Nicola Jayne Price
Actor
Nicola is an actor, singer, stage combat instructor, fight and intimacy director. Other work includes personal trainer and hydrotherapy facilitator in the disability field. Performance training includes 2-year National Diploma in Performing Arts, Wales and 3-year Diploma (now degree) in Acting & Musical Theatre at Mountview Academy, London.
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Queensland Theatre Company; We Were Dancing, A Christmas Carol, Puss in Boots, La Boite/Dead Puppets Society's The Harbinger, Jesture's Clown Cabaret, Magic Theatre in many Shakespearian roles, as Lucy in Mixed Company's Secret Bridesmaid's Business, Margaret in MadCat's Minefields and Miniskirts, The Forwood Movement's The Laramie Project, 4MBS in Amadeus,Romeo & Juliet, Drama on the High Seas, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Prometheus Unbound and Much Ado About Nothing, Grin & Tonic in more Shakespearian roles including Katerina, Isabella, Cleopatra, Tamora, Lady M, Tybalt, Lady Capulet; Trocadero's The Duchess of Malfi and as Agrippina in Eugene Gilfedder's Empire Burning.
Short films: NJ received Best Lead Performance Award in 2015 for her role as Erica in Outside The Wire. Other films: My Perfume 2024 by Ian MacKenna, Lou in Slaughter at Lonesome Rock 2017 - featured at L.A. and Gold Coast film festivals 2018, Angel in Welcome To The Lucky Country, Melissa in True Love by Ignition Films which received global acknowledgement and has won several awards including Best Film at many international festivals. As Lucy in Pixelframe’s ClownTown which was accepted into the 2013 St Kilda Film Festival and Mother in Warrick Fraser’s Une Priere du Mort won Best Video - American Film Festival 2011. TVCs: Suncorp Insurance, Brisbane Marketing, Virgin Mobile, Michael Hill Jeweller, Holden and Carlton Mid. NJ teaches and choreographs regularly at Indelability Arts, JMC Academy and QUT.
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“The highlight, however, is Nicola Jayne Price’s Bonnie. Her conviction to the character’s sardonic humour is convincing, meaning that, although forthright, Bonnie’s emotionally intelligent words about the practicalities of actively choosing love land with a resonance that sharpens the play’s interrogation of the self-protective narratives of life.”
Meredith Walker - Blue Curtains | Read More
“Nicola Jayne (NJ) Price as Bonnie is cool as a cucumber on the outside, but that calm is not emptiness. Price gives Bonnie a deliciously composed presence, all sharp eyes, sharper wit, and the kind of confidence that can make a room behave. Bonnie is observant, stylish, and capable of slicing through everyone else’s nonsense with brazen honesty. Her explanation of a mid-life crisis is marvellous: the boredom, the discontent, the self-sabotage, the desperate reach for some “spiritual awakening.” Bonnie is here to tell you that what waits on the other side is not enlightenment, but a barren battlefield.”
Stage Buzz | Read More
Similarly, don’t be fooled by the cool, collected gliding swans of Nicola Jayne (NJ) Price’s Bonnie and her devoted partner Annie, played by Bianca Butler Reynolds. NJ and Bianca are expert at hinting at the constant paddling, the subtle dynamics just beneath the surface of their couple’s relationship.
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“Playing Bonnie to perfection was not the only role played by Nicola Jayne Price. As she’s also a politely labelled as a fight choreographer, she is called on as stage combat instructor to orchestrate the ugly end scene.
Thanks to Nicola’s well managed instruction and active participation – and able direction by Greg Scurr – no players (or audience members) were injured in the process!”
Village Voice | Read More
"NJ's turn as a shell-shocked soldier's wife is the standout performance. Her halting, almost inarticulate delivery brings her character to life in a way that the more stereotypically staged performances around her don't quite achieve."
James Harper – Courier Mail
“You are astonishing. I was so moved to tears. You made me believe that you could see the stars in the night sky. A wonderful, wonderful piece of work. I love the sound when you speak Shakespeare’s text."
Bille Brown – 4MBS
"... Niki-J Witt turns in a creditable performance as Tripitaka..."
Nigel Munro-Wallis - ABC
"... she interacts to perfection with the three nuisances she has to put up with..."
Alison Cotes – Stage Diary
“Stand-out performances belong to Sandro Colarelli, Helen Cassidy and Niki-J Witt who punctuate the story with some highly-amusing character work.”
