Andrea Swifte

Andrea is a graduate of the VCA School Of Drama and has worked as an actor, director, writer and teacher in theatre, film and television for 30 years. She has established a wide and varied body of work with many companies including La Mama, the Courthouse and Theatreworks including Storming Swanston St by Tram, The Normal Heart, and Branch Theatre’s recent production of Ibsen’s Ghosts.

In 2008 she appeared as a guest actor for Red Stitch in The Pain And The Itch by Bruce Norris, and shortly after accepted an invitation to join the company as a permanent ensemble member. Since then she has appeared in the Red Stitch productions This Wide Night by Chloe Moss, On Ego by Mick Gordon & Paul Broks and the upcoming production of Fatboy by John Clancy.

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Andrea has also appeared in MTC productions: Nana, Heart For The Future and Julius Caesar; Playbox/Malthouse: All Souls, Face To Face and The Fortunes Of Richard Mahoney, for QTC and Malthouse. TV credits include; The Flying Doctors, Neighbours, Stingers, The Secret Life Of Us, Phoenix, Janus, The Last Of The Ryans and The Hollowmen. Her film work includes many shorts and the feature films Lonely Hearts, Till Human Voices Wake Us and, most recently Torn.