Elaine Crombie is an Aboriginal Australian actress, known for her work on stage and television.
15 Facts About Elaine Crombie
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Elaine Crombie is a singer, songwriter, comedian, writer and producer.
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Elaine Crombie lived in Adelaide for two years before going to Brisbane, where she was met by her father, rugby league great Sam Backo, for the first time.
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In Brisbane Elaine Crombie studied at the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts for 18 months.
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Elaine Crombie delivered the second annual lecture at National Institute of Dramatic Art for NAIDOC week 2021.
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Elaine Crombie played Kitty in Nakkiah Lui's 2017 comedy television series, Kiki and Kitty, made for ABC iview and screened on ABC Comedy.
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Elaine Crombie appeared in many episodes of Black Comedy and played Bev in the drama series Top of the Lake.
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Elaine Crombie appeared in the feature film Top End Wedding.
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In 2019, Elaine Crombie premiered her own show, Janet's Vagrant Love in the Spiegeltent at Adelaide Cabaret Festival, and two years later brought a pared-back version of the show to the Adelaide Fringe.
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Elaine Crombie co-hosted the National Indigenous Music Awards 2020 in Darwin.
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Elaine Crombie starred in a touring production of Wesley Enoch's The 7 Stages of Grieving, directed by Shari Sebbens for the Sydney Theatre Company.
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Also in 2022, Elaine Crombie directed Bungambrawartha, a stage production in Albury-Wodonga presented by Hot House Theatre Company.
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Elaine Crombie won the Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical in 2019 for her role in Barbara and the Camp Dogs, in a reprise of the role at the Belvoir St Theatre that she had undertaken in 2017.
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Elaine Crombie won the Dreamtime Award in 2020 for Actor of the Year.
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Elaine Crombie is a First Nations Organiser for the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance.