Maria Mercedes (actress)

Maria Moutsidis, known professionally as Maria Mercedes, is an Australian television, film and stage actress.[1] Her notable roles include the original Australian productions of the musicals Nine, Sunset Boulevard and Love Never Dies.

Stage

In 2014/15, Mercedes played opera star Maria Callas to critical acclaim and a sold out season of the Terence McNally play Master Class at fortyfivedownstairs Melbourne.[2]

In March 2016, she joined the cast of a new play Taxithi by Helen Yotis Patterson, the telling of Greek women migrating to Australia during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The play is a series of monologues, interspersed with traditional Greek music and songs of the time. The piece resonated deeply with Maria as her own parents' stories of migration resonated within the stories of Taxithi. For the first time in Maria's theatrical career she was given the opportunity to sing in Greek.[3][4]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1978PatrickNurse Panicale
1996Whipping BoySaphra
1998Head OnTasia
1998Cody: The Wrong StuffRaquel (Spanish teacher)Television film
2004Dreams for LifeEllen
2012Love Never DiesMadame Giry
2013PatrickDoctor
2019The TavernaHelen

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1974–75Division 4Christina Lamorica, Factory Girl 12 episodes
1975HomicideAnna Petrelli, Francesca Carlotti2 episodes
1977BlueyTeresaEpisode: "Stop the Press"
1978Cop ShopJudyEpisode: "Episode #1.33"
1979,
1984–85		PrisonerIrene Zervos, Yemil Bakarta15 episodes
1979Patrol BoatEpisode: "Which Way's Mecca?"
1983E StreetShirley Maclaine4 episodes
1999ThunderstoneIvana2 episodes
2003Greeks on the RoofPoppy11 episodes
2004–2007NeighboursLucia Cammeniti10 episodes
2007KickDora Mavros13 episodes
2012Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesMadame BredaEpisode: "Cocaine Blues"
2013House HusbandsMrs. Panas2 episodes
2014Fat Tony & Co.Agape Makrakanis3 episodes
2015Footballer Wants a WifeMama2 episodes
2017–18WentworthDetective Ayoub3 episodes
2019BloomMargot3 episodes
2019Ms Fisher's Modern Murder MysteriesJoyce HirschEpisode: "Just Murdered"

References
  1. "A migrant daughter's struggle to identify". Neos Kosmos - English Edition. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. "Theatre review: Master Class a masterful tribute to Maria Callas". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. "TAXITHI: An Australian Odyssey". fortyfivedownstairs.
  4. "A migrant daughter's struggle to identify".
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