Leonie Elva "Noni" Hazlehurst is an Australian actress, director, writer, presenter, and broadcaster who has appeared on television and radio, in dramas, mini-series, and made for television films, as well also on stage and in since the early 1970s. Hazlehurst has been honoured with numerous awards, including Australian Film Institute Awards, and Logies, including being inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2016.
After attending St Leonard's College in Brighton East, Victoria, Hazlehurst studied Drama at Flinders University in South Australia from 1971 to 1973, where she resided at Flinders University Hall and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974.
Both of her parents were English people, and they migrated to Australia in 1951.
Hazlehurst appeared in the miniseries Nancy Wake (played the title role), as well as such films and miniseries as The Shiralee, Ride on Stranger, and Waterfront in the 1980s.
From 1995 to 2005, she hosted the Better Homes and Gardens, a lifestyle show which is affiliated with the monthly magazine of the same name.
In 2006, she starred in ABC's telemovie Stepfather of the Bride. From 2007 to 2011, she played Detective Superintendent Bernice Waverley on Channel Seven crime drama City Homicide. In 2010, she was a guest on The 7pm Project on Network Ten. In July 2011, as part of a rapidly growing internet meme, she read the book Go the Fuck to Sleep to camera in the style she formerly used on Play School. She immediately offered to record a reading of the book after being sent a copy by the publisher.,
Beginning in 2013, she appeared as Elizabeth Bligh in the 1950s-set Australian melodrama A Place to Call Home on the Seven Network, playing the wealthy matriarch of the family. She played "Ambrose" in ABC TV's The Letdown (2017–2019), and as Pamela in The End (2020).
She later starred in Little Fish in 2005, Candy in 2006, and Bitter & Twisted in 2008. Later film roles include The Mule, Truth, The Broken Shore, and Ladies in Black.
| 1980 | Logie Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Series | Ride on Stranger | |
| 1981 | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Actress in a Lead Role | Fatty Finn | |
| 1982 | Monkey Grip | |||
| 1985 | Fran | |||
| Logie Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Single Series | Waterfront | ||
| 1989 | ARIA Awards | Best Children's Album | Shout and Whisper | |
| Logie Awards | Most Popular Actress in a Miniseries/Telemovie | The Shiralee | ||
| 1990 | ARIA Awards | Best Children's Album | Peter and the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals | |
| 1992 | Noni Sings Day and Night Songs and Rhymes from Play School | |||
| 2000 | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Telefeature or Mini-Series | Waiting at the Royal | |
| 2005 | AACTA Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Little Fish | |
| Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |||
| 2006 | AACTA Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Candy | |
| Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |||
| 2008 | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Actress | Bitter & Twisted | |
| 2009 | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Actress | ||
| 2014 | Equity Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast: Drama Series | Redfern Now | |
| 2015 | Australian Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | The Mule | |
| Helpmann Awards | Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Play | Mother | ||
| 2018 | AACTA Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Ladies in Black | |
| Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |||
| The Matilda Awards | Best Female Actor in a Leading Role | Mother |
| 1991 | Variety Club of Australia | "Top Hat" Achievement Award |
| 1995 | National Honours | Member of the Order of Australia for her services to children and the performing arts |
| 2016 | Logie Awards | Logie Hall of Fame |
She has been an ambassador for Barnardo's "Mother of the Year" awards. VIP mum Noni Hazlehurst
Her son, William, is the former vocalist for Melbourne death pop band Storm The Sky.
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Noni released her autobiography Dropping The Mask on 2 October 2024 and promoted it with personal appearances and book signings through the month of October.
| 1973 | Emergency Line | Regular role | TV series |
| 1974 | Bellbird | Guest role | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1974 | Division 4 | Helen Jenkins / Jan Kennedy / Sarah Carr / Tania Clarke | TV series 4 episodes: What Will my Friends Say? (Season 7, episode 12) 1956 and All That (Season 7, episode 27) Just for Kicks (Season 7, episode 29) |
| 1975 | The Last of the Australians | Joanna | TV series Season 1 episode 6: The Hypocondriac |
| 1975 | The Box | Sharon Lewis | TV series |
| Homicide | Linda Williams | TV series Season 12, episode 23: Long Weekend | |
| Matlock Police | Karen Simpson | TV series Season 5, episode 187: Forget Me Not, Episode 194: A Dangerous Sort of Man | |
| 1976–1977; 1981 | The Sullivans | Lil / Lill Duggan | TV series, 132 episodes |
| 1978 | Case for the Defence | Julia | TV series Season 1 episode 5: "Without Consent" |
| 1978–2002 | Play School | Presenter | TV series, 186 episodes |
| 1979 | Ride on Stranger | Beryl | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| Jokes | Various characters | TV series | |
| Patrol Boat | TV series, 1 episode | ||
| TV Follies | Silver Le Bow | TV series Episode: Chicago | |
| 1981 | And Here Comes Bucknuckle | Lil | TV series, 6 episodes |
| A Sporting Chance | TV series Episode: One More Chance | ||
| The Sullivans | Lil Duggan | TV series, 140 episodes | |
| 1982 | A Creative Partnership – The Actor and the Director | Herself | Film documentary |
