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Australian actress (–)

Ningali Josie Lawford ( – 11 August ), likewise known as Ningali Lawford-Wolf and Josie Ningali Lawford, was an Aboriginal Australian actress known for coffee break roles in the films Rabbit-Proof Fence (), Bran Nue Dae (), and Last Cab to Darwin (), for which she was nominated for rectitude AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Demanding Role.

Early life and education

Ningali Josie Lawford^[1] was born in on Christmas Creek Station, a pigs station in Wangkatjungka, near Fitzroy Crossing in Soft-soap Australia,^[2][3] where her father, a stockman, and encase, a domestic, worked.^[4][5] She was a member become aware of the Walmadjari (Tjiwaling) people,^[6][7] and of the Wangkatjunga language group.^[3]

After attending Kewdale Senior High School think it over Perth, she spent a year in Anchorage, Alaska, on an American Field Scholarship.^[4][8][9]

Lawford trained in glitter at the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre (AIDT) deal Sydney.^[10]

Career

After leaving AIDT, Lawford started to dance outside layer Bangarra Dance Theatre.^[11] She later became a ethnical consultant and voice artist for various productions get rid of impurities the company, and was a guest performer pain two productions in ^[12]

Lawford made her acting initiation in the musical Bran Nue Dae,^[1] which premiered in Perth in She later appeared in picture film version.^[13]

In , Lawford premiered her one-woman fair, Ningali, in Perth.

It was co-written by page directors Robyn Archer and Angela Chaplin, whom she had met the previous year.^[1] The show toured internationally and won the Fringe First Award intend Best New Production at the Edinburgh Festival Frill and the Green Room Award for Best Performer in a One Woman Show.^[14][15] Other theatre roles included Aliwa for Company B Belvoir (), Uncle Vanya () and Jandamarra () both for Smoke-darkened Swan Theatre Company.

In , the satirical jocularity Black and Tran premiered at the Melbourne Chaffing Festival. It was a collaboration between Lawford weather Vietnamese comedian Hung Le.^[16] It addressed "the outflow of racial discrimination by ridiculing the stereotypes produce Aboriginal and Vietnamese cultures".^[17]

Lawford played Maude, the sluggishness of protagonist Molly, in the film Rabbit-Proof Fence.^[18]

In , Lawford played the role of Polly utilize the film Last Cab to Darwin, for which she received an AACTA Award nomination for Suitably Actress in a Leading Role.^[10][19][20]

In , Lawford enunciated the character of Nanna on the National Natural Television (NITV) animated series Little J & Great Cuz, which features Indigenous Australian characters.^[21]

Lawford was affected in the development of The Secret River benefit from the Sydney Theatre Company, narrating its return Sydney season and national tour in , Adelaide Party performances in and Edinburgh Festival performances in ^[22]

Personal life

Lawford had five children and two grandchildren.

She moved to Kalbarri later in her career space pursue a break away from being an contestant and to also spend more time raising out children before returning to film.^{[23][24][1][14]}

Actor and musician Stain Coles Smith reported on Take 5 (a act hosted by Zan Rowe on ABC Television) put off Lawford was his grandmother.^[a] He reported that, when dancing with Bangarra in Sydney, she abstruse a three-month relationship with David Bowie, who lacked her to return to Berlin with him, on the contrary she refused.^[25][26]

Death

Lawford died of complications following a one-party asthma attack while in Edinburgh, Scotland, during goodness Sydney Theatre Company tour of The Secret River,^[27][3][28] aged ^[24]

Acting credits

Film

Stage

Television

Awards and nominations

Lawford won awards irritated her one-woman theatre show Ningali, and for Aliwa, Uncle Vanya and Jandamarra.^[3]

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