Susie Porter

Susie Porter

Born: January 1, 1971
in Newcastle, Australia
Susie Porter is a Logie Award winning Australian television and film actress.  In 2000, she starred in the film Bootmen and in the crime drama film The Monkey's Mask, which she plays a lesbian private detective who falls in love with a suspect. In 2001 she appeared in the Australian movie Mullet and had a small role in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. In 2005, Porter had a supporting role in the Australian film Little Fish. In 2006, she had a role in the film The Caterpillar Wish which won her Best Supporting Actress in the AFI Awards.

Movies for Susie Porter...

In the Room Where He Waits
Title: In the Room Where He Waits
Released: February 25, 2024
Type: Movie
Tobin Wade, a young queer theatre actor poised to perform in his Broadway breakthrough role as Tom Wingfield in 'The Glass Menagerie', must return to his Australian hometown after the breakdown of his long term relationship, and the very sudden death of his father. Stuck in a hotel room before the funeral, Tobin begins to unravel, not ready to confront a past long-left behind. When Tobin begins to notice strange and sinister occurrences in his room he realises he's not in there alone, and, unable to leave, he has no choice but to face whoever or whatever is in this room with him.
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Title: The Artful Dodger
Character: Lady Jane Fox
Released: November 29, 2023
Type: TV
In 1850s Australia, in the lively colony of Port Victory, Jack Dawkins aka The Artful Dodger, has transferred his fast fingers as a pickpocket to the nimble skilled fingers of a surgeon. Dodger's past returns to haunt him with the arrival of Fagin, luring him back into a world of crime. A greater threat – to Dodger's heart – is Lady Belle, the Governor's daughter, determined to become the colony's first female surgeon.
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Mercy Road
Title: Mercy Road
Character: Abigail
Released: October 5, 2023
Type: Movie
Racing against time to save his kidnapped daughter, a driver receives chilling phone calls from a man claiming to know her location. As he follows the increasingly unhinged instructions, he learns exactly how far he's willing to go to save his child.
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Title: No Escape
Character: Chief Inspector Sarah Craven
Released: May 18, 2023
Type: TV
Best friends Lana and Kitty are on the run from the UK police. They find sanctuary on a ship called The Blue, which promises a carefree life full of beautiful people, parties and endless beaches, but that paradise soon turns into a nightmare and the pair find themselves far from home and in mortal danger.
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Transfusion
Title: Transfusion
Character: Magistrate
Released: January 5, 2023
Type: Movie
Ryan Logan, a former Special Forces operative, is battling to cope with life after the loss of his wife. He is thrusted into the criminal underworld to keep his only son from being taken from him.
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Gold
Title: Gold
Character: The Stranger
Released: January 13, 2022
Type: Movie
In the not-too-distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their bounty, with one man leaving to secure the necessary tools while the other remains with the gold. The man who remains must endure harsh desert elements, ravenous wild dogs, and mysterious intruders, while battling the sinking suspicion that he has been abandoned to his fate.
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Title: The Unusual Suspects
Character: Rae
Released: June 3, 2021
Type: TV
Follows the theft of a multi-million-dollar necklace and the women from different walks of life who come together to ensure that justice is served.
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Title: Hungry Ghosts
Character: Catherine Taylor
Released: August 24, 2020
Type: TV
When a tomb in Vietnam is accidentally opened on the eve of the Hungry Ghost Festival, a vengeful spirit is unleashed, bringing the dead with him. As these spirits wreak havoc across the Vietnamese-Australian community in Melbourne, reclaiming lost loves and exacting revenge, young woman May Le must rediscover her true heritage and accept her destiny to help bring balance to a community still traumatized by war.
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Ladies in Black
Title: Ladies in Black
Character: Mrs. Miles
Released: October 18, 2018
Type: Movie
Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John, Ladies in Black is an alluring and tender-hearted comedy drama about the lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney.
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The Second
Title: The Second
Character: The Muse
Released: April 22, 2018
Type: Movie
The persona of a celebrated author is threatened when her best friend and muse reveals the dark secret behind her first novel's provenance, igniting an incendiary tale of sex, lies and betrayal.
