Susie Porter (born 1971) is an Australian television, film and theatre actress. She made her debut in the 1996 film Idiot Box, before rising to prominence in films including Paradise Road (1997), Welcome to Woop Woop (1997), Two Hands (1999), Better Than Sex (2000), The Monkey's Mask (2000), Mullet (2001), Teesh and Trude (2002), and The Caterpillar Wish (2006). Porter is also well recognised for her roles in television series, most notably, as Patricia Wright in East West 101, Eve Pritchard in East of Everything, Kay Parker in Sisters of War, and Marie Winter in the prison drama, Wentworth.
Early life Porter was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, to Bill, a doctor, and Jenny, a nurse. She has two older sisters, Cathy and Jackie, and a younger sister, Louise.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Nyx3Nkb_4&t=2m5s Who Do You Think You Are? Susie Porter Porter attended Newcastle Grammar School and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Newcastle. She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1995. Porter revealed in 2024 in an interview with 9honey that she was originally going to audition at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts but ended up with food poisoning and couldn't attend that audition.
Personal life Porter married Christopher Mordue in 2010.
Porter is a wildlife advocate and is a wildlife ambassador for World Animal Protection.
In 2022, she penned a letter to the NSW State Government urging the then Agriculture Minister, Dugald Saunders, to put an end to all puppy farms in the state.
Acting career Television Porter began her acting career in an episode of House Gang, a short lived television program. She then had small roles in other Australian television programs in the late 1990s, including Big Sky, Wildside and Water Rats.
In 2006, Porter had a leading role in RAN, an Australian mini-series, which won her a Best Leading Actress in a Television Drama at the AFI Awards. In late 2007, she appeared in East West 101, a six-part drama series that aired on SBS. In 2008, Porter appeared in East of Everything (a six-part drama series that aired on the ABC) and in the mini-series Make Or Break (an English and Australian production that aired on Foxtel's UKTV).
In 2009, Porter appeared on the second seasons of both East of Everything and East West 101, and first run The Jesters and My Place. In 2010, she appeared on the telemovie Sisters of War as Kay Parker. In 2011, she appeared in the third, and final season, of East West 101. In 2012, she appeared on Channel Ten's mini-series Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms. She played Pam Knight in Puberty Blues from 2012 to 2014.
In 2017, Porter was cast in the Foxtel drama series Wentworth in the main role Marie Winter; the role was originally portrayed by Maggie Millar in Prisoner. Porter first appeared in Wentworth during the fourth episode of the sixth season, broadcast on 10 July 2018. She reprised her role as Marie Winter in the seventh season in 2019, and again in the eighth and final season which premiered in 2020 and ended in 2021. She made her final appearance in penultimate episode of the final season.
In 2024, Porter was named in the cast for ABC drama Plum.
In December 2022, Porter was named in the cast for the new Disney+ series The Artful Dodger. On 3 February 2025, a cast announcement for the second series of The Artful Dodger confirmed that Porter would reprise her role as Lady Jane Fox from series one.
Film
In 1996, Porter made her film debut in Idiot Box. In 1997, she starred as Angie in the Australian comedy Welcome to Woop Woop. In 1999, she had a major role in Two Hands. In 2000, she starred in the film Bootmen and in the crime drama film The Monkey's Mask, which she plays a lesbian private detective who falls in love with a suspect, for which she won the award for 'Best Actress' at the Dallas OUT TAKES festival in 2001. In 2001, she appeared in the Australian movie Mullet and had a small role in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.
In 2005, Porter had a supporting role in the Australian film Little Fish. In 2006, she had a role in the film The Caterpillar Wish which won her Best Supporting Actress in the AFI Awards.
In 2015, Porter starred in Is This the Real World.
Porter appeared in 2022 film Gold which was filmed in South Australia.
In 2023, Porter appeared in the short film Waves at Bondi's Flickerfest.
In 2024, Porter was announced as part of the cast for the film Dirty Boy. On 6 August, Porter was announced as part of the cast for the film Overture. In 2025 Overture would be retitled to The Travelers. In December 2025, Porter was nominated for two AACTA awards for her role in The Travelers and Apple Cider Vinegar.
