Kylie Farmer

Kylie Bracknell (formerly Farmer) (also known as Kaarljilba Kaardn)[1] is an Aboriginal Australian actress. She has played Juliet in a run of Romeo and Juliet with the Australian Shakespeare Company,[2][3] featured in the 2010 revival of The Sapphires,[4][5] appeared in Rima Tamou's film Sa Black Thing (an episode of the SBS TV series Dramatically Black) performed in the theatre production Aliwa!,[6][7] appeared in Muttacar Sorry Business[8] and is the face and narrator of the NITV series Waabiny Time.[9]

Noongar language and culture has featured strongly in Farmer's career. She spent 11 years with Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company, an Aboriginal-led theatre company based in Perth, in the heart of Noongar country.[10] In 2012, she was part of the cast from Yirra Yaakin, which translated Shakespeare's sonnets into Noongar and performed them at the Globe Theatre in London.[11] She is a strong advocate for Aboriginal languages, with appearances at TEDxManly[12] and on the ABC program Q&A.[13][14] In addition, Farmer has taught language through music to young Noongar people in country towns, through Community Arts Network's Noongar Pop Culture project[15] and through early years television series Waabiny Time.[16][17]