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Linda Cropper (born 1 January 1958) is an Australian actress, primarily known for her role as Geraldine Proudman in the TV series Offspring and as Dame Nellie Melba in the television series Melba. An shortened edited version of the television series was selected for screening as a film at a Royal Command Performance before Queen Elizabeth II in London.

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Linda Cropper
Born	(1958-01-01) 1 January 1958 (age 64)
Occupation	Actress

Television

Television credits apart from Offspring include the lead role of opera legend Nellie Melba in Melba as well as roles in ABC mini-series Palace of Dreams, Edens Lost, Ring of Scorpio, Bordertown, Wildside, Water Rats, All Saints, White Collar Blue and The Pacific. She had a recurring role as Xhalax Sun during the third season of the Australian-American science fiction series Farscape.^{[citation needed]}

Year	Title	Role	Type
1980	Spring And Fall	Guest role: C.E.S. Officer	ABC TV series, 1 episode 1: 'Close Comfort'
1984	Five Mile Creek	Guest role: Tillie	TV series, 1 episode
1984	A Country Practice	Guest role: Joy Walker	TV series, 2 episodes
1985	Palace Of Dreams	Recurring role: Miriam Mendel	ABC TV miniseries, 10 episodes
1986	Cyclone Tracy	Joycie	TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1987	Melba	Lead role: Nellie Melba / Nellie Mitchell Armstrong 'Melba'	TV miniseries, 8 episodes
1988	Rafferty's Rules	Guest role	TV series, 1 episode
1988	Mike Willesee's Australians	Lead role: Lola Montez	TV film series, 1 episode 6: 'Lola Montez'
1988	Spit MacPhee	Recurring role: Betty Arbuckle	TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1988	Edens Lost	Lead role: Stevie	ABC TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1989	Bodysurfer	Recurring role: Anthea	ABC TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1990	Ring Of Scorpio	Lead role: Marlene Walker	TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1990	The Private War Of Lucinda Smith	Lead role: Lucinda Smith	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1992	Children Of The Dragon	Recurring role: Monica	ABC TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1992	In Sydney Today	Herself - Guest	TV series, 1 episode
1992	Cluedo	Guest role: Matilda Mayberry	TV series, 1 episode
1993	Review	Herself - Guest Presenter	ABC TV series, 1 episode
1993	G.P.	Guest role: Shelley	ABC TV series, 1 episode
1994;1997	Good Morning Australia	Herself - Guest	TV series, 2 episodes
1994;1997	What's Cooking	Herself - Guest	TV series, 2 episodes
1995	Bordertown	Regular role: Bev Stafford	ABC TV miniseries, 10 episodes
1997	Ten News	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
1997	Return To Jupiter	Regular role: Computer	TV series, 13 episodes
1997	The Hostages	Support role: Wendy	TV film
1998	Wildside	Guest role: Carol Wilson	ABC TV series, 1 episode
1999-2000	Water Rats	Recurring role: Charlie Driscoll	TV series, 7 episodes
2001	My Husband My Killer	Lead role: Megan Kalajzich	TV film
2000-2001	Farscape	Recurring/Guest roles: Xhalax Sun / Fento	TV series, 5 episodes
2002	All Saints	Guest role: Anita Murphy	TV series, 1 episode
2002	White Collar Blue	Lead role: Fran Hoffman	TV pilot
2002-2003	White Collar Blue	Regular role: Fran Hoffman	TV series, 7 episodes
2004	Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History	Herself - Narrator (voice)	ABC TV documentary
2006	Answered By Fire	Lead role: Liz Savage	ABC TV film
2006	McLeod's Daughters	Guest role: Trudi Webb	TV series, 2 episodes
2008	Dream Life	Lead role: Dawn	TV film
2008	Connected: The Power Of Six Degrees	Herself - Narrator (voice)	Film documentary
2009	Fairweather Men	Herself - Narrator (voice)	TV documentary
2010	The Pharaoh Who Conquered The Sea	Herself - Narrator (voice)	TV documentary
2010	Satisfaction	Guest role: Loretta Hawkes	TV series, 1 episode
2010-2017	Offspring	Regular role: Geraldine Proudman	TV series, 86 episodes
2010	The Pacific	Recurring role: Mary Frank Sledge	TV miniseries US/AUSTRALIA, 4 episodes
2011	The Secret History Of Eurovision	Herself - Narrator (voice)	SBS TV special
2011	Seduction In The City	Herself - Narrator	TV series, 1 episode
2012	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	Guest role: Veronique Sarcelle	ABC TV series, 1 episode
2013	Redfern Now	Guest role: Coroner	ABC TV series, 1 episode
2014	Old School	Guest role: Barb	ABC TV series, 1 episode
2016	Howard On Menzies: Building Modern Australia	Narrator (voice)	ABC TV series documentary, 2 episodes
2016	Rake	Guest role: Ms Crown	ABC TV series, 2 episodes
2017	The Leftovers	Guest role: The Nun	ABC TV series, 2 episodes
2018	Studio 10	Herself - Guest	TV series, 1 episode
2018	Pine Gap	Recurring role: Dani Griffin	ABC TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2020	How To Stay Married	Guest role: Claire	TV series, 1 episode

Theatre

Cropper's many theatre credits include Simon Phillip's co-production of Poor Boy for the Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company, and the role of Lady Macbeth in Bell Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Other credits with Bell Shakespeare include Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, As You Like It and Hamlet. Sydney Theatre Company credits include Arcadia, Month in the Country, Top Girls, and Great Expectations.

She played the solo role Melbourne Theatre Company's production of The Architect by Aidan Fennessy in 2018.[1]

Film

Cropper's film credits include Teesh and Trude (2002), Little Fish (2005) and Fool's Gold (2008).^{[citation needed]}

FILM

Year	Title	Role	Type
1986	Going Sane	Irene Carter	Feature film
1994	The Seventh Floor	Vivian	Feature film
1996	Little White Lies	Tessler	Feature film
1997	Sidewinder- Titanic Days	Dianne	Film short
1997	Blackrock	Diane	Feature film
1998	With Or Without You	Audrey	Feature film
1999	Passion	Mrs. Lowery	Feature film
1999	Envy	Kate	Feature film
2002	Teesh And Trude	Trudy (Trude)	Feature film
2002	The Nugget	Roadhouse Waitress	Feature film
2005	Little Fish	Denise	Feature film
2007	The Tank		Film short
2008	Fool's Gold	Tess' Attorney	Feature film US/AUSTRALIA
2010	Suburbia	Mary	Film short
2013	Welcome To Iron Knob	Auntie Marg	Film short
2018	Upgrade	Pamela	Feature film
2019	Koko: A Red Dog Story	Loop-Group ADR	Feature film

Accolades

In 2010, Cropper was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance Satisfaction, and also in the 1989 AACTAs for Best Actress in a Miniseries, for Edens Lost.^{[citation needed]}

She won the Green Room Award (Performer, Theatre Companies) in 2019 for her 2018 performance in The Architect.[2]

References

External links

• Linda Cropper at IMDb
• "Linda Cropper". AusStage.

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