C R E A T I V E
Writer
[screen + stage]
Cecilia is a graduate of Actors Centre Australia. In 2021 she expanded her love for storytelling and began writing for screen. She collaborated in 2022 with Director Stef Smith and Photoplay Films as both writer and performer on AACTA nominated series 'It’s Fine, I’m Fine’. The series was also an Official Selection for the Short Form Competition at CanneSeries 2022. In 2023/4 she was awarded an artist residency where she developed a one woman theatre show called 'Cow' which she is currently adapting to a screenplay.
Cecilia is developing other scripted projects, including 2 comedy series. Cecilia’s unique and incisive writing style combines a love of comedy and the gut punch of tragedy to explore ideas of mental health and the female experience.
Since graduating from Actors Centre Australia, she has been actively involved in the independent theatre scene in Sydney as an actor. Theatre credits include Dunyasha, The Cherry Orchard (Clemence Williams, New Theatre), Deborah, Crazy Brave (Cross Pollinate Productions), Chantelle/ Ashley, The Local (Insomniact Productions), Amala, Safekeeping (Adam Cook, New Plot), Lilian O’Brien, The Last Tiger (Adam Cook, New Plot), Mary Chipper, Headcase (Troy Harrison, New Plot), Prophet, Amongst Ruins: Snake Eggs Hatch (Jessica Arthur, New Fitz), Duchess, Mercury Fur (Jessica Arthur, KXT Teethcutting), Lenny, The Telescope (Carissa Licciardello, New Fitz), Alice, Home Invasion (Alexander Berlage, An Assorted Few), Jude, Pramkicker (Vox Theatre) and Heather/Sasha, Normal (The Old 505)
Her screen credits include Nancy Wake, Sheilas (Hannah and Eliza Reilly/Giant Dwarf & Screen Australia), Dot, Thallium Enthusiasts (AFTRS), Winter (Channel 7) Top of the Lake China Girl (BBC and Sundance TV).