She debuted in a film called The More Things Change as a pregnant au pair, alongside Barry Otto and Judy Morris. An early foray into television was in the epic miniseries The Dirtwater Dynasty opposite Hugo Weaving. In the ABC television series, The Mercury, not-so-loosely based on the Sunday Age, she played a senior journalist, with Geoffrey Rush cast as editor, believed to be modelled on Bruce Guthrie.
Longley's television credits included: Murder Call, Wildside, Water Rats, Farscape, Turtle Beach, Young Lions, and All Saints.[1]
Longley died from breast cancer at the age of 49.
(24 September 1960 – 29 August 2010)
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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2006 | Sydney Theatre Awards | Best Actress in a Lead Role | The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? | Won[2] |
2006 | Helpmann Awards | Best Female Actor in a Play | The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? | Nominated[3] |
1989 | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Celia | Won[4] |
1988 | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Telefeature or Mini Series | The Alien Years | Nominated |
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