Shari Sebbens is an Aboriginal Australian actress and stage director, known for her debut film role in The Sapphires, as well as many stage and television performances.
14 Facts About Shari Sebbens
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Shari Sebbens is on the board of Back to Back Theatre.
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Shari Sebbens's father is a former long-distance coach driver from Sydney of English descent and her mother, Annarella, an Aboriginal education worker from Broome, Western Australia is of Jabirr Jabirr and Bardi heritage.
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Shari Sebbens refers to Australian music composer and playwright Jimmy Chi as her uncle, although they are not related by blood.
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Shari Sebbens is the cousin of writer and film director Mitch Torres.
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Shari Sebbens graduated from Darwin High School in 2001 and after two and a half years at Nhulunbuy, at age 19, was chosen to participate in "SPARK", a theatre mentorship programme established by the Australia Council for the Arts.
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Shari Sebbens played Anna in a short film called Violet in 2010.
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Shari Sebbens secured a role in The Sapphires, a film based on the stage show of the same name, written by Tony Briggs.
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Shari Sebbens played the role of Kay McCrae, one of four Indigenous Australian singers "who travel from a mission in Victoria to Vietnam to sing for American troops".
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On 19 August 2024, Shari Sebbens was named as part of the cast for the Australian adaptation of The Office.
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In 2012 Shari Sebbens played Miri Smith and Currah in A Hoax with Griffin; in 2014, Dawn in Lobby Hero at Tap Gallery; and in 2015, Mae in Radiance at Belvoir.
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In 2021 Shari Sebbens was appointed as one of the STC's resident directors.
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Shari Sebbens is dramaturg on STC's 2022 production of Shakespeare's The Tempest, starring Richard Roxburgh and directed by Kip Williams.
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Shari Sebbens was a judge for the Patrick White Playwrights Award at STC in 2018.