Deborra-Lee FurnessFilmography

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Blessed

Actors: Frances O'Connor, Miranda Otto, Deborra-Lee Furness, Victoria Haralabidou, Sophie Lowe

Synopsis: The actions of a handful of troubled young people are seen from two different perspectives in this drama from Australian filmmaker Ana Kokkinos. Daniel (Harrison Gilbertson) has a combative relationship with his parents and acts out by stealing; when challenged by his mother, he breaks into a Read More

2009
Sleepwalking

Actors: Nick Stahl, AnnaSophia Robb, Charlize Theron, Deborra-Lee Furness, Mathew St. Patrick

Synopsis: Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson, Dennis Hopper, Nick Stahl, AnnaSophia Robb, and Deborra-Lee Furness star in a family drama detailing the efforts made by an 12-year-old girl to come to terms with her mother's abandonment. Tara's (Robb) mother, Joleen (Theron), just can't seem to get her life Read More

3/14/08
Jindabyne

Actors: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Howard, Leah Purcell

Synopsis: A family is touched by the shadows of hatred and violence in this Australian drama adapted from a short story by Raymond Carver. Stewart (Gabriel Byrne) and Claire (Laura Linney) are a married couple in their early fourties; Stewart runs a gas station while Claire looks after their son, Tom (Sean Rees-Wemyss Read More

4/27/07
Stories of Lost Souls

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

2005
The Real Macaw

Actors: Jamie Croft, Jason Robards, Jr., Deborra-Lee Furness, Joe Petruzzi, John Waters

Synopsis: In the tradition of Babe and Paulie, this Australian family fantasy-adventure features mouthy macaw Mac (portrayed by Tango and three bird stand-ins). Mac, who once witnessed treasure buried on a South Sea Island, is owned by elderly eccentric bird collector Ben Girdis (Jason Robards). His son Read More

1998
Angel Baby

Actors: John Lynch, Jacqueline McKenzie, Colin Friels, Deborra-Lee Furness, Robyn Nevin

Synopsis: In this unusual romantic drama from Australia, Harry (John Lynch) and Kate (Jacqueline McKenzie) are both patients at a psychiatric care facility. While in therapy, the two meet and fall in love, in spite of their troubled pasts. Despite the potential complications they might foresee with the Read More

1995
Correlli [TV Series]

Actors: Deborra-Lee Furness, Hugh Jackman

1995
Fire

Synopsis: Created by Michael Caulfield, Tony Cavanaugh, and Simone North, the Australian drama series Fire was divided into two basic story lines, each telecast over a period of 13 weeks. In the first continuity, the combined forces of the Brisbane police and fire departments endeavored to track down a Read More

1995
Singapore Sling

1993
Stark

Actors: Michael Edward-Stevens

Synopsis: Based on a novel by satirical comedian (and dedicated environmentalist) Ben Elton, the British miniseries Stark was set in the bleak near-future, with mankind facing utter extinction due to rampant pollution. The action took place in Australia, home base for the Stark Conspiracy, a secret Read More

1993
Newsies

Actors: Christian Bale, David Moscow, Luke Edwards, Max Casella, Ann-Margret, Marty Belafsky, Ele Keats

Synopsis: A failed effort to revive the big-budget movie musical, Newsies attempted to create toe-tapping, song-and-dance excitement out of the true story of an 1899 strike by newspaper boys against publishing magnate Joseph Pulitzer. The "newsies" band together to protest a pay cut by Pulitzer (Robert Duvall Read More

4/8/92
Voyager

Actors: Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy, Barbara Sukowa, Dieter Kirchlechner, Traci Lind

Synopsis: Set in the 1950s, Voyager concerns the travels of an American construction engineer (Sam Shepard) who is wandering throughout Europe, recounting his life story through a series of flashbacks while meeting a variety of new characters. At first, he meets a man whom he knew during his time as a Read More

1/31/92
The Last of the Finest

Actors: Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, Bill Paxton, Deborra-Lee Furness

