Overview
Lily Sullivan is an Australian actress. She played Coral in the 2012 film Mental, and Miranda in the 2018 television series Picnic at Hanging Rock. She plays leading roles in two 2023 feature films, Australian sci-fi thriller Monolith, and American horror film Evil Dead Rise.
Early life and education
Sullivan's father is an importer of medical equipment, and her mother Jayne "Noni", a visual artist, who emigrated to Australia from the UK together before Lily's birth. She grew up in Queensland more specifically Carbrook, Queensland, and attended John Paul College in early years then went to Calvary Christian College in year 2 in Logan City, graduating in 2011.
After seeing a production of A Streetcar Named Desire on stage in Brisbane as a teenager, Sullivan became enamoured with the idea of acting, and planned to audition for one of the major drama schools. However, a callout for a film role came in her final year of high school, and she auditioned and won the role.
Career
Sullivan made her feature film debut in P. J. Hogan's 2012 feature Mental, for which she auditioned while still at school and earned an AACTA Award nomination for Best Young Actor and a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award nomination for Best Performance by a Young Actor.
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