NSW Equity Graduate Day 2024

Host(s)

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  Damon Herriman

  Damon was born in Adelaide, Australia and has been acting since the age of eight. His extensive credits are a testament to his versatility and standing. In 2018, Damon was honoured with the Australians in Film: Orry-Kelly International Award for Extraordinary Contribution to the Australian and USA Screen Industry. Damon’s Australian television credits include the upcoming Amazon Studios and Blumhouse The Bondsman, the series for Disney+ The Artful Dodger, Thai Cave Rescue for Netflix, The Tourist, (AACTA 2022 Nominee) for STAN/BBC/HBO Max, alongside Jamie Dornan and Danielle MacDonald, The Commons for STAN, Lambs of God for Lingo Pictures, Mr. Inbetween (Series 1 - 3) for FX directed by Nash Edgerton, Riot (2018 AACTA Award Winner - Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama, 2018 Logie Award Nomination; Most Outstanding Actor), No Activity S2 for STAN, Top of the Lake: China Girl, Secret City for Matchbox Pictures and Foxtel (2017 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor and the 2016 AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Drama), Never Tear Us Apart as INXS manager Chris Murphy for the Seven Network, The Outlaw Michael Howe in the titular role of Michael Howe, The Elegant Gentleman’s Guide to Knife Fighting, Rake (ABC), Love My Way (Foxtel), Offspring (Network 10), Brides of Christ (ABC) and the series two colead in Laid (ABC), for which he received an AACTA Award 2013 Nomination for Best Performance in a Television Comedy. Damon's film credits include the upcoming Princess Pictures Together, 20th Century Studios Bikeriders, Warner Brothers Mortal Kombat 2 and How To Make Gravy and the Biopic on the life and experience of Robbie Williams; Better Man. Recent Releases include The Portable Door alongside Christoph Waltz and Sam Neill and Run Rabbit Run starring alongside Sarah Snook. Nude Tuesday (AACTA Nomination for Best Lead Actor) with Jackie Van Beek and Jemaine Clement, Judy & Punch, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival (2019 AACTA Award Winner - Best Lead Actor), The Nightingale, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival 2018, Down Under (AACTA Nomination for Best Supporting Actor), The Little Death (AACTA Nomination for Best Lead Actor), Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor, Russell Crowe’s The Water Diviner, 100 Bloody Acres, The Square, Candy, Ned and The Big Steal. In 2008 Damon won the Best Actor award at the St Kilda Film Festival for his performance in the short film Len’s Love Story. Damon also works extensively in the US. Most recently on Once Upon A Time in Hollywood for Quentin Tarantino, playing infamous cult leader, Charles Manson. Other US film credits include Gore Verbinksi’s The Lone Ranger (Walt Disney Pictures), J. Edgar opposite Leonardo DiCaprio (dir Clint Eastwood for Imagine Entertainment/Warner Bros); Redbelt directed by David Mamet (Sony) and House of Wax (Warner Bros). On US television, Damon is best known for his recurring role as Dewey Crowe in the critically acclaimed FX series, Justified opposite Timothy Olyphant. His most recent credits include Barry Jenkins' Amazon Limited Series The Underground Railroad and Perpetual Grace, LTD, alongside Jacki Weaver and Ben Kingsley (Epix/Stan). His other international television credits include the UK BBC One series, The Serpent, David Fincher’s series Mindhunter (playing Charles Manson for the second time in a year), the recurring role of Mr. Jones in CBS’s Vegas opposite Dennis Quaid, Breaking Bad, Wilfred, The Unit, Cold Case and the Vince Gilligan police drama Battle Creek. His series regular roles include the Starz cable drama, Flesh and Bone (2016 Golden Globe Nomination: Best Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television) and Quarry for Cinemax. Damon has also written and/or directed many successful short films, including the Tropfest finalists They and The Date and was awarded Best Screenplay and Audience Award for his short film Soar (writer/performer). Damon was also a contributing sketch writer on ABC / Jungle production, The Elegant Gentlemen’s Guide to Knife Fighting. As a child actor, Damon received three Logie award nominations for his work on The Sullivans. He was nominated a record four times in acting categories at the 2019 AACTA Awards
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  Hoa Xuande

