Danielle Carter

Education:

After landing a recurring role in the television series Richmond Hill while still in school, Carter was accepted into Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art, (NIDA), from which she graduated in 1993. Wanting to further hone her craft, she has since studied with the Moscow Arts Theatre School (in 2013), and The Michael Chekhov School in New York in (since 2015).

Television:

Carter played Nikki Spencer in the soap opera Richmond Hill before it was cancelled in June 1988. She then had a recurring role as Jenny Owens in Neighbours (1989). In 1994 she took on the role of Rebecca Fisher in Home and Away for 17 episodes, after Jane Hall had previously played the role.

In 1996, Carter appeared in the series Pacific Drive as Saskia. She had regular ongoing roles as Bree on Medivac (1996–1997) and Sally on Something in the Air (2000–2002). In 2008, she played the wife of the notorious Australian underworld figure Alphonse Gangitano in the first series of Underbelly. In 2011 she played Holly in Mal.com.

Carter has had guest roles in G.P., Heartland, Murder Call, Flipper, BeastMaster, The Lost World, Halifax f.p., Blue Heelers, The Secret Life of Us, Stingers, City Homicide, All Saints, Satisfaction, House Husbands, Offspring. She has also appeared in the miniseries Mr & Mrs Murder, Paper Giants: Magazine Wars and Clickbait.

Film:

In 2009, Carter appeared in the Nicolas Cage blockbuster Knowing as 'Miss Priscilla Taylor (1959)'. Following this, she appeared in Last Dance (2012), The Legend Maker (2014) and Rip Tide (2017) as well as a number of short films.

Theatre:

Carter has appeared in numerous theatre roles throughout her career, with many of Australia's most prominent theatre companies including Ensemble Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company and La Mama Theatre (Melbourne). She has performed in Uncle Vanya. Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard III and My Zinc Bed, among others.

In 2016, Carter performed in the Ensemble Theatre production of Jane Caferella's e-baby, a two-hander play where she played the genetic mother of IVF embryos in a gestational surrogacy arrangement. It was the Sydney premiere of the play, which had only previously been produced in Melbourne in 2015.

Teaching:

Carter has worked as an on-set film and television acting tutor, and a performance coach for professional working actors. She has also taught courses at WAPPA, Victorian College of the Arts, Federation University, NIDA, The National Theatre Drama School, 16th Street, Film and Television International and St Martins Youth Theatre.

She wrote a book for Currency Press called "Racing Against Time", a handbook/guide for actors working in film and television.