Noni Hazlehurst facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Noni Hazlehurst AM
Hazlehurst on Balance with Deborah Hutton in 2016
Born	Leonie Elva Hazlehurst 17 August 1953 (1953-08-17) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Actress voice actress director writer presenter broadcaster
Spouse(s)	Kevin Dobson (m. 1975; div. 1978) John Jarrett (m. 1988; div. 1999)
Partner(s)	Ian Marden (2003–2013)
Children	2

Leonie Elva "Noni" Hazlehurst AM, (17 August 1953) is an Australian actress, director, writer, presenter and broadcaster who has appeared on television and radio, in dramas, mini-series and made for television films, as well also on stage and in feature films since the early 1970s. Hazlehurst has been honoured with numerous awards including Australian Film Institute Awards, ARIA Awards and Logies, including being inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2016.

Early life

Hazlehurst was born in Melbourne. After attending St Leonard's College in Brighton East, Victoria, Hazlehurst studied Drama at Flinders University in South Australia from 1971 to 1973, where she resided at Flinders University Hall and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974. She has studied ballet, singing, piano, speech and drama. In the 1980s and 1990s, much of her work concentrated on children's television.

Her parents were both English, and migrated to Australia in 1951.

Television work

Along with roles at the ABC, her first television work was in guest lead roles in television serials produced by Crawford Productions. She played the regular role of Sharon Lewis in The Box in 1975 before joining the original cast of The Sullivans as Lil Duggan in late 1976. She was a Play School presenter from 1978 to 2001, and has been a National Ambassador or Patron for many children's events and charities, including Children's Week (1991-2007) and Barnardos. She has worked extensively for children. Hazlehurst has recorded several music and spoken word albums.

Hazlehurst played the lead in miniseries Nancy Wake, The Shiralee, Ride on Stranger and Waterfront in the 1980s.

From 1995 to 2005 Hazlehurst hosted the Seven Networks Better Homes and Gardens, a lifestyle show which is affiliated with the monthly magazine of the same name.

In 2006, she starred in ABC's telemovie Stepfather of the Bride. From 2007 to 2011, she played Detective Superintendent Bernice Waverley on Channel Seven crime drama City Homicide. In 2010, she was a guest on The 7pm Project on Network Ten. Since 2013, she appears as Elizabeth Bligh in the 1950s-set Australian melodrama A Place to Call Home on the Seven Network, playing the wealthy matriarch of the family. The show was renewed for a second series which premiered in 2014, following the second series the show was briefly canceled yet the show was unexpectedly commissioned for a third series which came in 2015. The show then went into production for a fourth series which aired in 2016 and a fifth season airing in 2017 with the final sixth season airing in 2018. She also plays the role of Ambrose in ABC TV's The Letdown and will appear as Pamela in a new series The End in 2019.

Film work

Hazlehurst has had starring roles in Australian films since the 1980s, including roles in Fatty Finn, Fran and Australian Dream). Her most prominent role during this decade was as the lead, Nora, in Monkey Grip (1982), based on Helen Garner's novel of the same name. She later starred in Little Fish in 2005, Candy in 2006, and Bitter & Twisted in 2008. Recent film roles include The Mule, Truth, The Broken Shore and Ladies in Black.

Radio work

Hazlehurst is a regular freelance presenter on 774 ABC Melbourne.

Theatre

Credits include The Man from Mukinupin, On Our Selection, Traitors, Hamlet, No Names, No Packdrill, Cut and Thrust, Frankie & Johnny in the Claire De Lune, for the STC: Navigating (Dir: Marin Potts) The Breath of Life, Woman in Mind, for the MTC: Grace, (Dir: Marion Potts), Madagascar, (Dir: Sam Strong) and The Heretic, (Dir: Matt Scholten). In 2014 she appeared in a critically acclaimed production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Dir: Declan Eames) for the Kin Collective at 45 Downstairs. In 2015 and 2016 Noni performed in a one-woman play, Mother, (Dir: Matt Scholten), written for her by Daniel Keene, on a national tour produced by If Theatre & Regional Arts Victoria. Mother received two Helpmann Awards nominations for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Play and Best Regional Touring Production for If Theatre. Mother was performed at Belvoir Street Theatre in early 2018 and was presented at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in August 2018. Hazlehurst won the 2018 Matilda Award for Best Female Actor in a Leading Role for Mother.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	The Box	Sharon Lewis	Regular
	Division 4	Tania Clarke	Eye Witness (Season 6, episode 36)
1975	Homicide	Linda Williams	Long Weekend (Season 12, episode 23)
	Matlock Police	Karen Simpson	Forget Me Not (Season 5, episode 187) A Dangerous Sort of Man (Season 5, episode 194)
	The Last of the Australians	Joanna	The Hydrochondriac (Season 1, episode 6)
	Division 4	Sara Carr Helen Jenkins Jan Kennedy	What Will my Friends Say? (Season 7, episode 12) 1956 and All That(Season 7, episode 27) Just for Kicks (Season 7, episode 29)
1976	The Sullivans	Lill Duggan	12 episodes
1978	Case for the Defence	Julia	Without Consent (Season 1, episode 5)
1979	Ride on Stranger	Beryl	4 episodes
	Jokes	Various characters
1981	And Here Comes Bucknuckle	Lil	6 episodes
	Sporting Chance		One More Season (Season 1, Episodes 8)
1983	The Weekly's War	Dorothy Drain	TV mini series
	Stations	Dora
1984	Waterfront	Maggie	TV Mini-series
1987	Shiralee, TheThe Shiralee	Lilly	TV Mini-series
	Nancy Wake	Nancy Wake	2 episodes
1989	Fields of Fire	Dawn	TV mini-series
1993	Under the Skin		Grandma's Teeth (Season 1, Episodes 3)
1993	Lizzie's Library	narrator
1998	Twisted	Annie Martin	Dancing Partners (Season 1, Episode 6)
2007	The Librarians	Jan the midwife	Deliverance (Season 2, Episode 5)
2007-2011	City Homicide	Bernice Waverley	Regular- 84 episodes
2013	Redfern Now	Margaret	"Where The Heart Is" (Season 2, Episode 1)
2013-2018	A Place to Call Home	Elizabeth Bligh / Elizabeth Goddard	Regular 67 episodes
2017-2019	The Letdown	Ambrose	Regular 9 episodes
2020	The End	Pamela Hardy	Regular