  Hoa Xuande is an Australian actor of Vietnamese descent, best known for his role of The Captain in the HBO/A24 television series The Sympathizer, starring opposite Robert Downey Jr and Sandra Oh. His other screen credits include Romeo in Last King of the Cross (Helium Pictures/Paramount Pictures Australia), Lin in the live action remake of Cowboy Bebop (Netflix), Khoa in Hungry Ghosts (Matchbox Pictures/SBS), Elvin in Ronny Chieng International Student (Sticky Pictures/ABCTV), Daniel in Fighting Season (Foxtel), Walker in Top of the Lake 2: China Girl (See Saw Productions), Lyndon Patterson in Cleverman 2 (GPTV Productions) and Nathan Wong in Black Comedy (ABCTV). Hoa has also appeared in the feature films A Stitch in Time (Haddon Motion Pictures), OtherLife (Cherry Road Films) and Careless Love (Spirited Films). Hoa’s stage credits include: Darren Dang in Boy Swallows Universe (Queensland Theatre), Jeffrey Lu in Jasper Jones (both Queensland Theatre and Barking Gecko Theatre Company productions), Lorenzo in LOVE (Darlinghurst Theatre Company) and Lewis in Loaded: Tonsils + Tweezers (Black Swan State Theatre Company). In 2024 Xuande was recognized by Gold House as the New Gold Honouree at the Gold Gala in Los Angeles and was nominated for Outstanding Performance in a Limited Series at the inaugural Gotham TV Awards in New York. Hoa is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and is represented by Morrissey Management in Australia and UTA and Industry Entertainment in the US.
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  Ashton Lash

  Ashton’s professional debut was in the original Australian company of Hamilton in 2021 as a swing. From there, she worked her way up to be Dance Captain for the Australian & New Zealand tour from 2022-2023. Since then, she has continued on with her Hamilton journey and is currently a swing in the Hamilton International Tour.
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  Lasarus Ratuere

  Lasarus Ratuere is an Australian actor of Fijian heritage. A graduate of The Australian Performing Arts Conservatory, Lasarus’ stage credits include Paul Witt in the Belvoir 2015 production of Kill the Messenger, for which he was nominated for both Helpmann and Sydney Theatre Awards. Lasarus’ most recent Television roles include Felix Vatubua in The Castaways (Paramount+ UK/BBC Studios), Ryan in Irreverent (Peacock/Netflix), Felix Spears in Pieces of Her (Netflix), and his most recent Feature Film credits including Ishikawa in Dreamworks/Paramount Pictures sci-fi marvel Ghost in the Shell with Scarlett Johansson, Michael Leitch the Japanese Rugby World Cup captain in The Brighton Miracle (Eastpool Films/Shogun Productions) and Corporal Buddy Lea in Danger Close (Deep Water Flims/Red Dune Films).
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  Catherine Văn-Davies

