ABOUT
Jessica Lily is a truly natural and captivating actor. Whilst living in Sydney she was short-listed for a lead role in a major Australian TV Drama ‘Schapelle’ aired nationwide on channel 9, the casting director was so impressed with her work she invited her to audition for a lead role on Neighbours.
She has a Bachelor of Contemporary Arts Degree in Drama a Graduate Diploma in Education, studied Aboriginal Musical Theatre through WAPPA in Broome and Advanced Screen Acting at NIDA in Sydney. She was also employed by John Curtin College of the Arts in Fremantle as a Specialist Drama Teacher.
In Melbourne she completed a Production Internship at RMITV Studios. She was then employed as a Director and Actor at Orion Studios. She later went on to produce her own online comedy TV series with an AFI award winning director attached as well as Acting alongside some of Melbourne’s best-known comedians.
“An actor has to burn inside with an outer ease.” Michael Chekhov
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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
Production CV JL (Download Word doc)
