Genevieve Lemon

Genevieve Lemon (born 21 April 1960) is an Australian actress and singer who has appeared in a number of Australian television series and international film, including a frequent collaboration with Jane Campion for Academy Award-winning The Piano (1993) and The Power of the Dog (2021), which earned her a Satellite Award as cast member and a Critic's Choice Awards nomination. In television Lemon is best known as Zelda Baker in The Young Doctors, Marlene "Rabbit" Warren in Prisoner and Brenda Riley in Neighbours. Lemon has also appeared in numerous musical and stage productions, performing in major Australian theaters, with the direction of Stephan Elliott, Allan Scott, Nick Enright, Rodney Fisher, Robyn Nevin, Aubrey Mellor and Jonathan Biggins. She was cast for the original Australian stage of Billy Elliot the Musical by Elton John and Lee Hall, winning the Helpmann Award for Best Leading Actress in 2008. Career 1982-1992: Beginnings in theatre and television and the acclaim with Sweetie Lemon began her acting with the Leichhardt-based amateur theatre company, The Rocks Players in inner city Sydney, until graduating from the University of New South Wales in 1982. After working with Rodney Fisher's musical Steaming, Her professional career began on TV in 1982 with a minor role in Sons and Daughters, followed shortly after with a larger role as Nurse Zelda Baker in the eighth season of The Young Doctors. Between 1984 and 1985 Lemon starred as Marlene Warren in the television series Prisoner, receiving critical acclaim, winning a Penguin Award for her role.