Rachael Maza

Rachael Zoa Maza AM is an Indigenous Australian television and film actress and stage director.

Early life and education

Maza is of Dutch, Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Australian heritage, the daughter of Bob Maza, also an actor.[1]

She is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.[1]

Career

Television and film

Maza worked as a TV presenter on ABC Television's weekly show focusing on Indigenous Australians, Message Stick.[2] and SBS's ICAM.

She has numerous credits as an actor in television series, including Wentworth, Winners and Losers, Halifax f.p., Stingers, SeaChange, Heartland (in which her father also had a role), A Country Practice and Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.[1]

She acted in the films Cosi (1996), Radiance (1998), and Lillian's Story (1996).[1][3]

Stage

Maza worked with Company B and Wesley Enoch for many years, with her performances at the Belvoir St Theatre including leading roles in Conversations with the Dead and The Dreamers. She again worked with Enoch in The Sapphires, staged by the Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Festival.[1]

She has worked as part of The Black Arm Band and as the director of Lou Bennett's play Show Us Your Tiddas!.[4]

As of November 2021, Maza is artistic director of Ilbijerri Theatre Company.[1]

Recognition
  • Order of Australia, 2020, for significant service to the performing arts as an Artistic Director[5]
  • Green Room Award – Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, for Holy Day[1]
  • Sydney Theatre Critics Circle Award – Best Performance, for Radiance[1]

Family

Maza has a son, Ariel, with actor Tom Long.[6]

References
  1. "Rachael Maza". RGM. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Message Stick". Australian Screen. NFSA. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. Rachael Maza at IMDb
  4. Scott-Norman., Fiona (18 May 2007). "Outside in, life of difference". The Age. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  5. "Rachael Receives Order of Australia Award". ILBIJERRI Theatre Company. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  6. Coslovich, Gabriella (24 August 2006). "Year of living dangerously". The Age.
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