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Cargo
Title: Cargo
Character: Kay
Released: October 6, 2017
Type: Movie
After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.
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Title: Pulse
Character: Maggie Cutter
Released: July 20, 2017
Type: TV
When successful high-flier Frankie Bell is brought crashing to earth by chronic kidney failure she targets an alternate future. Eight years on she is in her second year as a practicing doctor starting her first day in a Renal rotation. Driven to use her second chance to save others, Frankie must confront an ailing health system, and face her toughest challenge - learning to let go.
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Don't Tell
Title: Don't Tell
Character: Sue
Released: May 18, 2017
Type: Movie
Based on true events that changed the law. This is the story of a survivor, Lyndal, a young woman sexually abused as an 11 year old while attending a prestigious school. Her courage to fight for justice is entrusted to a local lawyer determined to build a case and give Lyndal peace from her torment. With the help of his aspiring young associate and an enigmatic barrister, the lawyer and Lyndal find their way together.
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Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Title: Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Character: Herself
Released: April 17, 2017
Type: Movie
Documentary about the life and career of Australian actor Rod Taylor.
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Title: Seven Types of Ambiguity
Character: Gina Serkin
Released: April 13, 2017
Type: TV
A gripping psychological mystery told from the shifting perspective of six characters following a complicated chain of events triggered when a child is taken and relationships are thrown into crisis.
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Hounds of Love
Title: Hounds of Love
Character: Maggie Maloney
Released: October 7, 2016
Type: Movie
When Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple, she soon observes the dynamic between her captors and quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.
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The Turning
Title: The Turning
Character: Carol Lang
Released: September 25, 2013
Type: Movie
Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. The linking and overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people’s lives in a stunning portrait of a small coastal community. As characters face second thoughts and regret, relationships irretrievably alter, resolves are made or broken, and lives change direction forever.
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Title: It's a Date
Character: Jocelyn
Released: August 15, 2013
Type: TV
It's a Date is a comedy series exploring the tension, expectation and complication of finding true love. Each new episode features a different cast tackling a different set of situations and addressing a new question each week. Should you have sex on a first date? Does age matter? How accurate are first impressions? How important is honesty on a first date?
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Title: Wentworth
Character: Marie Winter
Released: May 1, 2013
Type: TV
Bea Smith is locked up while awaiting trial for the attempted murder of her husband and must learn how life works in prison. A modern adaptation and sequel of the iconic Prisoner series.
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Dangerous Remedy
Title: Dangerous Remedy
Character: Peggy Berman
Released: November 4, 2012
Type: Movie
The ABC telemovie event Dangerous Remedy tells the fascinating story of Dr Bertram Wainer. Living and working in Melbourne in the 1960s, Dr Wainer put his life at risk to expose police corruption in an effort to change the law on abortion and put an end to the illegal operations that were killing young women. It’s a truly inspiring story. Dr Wainer’s determination, even when his own life and that of his family’s was threatened, never faltered. He was living proof that one person can make a difference and change the status quo. With the support of Dr Wainer’s family, the filmmakers have endeavoured to capture the essence of his struggle to expose police corruption and change the law.
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Title: Puberty Blues
Character: Pam Knight
Released: August 15, 2012
Type: TV
Based on Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey's iconic novel, Puberty Blues tells the story of two girls, Debbie and Sue, of innocence lost and experience gained against the backdrop of Australia in the 1970s.
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Title: Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms
Character: Vanessa Ross
Released: May 15, 2012
Type: TV
Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms is a six-part Australian drama miniseries, screened on Network Ten on 15 May 2012. Bikie Wars is based on the book Brothers in Arms by Lindsay Simpson and Sandra Harvey. The screenplay was written by Greg Haddrick, Roger Simpson and Jo Martino. It is directed by Peter Andrikidis. Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms cost A$6,000,000 to make.
