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Vanessa Downing (born 5 May 1958) is an Australian actress and singer, voice artist and lawyer

Vanessa Downing
Born (1958-05-05) 5 May 1958 (age 64)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other namesVanessa Ryan
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
Occupation
  • Actress (stage, television and film)
  • singer
  • recording artist
  • voice artist
  • lawyer
Years active1977–present
SpouseRodney Fischer (Director/writer)

Downing was appearing with singing group The Madgrials , an accapella group who were performing at the Sydney Opera House, when she was given the role of matriarch foster mother Pippa Fletcher in Home and Away[1]

Downing other than her TV and film roles, is also a prominent actor in theatre, who has appeared in numerous productions.

She is also a lawyer with law firm Craddock Murray Neumann, a role she juggle's alongside her acting career[2]


Career


Downing, after leaving school attended the University of Sydney, and attained her master's degree in English Literature, she subsequently trained in drama at the Australian Theatre for Young People.

Her early roles where in theatre starting from 1977, and roles include Three a Penny, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and King Lear. She is a well-known and prominent stage actress and has featured in many productions[3]

Television roles starting from the early 1980s' including All Saints, classic '80s soap opera Sons and Daughters, G.P., Water Rats, HeadLand and Packed to the Rafters. She had a role in the Kingswood Country re-boot series Bullpitt!, she has appeared in numerous mini-series and made for TV films.


Home and Away


She is best known however for her more regular role as an original cast member of the television soap opera Home and Away playing a role many years her senior as foster mother Pippa Fletcher, replacing Carole Willesee, the wife of newsreader Mike Willesee, at short notice. The casting news hit the headlines at the publicity launch of the soap. The role had been auditioned by future Neighbours star Jackie Woodburne

When Downing left the series in 1990, the part was recast, and taken over at short notice by Debra Lawrance who went on to play the character from 1990 to 1998, with subsequent guest appearances. After Lawrence took over the role, the character remarried to Michael Ross (played by Lawrance's husband Dennis Coard) and now known as Pippa Ross, was awarded a fictitious OAM for her services as a foster parent.


Post-Home and Away




Filmography



Film


Year Title Role Notes
1985 The Boy Who Had Everything College Girl singer Feature film
1986 Funeral Going Patricia Film short
1987 The Everlasting Secret Family Woman Judge Feature film
1993 The Nostradamus Kid 'General Booth Enters Heaven' Strolling Players Feature film
1994 Mary Flora MacKillop Feature Film Documentary
1998 Reflections Mrs. O'Brien Feature film
2008 Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger Music Teacher Feature film
2013 Felony Manny Summer Feature film
2015 Stationery Penny Wilkins Film Short
2022 The Immortal Lucy (age 50) Film Short
2021 Shark Jack’s Mum Film Short
2022 Voice Activated Hazel Film short

Television


Year Title Role Notes
1980 The Restless Years Guest role: Georgie (as Vanessa Ryan) TV series, 1 episode
1982 Sons and Daughters Guest role: Cheryl Ryan (as Vanessa Ryan) TV series, 2 episodes: "1.44", "1.60"
1983 The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain Mrs. Lowe TV film
1985 I Can’t Get Started Check-out Girl TV film
1985 Double Sculls Sister Cathy TV film
1987 Melba Evie Doyle TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1988–1990 Home and Away Regular role: Pippa Fletcher TV series, 361 episodes
1990 Motormouth Herself - Guest TV series UK, 1 episode
1990 TV Celebrity Dance Party Herself as The Madrigirls TV special
1991 A Country Practice Fiona Farrell TV series, 1 Episode: "For the Good Times: Part 1"
1993 Good Morning Australia Herself - Guest TV series, 1 episode
1993 The Midday Show Herself - Guest TV series, 1 episode
1993 G.P. Pam Preston ABC TV series, 1 Episode: "Close to Her Chest"
1997 Water Rats Margaret Hobbs TV series, 1 Episode: "The Messenger"
1997 Big Sky Danielle Morgan TV series, 1 Episode: "The Right Thing"
1997–1998 Bullpitt! Regular role: Muriel Johnstone TV series,
1998,2002 All Saints Helen Lancaster / Claire Hobson TV series, 3 Episodes: "Live Now, Pay Later", "Slings and Arrows"
2006 HeadLand Pamela Martin TV series, 3 Episodes: "1.50", "1.51", "1.52"
2006 Where Are They Now Herself with Home And Away cast TV series, 1 episode
2008 Packed to the Rafters Shirley TV series, 1 Episode: "Removing the Block"
2012 Rake Judge ABC TV series, 1 episode
2014 The Moodys Robin Benson ABC TV series, 1 Episode: "Australia Day"
2019 Mr Inbetween Lorraine TV series, 1 Episode: "I Came from Your Balls?"
2020 Black Comedy (TV series) Guest Cast ABC TV series, 1 episode
2022 This Is Your Life Ray Meagher Herself with Roger Oakley, Alex Papps & Sharyn Hodgson TV series, 1 episode

