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Marta Dusseldorp is an Australian stage, film and theatre actress. Her television credits include BlackJack, Crownies (and its spin-off Janet King), Jack Irish and A Place to Call Home.
She is also a producer, as co-founder and co-owner with her husband Ben Winspear of Archipelago Productions in Hobart, Tasmania.
She attended Ascham School and then Geelong Grammar School, graduating in 1990, and the University of New South Wales, where she majored in theatre and film for two years. She then went on to study at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. Marta Dusseldorp: Before Janet King, I always felt I was there to serve a man's story Sydney Morning Herald 22 June 2017
She returned to the stage in 2016 in the premiere of Benedict Andrews' play Gloria with the Griffin Theatre Company. " Crownies Marta Dusseldorp on stage and screen" by Steve Dow, The Saturday Paper, 27 August 2016 In November 2017, Dusseldorp and her husband Ben Winspear played the couple in Joanna Murray-Smith's stage adaptation of Scenes from a Marriage for the Queensland Theatre Company.
In 2020, Dusseldorp played the role of Mum in Angus Cerini's The Bleeding Tree at Hobart's Theatre Royal, directed by Ben Winspear.
In 2021, Dusseldorp and Essie Davis played sisters as Solange and Claire, with Stephanie Jack as Mistress, in The Maids by Jean Genet as translated by Martin Crimp. It was directed by Ben Winspear and performed at The Playhouse Theatre in Hobart, opening on 30 October 2021.
In a new production of Euripides’ timeless play Women of Troy, Dusseldorp played Andromache, Wife of Hector in March 2023. It was staged at Tasmania's Ten Days on the Island arts festival, at Hobart's Theatre Royal, directed by Ben Winspear. The production, by Dusseldorp and Winspear's company Archipelago Productions, was based on Tom Wright’s adaptation. The production included an original score by composer Katie Noonan, who set to music poems by Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani performed by a community chorus of women and children.
She played Sarah Adams in the series A Place to Call Home, which was the most-watched drama series in 2013, and ran until 2018.
In 2020, Dusseldorp was announced to appear in Foxtel drama Wentworth in the role of Shelia Bausch.
In 2020, she played the role of Erica Bowden in the film version of the romantic comedy Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt), which the author, Monica Zanetti, wrote based on her own stage play.
Dusseldorp is co-creator and producer of the 2023 comedy series Bay of Fires, after she pitched the idea to writers and co-creators Andrew Knight and Max Dann. Dusseldorp's company (with her husband) Archipelago Productions, partnered with Fremantle Australia to produce Bay of Fires. Dusseldorp plays a lead role as a wealthy businesswoman, along with a number of other prominent actresses, such as Kerry Fox, Pamela Rabe, and Yael Stone. Bay of Fires was renewed for a second series in 2024. Season 2 debuts on 15 June 2025 in Australia on ABC iview and ABC TV.
Dusseldorp plays Sharon in and executive produced the film With or Without You, directed by Kelly Schilling and also starring Melina Vidler and Albert Mwangi, which premiered at the 2024 Adelaide Film Festival. The film, which was made in South Australia, was released in Australian cinemas in May 2025.
Dusseldorp won the award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play in the 2009 Helpmann Awards for her performance as Queen Margaret in Benedict Andrews' The War of the Roses with the Sydney Theatre Company.
In 2022 Düsseldorp was named as a member of the Screen Australia board and its campaign of 'Make It Australian'.
, Dusseldorp is an ambassador for Save the Children Australia, in which role she has visited remote Aboriginal settlements in the Northern Territory. and an advocate for refugees as Australian representative in Australia for UNHCR.
Recognition and awards
Dusseldorp won the award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama for Janet King in the 2015 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards.
Other activities
Dusseldorp and husband Ben Winspear set up their own stage and screen company, Archipelago Productions, after moving to Hobart, Tasmania, in 2018. Archipelago produces films, stage productions, , and music.
Personal life
Dusseldorp is married to fellow actor Ben Winspear, and they have two children. Winspear, a NIDA-trained actor, has had a significant career in the theatre, including a stint as resident director of Sydney Theatre Company. Winspear was born in Wagga Wagga but raised in Hobart, and the whole family relocated to Hobart, Tasmania from Sydney in 2018. Winspear was a stay-at-home parent in 2020.
Filmography
Films
Short film Short film 2025 With or Without You Sharon Executive Producer
Television
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External links
Categories: Official Website, Living People, 1973 Births, Aacta Award Winners, Australian Film Actresses, Australian People Of Dutch Descent, Australian People Of Scottish Descent, Australian Stage Actresses, Australian Television Actresses, Helpmann Award Winners, Place Of Birth Missing, University Of New South Wales Alumni, Victorian College Of The Arts Alumni, 20th-century Australian Actresses, 21st-century Australian Actresses, People Educated At Ascham School, People Educated At Geelong Grammar School, Actors From Sydney
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