Synopsis: Four cops make the painful discovery that not everyone on the force is upholding the law in this crime drama. Frank Daly (Brian Dennehy), Wayne Gross (Joe Pantoliano), Ricky Rodriguez (Jeff Fahey), and Howard Jones (Bill Patxon) are four undercover cops with the Los Angeles Police Department who Read More

3/9/90
Waiting

Actors: Deborra-Lee Furness, Frank Whitten, Helen Jones, Fiona Press

Synopsis: In this Australian drama, a group of female friends return from locations around the world to help another friend have her child. While there, they reminisce and catch up on their current lives. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1990
Celia

Actors: Rebecca Smart, Nicholas Eadie, Mary-Anne Fahey, Victoria Longley, William Zappa

Synopsis: Ann Turner wrote and directed this genuinely creepy amalgam of Father Knows Best and Death Wish. Celia Carmichael (Rebecca Smart) is a lonely nine-year-old girl growing up in the Melbourne suburbs in the late 1950s, who is the victim of several traumas with horrific results. She first finds her Read More

1989
Houseboat Horror

Crew: Casting

Actors: Alan Dale, Craig Alexander

Synopsis: People start dying pretty early on in this slasher flick, while they are attempting to shoot a music video on a remote lake in the Australian outback. Despite the plethora of gory deaths, the pretty artistes still attempt to have a good time by swimming, etc. Needless to say, this only puts them Read More

1989
Shame

Actors: Deborra-Lee Furness, Tony Barry, Simone Buchanan, Gillian Jones, Peter Aanensen

Synopsis: When her bike breaks down on a cross-country motorcycling holiday, lawyer Asta Cadell (Deborra-Lee Furness) stops off in a small Australian town to find a mechanic. Once there, she discovers that the women in the town are being raped and terrorized by a group of local thugs. While the townsfolk Read More

7/22/88
Act of Betrayal

Actors: Patrick Bergin

Synopsis: The troubles in Northern Ireland are the backdrop for this made-for-television drama about an IRA hitman assigned to seek revenge against a defector. Patrick Bergin stars as Michael McGurk, an IRA terrorist who suffers from a guilty conscience after a bombing takes the lives of innocent citizens. Read More

1988
The Bit Part

Actors: Chris Haywood, Nicole Kidman, Katrina Foster, John Wood, Maurie Fields

Synopsis: Career counsellor Michael Thornton (Chris Haywood) decides to change his career and become an actor in this low-budget comedy. He dreams of performing Shakespeare but ends up in a television ad where only his hands appear on camera. He finds a friend in actress Mary McAllister (Nicole Kidman) Read More

1987
A Matter of Convenience

1987
Cool Change

Actors: Jon Blake, Lisa Armytage, Deborra-Lee Furness, David Bradshaw, Alec Wilson

Synopsis: In a slow-moving drama that is not likely to gain many adherents in this age of increasing environmental concerns, Steve (Jon Blake) is a forest ranger who is caught at the heart of a battle between devious conservationists (and their hand-maidens in the socialist government) on the one hand, and Read More

1986
Crossover Dreams

Actors: Rubén Blades, Shawn Elliott, Tom Signorelli, Elizabeth Peña, Frank Robles

Synopsis: Ruben Blades stars in this low-budget independent salsa musical (filmed in Spanish Harlem at a cost of $600,000), chronicling the rise and fall of a salsa artist who wants to hit the big time. Blades plays Rudy Veloz, a salsa musician who grabs one-night gigs in Latino nightclubs. He idolizes Julio Iglesias Read More

1985
Jenny Kissed Me

Actors: Tamsin West, Deborra-Lee Furness, Paula Duncan, Mary Ward

Synopsis: Woven around premises that are hard to swallow, this is a saccharine story of how the love of a child can transform the worst situations into a day of sunshine. But since the child's mother, Carol (Deborra-Lee Furness), becomes a prostitute at one point, this is not exactly Disney fare either. Read More

1985