It is such a pleasure to have actress Kerry Fox here at The Wharf, deep in rehearsals for Face to Face in which she plays Jenny, a woman whose life comes apart at the seams. It is a challenging role, but Kerry's long and spectacularly varied career promises she will be more than up to the task, and that indeed this will be an unmissable performance. To get into the spirit of things, here is a reminder of some of Kerry's past roles...

The role that launched Kerry on the international stage - and won her several awards - was that of New Zealand author Janet Frame in the 1990 film An Angel at My Table. Just gorgeous.


Two years later Kerry starred alongside Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz and Miranda Otto in The Last Days of Chez Nous, in which she played the feisty younger sister Vicki. Here is a taste of this Aussie classic...



Several smaller films followed, but it was the 1994 film Shallow Grave (in which she co-starred with Ewan McGregor and Christopher Eccleston) that really established Kerry's career internationally.


Throughout the rest of the 90s Kerry consistently worked in films, including Country Life, Welcome to Sarajevo, The Hanging Garden and the Wisdom of Crocodiles. Yet it was her performance as Claire in Patrice Chereau's Intimacy (opposite Mark Rylance) garnered the most attention. Here is a glimpse...



Over the past decade, Kerry has continued to regularly act in film, and one of the most notable in recent years was Jane Campion's Bright Star, which was released in 2009 and in which she played Mrs. Brawne.


Although based in London, Kerry is far from a stranger to Australia, and earlier this year she appeared on our tv screens as Oriel Lamb in Cloudstreet.


It is just over three weeks until Kerry takes to the Sydney Theatre stage, and we can't wait.

Alex Lalak

Face to Face, Sydney Theatre, 7 August - 8 September, 2012.