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contact Stacey Testro International: 03 9690 0099 or melb@sti.com.au

combination showreel. dur: approx 3'30"

additional reels on vimeo (comedy/drama/animation/presenting): vimeo.com/katrinamathers

KEY CREDITS

Various commercials, voice overs, corporates and short films

Prank Patrol - Ensemble cast - Active TV - ABC3/ABC1

Wilfred II - Guest (Ros Barclay) - SBS & Barking Mad Productions

City Homicide - Guest (Sally Cousins) - Network 7

All Saints - Guest (Kara Greave) - Network 7

The Wedge (Regular Cast) - Sketch Series I & II - Channel 10/Cornerbox

Forget the Rules (Guest) - Interactive Online Drama - Catfish Productions. Dir: Colin Mowbray

T25 - Sitcom Pilot - Independent - Dir: Ben Usher

Saw - Original Short Film - Dir: James Wan

Move! Where are you Going? - International Feature Film (Spain/Italy). Dir: Pietro Jona

Flipside (Regular Cast) - Sketch Series - ABC TV. Dir: Nick Bufalo

Footy Chicks - Comic Stage Play (Moosehead Award Recipient) - Melbourne International Comedy Festival

The Apprentice - Comedy/Documentary Pilot - Melodrama Pictures. Dir: Dennis K. Smith

Last Stop - Short film (Tropfest finalist) - Dir: Greg Williams

Shot (aka: exploitation.com) - Interactive Drama - Dir: Tatiana Doroshenko

Herman the Legal Labrador - Animation - Dir: David Blumenstein, Nakedfella Productions

The Breakfast Shift - Radio Drama Series - 774 ABC Radio Melbourne

Crazy Richard - Short Feature - Lead - Dir: Katrina Mathers & Dean Francis

Blue Heelers - Guest (Olive Katovich) - Southern Star.

Economy Class - Telemovie - Lead (Mezza) - Channel 7/Albert Street Productions. Dir: Kevin Carlin. Pdr: Steve Luby

REVIEWS

THE WEDGE , Network 10 Sketch Series
"I thought it was the freshest new thing on TV... Sandra Sultry was very funny". Neil Mitchell, 3AW

ECONOMY CLASS, HSV7 Telemovie
“Young actress Katrina Mathers shines as a street wise kid who forms an unlikely relationship with an unemployed engineer” David Baird, Herald-Sun
“It is well acted (Mathers is terrific) and production values are excellent for a low budget feature” Garry Mansfield, Herald-Sun
“Katrina Mathers gives an edgy, unexaggerated performance as Mezza” Phillip Adams, The Australian.

FOOTY CHICKS, Moosehead Award Comedy Festival Show
“Fiona Harris & Katrina Mathers are excellent in the roles of Fran and Jane, creating a wonderful Odd Couple type relationship… based on the quality of writing and performance in Footy Chicks, they will be well worth watching in the future… It’s funny, entertaining and well worth seeing". Stageleft. www.stageleft.com.au
“Fiona Harris & Katrina Mathers carry the entire show… with finely-honed acting skills and timing that keep the laughs coming…” The Chaser Newspaper
“Harris and Mathers delivered a tight and amusing performance… the characters were made real by well-honed acting abilities… ” InPress
“A slick two-hander, Footy Chicks is a hilarious expose of what some women will put themselves through in the name of being, or becoming, a footballer's girlfriend” The Age.

CRAZY RICHARD, Independent Short Feature
"Mathers' descent into virtual madness is both compelling and blackly funny." Shadows on the Wall Film Festival Review
“The film's stars (and subjects and filmmakers!) are all extremely well cast” British Film Institute, LLGFF

SHOT, Multimedia Narrative CDRom
“The actress who played all the parts in this piece is astonishing. It would not have worked without the acting skill she brought to this work” Michael Buckley, VCA

PRESENTING, JUDGING, SPEAKING, TEACHING OR APPEARING AS SELF

2009 110th Anniversary Gala Dinner, Mentone Girls' Grammar School, MC

2008 & 2009 Melbourne International Animation Festival, Careers in Animation, Guest Speaker

2008 Arts Law Week, Know Your Rights: Competitions & Prizes, Guest Speaker

2008 Open Channel Course, There's No Business Like Show Business, Guest Presenter

2007 Television Grand Jury, AFI Awards Judge

2007 Rock Eisteddfod Challenge, Grand Final Nights at Vodafone Arena, Guest Judge

2007 MEAA Make Your Own Fun, Seminar for aspiring actors presented by Actors Equity, Panel Speaker

2007 RMIT Student Film Awards, Guest Judge & Presenter

2006 Geelong 24hr Filmmaking Shootout Competition, Guest Judge

2005 iLiving TV Pilot for the Lifestyle Channel, Guest 'Expert' in making a film on a mobile phone

2004 Inaugural Comedy Awards, presented by Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Guest Presenter

2004 The Know for Music Max, Guest Panel Member

2003 Brian McCarthy Memorial Moosehead Award Benefit Night, Guest Performer

2003 The Australian Sitcom Festival, Forum about writing comedy collaboratively, Panel Speaker

2003 Melbourne University Short Course Program, How to Make a Short Film, Course Tutor

02-03 Screen Actors’ Guild, Ongoing Performance Classes for Teens and Adults, Course Tutor

2002 Northern Film Network - How to Write a Short Film, Guest Speaker

2002 MAFIA Documentary Awards, Awards Night MC

2001 Producers’ & Directors’ Guild of Australia, Panel Speaker

2001 The Australian Sitcom Festival, Collaborative Comedy Writing Session, Panel Speaker

1999 Melbourne International Film Festival Short Film Selection Panel

1998 Cinessential Forum on No-Budget Filmmaking with Roger Corman, Newcastle, Panel Speaker

1996 WIFT, Women in Motion Seminar, Panel Speaker

1996 Mentone Girls’ Grammar Year 12 Graduation, Guest Speaker

1995 St Catherines' Girls School Year 12 Careers Day, Focus on Women In Business, Panel Speaker

 


 

16 April, 2010