Television film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	The Judging Ring
1978	Bit Part	Zelda	ABC television film
1989	Naked Under Capricorn	Monica Marriner	Network Nine television film
2000	Waiting at the Royal	Eloise	Australian Film Institute Awards 2000: Won – Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Telefeature or Mini-Series
2006	Stepfather of the Bride	Sophie	television film
2007	Curtin	Elsie Curtin	television film
2013	The Broken Shore	Sybil Cashin	ABC television film

Short film

Year	Title	Role	Duration
1974	Parent Teacher Interviews	Miss Stevens-Teacher	29 minutes
1977	Ruby
1990	Breaking Through	Therapist	52 minutes
2008	Seven Seven Seven	Jess	32 minutes
2009	A Parachute Falling in Siberia	Katherine	14 minutes
2010	Tegan the Vegan	Mrs. Poodle / Mother (voice)	13 minutes
2018	Della Mortika	Mrs. Crotchett Smythe	17 minutes

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	The Getting of Wisdom
1980	Fatty Finn	Myrtle Finn	Australian Film Institute Awards ***1981: Nominated – Best Actress in a Lead Role
1982	Monkey Grip	Nora
1985	Fran	Fran	Australian Film Institute Awards ***1982: Won – Best Actress in a Lead Role
1987	Australian Dream	Dorothy Stubbs
1991	Waiting	Claire
1991	Clowning Around	Sarah Gunner
2005	Little Fish	Janelle Heart	Won: AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 2005 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards ***2005 Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2006	Candy	Elaine Wyatt	Nominated: AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 2006
2008	Bitter & Twisted	Penelope Lombard	Nominated: AFI Award for Best Actress in 2008 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards ***2009 Best Actress
2014	The Mule	Judy Jenkins
2015	Truth	Nicki Burkett
2018	Ladies in Black	Miss Cartwright
2020	June Again	June	post-production
2020	Wedding of the Year	Barb	post-production
2021	Long Story Short	The Stranger

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
1980	Logie Award	Best Supporting Actress in a Series	Ride For Stranger	Won
1981	Australian Film Institute Awards	Best Actress in a Lead Role	Fatty Finn	Nominated
1982	Australian Film Institute Awards	Best Actress in a Lead Role	Monkey Grip	Won
1985	Australian Film Institute Awards	Best Actress in a Lead Role	Fran	Won
	Logie Award	Best Supporting Actress in a Single Series	Waterfront	Nominated
1989	ARIA Awards	Best Children's Album	Shout and Whisper	Nominated
	Logie Awards	Most Popular Actress in a Miniseries/Telemovie	The Shiralee	Nominated
1990	ARIA Awards	Best Children's Album	Peter and the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals	Nominated
1992			Noni Sings Day and Night Songs and Rhymes from Play School	Nominated
2000	Australian Film Institute Awards	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Telefeature or Mini-Series	Waiting For Royal	Won
2005	AACTA Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Little Fish	Won
	Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	"Little Fish"	Won
2006	AACTA Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Candy	Nominated
	Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	"Candy"	Nominated
2008	Australian Film Institute Awards	Best Actress	Bitter & Twisted	Nominated
2009	Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards	Best Actress	"Bitter & Twisted"	Won
2014	Equity Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast: Drama Series	"Redfern Now"	Won
2015	Australian Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	"The Mule"	Nominated
	Helpmann Awards	Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Play	"Mother"	Nominated
2018	AACTA Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Ladies in Black	Nominated
	Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	"Ladies in Black	Won
	The Matilda Awards	Best Female Actor in a Leading Role	Mother	Won

Other Awards

Year	Association	Achievement
1991	Variety Club of Australia	'Top Hat' Achievement Award
1995	National Honours	Member of the Order of Australia for her services to children and the performing arts
2016	Logie Awards	Logie Hall of Fame

Hazlehurst has also been an ambassador for Barnardo's Mother of the Year, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by her alma mater Flinders University in 2007.

Personal life

Hazlehurst married director Kevin Dobson, and she subsequently married John Jarratt in circa 1987. She and Jarratt have two sons, Charlie and William. After separating from Jarratt in August 1999, she dated cameraman Ian Marden.

Her son, William, is the former vocalist for Melbourne death pop band Storm The Sky.