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Chenoa Deemal is a proud Thiithaarr Warra (Guugu Yimithirr), Kaanju and Ayapathu woman from Cape York in Far North QLD. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) from Queensland University of Technology, and an Advanced Diploma of the Performing Arts from the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA) in Australia. Chenoa is an award-winning actress, receiving the Matilda Award for Best Performance in a Leading Role – Mainstage Production for her performance in Is That You, Ruthiedirected by Leah Purcell.
In 2022, Chenoa played one of the lead roles in TIDDAS at La Boite Theatre. Chenoa was also the lead in Queensland Theatre’s The Longest Minute which received a Matilda Award Nomination for Chenoa - Best Actress in a Leading Role. The production went on to tour regional Queensland. Chenoa also appeared in the world premiere production of David Williamson’s Sorting Out Rachel at Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre in 2018. Her stand-out one-woman performance in the Queensland Theatre/Grin & Tonic co-production The Seven Stages of Grievinggarnered huge critical acclaim; the production has been performed in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland as well as visiting London for the 2017 Border Crossings’ Origins Festival and in 2019 was performed in Los Angeles, CA. Other theatre credits include Rainbow’s End (Riverside Theatres – Australian tour), An Octoroon, Mother Courage and Her Children, St Mary’s in Exile (Queensland Theatre), The Voice in the Walls (Imaginary Theatre), Mr Takahashi & Other Falling Secrets (Corrugated Iron) and A Man with Five Children (Darlinghurst Theatre). Chenoa’s screen credits include the ABC television series’ Troppo and Summer Love as well as Safe Home for SBS.