Alice Garner
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Alice Garner is an Australian actress, musician and historian.
She is the daughter of Australian writer Helen Garner
and writer and actor Bill Garner.
adapted from her mother's 1977 novel of the same name. She was nominated for an AFI Award
for her role. She starred in Love And Other Catastrophes
in 1996, winning the Film Critics Circle of Australia award for best supporting actress, and in the ABC TV
series SeaChange
.
In September 2001 she and Kate Atkinson
(with whom she had worked on SeaChange
) founded Actors for Refugees
, to improve community attitudes towards refugees and asylum seekers.
She is an occasional Brains Trust member on ABC-TV's The Einstein Factor
.
fluently and in 2001 gained a Ph.D.
in French history from the University of Melbourne
for her study of representations of sea and shore in south-western France
.
Presently Garner is an ARC postdoctoral research fellow at La Trobe University
and is researching the history of the Australian-American Fulbright Program. In her own time, she is also investigating the history of hitchhiking.
She has published two books: The Student Chronicles (MUP 2006), a memoir of her undergraduate years at Melbourne University, and A Shifting Shore: Locals, Outsiders, and the Transformation of a French Fishing Town, 1823-2000 (Cornell University Press, 2005), which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's General History Prize in the year it was published.
in Euphonia and the Xylouris Ensemble. The Xylouris Ensemble performs contemporary, original and traditional Cretan music.
She is the daughter of Australian writer Helen Garner
Helen Garner
Helen Garner is an award-winning Australian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist.-Life:Garner was born in Geelong, Victoria, the eldest of six children. She attended Manifold Heights State School, Ocean Grove State School and then The Hermitage in Geelong...
and writer and actor Bill Garner.
Acting life and career
Garner's acting career began as a child in the 1982 film Monkey GripMonkey Grip (film)
Monkey Grip is a 1982 Australian drama film directed by Ken Cameron. It is based on the novel, also titled Monkey Grip, by Helen Garner...
adapted from her mother's 1977 novel of the same name. She was nominated for an AFI Award
Australian Film Institute Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, known as the AACTA Award , is an accolade presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . The awards recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry and television industry, including directors,...
for her role. She starred in Love And Other Catastrophes
Love and Other Catastrophes
Love and Other Catastrophes is a quirky 1996 Australian romantic comedy film featuring Frances O'Connor, Radha Mitchell, Alice Garner, Matthew Dyktynski, Matt Day and Kym Gyngell...
in 1996, winning the Film Critics Circle of Australia award for best supporting actress, and in the ABC TV
ABC Television
ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
series SeaChange
SeaChange
SeaChange was a popular Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2001 on the ABC. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard, Tom Long and Kerry Armstrong...
.
In September 2001 she and Kate Atkinson
Kate Atkinson (actress)
Kate Atkinson is an Australian television, film and theatre actress. She is best known for her roles on television series SeaChange as Karen Miller and Offspring as Renee....
(with whom she had worked on SeaChange
SeaChange
SeaChange was a popular Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2001 on the ABC. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard, Tom Long and Kerry Armstrong...
) founded Actors for Refugees
Actors for Refugees
Actors for Refugees is an Australian community organisation. It was founded in Melbourne in September 2001 by actresses Alice Garner and Kate Atkinson...
, to improve community attitudes towards refugees and asylum seekers.
She is an occasional Brains Trust member on ABC-TV's The Einstein Factor
The Einstein Factor
The Einstein Factor is an Australian television quiz show that was broadcast on ABC1. The show's host is comedian and broadcaster Peter Berner. It was first broadcast in 2004 and in 2009 the show commenced its sixth and final season, with the ABC announcing the program would not be renewed in 2010....
.
Academic life and career
Garner speaks FrenchFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
fluently and in 2001 gained a Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in French history from the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
for her study of representations of sea and shore in south-western France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Presently Garner is an ARC postdoctoral research fellow at La Trobe University
La Trobe University
La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to become the third oldest university in the state of Victoria. The main campus of La Trobe is located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora; two other major campuses are...
and is researching the history of the Australian-American Fulbright Program. In her own time, she is also investigating the history of hitchhiking.
