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Geraldine Brophy: character actor...

Interview – 2010

Geraldine Brophy describes herself as a character actor, but her screen roles have often been memorable. For four years she was lovable receptionist Moira Crombie in Shortland Street. Later she thoroughly enjoyed playing a control freak bureaucrat in Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby. Brophy has also danced up a storm on Dancing with the Stars, and won awards for Home Movie and her co-starring role in feel-good feature Second-Hand Wedding.

In this ScreenTalk interview, Brophy talks about:

This video was first uploaded on 19 January 2010, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.
Interview, Camera and Editing - Andrew Whiteside
I play frequently very small parts that are hugely character filled. And so I’m required to jump in the deep end of the pool, swim — not drown — and get out again within 30 seconds. And that's an enormous challenge, and a rewarding one.
– Geraldine Brophy, late in this interview