Mary Franklin

Mary Franklin is a Sydney-based actor whose stage work spans classical and contemporary text — Euripides' Medea, Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and new writing with the Sydney University Dramatic Society, where she played Rosie in A Bowl of Catfish. She works across short film and radio drama as well as theatre, with screen credits including Motion Sickness, Calling for Answers and Then/After, and trained in Acting Essentials at NIDA Open under Danny Ball. A trained pianist and cellist who reads sheet music and sings as a mezzo-soprano, Mary carries RP, Irish, Scottish and General American accents alongside her native Australian. Represented by CentreStage Agency, she is available for stage, screen and commercial work.

1. 2023

   Arcadia (Tom Stoppard)

   Jellaby · Sydney University Dramatic Society, dir. Tilda Wilkinson-Finch · Stage

2. 2022

   Medea (Euripides)

   Chorus 3 · Sydney University Dramatic Society, dir. Adele Beaumont · Stage

3. 2022

   A Bowl of Catfish (Rotate: a SUDS Showcase)

   Rosie · Sydney University Dramatic Society, dir. Kat Porritt-Fraser · Stage

4. 2019

   The Light Burns Blue (Silva Semerciyan)

   Polly Wright · Kincoppal-Rose Bay School, dir. Nigel Turner-Carroll · Stage

5. 2022

   Motion Sickness

   Daisy · dir. Bibi O'Loghlin · Film

6. 2021

   Calling For Answers

   Trish · dir. Riti Ramanujachari · Film

7. 2021

   Then/After

   Eli · dir. Matthew Miceli & Mo Lovegrove · Film

8. 2021

   Beloved Seraphina

   Becky · Sydney University Dramatic Society, dir. Chanasya Sharma · Voiceover