Anna Lise Phillips | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 Australia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Parent | Maggi Phillips |
Anna Lise Phillips (born 1975) is an Australian actress. She is sometimes credited as Anna Lise, Anna Lise Philips, or Anna-Lise Phillips.
Phillips grew up in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia where she was a founding member of the Corrugated Iron Youth Theatre.[1] Her mother was Maggi Phillips, a dancer[2][3] .
Philips' first major film role was in The Boys (1998) shortly followed by Envy (also known as The New Girlfriend) for which she was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film. Other films of note include Sundance award-winning; Animal Kingdom, Walking on Water, BackTrack, The Pack, A Wreck A Tangle, and The Tank.
In 2002 Phillips played Mabel Fine in Icon's telemovie The Three Stooges with Michael Chiklis, Paul Ben Victor, and Evan Handler.
Phillips first acted on television in 2002, starring in Channel 9's Young Lions. In 2009, she appeared as Jeneana Palmer in Channel Seven's TV soap opera Home and Away.
Phillips has appeared in many Australian TV series including McLeod's Daughters, The Secret Life of Us, Farscape, Stingers, Murder Call, Good Guys Bad Guys, Water Rats, Wildside, The Killing Field, Heartbreak High, Terra Nova, Bastard Boys, Crownies, and City Homicide.
In 2012, she was cast in a recurring role in the American television series Revolution. Phillips starred in Foxtel's 2014 miniseries Devil's Playground with Toni Collette. In 2016, she starred in US comedy Sensitivity Training, which was also shown at the LA Film Festival. In 2020, Phillips made a guest appearance in Neighbours as Jenna Donaldson.[4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Boys | Nola | Feature film |
| 1999 | Envy (aka The New Girlfriend) | Rachel | Feature film |
| 2000 | A Wreck A Tangle | Max | Feature film |
| 2001 | WillFull | Catherine Waterford | Feature film |
| 2002 | Walking on Water | Kate | Feature film |
| 2003 | Clutch | Judy | Short film |
| 2004 | Hooked | Rebecca | Short film |
| 2009 | Dream What You Want | Dream Girl | Short film |
| 2010 | Not Even a Mouse | Jasmine | Short film |
| Animal Kingdom | Barrister Justine Hopper | Feature film | |
| Complicity | Drowning Woman | Short film | |
| 2011 | Katieland | Katie Colvin | Short film |
| 2012 | Inhuman Resources | Shelly Bloom | |
| 2015 | The Pack | Carla Wilson | Feature film |
| 2015 | Backtrack | Erica George | Feature film |
| 2016 | Sensitivity Training | Serena |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Big Sky | Melanie | Episode: "Boxed In" |
| 1998 | A Difficult Woman | Cassie | TV miniseries |
| Wildside | Laurel Williams | Episode: "1.16" | |
| Water Rats | Megan | Episode: "Soft Target" | |
| Good Guys, Bad Guys | Emily Costello | Episode: "A Chip Off the Old Potato" | |
| Murder Call | Eileen Watson | Season 2, Episode 17: "Blowing the Whistle" | |
| Stingers | Clare Challoner | Episode: "Innocents Abroad" | |
| 2000 | Marriage Acts | Anna McKinnon | TV film |
| Farscape | Young Nilaam | Episode: "Vitas Mortis" | |
| The Three Stooges | Mabel Fine | TV film | |
| 2001 | 1000 Meilen für die Liebe | TV film | |
| 2002 | The Secret Life of Us | Julie | Episodes: "A New World Order", "Free Will", "The Grand Delusion" |
| Young Lions | Det. Snr. Const. Cameron Smart | Main role (22 episodes) | |
| 2004 | McLeod's Daughters | Bree Plummer | Episode: "Make or Break" |
| 2005 | Blue Water High | Loren's Mum | Episode: "3.9" |
| 2007 | Bastard Boys | Cherie Snape | TV miniseries |
| 2009 | All Saints | Heather | Episode: "Dreams and Nightmares" |
| Home and Away | Jeneana Palmer | Recurring role (6 episodes) | |
| 2011 | City Homicide | Kylie Barnett | Episode: "No Greater Honour: Reward Day" |
| Crownies | Sonya | Recurring role (5 episodes) | |
| Terra Nova | Teresa | Episode: "What Remains" | |
| 2012 | Tricky Business | Lara Donnelly | Episode: "Mothercraft" |
| Revolution | Maggie Foster | Episodes: "Pilot", "Chained Heat", "No Quarter", "The Plague Dogs" | |
| 2016 | Her Dark Past | Alice | TV film |
| 2018 | Harrow | Stephanie Tolson | Main role (10 episodes) |
| 2020–21 | Neighbours | Jenna Donaldson | Recurring character |
| 2023 | The Clearing | Hannah Wilczek |