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Marta Dusseldorp (born 1 February 1973) is an Australian stage, film and theatre actress. Her television credits include BlackJack, Crownies (and its spin-off Janet King), Jack Irish and A Place to Call Home.

Marta Dusseldorp
Marta Dusseldorp in 2015
Born	(1973-02-01) 1 February 1973 (age 49)[1] Australia
Alma mater	University of New South Wales Victorian College of the Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1992-present
Spouse	Ben Winspear[2]
Children	2

Early life and education

Dusseldorp is the granddaughter of Dutch-born engineer Dick Dusseldorp, the founder of Lend Lease Corporation.[3] Her maternal grandfather was Sandy Robertson, a Sydney paediatrician.[4] She attended Ascham School and then Geelong Grammar School, graduating in 1990, and the University of New South Wales, where she majored in theatre and film for two years. She then went on to study at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne.[5]

Career

Dusseldorp played the character of Janet King in the 2011 ABC1 drama series Crownies,[6] a role she reprised in the 2014 spin-off Janet King. She is also known for the telemovie series BlackJack (2003–2007) as Sam Lawson and the 2012 Jack Irish telemovie series as Linda Hillier. She has appeared in guest roles on television series such as All Saints. She had a starring role in the series A Place to Call Home, which ran from 2013 until 2018.[7]

She won the award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play in the 2009 Helpmann Awards for her performance as Queen Margaret in Benedict Andrews' The War of the Roses with the Sydney Theatre Company.[8] Dusseldorp returned to the stage in 2016 in the premiere of Benedict Andrews' play Gloria with the Griffin Theatre Company.[9] In November 2017, Dusseldorp and her husband Ben Winspear played the couple in Joanna Murray-Smith's stage adaptation of Scenes from a Marriage for the Queensland Theatre Company.[10] In 2020 she played the role of Erica Bowden in the romantic comedy Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt).

Personal life

Dusseldorp is married to fellow actor Ben Winspear, and they have two children.[11]

She is an ambassador for Save the Children Australia and Australia for UNHCR.[12]

Dusseldorp was the subject of an episode of the television genealogical documentary series Who Do You Think You Are? that first screened on SBS on 14 May 2019.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Paradise Road	Helen van Praagh
1998	Praise	Rachel
2000	Innocence	Monique
2001	Elly	Elly	Short film
2002	Baggage Claim	Lisa	Short film
2011	Burning Man	Lisa
2013	The Railway Man[13]	Memsahib (uncredited)
2020	Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt)	Erica

Television

Year	Television show	Role	Notes
1992	G.P.	Sophie	"Dial the Universe" (#4.25)
1996	Mercury	Lily-Ann Venables	"Bad News Is Good News" (#1.13)
1997	Fable	Sarah	TV movie
1999	Halifax f.p.	Glenys Lund	"A Murder of Crows" (#1.14)
2000	All Saints	Inspector Debbie Bloom	4 episodes
2000	Murder Call	Marion Dreyfuss	"Last Act" (#3.16)
2002	Kangaroo Creek Gang	Actress
2002	Farscape	Officer Yal Henta	2 episodes
2002	Young Lions	Catherine McGregor	"Boy School Bullies" (#1.5)
2003	After the Deluge	Eva	TV movie
2003	MDA	Joanna Gilchrist	2 episodes
2004	BlackJack: Sweet Science	Sam Lawson	TV movie
2005	BlackJack: In the Money
2005	BlackJack: Ace Point Game
2005	Hell Has Harbour Views	Helen
2006	BlackJack: Dead Memory	Sam Lawson
2006	BlackJack: At the Gates
2007	BlackJack: Ghosts
2010	Rescue: Special Ops	Lisa Hartigan	"Locked In" (#2.3)
2011	Crownies	Janet King	22 episodes
2012	Jack Irish: Black Tide	Linda Hillier	TV movie
2012	Jack Irish: Bad Debts
2012	Devil's Dust	Meredith Hellicar	2 episodes
2013	Precinct 13	Anne Chalmers
2013–2018	A Place to Call Home	Sarah Adams	Main role
2014	Jack Irish: Dead Point	Linda Hillier	TV movie
2014–2017	Janet King	Janet King	Lead role
2014	Life on Us	Narrator	SBS documentary[14]
2016	Hatch, Match & Dispatch	Narrator	ABC documentary
2016–2021	Jack Irish	Linda Hillier	3 series (14 episodes)
2020	Stateless	Margot	6 episodes
2020–2021	Wentworth	Sheila Bausch	Special Guest Star (4 episodes)
2022	The Twelve	Lucy Bloom	Main role
2023	Bay of Fires	Stella Heikkinen	Main role (upcoming)

References

External links

• Media related to Marta Dusseldorp at Wikimedia Commons
• Marta Dusseldorp at IMDb

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