Lisa Hensley (actress) - Misplaced Pages

Australian actress

Lisa Hensley
Born	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Medium	Actress, television personality
Nationality	Australian
Years active	1987–present

Lisa Hensley is an Australian actress who first came to prominence with a leading role in the television mini-series Brides of Christ. She went to high school at Brigidine College, St Ives, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Hensley has also appeared in A Country Practice, 15 Amore, Sons and Daughters, The Flying Doctors, Dating the Enemy, Farscape as Matala, Two Twisted, and All Saints. She later presented the "From the Heart" program on Qantas airline's inflight ON-Q Radio.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Type
1987	The Umbrella Woman (aka The Good Wife)	Sylvia	Feature film
1988	The 13th Floor	Heather Thompson	Feature film
1992	Greenkeeping	Sue	Feature film
1994	Ebbtide	Beth	Feature film
1995	The Feds: Vengeance	Annie Fleming	TV movie
1996	Dating the Enemy	Laetitia	Feature film
1996	Mr. Reliable	Penny Wilbeforce	Feature film
1997	Paradise Road	Edna	Feature film
1998	15 Amore	Dorothy	Feature film
1998	Replay	Voice	Short film
2000	Tackle Happy	Self	Documentary film
2003	Martha's New Coat	Sarah	Short film
2004	Big Reef	Charlene	TV movie
2006	Afterlife	Roxanne	Short film
2006	Hold Please	Jane	Short film
2006	Last Train to Freo	Train Announcer (voice)	Feature film
2007	Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance	Harridan woman (uncredited)	Feature film
2010	How God Works	Mother	Short film
2014	A Priest in the Family	Margaret	Short film
2019	Palm Beach	Lorna	Feature film
2020	Penguin Bloom	Bron	Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Type
1986	Game of Life	Reporter	TV series, 8 episodes
1987	Sons and Daughters	Michelle White	TV series, 11 episodes
1987-92	A Country Practice	Samantha Irving / Rhonda Haddon / Michelle Carson	TV series, 7 episodes
1988	All the Way	Christine Scott	TV series, 3 episodes
1989	Shadow of the Cobra	Lizzy	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1990	Shadows of the Heart	Jillian Hughes	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1991	The Flying Doctors	Gaby	TV series, 1 episode
1991	Brides of Christ	Sister Paul / Veronica	TV miniseries, 6 episodes
1993-99	Law of the Land	Kate Chalmers	TV series, 50 episodes
1997	Good Guys, Bad Guys	Dorothy O'Malley	TV series, 1 episode: "Unfinished Business"
1999	Farscape	Matala	TV series, 1 episode
2000	The Big Schmooze	Self	TV series, 1 episode
2001	All Saints	Anne Trelawney	TV series, 1 episode
2006	Two Twisted	Annabel	TV miniseries, 1 episode
2007-08	The Movie Show	Presenter	TV series
2012	Dance Academy	Lena	TV series, 1 episode
2013	Mr & Mrs Murder	Yvette Nailor	TV series, 1 episode
2014	Lessons from the Grave	Lottery Woman	TV series, 20 episodes
	The Know	Host	TV series
2014-18	Black Comedy	Guest actor	TV series, 7 episodes
2015	Wonderland	Vanessa	TV series, 1 episode
2015	Let's Talk About	Anne Hardliner	TV miniseries, 10 episodes
2019	My Life Is Murder	Chef Brenda Levine	TV series, 1 episode
2024	Total Control	Sharon Costigan	TV series, 6 episodes

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Type
	From the Heart	Presenter	Qantas airlines’s inflight ON-Q Radio

References

Lallo, Michael (24 November 2021). "Brides of Christ, the drama that continues to resonate 30 years later". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 January 2024.

External links

Lisa Hensley at IMDb

v t e AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama
Candy Raymond / Deidre Rubenstein (1986) Michele Fawdon / Nicole Kidman (1987) Kerry McGuire / Anne Phelan (1988) Julia Blake / Pat Thomson (1989) Rebecca Gibney (1990) Sonia Todd (1991) Lisa Hensley (1992) Denise Roberts (1993) Monica Maughan (1994) Jacqueline McKenzie (1995) Claudia Karvan (1996) Anne Looby (1997) Rachael Blake (1998) Jill Forster (1999) Noni Hazlehurst / Anne Phelan (2000) Kerry Armstrong / Angie Milliken (2001) Juliet Stevenson (2002) Angie Milliken (2003) Bojana Novakovic (2004) Claudia Karvan (2005) Susie Porter (2006) Claudia Karvan (2007) Kat Stewart (2008) Susie Porter (2009) Catherine McClements (2010) Sarah Snook (2011) Leah Purcell (2012) Claudia Karvan (2013) Marta Dusseldorp (2014) Pamela Rabe (2015) Elizabeth Debicki (2016) Elisabeth Moss (2017) Kate Box (2018) Deborah Mailman (2019) Yvonne Strahovski (2020) Anna Torv (2021) Tuuli Narkle (2022) Anna Torv (2024)

AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama

Candy Raymond / Deidre Rubenstein (1986)
Michele Fawdon / Nicole Kidman (1987)
Kerry McGuire / Anne Phelan (1988)
Julia Blake / Pat Thomson (1989)
Rebecca Gibney (1990)
Sonia Todd (1991)
Lisa Hensley (1992)
Denise Roberts (1993)
Monica Maughan (1994)
Jacqueline McKenzie (1995)
Claudia Karvan (1996)
Anne Looby (1997)
Rachael Blake (1998)
Jill Forster (1999)
Noni Hazlehurst / Anne Phelan (2000)
Kerry Armstrong / Angie Milliken (2001)
Juliet Stevenson (2002)
Angie Milliken (2003)
Bojana Novakovic (2004)
Claudia Karvan (2005)
Susie Porter (2006)
Claudia Karvan (2007)
Kat Stewart (2008)
Susie Porter (2009)
Catherine McClements (2010)
Sarah Snook (2011)
Leah Purcell (2012)
Claudia Karvan (2013)
Marta Dusseldorp (2014)
Pamela Rabe (2015)
Elizabeth Debicki (2016)
Elisabeth Moss (2017)
Kate Box (2018)
Deborah Mailman (2019)
Yvonne Strahovski (2020)
Anna Torv (2021)
Tuuli Narkle (2022)
Anna Torv (2024)

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