Nadia Townsend

Nadia Townsend (born 1983) is an Australian dramatic actress. She is best known for her role in the Channel 7 police drama City Homicide, as Detective Senior Constable Allie Kingston. She was born in Sydney and grew up in Gladesville, New South Wales, attended Hunters Hill High School and is the daughter of television presenter Simon Townsend.[1]

Nadia Townsend
Born1983 (age 3738)
Height174 cm (5.7 ft)
Parent(s)

Nadia's introduction to the small screen was in 2001 playing a regular role in the ABC drama series Head Start. She also starred in Fireflies for the ABC working under the widely respected executive producer, John Edwards.

In 2008, Townsend studied at the Victorian College of the Arts gaining her post graduate degree in theatre directing.

In 2009, Townsend appeared in the US produced film Knowing, playing Grace Koestler, opposite Hollywood star Nicolas Cage.

Townsend is a co-founding member of Turtle Lab, a performance laboratory in Australia.

Townsend began producing theatre in 1999, when she returned from studying at Atlantic Theatre Company in New York. She decided to learn her craft on the boards and set up her first theatre company Wolf Whistle.

In 2016, Townsend will appear in the sci-fi thriller Restoration, playing Emma Laws.[2]

Nadia is also carving a path as a film dramaturg, a rare job description in Australian film. Nadia was mentored by the dramaturg Nico Lathouris. Nadia is one of a few in the country to be pursuing this art form. In 2012 Nadia was Assistant Dramaturg on Director George Miller's latest instalment of the Mad Max franchise, "Fury Road".

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Blue Neon Bec
2001 Neophytes and Neon Lights Atari
2003 Danny Deckchair Linda Craig
2005 Puppy Liz
2007 What They Don't Know Lucy Short
2007 Monkeynaut Able (voice) Short
2009 Knowing Grace Koestler
2010 The Zombie Monologues Annie Short
2012 Forget the Noise Florence Short
2013 Ten Forty-Five Gunslinger Short
2016 Restoration Emma Laws
2017 Concealed Sallie
2019 Little Monsters Sara

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Head Start Clare Gormley Regular role
2002 My Hero Episode: "Zero Tolerance"
2002 Farscape Kim Kupperstein Episode: "Kansas"
2004 Fireflies Fifi Sharp Main role
2005 Life Nina Pink TV film
2005–06 headLand MJ Finnegan Regular role
2007 Sea Patrol Clair Watts Episode: "Rescue Me"
2007 Chandon Pictures Zoe Episodes: "Champion Charles", "White Ants"
2009–2011 City Homicide Allie Kingston Main role
2011 Rush Sarah Episode: "4.13"
2013 Home and Away Dr. Peta Bradley Recurring role
2014 Old School Rebecca Episode: "Smash Repairs"
2015 Love Child Eleanor Episodes: "2.5", "2.6"
2015 Fresh Blood Pilot Season Episode: "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am"
2016 Brock Pauline Moffat TV miniseries

References

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