The Actor and First Assistant Director Relationship with Sara Cooper & Noni Roy

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  Noni Roy

  Noni's extensive credits include: feature film, television series and tvc's.These include the following: The Moogai Feature 1st AD Director: Jon Bell. Producer: Kristina CeytonCauseway Films Mitch Stanley. LP: Michelle Russell,Year Of  TV Series 1st AD (Blk 3) Directors: Taylor Ferguson, Jess Tuckwell,Stan/Rough Diamond Raodshow Fadia Abboud, Eddie Diamandi,Black Snow TV Series 1st AD (Blk 2) Director: Matt Saville. EP: Rosemary BlightStan/Goalpost Pictures Producers: Lois Randall,Wellmania TV Series 1st AD (Blk 2) Director: Helena BrookesNetflix/Fremantle Australia Producers: Warren Clarke, Bree-Anne Sykes,Class of ’07 TV Series Add’l 1st AD Director: Kacie AnningMatchbox/Amazon Producer: Mimi Butler/LP: Lorelle Adamson,The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart TV Series 1st AD(2021) Director: Glendyn IvinProducers: Jodi Matterson, Bruna Papandrea,Made Up Stories/Amazon Steve Hutensky, Barbara GibbsRoar (Ep 2) TV Series 2nd AD Director: Kim Gehrig. 1st AD: Scott LovelockMade Up Stories/Apple TV Producers: : Jodi Matterson, Bruna Papandrea,Steve Hutensky, Barbara Gibbs,Total Control 2 (2U) TV Series 1st AD Director: Dylan RiverBlackfella Films Producers: Darren Dale, Erin Bretherton,Carmen Feature 1st AD Director: Benjamin MillepiedGoalpost/Chapter 2 Producer: Rosemary Blight/Dimitri RassamVARIOUS TVC’S FOR Finch, Collider thru 2020, 2021Eden TV Series 1st AD Director: Mirrah FoulkesEvery Cloud/Stan (Block 2) Line Producer: Scott HartleyNRL - Premiership TVC 1st AD Director: Luke BouchierFinch (Sydney) Producer: Camilla MazzaferroSportsBet – Spring Racing TVC 1st AD Director: Barney HowellsFinch (Melbourne) Producer: Kate MerrinTelstra – WIBA TVC 1st AD Director: Kyra BartleyFinch (Sydney) Producer: Bryce LinternFOXTEL- CRICKET TVC 1st AD Director: Freddie BobbseyFinch (Sydney) Producer: Cath Anderson
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  Sara Cooper

  With a career spanning 25 years in stage and screen, Sara’s credits include Harrow (ABC), Five Bedrooms (Channel Ten), Deadloch (Amazon Prime), The Tailings (SBS), The Gloaming (STAN), Rosehaven (ABC), The Kettering Incident (Foxtel/BBC), My Brother Jack (Channel 10), Pixel Pinkie (Channel 9), and Buzz Bumble (Channel GO!). Stage credits include Terrapin Puppet Theatre’s Explosion Therapy (‘Most Outstanding Children’s Theatre Production’ 2008 Shanghai International Children’s Theatre Festival), the world premiere of Kate Mulvany’s The Mares, Dream Masons (SAC), the world premiere of Tom Holloway’s Beyond the Neck, and multiple musicals including 2023’s Robin Hood for Big Monkey Inc. Sara worked as a Clown Doctor in hospitals around Australia for six years and appeared in roving acts for festivals and corporate events, performing multiple staged readings for MONA, the National Playwriting Festival, TMAG, Festival of Voices, The Australian Script Centre and Actors for Refugees.Her awards include Best Dramedy and Best Supporting Actress at the 2015 Rome WebAwards for ABC’s Noirhouse, and the 2020 Tasmanian Theatre Most Outstanding Ensemble award for Kate Mulvany’s The Mares.Most recently Sara performed the role of Hermione in Blue Cow Theatre’s The Winter’s Tale, receiving five star reviews in Artshub, and in 2022 was invited to play the role of Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for internationally renowned Helpmann and Green Room award winning director, Roger Hodgman.Sara has worked as an on set coach on Amazon Prime’s Deadloch and her drama school Cooper Screen Academy ran from 2010 to 2021 teaching screen acting to thousands of Tasmanians, many who have gone on to work in stage and screen, including lead roles in international networks and streaming platforms. Through Cooper Screen Academy she has conducted live interviews with Yellowstone’s Gil Birmingham and Australian greats including Matt Le Nevez, Jimi Bani, Aaron Pederson and Angus Sampson, and has facilitated workshops with casting directors Thea Mcleod, Anousha Zarkesh, Jane Norris, Nikki Barrett, Peter Rasmussen and Alison Telford.Sara is a graduate of the John Bolton Theatre School in Melbourne.