Lindy Davies (29 August 1946) is an Australian actress, director, actor trainer and performance consultant. She played Ruth Ballinger in the Australian soap operaPrisoner in 1985, and won the AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1986 film Malcolm. She went on to be the head of drama at the Victoria College of Art for over 11 years until 2007, and worked as a performance consultant on films including Afterglow (1997) and Away From Her (2006) with Julie Christie.
Davies, who has said that "Intuition" is the defining principle of her process. has also conducted master classes for actors, writers and directors at the Canadian Film Centre from 2010 - 2016.
Michael Whyte's The Railway Stationman with Julie Christie.
Pat O’Connor's Fools of Fortune with Julie Christie.
Australia: includes Looking For Alibrandi, Radiance, The Leaving of Liverpool, Talk, MDA.
Indivision Lab 2009 AFC Consultant alongside Christine Vachon, Susanne Bier and Claudia Karvan.
Screen Australia 2011 Flash Black Performance Workshop for Indigenous Directors.
Actor Training
From November 1995 to January 2007, Lindy Davies was the Head of the School of Drama at the former Victorian College of Arts in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Lindy Davies created an integrated curriculum for the training of Actors, Directors, Writers, Theatre-Makers, Designers and Technical Practitioners at the School of Drama of the former Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne.
From 1979-1982 she held the position of Head of Acting at the Victorian College of Arts.
From 1970-1978 she was a Lecturer in Drama at Melbourne State College.
Recipient of the Monash University Distinguished Alumni Award for inspirational leadership and significant contribution to the theory and practice of drama.
