Celia De Burgh

Celia De Burgh is a Veteran Australian actress, model, Theatre artist who was born in 1958. She trained as an actress in London, England. After completing her studies, she joined the Melbourne Theatre and after becoming a successful actress and worked in a dozen films, and TV series, she never declined the offers of theatre plays. Theatre was her priority. She acted in the hundred-plus stage plays instead of films and TV series. Celia played the character of Sara Hamilton in the popular TV series Prisoner: Cell Block H; she is known as atheatre artist and took retirement from acting in 1999 to focus on her modeling and theatre career.

She worked in several films and TV series like All The Rivers Run, Fallen Angles, Halifax F P, Far laps, A Country Practice, RFDS, The New Adventure of Black Beauty, The Feds: Terror, Vietnam, Kelly, Room to Move, Winners, Remember Me Click to look into! >> Read More... , Bodyline, Boy in the Bush, Cop Shop, Maybe This time. Celia won Logie Award for the best lead actress. Celia also appeared in a guest role on TV shows like Chopper Squad, Glenview High, Halifax FP. The actress debuted with the Australian movie The Getting Of Wisdom in 1977. The movie is based on the novel of the same name written by Henry Richardson. It stars Barry Humphries, John Waters, Kerry Armstrong, Sigrid Thornton, Noni Hazlehurst, Maggie Kirkpatrick.

The movie was directed by Bruce Beresford and produced by Phillip Adams. The movie was set in the 80s at Presbyterian Ladies College. The film also has a musical theme background with piano works by Beethoven, Schubert. The cost of the movie was $525,000, and it grossed $982,000. In 1972, the producer Bruce Beresford wanted to make the movie after The 'Adventures of Barry Mac Kenzie,’ and thought to get funds from Reg Grundy, but Reg said it would be better if Beresford made a Mac Kenzie's sequel. Then Beresford made a sequel in 1974 with the title Mac Kenzie Hold His Own, but Reg declined to give funds.

Then Victorian Film Corporation provided $100,000. In the audition, six thousand girls gave the interview for the school pupil roles. The movie shot in January and February 1977 at Methodist Ladies College, a small town of Eddington. The movie released on 1 June 1979. The movie won five AFI Awards in 1978. It was rated by seven out of ten, and seventy-six percent of Google users watched the movie. In 1999, she last seen as a supporting role in the TV series Halifax F P, an Australian crime series created by Roger Simpson, which completed six seasons from 1994 to 2002. The series produced by Nine Network, and the budget of each episode was $1.3 Million.

The last episode telecasted on 7 July 2002. A sequel of Halifax premiered on 25 August 2020 on Nine Network with fresh content. The series was again set in Melbourne. The first promo of the series aired Don April 2020. It was rated by eight out of ten, and ninety percent of Google users liked the series. It's starring Rebecca Gibney. The series broadcasted in more than sixty countries. It’s running time from 90 to 120 minutes on the weekend. Since 1999, Celia has not appeared on the big screen, but she is active in the theatre plays, and stage shows.

She has also appeared as a guest in many quiz shows, breakfast shows, interviews and reality shows. Celia likes to listening to classical music and folk dance and now lives in Australia and serves many organizations and stage shows. She also becomes a member of the Australian Film Institute.Celia mostly worked as a supporting actress, but her performance deserves an award because she does not like to work in more than a hundred films and wanted to make a record. The notable thing about the actress is that she did not appear in the lead role in any film.