Billie Rose Prichard is an Australian actress on stage and screen, and a hip-hop musician. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2011 Sydney Theatre Awards.
Career
Film and television Prichard has appeared on film and television since 1999, with guest roles in several Australian TV series including Wildside, Water Rats, The Secret Life of Us, Young Lions and All Saints.
In 2006, Prichard appeared opposite Richard Roxburgh and Essie Davis in the made-for-television film The Silence. That same year, she had a role in TV film Small Claims: The Reunion, with Claudia Karvan and Rebecca Gibney.
In 2008, Prichard appeared as one of five friends who venture into the remote area of the Blue Mountains in the feature film Monkey Puzzle, alongside Ryan Johnson and Ella Scott Lynch. It was later released in the US as Enter the Wild (2018).
In 2011, Prichard played Rose in the thriller feature X: Night of Vengeance.
Theatre Prichard's stage roles have attracted critical acclaim. In 2006, she played the young daughter of a titled lady in pre-Federation northern Queensland in Constance Drinkwater. A reviewer wrote "Prichard [and the actor playing her sister] work with great rapport to create characters that defy easy description. Nine-year-olds who have glimpsed the 20th century and know how it ends, who commune with spirits and wrestle with men, are made coherent and nuanced by these talented young actors."
In 2011, Prichard appeared a Belvoir St Theatre production of The Dark Room, with critics writing "Billie Rose Pritchard is electric as the adolescent, very much on the edge"; "Billie Rose Prichard is superb as the bruised and troubled Grace: sullenly uncommunicative, aggressively defiant, but then suddenly sometimes heart-achingly vulnerable." She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the 2011 Sydney Theatre Awards for her performance in the role.
In 2018, Prichard appeared in The Hayes Theatre's revival of the musical Darlinghurst Nights. One reviewer commented "Cora, an ex-hooker [was] luminously played by the stunning Billie Rose Prichard".
Music As Billie Rose, Prichard is the vocalist with hip-hop group The Daily Meds. The group released their debut album Happy Daze, followed in 2014 by an album titled Sour Milk. A reviewer said about Sour Milk: "Vocalist Billie Rose seamlessly complements the hard hitting nature of the record without coming across as passive. For Rose there is no hiding behind a big beat or wailing in the background, it’s her straight up, candid choruses that cut the album up and give it different dimensions".
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1999 Me, Myself, I Self Defence Girl 2008 Monkey Puzzle (aka Enter the Wild) Toni 2011 X: Night of Vengeance Rose 2013 The Egg Short film Justin Beaver: Love Bytes Jade Short film Herpes of the Lips: Love Bytes Jade Short film 2014 Midnight Poetry Short film 2015 Skin Deep Annie
Television Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1999 Wildside Nadia Stanescu Season 2, episode 7 2000 Water Rats Miranda Wenzel Season 5, episode 24 2002 Young Lions Lisa Carlisle Season 1, episode 6 2003 The Secret Life of Us Julia Season 3, episode 14 All Saints Erica Season 6, episode 41 2006 The Silence Surry Hill Girl TV film Small Claims: The Reunion Judi TV film
Theatre Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2004 A Midsummer Night's Dream Belvoir, Sydney 2006 Constance Drinkwater and the final days of Somerset Fortitude Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company & Tamara Rock Surfers 2011 The Dark Room Grace Belvoir, Sydney 2013 Empire: Terror on the High Seas Poppy Mitchell Bondi Pavilion, Sydney with Tamarama Rock Surfers 2018 Darlinghurst Nights Cora Hayes Theatre Co, Sydney 2022 The Sirens' Return Singer Port Kembla Pool with Merrigong Theatre Company
Awards and nominations Year Work Award Category Result Ref. 2011 The Dark Room Sydney Theatre Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role of a Mainstage Production 2012 Happy Daze (with Daily Meds) Australian Music Prize Best Album
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