Theatre


Theatre productions Source: AusStage

Production Year Shows
Twenty Six Efforts at Pornography 1977 1 show (NSW)
The Sunny South 1977 (NSW) 1 show
Narrow Road to the Deep South 1977 1 show
The Ships Whistle 1980 (1 show (South Australia)
Pericles Prince of Tyre 1980 1 show (South Australia)
Traitors 1980 1 show (South Australia)
A Month in the Country 1980 1 show (South Australia)
The Ships Whistle 1980 1 show (South Australia)
Upstairs Down at the Bottom of the World 1981 (1 show (South Australia)
Buckleys! 1981 1 show (South Australia)
Kangaroo's in the Top Paddock 1981 1 show (South Australia)
As You Like It 1981 2 show's (South Australia)
The Threepenny Opera 1981 1 Show
Charleys Opera 1982 23 shows (NSW)
Sister Ignatius Explains It All For You 1983 1 show (NSW)
The Actor's Nightmare 1983 1 show (NSW)
Beach Blanket Tempest 1984 1 show (Queensland)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1984 4 shows
Key Largo 1984 4 shows
Dons Party 1984 (4 shows) (Queensland)
Beach Blanket Tempest 1984 Tour (7 shows national tour QLD, SA, ACT)
Private Lives 1984 2 shows
Steaming 1985 2 shows ( NSW, ACT')
Away 1986 1 show (NSW)
The Madras House 1986
Measure for Measure 1986 1 show (NSW)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1987 tour (4 shows, South Australia)
The 16th Australian National Playwrights Conference 1988 1 show (NSW)
Ring Round the Moon 1989 1 show (South Australia)
The Increased Difficulty of Concentration 1990 1 show (NSW)
Seasons Greetings 1990 1 show (Queensland)
St James Infirmary Blues 1992 1 show (NSW)
The Heiress 1992 1 show
Daylight Saving 1993` 1 show (NSW)
Wet and Dry 1993 1 show (NSW)
Composing Venus 1994 1 show (Queensland)
Goodwork's 1994 1 show (NSW)
Falling from Grace 1995 ACT
Three Birds Alighting on a Field 1995 1 show (South Australia)
How the Other Half Lives 1995 1 show (NSW)
Live Stages on Stage 1996 1 show (NSW)
Good Works 1986 2 shows, (SA, NSW)
Chasing the Drama 1998 1 show (NSW)
MacBeth 1991 show (NSW)
A Cheery Soul 2000 1 show (NSW)
Love Bites 2001 1 show (NSW)
Morning Sacrifice 2001 1 show (NSW)
The Lady in the Van 2002 1 show (NSW)
Hello, Dolly! 2002 1 show (Victoria)
Mother and Child 2003 1 show (NSW)
Howard Katz 2003 1 show. (NSW)
Afterplay/The Yalta Game 2004 1 show (NSW)
Influence National tour (4 shows)
Bone 2006 1 show (NSW)
King Lear 2007 7 shows (state, NSW)
The Busy World is Hushed 2008 1 show (NSW)
The Taming of the Shrew 2009 9 shows
Faustus 2011/2012 2 shows (NSW)
Pygmalion 2012 1show (NSW)
THe Glass Menagerie 2013 2 shows (NSW)
Much Ado About Nothing 2013, 2014 3 show (NSW)
Cyranode Bergerac 2013, 2014 2 show (NSW)
Black is the New White 2018-2020 National Tour (8 shows)
Wicked Sisters 2020 1 show (NSW)




References


  1. Oram, James "Home and Away:Behind the Scenes"}}
  2. "Home and Away flashback! The original cast reunited". 10 May 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. "Vanessa Downing". AusStage.






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