Dan Evans – Theatre in Review
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Past Ad Astra Productions
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2026 - The Tell-Tale Heart (Film), Levi Hayward, Actor - Police Woman
2025 - Slice of Life (Web Series), Griffith Uni, Actor - Mrs. Leaf
2025 - Jesture (Cabaret), Performer - Pfaff
2024 - Jesture (Cabaret), Performer - Pfaff
2024 - My Perfume (Film), Ian MacKenna, Actor - Mum
2024 - Burst By Sun (Band), Lead Vocalist
2023 - Keisha In The Blue (Film), New House Cinema, Actor - Michelle Strand
2019 - Suncorp Insurance (TVC), Exit Films, Actor - Insurer
2019 - Brisbane Marketing (TVC), Taxi Films, Actor - Hiker
2018 - Harrow (TV), ABC, Actor - Phillipa Wedburg
2018 - The Merchant of Venice (Theatre), Magic Theatre, Actor - Portia
2017 - Slaughter At Lonesome Rock (Film), PixelFrame, Actor - Snr Sgt Lou Barlow
2016 - Outside The Wire (Film), QSFT, Actor - Erica
2016 - Welcome To The Lucky Country (Film), Soul Vision/PixelFrame, Actor - Angel Jeffries
2013 - Carlton Mid "Coincidence" (TVC) Clemenger, Actor - Dennis' Wife
2013 - Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre), Magic Theatre, Actor - Cleopatra
2013 - The Void - Magnum Octopus (TV Series), ArtSpeare, Actor - Barbara
2013 - The Void - 3D-001 (TV Series), ArtSpeare, Actor - Barbara
2013 - Origin of Dark Vixen (Pilot, film), Minteractive, Actor - Lauren Raven
2012 - The Harbinger (Theatre), Dead Puppets Society/La Boite, Actor - Young Albert
2011 - Secret Bridesmaids Business (Theatre), Mixed Comany, Actor - Lucy Dean
2011 - Empire Burning (Theatre), Eugene Gilfedder, Actor - Agrippina
2011 - Vigin Mobile Robin da Hood (TVC), Revolver, Actor - Mother
2011 - A Bird In The Hand (Film), Lucid Living, Actor - Mum
2011 - ClownTown (Film), PixelFrame, Actor - Lucy
2010 - True Love (Film), Ignition Films, Actor - Melissa
2010 - Michael Hill Jeweller (TVC), Michael Swann, Actor - Posh Lady
2010 - No Heroes, No Villains (Film), GFS, Actor - Woman
2010 - Eaglehawk (Film) Nason/Pyle/Thyer, Actor - Wife
2010 - Holden Berlina (TVC), Actor - Mum
2010 - Amadeus (Theatre), 4MBS, Actor - Venticelli
2010 - Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre), Actor - Beatrice
2010 - Fuji Film (Online), RunMedia, Actor - Jenny
2010 - Super Fund (Online), Surge Media, Actor - Presenter
2009 - Romeo and Juliet (Theatre), 4MBS, Actor - Juliet
2009 - Minefields And Miniskirts (Theatre), MadCat Creatives, Actor - Margaret
2009 - The Passion (Theatre), Sue Rider, Actor - Ensemble
2008 - a Midsummer Night's Dream (Theatre), 4MBS, Actor - Helena
2006 - Puss In Boots (Theatre), Queensland Theatre Company, Actor - Princess Rupert/Bad Puss
2006 - The Trial (Theatre), Jason Klarwein/Grin and Tonic, Actor - Ensemble
2006 - Monkey! (Theatre), Grin and Tonic, Actor - Tripitaka
2005 - A Christmas Carol (Theatre), Queensland Theatre Company, Actor - Mrs. Fezziwig/Mrs. Cratchit/Ensemble
2005 - The Duchess of Malfi (Theatre), Trocadero, Actor - Cariola
2003 - We Were Dancing (Theatre), Queensland Theatre Company, Actor - Lena
2002 - Monkey! (Theatre), Brisbane Festival/Grin and Tonic, Actor - Kuan Yin
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1992-1994 DIPLOMA 2 years Performing Arts Diploma, Coleg Powys, Wales, UK
1994-1997 DIPLOMA (DEGREE) 3 Years Acting and Musical Theatre training, Mountview Academy, London UK
1997-2000 Stage Combat Instructor, The British Academy of Dramatic Combat, London
2001 Instructor and Fight Director, Society of Australian Fight Directors Inc
2010 Acting for Screen, The Actors Workshop - Mungo McKay
2014-2019 Shaolin Long Fist, Brisbane Kung Fu Level 4
2017 Cert IV Workplace Training and Assessment - Axiom College
2021 Cert IV in Master Trainer in Fitness at the Australian Institute of Fitness
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NJ received a singing scholarship while at Mountview
Nominated for Best Emerging Artist Matilda Award in Brisbane in 2005.
NJ won Best Actor Award at QSFT awards 2015.
"The BADC Fight Performance certificate is recognised throughout the theatrical world as a mark of excellence in stage combat proficiency - the Advanced with Recommendation being the highest and rarest honour to be awarded"
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Freelance