Anne-Louise Lambert

Anne-Louise Lambert
Lambert in Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Born	Anne Louise Lambert (1955-08-21) 21 August 1955 (age 69) Brisbane, Australia
Other names	Anne Lambert
Occupation(s)	Actress, psychotherapist, counsellor, coach
Years active	1972–present
Notable work	Picnic at Hanging Rock
Children	1

Anne-Louise Lambert (born 21 August 1955), also credited as Anne Lambert, is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Miranda in the 1975 film Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Life and career

Born Anne Louise Lambert in Brisbane, Australia^[1] she later moved to Sydney. Under the name Anne Lambert, she first gained recognition on Australian television with roles in three soap operas. In 1973, she played nymphomaniac Sue Marshall in Number 96. The following year, she was an original cast member in a school-based drama, Class of '74, playing student Peggy Richardson.

Director Peter Weir saw her in a television commercial for Fanta playing the fancy Nancy character and felt she was perfect for the lead role in Picnic at Hanging Rock. In 1976, she had a six-month role in adult soap opera The Box as the "sexy and promiscuous" Trish Freeman.^[2]

During 1975, she appeared in a recurring sketch in comedy series The Norman Gunston Show called "The Checkout Chicks". This sketch, a send-up of melodramatic soap operas set in a supermarket, mostly featured other former Number 96 actors – Vivienne Garrett, Candy Raymond, Philippa Baker, Judy Lynne, and Abigail.

She adopted the name Anne-Louise Lambert when, on seeking work in the UK, she found that another actress was listed as Anne Lambert. She has worked steadily in film and on stage ever since, including starring roles in the BBC TV series The Borgias (1981), Cousin Phillis (1982) Peter Greenaway's The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), Breathing Under Water (1991), Seeing Red (1992), The Dirtwater Dynasty and Great Expectations – The Untold Story , A Los Cuatro Vientos (1987),filmed in Spain; and Australian TV miniseries such as Mussolini and I (1985), Fields of Fire 2 (1988), and Tanamera-The Lion of Singapore (1989). Her stage roles include Sweet Bird of Youth co-starring with Lauren Bacall and Colin Friels. She also played the role of Lady Mary Brackenstall in the adaptation of "The Abbey Grange" for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1986).

She later appeared in Lillian's Story with Toni Collette, and Somersault, which won Best Film at the 2004 Australian Film Institute Awards. She also appeared in the Australian TV series The Alice (2004) and the short drama Photograph (2006), directed by her sister^[3] Sarah Lambert, and also the short film Waiting for the Turning of the Earth (2011). Her most recent movie is The Last Babushka Doll (2018).