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Sisters of War
Title: Sisters of War
Character: Kay Parker
Released: November 11, 2010
Type: Movie
Sisters of War is a World War II memoir that re-creates events in New Britain during the Japanese invasion and occupation. It is a story about the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, especially Sister Berenice Twohill and her working friendship with nursing sister, Lorna Whyte. The Australians pulled out of the mission in Vunapope outside Rabaul, leaving the nurses and wounded who took refuge there. They were captured and about to be executed when Bishop Leo Scharmach MSC bluffed the Japanese by saying that he was the representative of Hitler and his people could not be executed.
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Summer Coda
Title: Summer Coda
Character: Angela
Released: October 21, 2010
Type: Movie
Hitchhiking home to a family she's never known, Heidi meets Michael. In the stunning orange groves of country Australia, they embark on an adventure, discovering their secrets and lives may be better shared.
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Title: My Place
Released: December 4, 2009
Type: TV
My Place tells the story of one house in south Sydney as told by the generations of children who have lived there over a period of over 220 years. The series opens in 2008 and travels back to pre-1788. Each episode centres around a child with a talent for some kind of trouble, each hiding up the same old fig tree, each with a story to tell.
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Title: The Jesters
Released: September 8, 2009
Type: TV
The Jesters is an Australian comedy series produced for Movie Extra subscription television channel. The series is a satire about the day-to-day battles of a sketch comedy veteran turned producer.
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Title: East of Everything
Character: Eve Pritchard
Released: March 30, 2008
Type: TV
East of Everything is an Australian drama television series which began screening on 30 March 2008 on the ABC. It is produced by Deborah Cox, Fiona Eagger and Roger Monk. Two seasons were produced. East of Everything revolves around a globe-trotting travel writer who returns home for his Mum's funeral to a neglected resort town, Broken Bay, on the easternmost point of Australia. He is challenged by a crooked local council, his brother who is trying to cheat him out of his inheritance, his first love who broke his heart when he was a teenager and the son he hasn't seen in ten years. The setting was named by combining the names of Byron Bay and Broken Head.
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Title: Underbelly
Character: Rose Taylor
Released: February 13, 2008
Type: TV
Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series, each series is a stand alone story based on real-life events.
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Title: East West 101
Character: Patricia Wright
Released: December 6, 2007
Type: TV
Zane Malik and the Major Crime Squad investigate crime and murder in all quarters of multicultural Sydney.
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No Mail
Title: No Mail
Character: Antonia Short
Released: November 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Small minds in a small town attempt to ostracize the local Muslim postman and their actions divide the town. When the postman's co-workers rally behind him the residents are forced to face the same exclusion they imposed on him.
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Title: Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
Character: Sally Blair Kinnell
Released: July 12, 2006
Type: TV
An anthology series based on the works of Stephen King.
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The Caterpillar Wish
Title: The Caterpillar Wish
Character: Susan Woodbrige
Released: June 8, 2006
Type: Movie
A young girl's view on belonging and loss.
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Title: RAN Remote Area Nurse
Character: Helen Tremaine
Released: January 5, 2006
Type: TV
RAN is an Australian television program, filmed entirely on Masig Island in the tropical Torres Strait north of the Cape York Peninsula, the northernmost part of Australia, and the border with Papua New Guinea. This is an important series to Torres Strait Islanders, but also to the predominantly Anglo Australian community as it highlights the difference between Islanders and mainland Indigenous Australians and the interactions between Islander and Anglo culture. Islander actors and extras are extensively used. The series was released on DVD on 20 February 2006.
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Little Fish
Title: Little Fish
Character: Jenny
Released: July 19, 2005
Type: Movie
Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.
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Teesh and Trude
Title: Teesh and Trude
Character: Teesh
Released: July 18, 2002
Type: Movie
Teesh and Trude is the humorous, yet biting story of two hard and damaged women living on a diet of soapies, frustration and sarcasm. It reveals the dysfunction, denial and desperation of two people trapped by circumstances, apathy and class.
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Title: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Character: Hermione Bagwa / WA-7
Released: May 15, 2002
Type: Movie
Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy forever.
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Title: The Secret Life of Us
Character: Pandora
Released: July 16, 2001
Type: TV
The Secret Life of Us is an Australian television drama series about the lives of 20-30 somethings living in the early 2000s.
