Anna Lise Phillips (born 1975) is an Australian actress. She is sometimes credited as Anna Lise, Anna Lise Philips, or Anna-Lise Phillips.
Early life Phillips grew up in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia where she was a founding member of the Corrugated Iron Youth Theatre. Her mother was Maggi Phillips, a dancer .
Career Philips' first major film role was in The Boys (1998) shortly followed by Envy (also known as The New Girlfriend) for which she was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film. Other films of note include Sundance award-winning; Animal Kingdom, Walking on Water, BackTrack, The Pack, A Wreck A Tangle, and The Tank.
In 2002 Phillips played Mabel Fine in Icon's telemovie The Three Stooges with Michael Chiklis, Paul Ben Victor, and Evan Handler.
Phillips first acted on television in 2002, starring in Channel 9's Young Lions. In 2009, she appeared as Jeneana Palmer in Channel Seven's TV soap opera Home and Away.
Phillips has appeared in many Australian TV series including McLeod's Daughters, The Secret Life of Us, Farscape, Stingers, Murder Call, Good Guys Bad Guys, Water Rats, Wildside, The Killing Field, Heartbreak High, Terra Nova, Bastard Boys, Crownies, and City Homicide.
In 2012, she was cast in a recurring role in the American television series Revolution. Phillips starred in Foxtel's 2014 miniseries Devil's Playground with Toni Collette. In 2016, she starred in US comedy Sensitivity Training, which was also shown at the LA Film Festival. In 2020, Phillips made a guest appearance in Neighbours as Jenna Donaldson.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1998 The Boys Nola Feature film 1999 Envy (aka The New Girlfriend) Rachel Feature film 2000 A Wreck A Tangle Max Feature film 2001 WillFull Catherine Waterford Feature film 2002 Walking on Water Kate Feature film 2003 Clutch Judy Short film 2004 Hooked Rebecca Short film 2009 Dream What You Want Dream Girl Short film2010 Not Even a Mouse Jasmine Short film Animal Kingdom Barrister Justine Hopper Feature film Complicity Drowning Woman Short film 2011 Katieland Katie Colvin Short film 2012 Inhuman Resources Shelly Bloom 2015 The Pack Carla Wilson Feature film 2015 Backtrack Erica George Feature film 2016Sensitivity Training Serena
Television Year Title Role Notes1997Big SkyMelanieEpisode: "Boxed In"1998CassieTV miniseriesWildsideLaurel WilliamsEpisode: "1.16"Water RatsMeganEpisode: "Soft Target"Good Guys, Bad GuysEmily CostelloEpisode: "A Chip Off the Old Potato"Murder CallEileen Watson Season 2, Episode 17: "Blowing the Whistle"StingersClare ChallonerEpisode: "Innocents Abroad"2000Marriage ActsAnna McKinnonTV filmFarscapeYoung NilaamEpisode: "Vitas Mortis"Mabel FineTV film20011000 Meilen für die LiebeTV film2002JulieEpisodes: "A New World Order", "Free Will", "The Grand Delusion"Young LionsDet. Snr. Const. Cameron SmartMain role (22 episodes)2004McLeod's DaughtersBree PlummerEpisode: "Make or Break"2005Blue Water HighLoren's MumEpisode: "3.9"2007Bastard BoysCherie SnapeTV miniseries2009All SaintsHeatherEpisode: "Dreams and Nightmares"Home and Away Jeneana PalmerRecurring role (6 episodes)2011City HomicideKylie BarnettEpisode: "No Greater Honour: Reward Day"CrowniesSonyaRecurring role (5 episodes)Terra NovaTeresaEpisode: "What Remains"2012Tricky BusinessLara DonnellyEpisode: "Mothercraft"RevolutionMaggie FosterEpisodes: "Pilot", "Chained Heat", "No Quarter", "The Plague Dogs"2016Her Dark PastAliceTV film2018HarrowStephanie TolsonMain role (10 episodes)2020–21NeighboursJenna Donaldson Recurring character2023 The ClearingHannah Wilczek
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