  Catherine Văn-Davies is a multi-award-winning Vietnamese-Australian stage and screen actor based in Sydney. Born in Canberra, spending her early childhood in Bogor, Indonesia and her school/tertiary years in Brisbane. She graduated from QUT with a BFA (Acting) in 2006 and trained at HB Studio, New York in 2010. She has had an extensive career in theatre, performing at major arts institutions around the country and internationally, and in the last couple of years has been a new face in Australian television. Her recent screen credits include: Home & Away (Seven), Mother & Son (ABC), Wolf Like Me S2 (Stan), The Claremont Murders (Ch 7), The Twelve (Foxtel), It’s Fine I’m Fine (Photoplay Films), Barons (ABC), Amazing Grace (Nine Network), Hungry Ghosts (SBS), The Letdown (ABC), Fighting Season (Foxtel), Pet Killer (Black Pills). Her recent theatre credits include: Sydney Theatre Company: American Signs, Constellations, Playing Beatie Bow, No Pay? No Way!, White Pearl (with National Theatre of Parramatta), Going Down (with Malthouse); Red Line Productions: A Streetcar Named Desire; Bell Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus, The Misanthrope, The Merchant of Venice; Chunky Move: Complexity of Belonging (with Falk Richter); Belvoir: An Enemy Of The People, Back at the Dojo, The Kiss; Griffin Theatre Company: Sex Magick, Turquoise Elephant; Apocalypse Theatre Company: Angels in America; Little Ones Theatre: The Happy Prince, Dracula, Dangerous Liaisons; Arthur: The Myth Project: Twin, Cut Snake, Superhero Training Academy, Waltzing Woolloomooloo: The Tale of Frankie Jones. MKA: sex. violence.blood.gore; Milk Crate Theatre: various productions. Catherine was a facilitator for Playwriting Australia’s Lotus (with Contemporary Asian Australian Performance) & Outreach programs fostering emerging Australian writers and is an advocate for diversity and inclusion in storytelling and our industry. She was also the Co-Artistic Director of Red Line productions (Old Fitzroy) from 2019 – 2023. Most recent Awards include: 2023 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Leading Role in a Mainstage production (Constellations), Best Supporting Actor (Streetcar) 2020: Best Supporting Actor (Angels in America), 2020 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Ensemble (White Pearl), 2021 Equity Award for Best Ensemble in a Mini Series (Hungry Ghosts). Catherine is a proud member of Actors’ Equity
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  Mark Kilmurry

  Mark Kilmurry is an actor, writer and director, originally from Coventry in the UK, now based in Sydney. He first came to Australia in 1991 with his award-winning theatre company The Snarling Beasties, and moved permanently in 1996. He is currently the Artistic Director of the Ensemble Theatre in Kirribilli after first working there as an actor in 2002, then becoming associate director, co-artistic director and from 2015 sole artistic director. Mark has written, directed and performed in countless theatre productions around the world, from London to New York to Palmerston North, and has also worked in film and television, including writing and directing his feature film Being Gavin (2019) that has screened at many international film festivals. Some of his theatrical credits include: THE ODD COUPLE; The Comedy Theatre, Melbourne & Theatre Royal, Sydney for Crossroads Live Australia. At Ensemble Theatre: UNCLE VANYA, THE GREAT DIVIDE, MIDNIGHT MURDER AT HAMLINGTON HALL, BENEFACTORS, RHINESTONE REX AND MISS MONICA, BOXING DAY BBQ, A DOLL’S HOUSE, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, OUTDATED, KENNY, CRUNCH TIME, THE LAST WIFE, MURDER ON THE WIRELESS, THE BIG TIME, THE NORMAN CONQUESTS, SHIRLEY VALENTINE, TAKING STEPS, NEVILLE’S ISLAND, TWO, ODD MAN OUT, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, BETRAYAL, GOOD PEOPLE, MY ZINC BED, EDUCATING RITA, ABSENT FRIENDS, OTHER DESERT CITIES, THE ANZAC PROJECT, RICHARD III, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, FRANKENSTEIN, MANAGING CARMEN, RED, THE SPEAR CARRIER and HAMLET
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  Helen Dallimore

  Helen Dallimore is an actress, singer, director and writer. A NIDA graduate, she has enjoyed a successful career in theatre, musical theatre, film and television both in Australia and in the UK. She created the role of ‘Glinda’ in the West End production of Wicked opposite Idina Menzel and played ‘Cinderella’ in the Olivier Award Winning Regent’s Park production of Into the Woods. She won the Helpmann Award for her performance in Legally Blonde the Musical. Her recent stage roles include Girl From the North Country for GWB Entertainment, The Wharf Revue, Muriel’s Wedding: The Musical for the Sydney Theatre Company, as well as ‘Judy Garland’ in End of the Rainbow for State Theatre Company South Australia, garnering critical acclaim. Her many screen credits include Mr Accident, Russian Doll, Secret Bridesmaid’s Business, Midsomer Murders, Postcard Bandit, The Day of the Roses, Two Heads Creek, North Shore, The Moodys, House Husbands, and the Emmy Award winning Hardball. Helen played ‘Olivia O’Neill’ in Jungle/Channel Nine’s Here Come the Habibs, for which she was also a writer. Other writing credits include the ABC comedy, Sando. She has been directing theatre for over twenty years, most recent credits including A Life in the Theatre for Darlinghurst Theatre and High Society, The Fantasticks, and Everybody Loves Lucy at Hayes Theatre Company.
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  Leigh Pickford