Lambert resides in the Sydney suburb of Balmain with her son (born 1989)^[1] and works as a psychotherapist, counsellor, and coach.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Tiitle	Role	Type
1975	Picnic at Hanging Rock	Miranda St Clare (as Anne Lambert)	Feature film
1982	The Draughtsman's Contract	Mrs. Talmann / Mrs. Herbert's daughter (as Anne Louise Lambert)	Feature film UK
1982	Gossip	Clare	Feature film UK, (unfinished)
1987	A los cuatro vientos	Georgina (as Anne Louise Lambert)	Feature film, Spain
1991	Breathing Under Water	Beatrice	Feature film
1992	Seeing Red	Amanda	Feature film
1993	Just Desserts	Mona	Film short
1994	Unacceptable Behaviour	Lisa	Film short
1995	Napoleon	Spider / Earless Wallaby / Desert Mouse (voice as Anne Lambert)	Feature film
1996	Lilian's Story	Mother	Feature film
1997	A Cut in the Rates	unknown	Film short
2004	Somersault	Martha (as Anne Louise Lambert)	Feature film
2006	Photograph	Mandy	Film short
2007	You Or Me	Annie	Film short
2008	A Chair with a View	Narrator (voice)	Film short
2011	Waiting for the Turn of the Earth	Sarah	Film short
2016	Target Fascination	Patricia Nowlan	Feature film
2018	The Last Babushka Doll	unknown role	Film short
2022	Mother Mountain	Linda	Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Type
1973	Number 96	Sue Marshall (as Anne Lambert)	TV series, 7 episodes
1974–1975	Class of '74	Peggy 'The Iceberg' Richardson / Peggy Richardson (as Anne Lambert)	TV series
1975	Class of '75	Peggy Richardson (as Anne Lambert)	TV series
1975	Behind The Legend	unknown role (as Anne Lambert)	ABC TV series, 1 episode
1975	Matlock Police	Ellen Prosser (as Anne Lambert)	TV series, 1 episode
1975	Division 4	Julie Sullivan (as Anne Lambert)	TV series, 1 episode
1975	The Norman Gunston Show	Herself (as Anne Lambert) – 'The Checkout Chicks' sketch	ABC TV series, 6 episodes
1976	The Box	Trish Freeman (as Anne Lambert)	TV series
1976	Up the Convicts	unknown role (as Anne Lambert)	TV series, 1 episode
1976	Murcheson Creek	unknown role (as Anne Lambert)	TV movie
1978	Glenview High	Susan (as Anne Lambert)	TV series, 1 episode
1978	Chopper Squad	Marilyn (as Anne Lambert)	TV series, 1 episode
1978	Against the Wind	Miss Stodart (as Anne Lambert)	TV miniseries, 1 episode
1979	Cop Shop	Jenny McGregor (as Anne Lambert)	TV series, 19 episodes
1981	The Borgias	Lucrezia Borgia (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV miniseries UK, 9 episodes
1982	Jackanory Playhouse	Princess Gilda (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV series UK, 1 episode
1982	Cousin Phillis	Phillis Holman (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV series UK, 4 episodes
1982	The Year of the French	Ellen Treacy	TV miniseries France/Ireland, 3 episodes
1983	Jury	Margaret (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV series UK, 1 episode
1985	Mussolini: The Untold Story	Orsola (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV miniseries US/Yugoslavia, 3 episodes
1986	The Return of Sherlock Holmes	Lady Mary Brackenstall (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV series UK, 1 episode
1987	Great Expectations: The Untold Story	Estella (as Anne Louise Lambert)	ABC TV movie
1988	The Dirtwater Dynasty	Emma Tarbox / Emma Tarbox Sr (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV miniseries, 5 episodes
1988	Fields of Fire II	Kate (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1989	Tanamera – Lion of Singapore	Irene (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV miniseries, 7 episodes
1989	Living with the Law	unknown role (as Anne Louise Lambert)	ABC TV series
1991	Heroes II: The Return	Nancy Davidson (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1992	English at Work	Herself (as Anne Louise Lambert)	SBS TV series, 1 episode
1992	The World Tonight	Herself (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV series, 1 episode
1992	The Australian Film Institute Awards	Herself (as Anne Louise Lambert)	ABC TV special
1994	Under the Skin	unknown role (as Anne Louise Lambert)	SBS TV series, 1 episode "Grandmother's Teeth"
1997	Big Sky	Jean Friedrich (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV series, 1 episode
1998	Murder Call	Linda Hindwood (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV series, 1 episode
1998	Children's Hospital	Marion Laing (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV series, 1 episode
2001	Changi	Mary (as Anne Louise Lambert)	ABC TV miniseries, 1 episode
2002	All Saints	Gabrielle Trebom (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV series, 1 episode
2003	White Collar Blue	Valerie Dunn (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV series, 1 episode
2004	The Alice	Heaven Daily (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV movie
2005	The Alice	Heaven (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV series, 1 episode
2013	Moments in Time	Herself as Anne Louise Lambert / Miranda	ABC TV series, 1 episode
2015	House of Hancock	Hope Hancock (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV miniseries, 1 episode
2017	House of Bond	Josie Rowland (as Anne Louise Lambert)	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2017	David Stratton: A Cinematic Life	Herself (as Anne Louise Lambert)	ABC TV series, 1 episode
2021	Just Between Us	Herself as Anne Louise Lambert	ABC TV series, 1 episode

External links

• Anne-Louise Lambert at IMDb
• MIRANDA REVISITED: PORTRAIT OF ANNE LOUISE LAMBERT AT HANGING ROCK

References

1. Anne-Louise Lambert at IMDb
2. "Anne Louise Lambert". AUSSIE SOAP ARCHIVE. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
3. Sydney Morning Herald, Two of us (20 September 2014)
4. "Anne Lambert". Creative Counsel. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014.