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Marta Dusseldorp
Marta Dusseldorp in 2015
Born	Australia
Alma mater	University of New South Wales Victorian College of the Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1992-present
Spouse	Ben Winspear
Children	2

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.

Early life and education

Dusseldorp is the granddaughter of Dutch-born engineer Dick Dusseldorp, the founder of Lendlease. Her maternal grandfather was Sandy Robertson, a Sydney paediatrician, whose forebears were also medical doctors. Her great-grandfather was one of seven brothers in a family from Dumbarton, on the west coast of Scotland, in which eight of ten sons studied medicine at the University of Glasgow. Dusseldorp was the subject of an episode of the television genealogical documentary series Who Do You Think You Are? that first screened on SBS on 14 May 2019.

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.

Career

Stage

Dusseldorp started her career on the stage, performing in productions of The Lost Echo, The War of the Roses (Shakespeare), and The Bourgeois Gentleman. She has worked with Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir, Griffin, The Ensemble, Bell Shakespeare, and Melbourne Theatre Company.

She returned to the stage in 2016 in the premiere of Benedict Andrews' play Gloria with the Griffin Theatre Company. 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.

Television

Dusseldorp played Sam Lawson in the telemovie series BlackJack (2003–2007). In 2011 she played the character of Janet King in the 2011 ABC1 drama series Crownies, her breakout role, which she regarded as "a gift". She reprised the role in the 2014 spin-off Janet King. She played Linda Hillier opposite Guy Pearce in all of the Jack Irish TV series, which ran from 2012 to 2021.

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, also taking a lead role as a wealthy businesswoman, along with a number of other prominent actresses, such as Kerry Fox, Pamela Rabe, and Yael Stone. In 2024 Bay of Fires (TV series) was renewed for a second series. Dusseldorp was also announced as part of the cast for With or Without You.

Recognition and awards

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.

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, art installations, and music.

In 2022 Düsseldorp was named as a member of the Screen Australia board and its campaign of 'Make It Australian'.

As of 2023, 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.

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. He was born in Wagga Wagga but raised in Hobart, and the whole family moved there from Sydney in 2018. He was a stay-at-home parent in 2020.

Filmography

Films

Television

Production

References

1. "Rise and shine" by Catherine Keenan, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 October 2004.
2. RACP Roll: Robertson, Sandy Edwin John Retrieved 15 May 2019.
3. Bradley, Jane (15 May 2019). "Glasgow medical family to feature in Who Do You Think You Are? Australia". The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
4. "Marta Dusseldorp". SBS On Demand. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
5. Marta Dusseldorp: Before Janet King, I always felt I was there to serve a man's story Sydney Morning Herald 22 June 2017
6. ^ Lehmann, Megan (14 June 2015). "Marta Dusseldorp, TV's leading lady, finds a place to call home". The Australian. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015.
7. ^ "Save the Children's Ambassadors". Save the Children Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
8. "Crownies' Marta Dusseldorp on stage and screen" by Steve Dow, The Saturday Paper, 27 August 2016
9. Bergman, Ingmar (29 September 2016). "Scenes From A Marriage". queenslandtheatre.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 September 2016.
10. Buckmaster, Luke (11 June 2021). "A complete guide to the twisted, crime-filled universe of Jack Irish". NME. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
11. Byrnes, Holly (8 July 2012). "000 call to Bec Gibney please". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
12. Knox, David (19 March 2018). "A Place to Call Home to end with 6th season". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
13. "Wentworth Season 8: New trailer revealed + Marta Dusseldorp joins cast". Mediaweek. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
14. Bizzaca, Caris (17 November 2020). "Shooting, pitching and distributing Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt)". Screen Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
15. Wearring, Myles (15 July 2023). "As a producer, Marta Dusseldorp is putting women front and centre". ABC News. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
16. Knox, David (8 February 2024). "Renewed: Bay of Fires | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
17. Slatter, Sean (29 October 2023). "Marta Dusseldorp, Melina Vidler, Albert Mwangi ready for Adelaide adventure with Kelly Schilling's 'With or Without You'". IF Magazine. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
18. Melanie Kembrey (19 March 2015). "Marta Dusseldorp reveals breastfeeding cost job on Sydney Theatre Company show". Sydney Morning Herald.
19. ^ Coslovich, Gabriella (25 September 2020). "Actors Marta Dusseldorp and Ben Winspear on their plans to kick-start a creative revival in Tasmania". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
20. "Past projects". Archipelago Productions. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
21. Slatter, Sean (22 November 2022). "Marta Dusseldorp, Sacha Horler, Nicholas Pickard appointed to Screen Australia board". IF Magazine. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
22. Kalina, Paul (26 June 2014). "Actor Ben Winspear plays opposite his wife Marta Dusseldorp in A Place To Call Home". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
23. Northover, Kylie (7 June 2013). "Lunch with Marta Dusseldorp". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
24. "The Railway Man Review". SBS What's On. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
25. Life on Us: A Microscopic Safari at IMDb
26. Knox, David (4 August 2021). "Airdate: Wentworth Unlocked | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

External links

• Media related to Marta Dusseldorp at Wikimedia Commons
• Marta Dusseldorp at IMDb
• Archipelago Productions

• 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
• 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