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Biography
Brandon began her acting career in 2007, studying stage and screen acting at ACTT (Actors College of Theatre & Television) and NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art). In 2008, Brandon furthered her studies undertaking a part time course "The Power of Performance" at The Actors Center, in addition, Brandon was enrolled in a one year screen acting course at Screenwise Australia. Brandon began landing lead roles in short films "Noctem”, directed by Fredrik Rollenhagen and "Beginning" directed by Victoria Sommella. In 2009, Brandon, also played lead roles in short films "Killer", directed by Nay Htat and "Stolen", directed by Billy Reitzen in 2010. In 2012, Brandon played supporting actress roles in "The Samaritans" and "The Cornerstore", directed by Stanley Joseph.
In 2013, Brandon furthered her studies in a Diploma in Acting at Sydney Theatre School, graduating in 2015. During that period, Brandon played a variety of roles, both in Film and Theatre. These included a supporting role in short film "The 4th Wall", directed by Simon Roptell and a lead role in "Swipe Right", directed by Blake Ternacz. Brandon's theatre roles included playing a Psych in "Unfolding Wonder", directed by Michael Piggot - which was performed at Sydney's Fringe Festival. In 2014, Brandon played the role of Irina in "Brezhnev's Children", directed by Leah Pellinkhof and landed the lead role of Isabella in Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure", directed by Mark Matthews. This role took Brandon to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. After finishing her diploma, Brandon immediately was cast as the lead role of "Lotus", directed by Blake Ternacz. The film was screened at the historical Grauman's Chinese Theatre for the Beverly Hills Film Festival and she was nominated for a best actress award at the Miami Film Festival.
TELEVISION
2018 Deadly Women Alleshia Foxtel
2017 Home & Away Naomi Channel Seven
THEATRE
2014 Measure for Measure ISABELLA - Mark Mathews - Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2014 Brezhnev’s Children IRINA - Leah Pellinkhof - STS
2013 Unfolding Wonder PSYCH - Mich Piggot - Sydney Fringe Festival
TRAINING
2020 NATIONAL ACTORS INTENSIVE TAFTA
2019 Jovita O'Shaughnessy TV Director Workshop for Actors TAFTA
2019 Thea McLeod Casting Workshop TAFTA
2013 - 2015 Acting Diploma Sydney Theatre School
2008 One Year Screen Screenwise
2008 The Power of Performance The Actors Centre
2007 Screen Acting ACTT
2007 Acting Techniques NIDA
SHORT FILM
2015 Lotus Lead Blake Ternacz
2014 Swipe Right Lead Blake Ternacz
2013 The 4th Wall Supporting Simon Roptell
2012 The Cornerstone Supporting Stanley Joseph
2012 The Samaritans Supporting Stanley Joseph
2010 Stolen Lead Billy Reitzenstein
2010 Monuments Lead Adrian Powers
2009 Killer Lead Nay Htat
2008 Beginning Lead Victoria Sommella
2008 Noctem Lead Fredrik Rollenhagen
TV/COMMERCIALS
2016 KFC Feature
2014 SHOWPO Hero
2009 PHILIPS Featured
2008 KFC Feature
SKILLS
Standard American
Southern American
South American
General British