Australian actress (born 1979)

Jacinta Patrice Stapleton (born 6th of June 1979) is an Australian actress. Known for her role as Amy Greenwood in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours from 1997 to 2000 and again from 2020 onwards. Her most notable role was playing an undercover detective in the primetime network television series Stingers. Her performance garnered an Australian Film Ins*ute nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Drama. She is the younger sister of Blindspot actor Sullivan Stapleton.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Filmography
  • 2.1 Film
  • 2.2 Television
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

Joining an acting agency at the age of six years old, along with her brother Sullivan Stapleton, she appeared in TV commercials, film and TV series. Jacinta studied drama, theatre and dance at Sandringham Secondary College before appearing in her first long running television series as Amy Greenwood in Neighbours from 1997 to 2000, making a cameo return in 2005 during the 20th anniversary of the series. In November 2020 it was announced that Stapleton would be reprising the role of Amy for a guest stint.

From 2002 to 2004 she played Christina Dichiera in the TV drama Stingers which she was nominated for an Australian Film Ins*ute award for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Drama.

She also appeared in hit dramas MDA, Blue Heelers, All Saints, Dirt Game, Out of the Blue and Packed to the Rafters.

In October 1999 she posed nude for Black+White magazine.

Her most notable roles of late are playing Reen Nalli in the INXS: Never Tear Us Apart biopic, Mercedes Corby in the story of Schapelle and was praised for her portrayal of Madonna in the Molly Meldrum biopic Molly. She was also an award winner for Best Actress in the lead role of Bambi Steele in the feature film Musclecar.

She studied under the tutelage of world renowned acting coach Ivana Chubbuck.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

• Jacinta Stapleton at IMDb
• Jacinta Stapleton - Zimbio
• Jacinta Stapleton's own site
• Jacinta Stapleton's voice agent