Screen Australia congratulates the 59th TV Week Logie Award Recipients
Monday 24 April 2017: At the 59th TV Week Logie Awards in Melbourne last night, nine Screen Australia- supported productions took home awards, with Seven’s Molly being the big winner on the night. Samuel Johnson was awarded both the Best Actor and coveted Gold Logie award for his role as Molly Meldrum in the series, which also picked up the award for Best Drama Program and was the highest-rating Australian drama series in 2016.
Other Logie recipients included Jessica Marais, who was awarded Best Actress for her roles in Nine Network’s Love Child and Network Ten’s The Wrong Girl; Rob Collins who was awarded Best New Talent for his roles in ABC’s Cleverman and Network Ten’s The Wrong Girl; and Elias Anton who was awarded the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer for his role in ABC’s Barracuda.
Foxtel/Showcase enjoyed success with Tasmanian-filmed The Kettering Incident, which was awarded Most Outstanding Miniseries and Most Outstanding Actor for Henry Nixon. While Secret City, which was filmed in Canberra, was also recognised with Anna Torv awarded Most Outstanding Actress and Damon Herriman awarded Most Outstanding Supporting Actor.
ABC ME’s Little Lunch was awarded Most Outstanding Children’s Program and ABC’s Conviction took home Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program.
Screen Australia congratulates all of the recipients and nominees, with CEO Graeme Mason saying: MEDIA RELEASE “Australian TV drama production was at a record high in 2015/16 and it’s fantastic to see such a diverse range of high-quality television productions enjoy success at this year’s Logie Awards. Congratulations to all the recipients, nominees and broadcasters who have brought these Australian stories to our screens.”
The full list of 59th TV Week Logie Award recipients supported by Screen Australia:
Gold Logie – Best Personality on Australian TV • Samuel Johnson (Molly) (Channel Seven)
Best Actor • Samuel Johnson (Molly) (Channel Seven)
Best Actress • Jessica Marais (Love Child*/The Wrong Girl) (Nine Network/Network Ten)
Best New Talent • Rob Collins (Cleverman/The Wrong Girl) (ABC /Network Ten)
Best Drama Program • Molly (Channel Seven)
Graham Kennedy Award For Most Outstanding Newcomer • Elias Anton (Danny Kelly, Barracuda, ABC)
Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie • The Kettering Incident (Foxtel – Showcase)
Most Outstanding Actor • Henry Nixon (Fergus McFadden, The Kettering Incident, Foxtel – Showcase)
Most Outstanding Actress • Anna Torv (Harriet Dunkley, Secret City, Foxtel – Showcase)
Media enquiries: Jane Alexander Twitter LinkedIn +61 2 8113 5833 | +61 400 940 682 | [email protected] www.screenaustralia.gov.au Facebook Instagram
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Most Outstanding Supporting Actor • Damon Herriman (Kim Gordon, Secret City, Foxtel – Showcase)
Most Outstanding Children's Program • Little Lunch: The Nightmare Before Graduation (ABC ME)
Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program • Conviction (ABC)
* Screen Australia has supported one or more seasons
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