Nadine Garner

One of Australia’s most respected actors, Nadine Garner’s (she/her) career has spanned film, television, and theatre for more than 30 years.

Nadine recently performed on stage in the Spiritworks production of Pride and Prejudice In Concert, Melbourne Theatre Company’s The Almighty Sometimes and Clovelly Fox Productions’ Elegies: A Song Cycle, the latter earning Nadine a nomination for Outstanding Artist in a Leading Role at the 2025 Green Room Awards.

Nadine’s other television credits include the ABC crime drama series Savage River, the Network 10/Channel 5 (UK) series Lie With Me, the Stan original series Bloom, My Life Is Murder and Mr Black for Network 10, The Blake Mysteries: Ghost Stories Telemovie for the Seven Network, ABC’s The Doctor Blake Mysteries, the Seven Network drama City Homicide, ABC comedy It’s A Date, Blue Water High, The Henderson Kids, G.P, The Flying Doctors, Boys From The Bush, and Raw Fm for which she was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Actress in a Television Drama.

Nadine’s feature film credits include Scott Major’s debut feature film Darklands, Ben Hackworth’s debut feature Celeste which premiered at the 2018 Melbourne International Film Festival, Ana Kokkinos’ The Book of Revelation, Darren Ashton’s Razzle Dazzle and Amanda Jane’s The Wedding Party, which earned her a New York City International Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 1988, Nadine received an AFI Award for Best Actress for her role in Mull and in 1995, she received a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Supporting Actress and an AFI Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in Metal Skin.

Nadine has worked for many of Australia’s theatre companies performing both contemporary and classical pieces including Tell Me I’m Here for Belvoir; The Lifespan Of A Fact which earnt her a Green Room Award Nomination for Outstanding Performance, Emerald City (co-production with QT), Photograph 51, Di And Viv And Rose, The Distance, The Weir, Private Lives, The Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard for MTC; A Little Night Music for Watch This National Theatre; Zebra! and Life After George for STC; Miss Julie for Perth Theatre Company; Romeo And Juliet and Taming Of The Shrew for The Australian Shakespeare Company. She starred in Sam Mendes’ production of CABARET and received a Helpmann Award and Green Room Award for her performance as Fraulein Kost.

In 2011, Nadine wrote and directed the short film Afterglow which was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Screenplay.