  Casting Director: Having completed a BA in Film and Media Studies at Middlesex University in London, Leigh began his career working with esteemed film director and two-time Palme D’Or winner Ken Loach. Leigh worked with Loach and producer Rebecca O’Brien for five years and was part of the founding team of their production company Sixteen Films. Over that time he worked on a variety of film and television productions. Upon emigrating to Australia in 2004 Leigh’s interest in the craft of acting peaked his desire to pursue a career as a Casting Director. Leigh found the unique challenge of finding and shaping a cast as an authentic representation of a cinematic story was something that stimulated him greatly, leading to a deep passion for the craft. He joined Maura Fay Casting in 2004 and since that time Leigh has cemented his place as one of the most respected and sought after casting directors in Australia. Recent film projects include Audrey with Jackie van Beek directed by Natalie Baily, Late Night with the Devil with David Dastmalchian directed by the Cairnes brothers, Woody Woodpecker 2 for Universal Studios and Netflix with Mary-Louise Parker and Josh Lawson, docudrama The Speedway Murders, Poker Face with Russell Crowe, RZA, Elsa Pataky and Liam Hemsworth, Mercy Road with Luke Bracey, Hotel Mumbai with Dev Patel, Jason Issacs and Nazanin Boniadi, Winchester with Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook and Jason Clarke and Three Summers with esteemed writer/director, Ben Elton. Recent television projects include Good Cop Bad Cop with Leighton Meester and Clancy Brown for the CW Network, Optics with Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst for ABC TV, NCIS Sydney with Olivia Swann and Todd Lasance for CBS and Paramount +, The Artful Dodger with Thomas Brodie-Sangster and David Thewlis for Disney +, North Shore with John Bradley and Joanne Froggatt for Paramount +, Ten Pound Poms for BBC and STAN, The Tourist with Jamie Dornan for BBC and HBO Max, The Commons with Joanne Froggatt for Sony Pictures Television, Hungry Ghosts for NBC Universal and series four of Preacher for Sony Pictures Television and AMC. Leigh has been twice nominated for Best Casting by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award (AACTA) for his work on Hotel Mumbai and the Easybeats biopic Friday on My Mind.

• Monica Keightley

  Mollison Keightley Management enables the creation and development of careers in the performing arts. Our highly experienced team come from diverse backgrounds including law, producing, marketing/PR and performing. We work in close partnership with our clients to help them achieve their artistic and career goals, whether locally, nationally or globally. Monica Keightley has an arts/law degree and has worked at law firms Purves Clarke Richards (now Gadens) in Melbourne and Ashurst in London. Though artist management has occupied the greater part of her working life, past gigs include fronting a jazz trio in Melbourne, touring and producing children’s theatre as a university student, helping run and write for an indie theatre magazine, and performing in Australia, Europe and the UK. She began running MKM (then Barbara Leane and Associates) in 2003.
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  Monica Sayers

  Monica Sayers is a proud Australian born Chinese artist working as an actor, voiceover, yoga teacher and DJ. Having studied at Actors Centre Australia & ATYP, Monica continued her training at NIDA, graduating with a Bachelor in Dramatic Arts in 2004. Over the years she has worked extensively across different mediums including TV’s - The Messenger, The Unlisted, Rake, Love My Way, Last Man Standing, All Saints, The Royal (UK) and The Clinic (IRE). She has featured in countless commercials, corporate training videos, short films and voiceovers. In 2022 Monica recorded her first audiobook Raised By Wolves, an autobiography by food and drink editor/presenter Jess Ho, accounting her life in the hospitality industry and growing up in a migrant family in suburban Melbourne. Monica’s main theatre highlights are Romeo and Juliet (Bell Shakespeare) Chimerica and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Sydney Theatre Co) Hay Fever (Melbourne Theatre Company) Moon Rabbit Rising (Belvoir 25A) Let The Right One In (Darlinghurst Theatre) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes the musical (Hayes Theatre) Monica is now moving into directing pieces for stage and screen. Last year she acted and co-directed a short film In A Moment, a Seb Berry production. She stepped into assistant director and dramaturg for the Diploma Stage and Screen course Showcase, helmed by Darren Yap, and in February this year, Monica directed an excerpt from Eric Jiang’s play Noodle Salad, to celebrate Lunar New Year, produced by Slanted Theatre and Nation Theatre of Parramatta part of Dragon Tales. Following on, Monica directed two pieces at Nida - a circus themed cabaret and a concert style performance with the diploma students. Monica is a successful applicant in the 2024 Staging the World Mentorship Program by National Theatre of Parramatta, working closely with international director Mina Morita from Crowded Fire Theatre Company San Francisco. This will take place over two weeks in September and October.
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  Danielle Cormack

