murray 18 episodes
2001 My Husband My Killer Lydia Iurman TV movie
2002 White Collar Blue Mrs. Zenopoulos Episode: "1.7"
2003 Lucy Lolita De Acha TV movie
2004 Fireflies Kim Porter Episode: "Sons and Lovers"
2006 Monarch Cove Justine Episode: "1.11"
Episode: "1.12"
2006 All Saints Jilly Winters Episode: "Moment of Faith"
2007 Back Seat Beverly TV short
2008 All Saints Sandra Dyer Episode: "Careful What You Wish For"
2008 Out of the Blue Pia Jones 58 episodes
2009 Cut, TheThe Cut Goth Skater (voice) Episode: "A Falcon's Tail"
2010 Pacific, TheThe Pacific Mama Karamanlis Episode: "Melbourne"
2010 Packed to the Rafters Penny Mallory Episode: "When Worlds Collide"
2010 Cops LAC Alison Bristow Episode: "Old Love"
2011 Crownies Gillian Warden Episode: "1.16"
Episode "1.18"
2012 Event Zero Pamela TV series

References

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137141/
  2. ↑ http://hollywood.greekreporter.com/2010/01/11/catch-greek-australian-mate-zoe-carides-in-hbos-the-pacific/
  3. ↑ http://www.rmk.com.au/zoe_carides/


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