Jessica Lily

JESSICA LILY

ACTOR | FILMMAKER | TUTOR

“This above all: to thine own self be true.” – William Shakespeare

Jessica Lily is driven and passionate about telling compelling stories and representing the human condition in its most organic form. Her open mind and down to earth approach as well as her commitment to continuously develop her craft, allows her to be an ideal team player, where exploration can be freely discovered.
Jessica recently won ‘best actor’ in her lead role on the award winning short ‘Crown of Flowers’, she is currently in Production shooting the Feature. She then recently played a lead role in an edgy black comedy called ‘Her Creature’ that won Audience Choice Award at the WA Made Film Festival. Jessica is set to shoot several projects this year including ‘Gorgon Blood’, ‘Off the Grid’ and ‘The Asp’. Some of her other credentials include the McCall’s ‘The Skeleton Tree’ and network production The Claremont Murders, Canal Road, TVC’s for QBE Insurance and Bankwest, Verity in the Feature Film Spectrum and she also acted in George Millers Norma at His Majesty’s Theatre. One of her highlights was meeting Quentin Tarantino at the Night Cat in Melbourne.

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ACTING CV

2024-Claremont Murders. Dir: Peter Andrikidis. Screen Australia. Seven Network

Schapelle(shortlisted). Dir: Khoa Do. Fremantle Media. Nine Network. Casting Thea Mcleod

Neighbours.Surfie Chick. Dir: Gary Conway. Fremantle Media. Ten Network

The War that Changed Us. Don Featherstone/James Bogle. Electric Pictures

The Great Mint Swindle. News Crew. Cordell Jigsaw Productions. Dir: Geoff Bennett. Nine Network

Canal Road. Prostitute Roxy. Dir: Dan Netheim. Nine Network

Pickled Prozak Lead: Amazonian Warrior. Dir: Colin Mowbray (AFI Winner). Waterlily Productions

Parallax. Girl in libarary.Dir:Chris Scully. Great Western Entertainment. ABC Network

2025- The Skeleton Tree. Bec. Michael McCall and Steven McCall

2025- Gorgon Blood. Lead Gorgo. Dasha Melnik and Ian Hale

2025- Off the Grid. Lead Ruby. Jessica Lily and Dave Le May

2025- Crown of Flowers. Lead Jessica. Gary Centrone (Awarded Best Actor in two festivals)

2024-Her Creature. Lead Olive. Jessica Lily and Peter Renzullo. (Awarded audience choice at WA Made)

Dukie Plunger Receptionist. Dir: Danny Elacci.Tropfest

Spectrum. Lead Verity. Mitchell Charman

Deleted. Eldred.Dir: Damien Blythe

The Evolution of Sandy. Shimta. Dir: Vince Volpe. Tropfest, Editor Robert Woods.

Trapped. Phycologist. Dir: Jeffery Hogan. Land Productions

The Silent Region. Cockney Alcholic. Dir: Nathan Montheal

2025- Gather Foods company. Michael Sgro, Nick Valentini. Aron Attiwell.

QBE Insurance Lead: Funky Girl. Dir: Mark Zagar. Sauce Films

QBE Billboards. Advert. Sauce Films. John Petkovic

Radio Advert. Sauce Films. Verity FitzGerald

Bank West Lead: Sporty. The Brand Agency

Radio Interview. Elizabeth Kemp the Dream Acting Workshop

Corporate DVD. Lawyer. Taurus Productions

Worn Art (wearable art).Model/Professor Yolk. Dir: Gwen Knox. Broome Rec Centre

Model. UK Company. Darren Rob

Kohl. Spectrum Gallery. Performance Art. Kelly Salapak, Susannah Day

American Angles by Tony Kushner. Dir Les Chantery.NIDA(course)

Miss Julie by August Strindberg. Miss Julie. Dir Paul Caeser. NIDA (course)

The Women with Dogs Eyes by Louis Nowra. Dir J Lily

Norma. Druid.. Dir: George Miller. His Majesty’s Theatre. West Australian Opera

Woven. Dir: Jessica Lily Bushby. Deakin Theatre                                         

Dumb Things. Street Kid. Dir: Yonie Prior. Melbourne Theatre

Baal by Bertolt Bretch. Johanna. Dir.Raulf Raulker. Contemporary Arts Theatre

Richard the Third by William Shakespeare. Queen Margaret. Dir. Richard Mellick. Broome Theatre

Murras by Eva Johnson. Jeyda. Dir. Richard Mellick. Broome Theatre

  • The HubStudio. Casting Workshop. Stevie Ray
  • PAC Advanced Actors Studio. Annie Murtagh-Monks, Ben Young, Kate Cherry, Michael McCall, Noel ONeill, Caroline Brazier, Martin Wilson and Dalip Sondhi. 1 year course (full member)
  • Bachelor of Contemporary. Drama. ECU and Deakin University. WA & VIC
  • Diploma of Education. Drama and Media. ECU. Mount Lawley
  • Aboriginal Musical Theatre.Joe Mellick, Simon Stewart. Richard Mellick. Broome
  • Acting. Theatre. Screen Intensive/Screen Tests/ Acting for Camera. Les Chantery. NSW
  • Marcus Graham intensive Screen Acting. Annie Murtagh- Monks
  • Emma Booth intensive Screen Acting. Annie Murtagh- Monks
  • 16th Street Actors Studio. Masterclass(observer). Larry Moss. NSW
  • Elizabeth Kemp. Actors Studio. Dream Workshop.
  • Miranda Harcourt. Masterclass. The HubStudios
  • Thea Mcleod. Screentests. TAFTA
  • Myles Pollard. Private coaching .WA
  • Villainous Characters for film. Mahesh Jadu
  • Sydney Actors Collective. Chum Ehelepoia and Marti Keefer
  • Comedy Acting. Mark Defriest
  • The Meisner Method. Fern Nicholson.NASA
  • The Stella Adler Method. Lynette Sheldon
  • Alexander Technique. Barbara Robertson.NSW
  • Voice & American Dialect.Gabrielle Rogers.NSW
  • Acting Ensemble/Theatre. Rebecca Johnston and Paul Ceaser.NIDA
  • Comedy Acting for Television. Pino Amenta
  • Creative Intensive. PAC Worshops. Annie Murtagh- Monks
  • John Orcsik . Screen Testing. Lou Mitchell and Greg Apps. .TAFTA
  • Acting for Film and Television.Murray Dowsett.WAAPA
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Production CV JL  (Download Word doc)

Crown of Flowers Award Winning Movie
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