  Danielle Cormack is a Producer, Director and award winning actor with an impressive stage and screen career spanning decades. From 70s hippies to Amazonian warriors, she has portrayed diverse roles in films such as "Topless Women Talk About Their Lives," "The Price of Milk," and "Via Satellite." Beginning on stage, Cormack has gained recognition both in Australia and New Zealand working for MainStage and independent theatre companies. She has received acclaim for her work across all mediums especially in notable TV shows like “Secret City” "Rake" "Underbelly:Razor" and "Wentworth." In 2017 Cormack co-founded Four One One Productions for which she co-produced and directed the 2025 AACTA nominated short film “Why we Fight”. She is slated to star in and Executive Produce the feature film “Who’s Afraid” that is based on the stage play of the same name that she co-created. After wrapping season 3 of The Twelve she is developing her first feature, which she will direct and has co-written. Currently titled IN THE WAKE - it is a New Zealand/German co-production. She also does costume design, making her a multifaceted presence in the entertainment industry.
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  Julian Kuo

  Julian Kuo is a multi-disciplinary performer from Sydney, Australia. Working professionally since the age of 11, he has worked in Opera, Contemporary Music, Cabaret and Musical Theatre. He is also a passionate music educator, working privately, for The Arts Unit, The Australian Performing Arts Grammar School, amongst others. Kuo holds a Bachelor of Music (B.Mus) majoring in Musical Theatre from The Australian Institute of Music (AIM), graduating in 2010. Julian has produced and starred in several Cabarets including Broadway Bard(Written and dir. Melvyn Morrow) and his own work, Interpretations: The Music of Cole Porter, and He Said. She Said. (co-written by Holly Summers-Clarke) as part of Sydney Fringe Festival. Independent stage credits include;  Spring Awakening (dir. Mitchell Butel) for ATYP, Bernado in West Side Story (dir. Craig Stewart) for Packemin Productions and Craig McDermott in American Psycho (dir. Alexander Berlage) for BB Arts and Two Door Productions. Main Stage credits include; Margaret Mead in HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical (dir. Cameron Menzies) for David M. Hawkins, and the Australian and International Touring Production of the Broadway Blockbuster, HAMILTON: An American Musical (dir. Thomas Kail) for Michael Cassel Group.

