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Rarriwuy Hick (born 1990/1991) is an Aboriginal Australian award winning actress, known for her roles in the television series Redfern Now, Cleverman, Wentworth and True Colours.

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Born	1990/1991 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Actress, dancer

Early life and education

Hick was born around 1991[1] in Sydney, Australia. She grew up in both the suburb of Lilyfield, and in Dhalinybuy, an Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.[2][3] She was raised speaking Yolŋu Matha and other Aboriginal Australian languages before learning English, and speaks seven dialects.[4][1] Her mother, Janet Munyarryun, a Yolngu woman, was a founding member of Bangarra Dance Theatre.[3]

Throughout her education, Hick was inspired by her mother to pursue dance and the arts. She attended a Catholic girls high school and showed sufficient interest in dance to establish a troupe.[4] In 2009, she commenced studies at the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA) Dance College,.[5] She was asked to audition for the Aboriginal-produced play Wrong Skin, and was successful, performing on the tour while studying.[6]

Acting career

Hick starred in two episodes of the television series Redfern Now (2012–2013), and as an ongoing character in Wentworth (2018). In 2022 she played the lead role as detective Toni Alma, returning to her home town in Central Australia after living most of her life away from it, in the television miniseries True Colours. One reviewer called her performance "career-best".[7]

Dance and theatre

She established the dance group Yapa Mala and led its choreography.[8][9] In 2011, she starred in the theatre play Bloodland.[10][11]

In 2016, Hick starred in a revival of the Louis Nowra play The Golden Age by the Sydney Theatre Company and her performance and dance received praise.[12][13]

Other activities

Hick was living in Arnhem Land at the time of the 2007 Northern Territory National Emergency Response. She later remarked that the intervention was not having an effect on child abuse like intended and instead that her family's lives and finances were being "completely controlled by the government".[14]

In May 2013, Hick and other actors from theatre production The Shadow King in Melbourne were refused taxi rides by several drivers who reportedly drove off after observing that the group members were of Indigenous appearance.[15][1]

In 2018, Hick started a social media campaign using the hashtag #ourkidsbelongwithfamilies, which became a "rallying cry" of Indigenous Australians fighting to maintain their families together against removals and resettlement of children by authorities.[16][17]

Filmography

Year	Medium	Film	Role	Notes
2012[18]	TV	Move It Mob Style	Herself	Episode 4[19]
2012	Film	She Say		Short film[20]
2012	Film	Scar		Short film[21][8]
2012–2013	TV	Redfern Now	Robyn Davis	2 episodes
2013	Television film	The Broken Shore	Suzie Pascoe
2013	Television film	The Outlaw Michael Howe	Mary
2013	Film	The Hunter		Short film[22][8]
2014	Film	One Short Day	Woman	Short film[23]
2014	TV	The Gods of Wheat Street	Electra Freeburn[24][25]	6 episodes
2015	Television film	Redfern Now: Promise Me	Robyn Davis
2015	Film	Wurinyan		Short film[26]
2016–17	TV	Cleverman	Latani[1]	12 episodes
2018–21	TV	Wentworth	Ruby Mitchell	42 episodes
2018	TV	Black Comedy	Various Characters	6 episodes
2019	TV	Molly and Cara	Cara
2021	TV	Spreadsheet	Dena
2022	Film	Seriously Red		Directed by Gracie Otto[27]
2022	TV	True Colours	Detective Toni Alma	Miniseries (4 episodes)

Theatre

Year	Production	Role	Notes
2010	Wrong Skin	Ngurrumilmaramiriwu[28]
2012	Bloodland	[10][29]
2013	The Shadow King	Cordelia[30]
2014	Brothers Wreck	Adele[31][32]
2016	The Golden Age	Betsheb[33]

Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
2011	Deadly Awards	Female Actor of the Year	Wrong Skin	Nominated[34]
2012	Deadly Awards	Female Actor of the Year	Bloodland	Nominated[35][5]
2015	AACTA Awards	Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama	Redfern Now	Nominated[36]
2016	Logie Awards	Most Outstanding Supporting Actress	"Promise Me", Redfern Now	Nominated[37]
2016	Equity Ensemble Awards	Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Television Movie or Miniseries	The Outlaw Michael Howe	Nominated[38]

References

External links

• Rarriwuy Hick at IMDb
• Rarriwuy Hick on Twitter
• Black Cockatwo (Rarriwuy Hick and Corey Webster) on YouTube, July 2011

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