Theatre Date Title Role Notes 1990 A Sack Full of Prezzies / Red Santa Newcastle Panthers, West Wallsend Workers Club 1991 Waiting for Lefty Community Arts Centre, Hamilton with Hunter Workers Theatre 1991 Southern Steel Roz Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company 1991 Aftershocks Kerry / Fay / Jenny Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company 1993 Mother and Son Mrs Lind NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1994 The Devils NIDA Parade Studio, Sydney 1994 Three Sisters Masha NIDA Parade Studio, Sydney 1994 The Merchant of Venice Launcelot / Servant NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1994 Epsom Downs Ghost of Emily Davidson NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1994 Did You Hear The One About The Irishman...? NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1995 A View From the Bridge Beatrice NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1995 Guys and Dolls Martha / Dancer NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1995 Ghetto Hayyah NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney 1996 Somewhere in the Darkness Sally Wharf Theatre, Sydney with Sydney Theatre Company 2000 Sweet Phoebe Stables Theatre with Griffin Theatre Company 2001 The Vagina Monologues Valhalla Cinema, Sydney 2005 Broken Valley Belvoir Theatre 2006 The Emperor of Sydney Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company 2007 Riflemind Cindy Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company 2010 That Face Martha Belvoir Theatre 2011 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Olive Belvoir Theatre 2015 Death and the Maiden Paulina Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1996 Idiot Box Betty Feature film Mr. Reliable Fay Feature film 1997 Paradise Road Oggi Feature film Welcome to Woop Woop Angie Feature film 1998 Amy Anny Buchanan Feature film Aftershocks Marg Turnbull TV movie 1999 Two Hands Deirdre Feature film Feeling Sexy Vicki Feature film2000 Better Than Sex Cin Feature film The Monkey's Mask Jill Fitzpatrick Feature film Bootmen Sara Feature film 2001 Mullet Tully Feature film 2002 Sway Emma Feature film Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Hermione Bagwa / WA-7 Feature film Teesh and Trude Letitia (Teesh) Feature film 2005 Cool Lucy Short film Little Fish Jenny Moss Feature film 2006 The Caterpillar Wish Susan Woodbridge Feature film No Mail Antonia Short Short film 2007 The Manual Mai Short film Flipsical Sue Short film 2009 Lonely Mum Short film 2010 Summer Coda Angela Feature film Sisters of War Kay Parker TV movie 2012 Dangerous Remedy Peggy Berman TV movie 2016 Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches Herself Feature film documentary 2017 Don't Tell Sue Feature film Hounds of Love Maggie Maloney Feature film Cargo Kay Caine Feature film 2018 Ladies in Black Mrs. Miles Feature film The Second The Muse Feature film 2022 Gold The Stranger, The Stranger's Sister Feature film 2023 Transfusion Magistrate Feature film Waves Sam Short film An Ordinary Day Feature filmMercy Road2024In The Room Where He Waits MumDirty BoyVerity WentworthFeature film2025The TravellersNikkiFilm
Television Year Title Role NotesRef1996Beck TV reporter TV series, 1 episode 1996 House Gang Bottle Shop Girl TV series, episode: "Truth or Dare" 1997 Big Sky Tracy TV series, episode: "Duke of Yarragul" 1998 Wildside Debbie TV series, episodes: "1.6", "1.7" Children's Hospital Frances Clarke TV series, episode: "Tears Before Bedtime" Water Rats Julie Drummond TV series, episode: "Heads or Tales" 2001 The Secret Life of Us Pandora TV series, episode: "Secrets and Lies" 2003 State of Play Susan Sagattchean TV miniseries Silent Witness Maxine Croft TV series, 2 episodes: "Answering Fire": Part 1 & Part 2 2006 RAN Remote Area Nurse Helen Tremaine TV series, 6 episodes Love My Way Christine TV series, 4 episodes Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King Sally Blair Kinnell TV series, episode: "The Road Virus Heads North" Two Twisted Sam TV series, episode: "Delivery Man" 2007–11 East West 101 Detective Superintendent Patricia Wright TV series, 20 episodes 2008–09 East of Everything Eve Pritchard TV series, 13 episodes 2009 My Place Miss Muller TV series, 7 episodes 2009–11 The Jesters Julia Wilson TV series, 16 episodes 2012–14 Puberty Blues Pam Knight TV series 2012Dance Academy Anne Black TV series, 3 episodes Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms Vanessa Ross TV miniseries Problems Mrs Moth TV series, 4 episodes 2013Underbelly: Squizzy Rose Taylor TV series, 6 episodes 2014It's a Date Jocelyn TV series, 1 episode2014–15Plonk Evelyn Tyler TV series, 4 episodes2017Seven Types of Ambiguity Gina Serkin TV series, 4 episodesJanet King Maxine Reynolds TV series, 6 episodesPulse Maggie Cutter TV series, 7 episodes 2018–21 Wentworth Marie Winter TV series, season 6−8, 38 episodes 2020Hungry Ghosts Catherine Taylor TV series, 3 episodes 2021 The Unusual Suspects Rae TV miniseries, 2 episodes 2022 Irreverent Agnes TV miniseries, 5 episodes Grey Nomads Barb TV series, 6 episodes 2023 No Escape Chief Inspector Sarah Craven TV series, 7 episodes2023–present The Artful Dodger Lady Jane Fox TV series, 15 episodes 2024Plum Sarah Lum TV series, 2 episodes2025Apple Cider VinegarTamaraTV series: 4 episodes2026The F Ward Dr Pip MatessiTV series: 1 episode (1.4)
Other appearances YearTitleRoleNotes2021Wentworth Unlocked Herself TV specialToday Guest TV series, 1 episode2020Wentworth: Behind the Bars 2 Herself TV special2019Wentworth: Behind the Bars Herself TV specialScreen Herself TV series, 1 episodeTV Week Logie Awards Herself TV special 2014The Living Room Guest TV series, 1 episode 2013Who Do You Think You Are? Herself TV series, episode: "Susie Porter" 2002Cleo Bachelor 2002: Real Men Revealed Herself TV special 2001Rove Guest TV series: 1 episode 2000The Movie Show Guest TV series, 1 episode
Awards