• Charley Sanders

  Charley is a director, performer, and writer, and Co Artistic Director of House of Sand. She holds an Adv. Dip. Arts (Acting) from AC Arts and an MFA (Directing) from NIDA and has received an Adelaide Critics Circle Award, numerous Fringe Awards from festivals around Australia and New Zealand, and nominations for an ATG Curtain Call Award, a Broadway World Award and two further Adelaide Critics Circle Awards. Directorial credits Include That Was Friday, Pedal, Castles, Fear of Eggs, all h0urs, REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN. and The Split (HoS) Welcome The Bright World (HoS & STCSA), Titus Andronicus; Mother Courage; O Go My Man; Slavs; 5 Years (ACArts) Trans Scripts (Paul Lucas Prod. NYC) Infected (NIDA) Love Child, Seven Jewish Children, The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later and Like A Fishbone (Early Worx). As assistant director: Cosi Fan Tutte (Opera Australia), Maggie Stone (STCSA), Julia (STC) As a performer Charley has appeared in King Lear (STCSA), Sweeney Todd (ACArts), RENT (Catchy Title) and Angels In America (Papermoon), and created and performed two sellout, award-winning solo cabaret’s A Modest Exhibit and Queer. She most recently understudied the role of Dexie in Triple X by Glace Chase for the Sydney Theatre Company. In Addition to her core practice, Charley has experience as a teacher of acting and directing, drag artist, dramaturge, producer and tour manager. She is qualified and regularly works as an audio describer for blind and low vision audiencs and works as a business consultant to creative entrepreneurs through Creative+Business. Among many arts management, mentorship and advocacy roles, Charley has held positions including Programs Producer for the Sydney Fringe Festival (2019 to 2021) and Program Manager Pride Amplified for Sydney World Pride (2022). Charley is the LGBTQIA+ Identified Co-Chair of the MEAA Equity Diversity Committee for the 2023-4 term and a proud life-long Equity member. Charley is a director, performer, and writer, and Co Artistic Director of House of Sand. She holds an Adv. Dip. Arts (Acting) from AC Arts and an MFA (Directing) from NIDA and has received an Adelaide Critics Circle Award, numerous Fringe Awards from festivals around Australia and New Zealand, and nominations for an ATG Curtain Call Award, a Broadway World Award and two further Adelaide Critics Circle Awards.  Directorial credits Include That Was Friday, Pedal, Castles, Fear of Eggs, all h0urs, REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN. and The Split (HoS) Welcome The Bright World (HoS & STCSA), Titus Andronicus; Mother Courage; O Go My Man; Slavs; 5 Years (ACArts) Trans Scripts (Paul Lucas Prod. NYC) Infected (NIDA) Love Child, Seven Jewish Children, The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later and Like A Fishbone (Early Worx). As assistant director: Cosi Fan Tutte (Opera Australia), Maggie Stone (STCSA), Julia (STC) As a performer Charley has appeared in King Lear (STCSA), Sweeney Todd (ACArts), RENT (Catchy Title) and Angels In America (Papermoon), and created and performed two sellout, award-winning solo cabaret’s A Modest Exhibit and Queer. She most recently understudied the role of Dexie in Triple X by Glace Chase for the Sydney Theatre Company.  In Addition to her core practice, Charley has experience as a teacher of acting and directing, drag artist, dramaturge, producer and tour manager. She is qualified and regularly works as an audio describer for blind and low vision audiencs and works as a business consultant to creative entrepreneurs through Creative+Business. Among many arts management, mentorship and advocacy roles, Charley has held positions including Programs Producer for the Sydney Fringe Festival (2019 to 2021) and Program Manager Pride Amplified for Sydney World Pride (2022). Charley is the LGBTQIA+ Identified Co-Chair of the MEAA Equity Diversity Committee for the 2023-4 term and a proud life-long Equity member. 
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  John Batchelor

  John Batchelor is a familiar face to Australian audiences following his 5 season stint on Sea Patrol as ‘Charge’ and as the larger than life character Peeto in the AACTA winning film Red Dog. John’s feature film highlights include the Chinese/Australian feature The Whistleblower, The Tenderhook, Chasing Comets, Walt Disney Pictures’ Inspector Gadget 2, Danny Deckchair, Peter Rabbit 2. In addition to Sea Patrol, John’s television highlights include Barons, Underbelly: Razor as Kate Leigh’s underworld ‘right hand man’ Wally Tomlinson; The Great Mint Swindle (Tony Lewandowski), Brock (Larry Perkins), Harrow (Clayton Pike), The Secret Daughter (Nick Mackay), Home and Away (Winston Markman) and Devil’s Dust (Jack Rush QC) However, John’s first love is the stage and there he has enjoyed such productions including The Odd Couple – Crossroads Live, Storm Boy - MTC, The Way of the World, Festen and Top Coat - STC, The Underpants – Company B, Holding Achilles (World Premiere) – Dead Puppets Society/Legs on the Wall, Antony and Cleopatra, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Troilus + Cressida, Julius Caesar – Bell Shakespeare, Christmas at Turkey Beach, Oz Shorts and Managing Carmen (World Premiere)- QTC. His 5 years working in Brisbane also gained him 2 Matilda Awards for his work in Queensland Theatre.