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Mullet
Title: Mullet
Character: Tully
Released: June 28, 2001
Type: Movie
Eddie returns to his home town on the south coast of New South Wales. Having left for the city without explanation a few years previously, he tries to pick up the pieces of his life and fit back in to the lives of those he left, including his ex-girlfriend Tully and brother Pete.
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The Monkey's Mask
Title: The Monkey's Mask
Character: Jill Fitzpatrick
Released: May 10, 2001
Type: Movie
A lesbian private detective dives head first into murder, manipulation and the consuming power of sex.
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Better Than Sex
Title: Better Than Sex
Character: Cin
Released: November 9, 2000
Type: Movie
After a one-night stand a couple is faced with the terrifying possibility of what they really want.
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Bootmen
Title: Bootmen
Character: Sara
Released: October 5, 2000
Type: Movie
Sean Odkin loves to dance—much to his fathers distain. When the woman he loves cannot return his love, he goes in search of the only thing that can make him whole again—dancing.
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Feeling Sexy
Title: Feeling Sexy
Character: Vicki
Released: December 23, 1999
Type: Movie
Feeling Sexy is a story about Vicki, a passionate and vivacious artist with a voracious appetite for life and love. When she meets and marries medical student Greg, she feels she has found true happiness, but two kids and hours, weeks, years of house chores later soon shatter the dream. Vicki wants freedom, release and self-expression, and despite her love for Greg, falls into a lusty affair with art student Hugo. But dishonesty and deceit are not for Vicki. She fatally confesses all to Greg and home life becomes hellish, with Vicki left crushed and demoralized and Greg suspicious and mistrusting. A radical solution is called for and Vicki discovers that the answer may lie within her own creativity and imagination. Vicki is 'married with children' and caught in the universal dilemma - how do you keep the passion alive?
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Title: Rove
Character: Self
Released: September 22, 1999
Type: TV
Rove, formerly Rove Live, was an Australian television variety show which premiered on the Nine Network on 22 September 1999, before moving to Network Ten which aired the program from 2000 until November, 2009. The show was hosted by comedian Rove McManus, and featured an ensemble cast, who presented various segments throughout the course of the show. The show won the Logie Award for "Most Popular Light Entertainment Program" five times.
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Two Hands
Title: Two Hands
Character: Deirdre
Released: July 29, 1999
Type: Movie
A 19-year-old finds himself in debt to a local gangster when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Meanwhile, two street kids start a shopping spree when they find the missing money.
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Amy
Title: Amy
Character: Anny Buchanan
Released: August 27, 1998
Type: Movie
Amy's father, Franco, was a popular rock musician accidentally electrocuted while performing on stage. The psychological trauma leaves Amy mute and deaf. So the 8-year-old is brought by her mother, Tanya, to Melbourne to diagnose the reasons for her continued silence.
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Welcome to Woop Woop
Title: Welcome to Woop Woop
Character: Angie
Released: August 13, 1998
Type: Movie
A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.
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Idiot Box
Title: Idiot Box
Character: Betty
Released: March 6, 1997
Type: Movie
Mick and Kev – bored, unemployed and aimless in the western suburbs of Sydney – decide to rob a bank, more or less for the fun of it.
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Paradise Road
Title: Paradise Road
Character: Oggi
Released: February 11, 1997
Type: Movie
A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp on Sumatra during World War II.
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Mr. Reliable
Title: Mr. Reliable
Character: Fay
Released: November 22, 1996
Type: Movie
All Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with his girlfriend Beryl. Unfortunately when two police officers come around to disturb this, a misunderstanding quickly becomes out of control, resulting Wally, Beryl and her child being trapped in their house, surrounded by armed police under the impression that Wally is holding everyone hostage. Events quickly spiral into a media circus as, through the siege, Wally - inadvertently - manages to become a symbol for the anti-war movement.
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Dirty Boy
Title: Dirty Boy
Character: Verity Wentworth
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Issac, a reclusive schizophrenic, discovers that he’s being framed for a series of ritualistic murders and must prove his innocence by exposing a sinister cult and rescuing their next victim.