Lily Sullivan
Born
Australia
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present

Lily Sullivan is an Australian actress. She played Coral in the 2012 film Mental, and Miranda in the 2018 television series Picnic at Hanging Rock. She plays leading roles in two 2023 feature films, Australian sci-fi thriller Monolith, and American horror film Evil Dead Rise.

Early life and education

Sullivan's father is an importer of medical equipment, and her mother Jayne "Noni", a visual artist, who emigrated to Australia from the UK together before Lily's birth. She grew up in Queensland more specifically Carbrook, Queensland, and attended John Paul College in early years then went to Calvary Christian College in year 2 in Logan City, graduating in 2011.[1]

After seeing a production of A Streetcar Named Desire on stage in Brisbane as a teenager, Sullivan became enamoured with the idea of acting, and planned to audition for one of the major drama schools. However, a callout for a film role came in her final year of high school, and she auditioned and won the role.[2]

Career

Sullivan made her feature film debut in P. J. Hogan's 2012 feature Mental,[3] for which she auditioned while still at school[1][4] and earned an AACTA Award nomination for Best Young Actor and a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award nomination for Best Performance by a Young Actor.[5]

In 2014, she appeared in the feature film Galore (2014),[1] which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival.[6] For her performance, she won the Best Actress award at the 2014 Cinema des Antipodes Saint-Tropez.[7][4] She moved to Melbourne after this.[1]

Sullivan was one of two runners-up in the 2015 Heath Ledger Scholarship,[8] along with Emilie Cocquerel. Both were given round trips to Los Angeles to increase their profiles in the US market, as well as a scholarship to attend masterclasses at Screenwise Film and Television School in Sydney.[4]

She appeared in the second season of the television series Rake (2012) and had a recurring role in the NBC series Camp (2013), an American show filmed in Queensland. She had a role in the 2015 film Sucker, starring Timothy Spall.[1]

In 2018, she reached further prominence in the lead role of Miranda in Picnic at Hanging Rock. Later that year, she became the face of Australian pearl company Paspaley, starring in a 60-second advertising video shot on the Kimberley coast in Western Australia.[9]

Sullivan played Lucy in the 2021 Netflix film I Met a Girl.[3] The same year, she was cast in the film Evil Dead Rise, written and directed by Lee Cronin,[10] which was released on 21 April 2023.[11][12]

In 2022, she was cast in the science fiction thriller film Monolith. Filmed in the Adelaide Hills, the film had its Australian premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival on 27 October 2022,[13][14] and its world premiere on 13 March 2023 at SXSW Film Festival. Several reviewers praised Sullivan's performance,[15][16][17][18][19] after the film's showing at FrightFest in London, and Sullivan won Best Actress in Total Film's FrightFest Awards.[20] In a 2023 interview (after the film's cinema release in Australia) she spoke about her role in Monolith being the "challenge of a lifetime", being the only actor on screen for 94 minutes, finding it "terrifying", and saying "I ended up approaching it like theatre, almost... I've never been more aware of my voice".[21]

Other work

Sullivan has also worked as a model in Australia and elsewhere.[3][2]

In October 2018 Paspaley, an Australian pearling company, launched its new ad campaign entitled "Something Real", featuring Sullivan.[22][23]

As of October 2023 Sullivan was trying her hand at screenwriting, working on a "confrontational" comedy-drama for a male lead, while staying with a friend in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales.[21]

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Mental Coral Moochmore
2013 Galore Laura
2015 Sucker Sarah
2017 Jungle Amie
2019 Dark Place Sally Segment: "Killer Native"
2021 I Met a Girl Lucy
2022 Monolith The Interviewer
2023 Evil Dead Rise Beth Bixler
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Rake Michelle Episode: "R vs Wooldridge & Anor"
2013 Camp Marina Barker Main role
2018 Romper Stomper Petra Main role
2018 Picnic at Hanging Rock Miranda Main role
2019 The Other Guy Charlie Main role
2020 Barkskins Delphine Main role

Awards and nominations

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Quinn, Karl (20 June 2014). "Life is suddenly mental for Galore star Lily Sullivan ... in a good way". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Lily Sullivan – Actress". Aje. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Everything To Know About 'I Met A Girl' Star Lily Sullivan". Elle Australia. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Congratulations to Queenslander, Lily Sullivan, named as one of two runners up for 2015 Australians in Film Heath Ledger Scholarship". Screen Queensland. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "Lily Sullivan". RGM. 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Q&A with director Rhys Graham". MIFF Industry. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  7. 1 2 "2014 edition". Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma des Antipodes. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  8. ↑ Groves, Don (2 June 2015). "Heath Ledger Scholarship winner named". Intermedia. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "72andSunny Sydney release first work for Australian pearler Paspaley". AdNews.
  10. ↑ Couch, Aaron (26 May 2021). "'Evil Dead Rise' Set at New Line, HBO Max". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  11. ↑ Laman, Douglas (7 June 2021). "Evil Dead Rise Director Teases Start of Filming With BTS Photo". CBR. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  12. ↑ Squires, John (24 August 2022). "'Evil Dead Rise' Getting a Theatrical Release in April 2023!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "Monolith: World Premiere Gala". Adelaide Film Festival. 7 July 2022. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "Lily Sullivan sci-fi Monolith now shooting in Adelaide". Cinema Australia. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  15. ↑ Gorham, Luke (24 March 2023). "Monolith – Matt Vesely [SXSW '23 Review]". In Review Online. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  16. ↑ French, Alan (23 March 2023). "SXSW 2023: 'Monolith' Embraces Minimalistic Sci-Fi". Sunshine State Cineplex. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  17. ↑ Hughes, Kat (14 March 2023). "'Monolith' Review: Dir. Matt Vesely [SXSW]". THN. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  18. ↑ Donato, Matt (24 March 2023). "Monolith review: a ponderous sci-fi podcast thriller [SXSW 2023]". Film. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  19. ↑ Mattes, Ari (26 October 2023). "Monolith considers the cultural and social implications of new technology, without overdoing it". The Conversation. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  20. ↑ Graham, Jamie (29 August 2023). "The Total Film FrightFest Awards 2023". Total Film. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  21. 1 2 Sullivan, Lily (27 October 2023). "How Lily Sullivan 'descended into madness', on screen and off". The Sydney Morning Herald (Interview). Interviewed by Quinn, Karl. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  22. ↑ "Paspaley changes modern 'Pearl-Ceptions' of women in new campaign via 72andSunny". Campaign Brief. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  23. ↑ "Monsoon collection preview". Paspaley. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  24. ↑ Graham, Jamie (29 August 2023). "The Total Film FrightFest Awards 2023". gamesradar. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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