She has published two books: The Student Chronicles (MUP 2006), a memoir of her undergraduate years at Melbourne University, and A Shifting Shore: Locals, Outsiders, and the Transformation of a French Fishing Town, 1823-2000 (Cornell University Press, 2005), which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's General History Prize in the year it was published.
Music life
She plays celloCello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
in Euphonia and the Xylouris Ensemble. The Xylouris Ensemble performs contemporary, original and traditional Cretan music.
Awards
- 1982 - nominated for the Australian Film InstituteAustralian Film InstituteThe Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, for Monkey Grip - 1996 - nominated for the Australian Film InstituteAustralian Film InstituteThe Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
Awards, Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Love and Other Catastrophes - 1997 - won Film Critics Circle of AustraliaFilm Critics Circle of AustraliaThe Film Critics Circle of Australia is a group of cinema critics that judge Australian films.-External links:**...
Award for Best Supporting Actor - Female, for Love and Other Catastrophes - 2002 - won the Screen Music Awards, Australia for Best Soundtrack Album, for One Night the MoonOne Night the MoonOne Night the Moon is a 2001 Australian musical non-feature film starring husband and wife team Paul Kelly, a singer-songwriter, and Kaarin Fairfax, a film and television actress, and their daughter Memphis Kelly. Directed by Rachel Perkins and written by Perkins with John Romeril, it was filmed on...
shared with Mairead Hannan, Paul KellyPaul Kelly (musician)Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...
, Kev CarmodyKev CarmodyKevin Daniel "Kev" Carmody is an Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter. His song "From Little Things Big Things Grow" was recorded with co-writer Paul Kelly for their 1993 single; it was covered by the Get Up Mob in 2008 and peaked at #4 on the Australian Recording Industry Association singles...
, John RomerilJohn RomerilJohn Henry Romeril is a contemporary Australian playwright.John Romeril was born and grew up in Melbourne where he attended Monash University. His first plays, I Don't Know Who To Feel Sorry For and Chicago, Chicago were written while he was still a student...
, Deirdre Hannan - 2005 - shortlisted for the New South Wales Premier's History AwardsNew South Wales Premier's History AwardsThe State Government of New South Wales, Australia established the Premier's History Awards in 1997. In 2005 the name of the awards was changed to NSW History Awards...
General History Prize for A Shifting Shore: locals, outsiders and the transformation of a French fishing town, 1823-2000
Personal life
Garner lives in Melbourne with her husband David Bowers and their three children in a house immediately adjoining her mother's.Acting roles
- Monkey GripMonkey Grip (film)Monkey Grip is a 1982 Australian drama film directed by Ken Cameron. It is based on the novel, also titled Monkey Grip, by Helen Garner...
, 1982, AFI AwardAustralian Film Institute AwardsThe Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, known as the AACTA Award , is an accolade presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . The awards recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry and television industry, including directors,...
nominee - Lover Boy, 1988
- The Nostradamus KidThe Nostradamus KidThe Nostradamus Kid is a 1992 Australian feature film written and directed by Bob Ellis.The film is a romantic comedy about the religious and sexual coming of age of a 1960s Seventh-day Adventist boy. Ken Elkin is a "randy young man" who is told that the world is about to end...
, 1993 - Love and Other CatastrophesLove and Other CatastrophesLove and Other Catastrophes is a quirky 1996 Australian romantic comedy film featuring Frances O'Connor, Radha Mitchell, Alice Garner, Matthew Dyktynski, Matt Day and Kym Gyngell...
, 1996 - SeaChangeSeaChangeSeaChange was a popular Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2001 on the ABC. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard, Tom Long and Kerry Armstrong...
, 1998 - Strange Planet, 1999
- JindabyneJindabyne (film)Jindabyne is a 2006 Australian drama film by director Ray Lawrence and starring an ensemble cast including Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Deborra-Lee Furness and John Howard. Jindabyne was filmed entirely on location in and around the town of the same name: Jindabyne, New South Wales, situated next...
, 2006
External links
- http://www.actorsforrefugees.org.auActors for RefugeesActors for RefugeesActors for Refugees is an Australian community organisation. It was founded in Melbourne in September 2001 by actresses Alice Garner and Kate Atkinson...
web site] - Alice Garner Biography
- http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/articleid_2705.htmlUniversity of MelbourneUniversity of MelbourneThe University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
media release 31 August 2005 on Garner's appointment]