Louise Siversen

Australian actress

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Louise Siversen

Born|

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Occupation| Actress
Years active| 1981-present (Voice Artist, theatre, acting)
Notable work| Prisoner (1984-1986)
The Flying Doctors (1986-1990)
House Husbands (2012-2017)
Spouse| Theo Siversen (1983–present)
Website| http://louisesiversen.com.au/

Louise Siversen is an Australian actress. She is known for her television roles, including Lou Kelly in Prisoner (1984–1986), Debbie in The Flying Doctors (1988–1990), and 2012-2017 Heather Looby in House Husbands. She has also appeared on stage and in film.

## Training

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Born in Melbourne, Siversen began acting as a child after her parents sent her to dance and drama classes to help her overcome her shyness. Siversen began to enjoy acting and went on to perform with St Martins Youth Theatre, appearing in many productions.[1][failed verification] Siversen was to study law, but decided to stick with acting after attending a Career Day at university.

Siversen has also trained in jazz dance and ballet.

## Career

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### Television

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Siversen is best known for her portrayal of nasty Louise 'Lou' Kelly in the Network Ten series Prisoner. Siversen had done several bit-parts in the series and at the time the character of Lou was devised, and had been a regular extra for several months, playing one of the prisoners. Siversen auditioned, and got the part. Lou quickly became one of the main characters of the series and had a run of three years.

Her other TV credits include The Flying Doctors, Halifax f.p., 'Sugar and Spice, BackBerner, MDA, All Saints, Janus, Rush, Special Squad and House Husbands.

Siversen in 2021 gave an in depth interview about her time on Prisoner on the podcast series Talking Prisoner,[2] where she talked about her career, her hobbies and voice acting.

### Film

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She appeared in the 1989 Australian horror film Houseboat Horror.

### Stage

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Siversen appeared in several productions for the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne and the Melbourne Theatre Company. She also wrote her one-woman show Coming to My Senses in 1993. In 2017 she played Dotty/Mrs Clacket in Michael Frayn's Noises Off for the Melbourne Theatre Company and Queensland Theatre.[3]

She teaches drama at the Victorian College of Arts.

## Acting credits

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### Film

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Type

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1982 | A Slice of Life | Nurse (as Louise Siverson) | Feature film
1988 | Evil Angels (aka A Cry in the Dark) | Jenny Miller (uncredited) | Feature film
1989 | Houseboat Horror | Zelia | Feature film
1990 | A Kink in the Picasso | Reporter | Feature film
1994 | That Eye, The Sky | Mrs. Cherry | Feature film
1996 | Shine | Extra in Ballroom Scene | Feature film
1998 | Crackers | Teacher | Feature film
2000 | Lost | Psychologist | Short film
2002 | Blow | Zoe | Short film
2004 | Josh Jarman | Therapist | Feature film
2006 | What's the Matter? | General Practitioner | Short film
2008 | Valentine's Day | Dawn | Feature film
2008 | Four of a Kind | Anne | Feature film
2009 | Shiny Thing | Carolyn Kibre | Short film
2011 | The Eye of the Storm | Carol | Feature film
2013 | The Kingdom of Doug | Maryanne | Short film
2015 | Sucker | Val - Dodgy Bar Woman | Feature film
2022 | Surrogate[4] | Anna Paxton | Feature film

### Television

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Type

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1981-1984; 1984-1986  | Prisoner | Nurse / Tammy Fisher / Shop Assistant  | TV series
1984  | Carson's Law | Nurse #1 / Prostitute  | TV series, 2 episodes
1984  | Special Squad | Laura  | TV series, episode 4: "Easy Street"
1984-1986  | Prisoner | Lou Kelly / Louise  | TV series, 151 episodes
1988  | The Bartons | Angela  | TV series, 1 episode
1988; 2001  | Neighbours | Carol Barker  | TV series, 1 episode
1988  | House Rules | Elsa Nixon  | TV series
1988  | Sugar and Spice | Mrs Beatrice Robertson  | TV series
1988-1990  | The Flying Doctors[5] | Debbie O'Brien  | TV series, 14 episodes
1991  | Chances | Cheryl Richards  | TV series, 10 episodes
1992  | Kelly | Glennis  | TV series, 1 episode
1994-1995  | Janus [6] | Judge Glenda De Bono  | TV series, 18 episodes
1994  | The Damnation of Harvey McHugh | Annette  | TV series, 3 episodes
1995; 2000  | Halifax f.p. | Linda Quinn / Beth Hartley  | TV series, 2 episodes
1996; 1999  | Blue Heelers | Louise Fordham / Nola Tully  | TV series, 2 episodes
1996  | Law of the Land | Lynne Raynor  | TV series, 1 episode
1997  | The Adventures of Lano and Woodley | Doctor  | TV series, 1 episode
1998  | Good Guys Bad Guys | Shannon Blightie  | TV series, 1 episode
1998  | The Games | Jasmine Holt  | TV series, 2 episodes
1998  | Driven Crazy | Daisy  | TV series, 1 episode
1998  | State Coroner | Cheryl Norton  | TV series, 1 episode
1999; 2002  | Stingers | Olwyn O'Neill / Detective Rawlins  | TV series, 2 episodes
1999  | Crash Zone | Zoe Hansen  | TV series, 4 episodes
1999  | High Flyers | Nola  | TV series, 26 episodes
1999-2002  | BackBerner | Various characters  | TV series, 128 episodes
2000  | Eugenie Sandler PI | Winsome Bedford  | TV series, 5 episodes
2000  | Lost | Psychologist  | TV series, 1 episode
2001  | Neighbours | Angela Patrick  | TV series, 2 episodes
2002  | Short Cuts | Mrs. Bartlett  | TV series, 9 episodes
2002  | Bootleg | Mrs. Spring  | TV miniseries, 3 episodes
2005  | The Secret Life of Us | Marg  | TV series, 1 episode
2005  | MDA | Meg Morrison  | TV series, 4 episodes
2006  | Wicked Science | Elsa Bailey  | TV series, 1 episode
2007  | City Homicide | Janice Quinn  | TV series, 1 episode
2008  | All Saints | Tamara Pederson  | TV series, 1 episode
2008  | Rush | Raelene  | TV series, 1 episode
2012-2017  | House Husbands | Miss Heather Looby  | TV series, 36 episodes
2013  | The Doctor Blake Mysteries | Rosemary Morrisey  | TV series, 1 episode
2015  | Utopia | Linda Hillier  | TV series, 1 episode
2016  | Rake | Shirl  | TV series, 2 episodes
2017  | Ronny Chieng: International Student | Joy-Anne  | TV series, 1 episode
2017  | True Story with Hamish & Andy | Shop Lady  | TV series, 1 episode
2020  | The Gloaming | Minister Leonie Patrick  | TV series, 1 episode
2020  | Rosehaven | Kerry  | TV series, season 4, 1 episode
2021  | Celebration Nation | Paula  | TV series, 3 episodes
2021  | Five Bedrooms | Karen Stefiary  | TV series, 1 episode
2021  | Love Me | Judith  | TV miniseries, 2 episodes

