Terrie Waddell is an Australian former actress best known for her role as Lisa Mullins in the television series Prisoner.

Terrie Waddell
Born1961 or 1962 (age 62–63)[1]
Occupation(s)Actress, lecturer
Known forLisa Mullins in Prisoner

Career

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Waddell is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts. Upon her graduation, she appeared in theatre, before she was offered the role of Lisa Mullins in Prisoner during its final season in 1986. She had little acting experience when she was approached to play the role at short notice, replacing Nicki Paull, who had taken ill during production. The producers chose Waddell due to her likeness to Nicki Paull.[1] She remained in the series until its final episode.

She subsequently moved away from acting to become a lecturer in media studies at La Trobe University.[2]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 Evil Angels Mary Walsh
1990 Golden Braid Waitress

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1986 Prisoner Lisa Mullins 32 episodes
1987 Neighbours Meredith Lord 2 episodes
1987 A Country Practice Darlene Spencer 2 episodes
1994 Wedlocked Julia 3 episodes
1997 State Coroner Feldman Episode: "Starting with a Bang"
2022 Talking Prisoner [3] Self Podcast Series 1 episode

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 The Dame Was Loaded Frankie Henderson

Bibliography

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  • Mis/takes: Archetype, Myth and Identity in Screen Fiction, 2006.[4]
  • Wild/lives: Trickster, Place and Liminality on Screen, 2014.[5]
  • Eavesdropping: The Psychotherapist in Film and Television, 2015.[6]
  • The Lost Child Complex in Australian Film: Jung, Story and Playing Beneath the Past, 2019.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Zachariah, Amanda (7 June 1986). "Terrie-fied!". TV Week: 69.
  2. ^ "Dr Terrie Waddell". scholars.latrobe.edu.au. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  3. ^ Talking Prisoner Cell Block H Episode 38 Interview with Terrie Waddell (Lisa Mullins), retrieved 16 May 2023
  4. ^ Waddell, Terrie (2006). Mis/takes: Archetype, Myth and Identity in Screen Fiction. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-583-91721-3. Retrieved 20 February 2023. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Waddell, Terrie (25 February 2014). Wild/lives: Trickster, Place and Liminality on Screen. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-42042-6. Retrieved 20 February 2023. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  6. ^ Huskinson, Lucy; Waddell, Terrie (27 November 2014). Eavesdropping: The psychotherapist in film and television. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-81409-6. Retrieved 20 February 2023. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  7. ^ Waddell, Terrie (2019). The Lost Child Complex in Australian Film: Jung, Story and Playing Beneath the Past. Routledge, Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-138-93969-1. Retrieved 20 February 2023. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
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