Caroline Brazier
Australian actress
Caroline Brazier is an Australian actress who is best known for the role of Chrissy Merchant in Packed to the Rafters and the starring roles of Veronica Johnson and her twin sister Betti in the children's television series Parallax. Brazier has also had a number of roles in the theatre, films and other television series.
Early life
Originally from Perth, Western Australia, Brazier graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1998. As a child she briefly lived in Jakarta.
Career
Brazier has appeared in The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra for the Bell Shakespeare Company, Whale Music at Darlinghurst Theatre, and Speed-the-Plow for Perth Theatre Company. In 2012 she won Best Actress in a Leading Role in an Independent Production at the Sydney Theatre Awards for I Want to Sleep with Tom Stoppard.
She also played the Superintendent in Accidental Death of an Anarchist (2018) at Sydney Theatre and appeared in the music video for Silverchair's 1999 song "Emotion Sickness".
In 2023, Brazier was named as part of the extended cast for the second series of Foxtel legal drama The Twelve. In 2024, Brazier was named in season 2 of Scrublands.
Personal life
Brazier was married to fellow Australian actor Geoff Morrell.
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