### Television (as self)

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Type

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1989  | In Melbourne Today | Guest  | TV series, 1 episode
1991  | In Sydney Today | Guest  | TV series, 1 episode
1995; 1997  | Good Morning Australia | Guest  | TV series, 2 episodes
2001  | People Dimensions | Guest  | TV series, 1 episode
2021  | Talking Prisoner [7] | Guest  | Podcast series, 2 episodes
2023  | You Don't Have to Hate the Movie People Forever - Interview with Louise Siversen | Herself  | DVD/Video

### Theatre

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Type

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1989 | Morning Sacrifice |  | La Mama, Melbourne
1989 | The Misery of Beauty | Various roles | Theatre Works, Melbourne
1991 | The Girl Who Saw Everything | Carol Edge | Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
1993 | Barmaids | Nancy | Peacock Theatre, Hobart with Zootango Theatre Company
1993 | Coming to My Senses | One-woman show | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne
1998 | Dark: The Diane Arbus Story | Various roles | Melbourne Festival
1999 | Wonderful Ward | Bernadette / PA | Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2000 | Art and Soul | Various roles | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC
2004 | The Memory of Water | Teresa | Space 28, Southbank, Melbourne with MTC
2007 | Dimboola | Florence McAdam | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne
2007-2008 | The Glory | Elizabeth | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga with HotHouse Theatre
2008 | Mum's the Word 2: Teenagers | Deborah | Playhouse, Brisbane, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Burswood Theatre, Perth with Dainty Productions
2009 | Master of the Revels | Judy Forrister | Southbank Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
2010 | All About My Mother | Sister Rosa’s Mother / Matron | Southbank Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
2011 | The Joy of Text | Diane | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC
2013 | True Minds | Vivienne Reynolds | Southbank Theatre with MTC
2016 | The Last Ten Minutes of History |  | Courthouse Theatre
2016 | I Can't Even... | One-woman show | Malthouse Theatre
2017 | Noises Off | Dotty Otley / Mrs Clackett | Playhouse, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre, Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC
2019 | Playlist |  | Trades Hall, Melbourne
2020; 2022 | The Heartbreak Choir | Totty | Southbank Theatre, Melbourne & online with MTC
2021 | Birthday Cake | One-woman show | Geelong Arts Centre with The Space Company & online - Australia
2023 | Croydon |  | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne
2023 | A Very Jewish Christmas Carol | Carol / Rein-Dybbuk / Ensemble | Southbank Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
2023 | Underneath Ms Archer | Kelly Archer (also co-writer) | St Martins Theatre, Fortyfivedownstairs
2023 | Hell's Gates | Various roles | Geelong Arts Centre with The Space Company
2024 | Birthday Cake | One-woman show | Geelong Arts Centre

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## Personal life

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Siversen is married to Theo Siversen. They live in Melbourne.

Siversen has been an Iyengar Yoga student for over 15 years, and is also an avid walker, having walked the Camino Frances, an 800 kilometre walk across Northern Spain, in 2009.

## References

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1. ^ St Martins Youth Arts Centre
2. ^ "Talking Prisoner EP 5 Interview with Louise Siversen (Lou Kelly)". YouTube.
3. ^ "Noises Off (Queensland Theatre and Melbourne Theatre Company)" by Bronwyn Lea, 13 June 2017, Australian Book Review
4. ^ "'Surrogate' (Trailer)". 12 November 2021.
5. ^ "Australian Television: The Flying Doctors: Series 6 cast".
6. ^ "Australian Television: Janus: Cast".
7. ^ "Talking Prisoner EP 5 Interview with Louise Siversen (Lou Kelly)". 16 September 2021.
8. ^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/3527
9. ^ https://creativerep.com.au/artists/louise-siversen/

## External links

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* Louise Siversen at IMDb
* Louise Siversen on Instagram
* Official website
* Profile at Creative Representation

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