Nisrine Amine
Nisrine Amine (born 1984) is a Lebanese-Australian actor, writer, and teacher. She is a co-founder and current Creative Director of Parramatta Actors Centre. Amine was born in Zgharta, Lebanon in 1984 and migrated to the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia in 1988.
Career
Amine's passion for acting was borne at her high school where she played the characters of Uncle Max in The Sound of Music, and Azdak in The Caucasian Chalk Circle.[citation needed] It wasn't until years later that she'd[sentence fragment]
Training
Amine attended Actors Centre Australia for many years as well as the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City.[citation needed]
Acting
Amine recently featured in the Australian feature film Slam directed by Partho Sen Gupta.[citation needed]
Her television credits include Deadly Women (Investigation Discovery), Here Come The Habibs (Nine Network), and Janet King (ABC).[citation needed]
Amine has acted in the short films Amir (2018), Candlelight (2017), The Woman on the Top Floor (2012), Broken Time (2013), and The Parisian (2013), the web series I Luv u But (2014) and TAFEWSI's, Rob’s Campaign (2016). Nisrine received an Outstanding Actor nomination at the 2017 Sydney Film School Award night for her lead role in the short film Maya.[citation needed]
Her stage credits include Lady Tabouli as part of Griffin Theatre Company's Batch festival (Green Door Theatre Company/Apocalypse Theatre Company 2019) The Girl/The Woman (NTOP/Riverside Theatre 2018), Alex and Eve: The Complete Story (Factory Theatre, 2013) where she played the title role of Eve, The Colour Blind Project (Tap Gallery, 2011), and Arabian Nights (New Theatre, 2012) and has acted in countless playwriting development workshops with Playrwriting Australia and Siren Theatre Company.[citation needed]
In late 2019, Amine will star in the upcoming season of Mr Inbetween (FX), Frayed (ABC), and Australian Gangster (Seven Network)[citation needed]
Writing
Her short film Apricot received funding by Screen NSW as part of their SEED: Regional Funding initiative[1][2][3][4] and premiered at Flickerfest 2018 and is currently available for viewing on ABC. In 2012, Nisrine produced and co-directed The Young Creatives Festival of Shorts[5], a short-play festival for young people from Western Sydney as well as The Wizard of Oz (Our Lady of Mercy College, 2002), Check Please! (Catherine Mcauley, 2010), Evil Shall Not Triumph (Catherine McAuley, 2010) and The Wiz (Ave Maria College, 2015). She also wrote, produced and starred in a web series pilot Whatever After (2013). Her short play Must be the Dairy won People’s Choice at Round 2 of Crash Test Drama 2011. Nisrine was one of eight writers selected to take part in the Curious Works Behind Closed Doors program and has been mentored by Australian television writer Blake Ayshford as part of the program.
Parramatta Actors Centre
In January 2018, Amine along with her brother and sister, founded Parramatta Actors Centre[6][7]. The centre, that runs acting classes for both youth ad adults, has worked with many organisations such as the Australian Theatre for Young People and Riverside Theatres.
Nisrine is also the centre's Creative Director.
References[edit]
- ↑ Savage, Desiree. "Screen NSW gives a helping hand to comedy film-makers Gia Frino and Nisrine Amine". Illawarra Mecury. Illawarra Mecury. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ↑ Roberts, Stacey. "A true tale of community". The Daily Telegraph. Blacktown Advocate. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ↑ Amine, Frino, Nisrine, Gia. "Flickerfest Focus: Apricot". Film Ink. Film Ink. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ Savage, Desiree. "Government cash for comedy film for Shellharbour creative". Bega District News. Bega District News. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ↑ "Ex student behind Young Creatives Festival of Shorts". Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta.
- ↑ Roberts, Stacey. "Dramatic entrance". News Corp Ltd. Parramatta Advertiser. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ↑ Synnot, D. "Getting the Movement Going at Parramatta Actors Centre". Discover Parramatta. City of Parramatta Council. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
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