| 1983 | For Love or Money | Narrator | Film documentary |
| The Power of Stations | Narrator | Film documentary | |
| 1984 | Waterfront | Maggie | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1985 | Anyone Can Be a Genius | Narrator | Film documentary |
| Image Makers | Narrator | Film documentary | |
| A Country Practice | TV series, 2 episodes | ||
| 1987 | The Shiralee | Lily | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| Nancy Wake | Nancy Wake | TV miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 1988 | Rafferty's Rules | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1989 | Naked Under Capricorn | Monica | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| Fields Of Fire III | Dawn | TV miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 1990 | Working Actor Series | Herself | Film documentary |
| 1991 | Land of the Apocalypse | Herself | TV documentary |
| Paper Trail – Life and Times of a Woodchip | Narrator | TV documentary | |
| Play School's 25th Anniversary | Herself | TV special | |
| 1992 | Clowning Around | Sarah Gunner | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| Asthma in Under 5's | Herself | TV documentary | |
| Baby Crazy (aka Look Who's Talking) | Narrator | Film documentary | |
| My Special Place | Narrator | TV special | |
| A Tribute to Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge | Narrator | TV special | |
| 1993 | How to Raise Happy Kids | Herself | Film documentary |
| 1994 | Under the Skin | TV series, 1 episode: Grandma's Teeth | |
| Canberra – A Capital Idea | Narrator | TV documentary | |
| The Cause of Mary MacKillop | Narrator | Video | |
| When The Honeymoon Is Over | Narrator | Film documentary | |
| 1995 | Lizzie's Library | Narrator | TV series |
| 1995–2004 | Better Homes and Gardens | Host | TV series |
| 1995 | Sydney Weekender Summer Special | Presenter | TV special |
| 1996 | Gateway to the Future | Narrator | TV documentary |
| Twisted Tales | Anne Martin | TV series, season 1, episode 6: Dancing Partners | |
| Play School 30th Birthday | Herself | TV special | |
| The Edge of Instinct | Herself | TV documentary | |
| 1997 | Better Homes and Gardens: Great Australian Homes | Host | TV special |
| Ripsnorters | Herself | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1998 | Budget Makeovers | Presenter | TV special |
| 2007–2011 | City Homicide | Bernice Waverley | TV series, 84 episodes |
| 2009 | The Librarians | Jan the midwife | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2010 | Things My Mother Taught Me | Herself | TV series |
| 2013 | Redfern Now | Margaret | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2013–2018 | A Place to Call Home | Elizabeth Bligh / Elizabeth Goddard | TV series, 67 episodes |
| 2015 | Herself - Actor | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 2016 | 2016 TV Week Logie Awards | Herself – Logies Hall of Fame | TV special |
| Big Ted's Excellent Adventure: 50 Years of Play School | Herself | TV special | |
| 2019 | Balance | Herself | Webseries, 1 episode |
| 2017-19 | The Letdown | Anbrose | TV series, 9 episodes |
| 2018 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2019–2023 | Every Family Has a Secret | Presenter | TV series, 10 episodes |
| 2020 | The End | Pamela Hardy | TV series, 10 episodes |
| Winding Road | Rachael | Podcast series | |
| 2021 | Fires | Caris Mazzeo | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2022 | Upright | Squirrel | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1976 | The Judging Ring | ||
| 1978 | Bit Part | Zelda | Teleplay |
| 1983 | The Weekly's War | Dorothy Drain | TV film |
| 1986 | The Fish Are Safe | Director | TV film |
| 2000 | Waiting at the Royal | Eloise | TV film Australian Film Institute Awards 2000: Won – Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Telefeature or Mini-Series |
| 2006 | Stepfather of the Bride | Sophie | TV film |
| 2007 | Curtin | Elsie Curtin | TV film |
| 2012 | The 100+ Club | Narrator | TV film |
| 2013 | The Broken Shore | Sybil Cashin | TV film |
| 1974 | Parent Teacher Interviews | Miss Stevens | 29 minutes |
| 1977 | Ruby | ||
| 1980 | The Search For Harry Allway | ||
| The Wedding | |||
| 1983 | Stations | ||
| 1990 | Breaking Through | Therapist | 52 minutes |
| 1994 | Aesop's Fables | ||
| 1995 | Grimm's Fairy Tales | Narrator | |
| 2008 | Seven Seven Seven | Jess | 32 minutes |
| 2009 | A Parachute Falling in Siberia | Katherine | 14 minutes |
| 2010 | Tegan the Vegan | Mrs. Poodle / Mother (voice) | 13 minutes |
| 2018 | Della Mortika | Mrs. Crotchett Smythe | 17 minutes |
| 1977 | The Getting of Wisdom | Feature film | |
| 1980 | Fatty Finn | Myrtle Finn | Feature film Australian Film Institute Awards ***1981: Nominated – Best Actress in a Lead Role Feature film |
| 1982 | Monkey Grip | Nora | Feature film |
| 1985 | Fran | Fran | Feature film Australian Film Institute Awards ***1982: Won – Best Actress in a Lead Role Feature film |
| 1987 | Australian Dream | Dorothy Stubbs | Feature film |
| 1991 | Waiting | Claire | Feature film |
| 2005 | Little Fish | Janelle Heart | Feature film Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards ***2005 Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| 2006 | Candy | Elaine Wyatt | Feature film |
| 2008 | Bitter & Twisted | Penelope Lombard | Feature film Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards ***2009 Best Actress |
| 2014 | The Mule | Judy Jenkins | Feature film |
| 2015 | Truth | Nicki Burkett | Feature film |
| 2018 | Ladies in Black | Miss Cartwright | Feature film |
| 2020 | June Again | June | Feature film |
| Wedding of the Year | Barb | Feature film | |
| 2021 | Long Story Short | The Stranger | Feature film |
| 2024 | Sting | Helga | Feature film |
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