AUDREY
Australia / 2024 / 97 min / DCP / Comedy

Directed by Natalie Bailey

Script : Lou Sanz
Cinematography : Simon Ozolins
Editing : Katrina Barker
Music : Alex Cameron
Production : Michael Wrenn, Dan Lake, Diya Eid, Shannon Wilson McClinton

Cast : Jackie van Beek, Jeremy Lindsay-Taylor, Josephine Blazier, Hannah Diviney, Aaron Fa'aoso, Fraser Anderson

Melbourne Festival 2024

Forgotten soap-star and self-appointed Mother of the Year, Ronnie Lipsick is living the life she never asked for. An acting career derailed due to an untimely pregnancy 18 years earlier, dreams of stardom replaced with a suburban performing arts school. A husband, Cormack, whose lust and love for life has gone as limp as his manhood. Youngest daughter, Norah, who appears to have no use for her and finally, the ungrateful eldest, Audrey, who Ronnie has given the best part of her parenting time to mould into the success she always wanted to be. But when an accident lands Audrey in a coma, Ronnie gets her second chance at the life she actually wanted by taking on her daughter’s identity. And she’s not the only one in the family that sees Audrey’s comatose state as an opportunity to become someone else...

Natalie Bailey

Natalie Bailey began her career as an actress and director, directing the 2000 short film Exit. She then worked in the UK for television, including Hotel Trubble and HBO's Avenue 5. She also created the Emmy Award-winning comedy Hoff the Record. Other credits include Channel 4's Loaded and the critically acclaimed Damned, HBO's Run, written by Vickie Jones (Killing Eve) and produced by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and the miniseries Joe vs. Carole. Most recently, Bailey created the four-part drama series The Unusual Suspects for SBS and the darkly comedic ABC crime drama Bay of Fires, starring Marta Dusseldorp. Audrey is her feature film debut.