Wendy Mocke Wendy Mocke i(21164874 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Papua New Guinean
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BiographyHistory

Wendy Mocke is an inter-disciplinary storyteller, graduate of NIDA, and Creative Director of Melanin Haus.

Mocke's play with Phoebe Grainer, Julbu Meri, was included in Darlinghurst Theatre Company's development program in 2020, with dramaturg Rachael Maza and actors Gloria Bose and Abbie Lee-Lewis. The play explores the lived experiences of an Aboriginal woman and Papua New Guinean woman, growing up as black women in Australia.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2023 recipient Malcolm Robertson Writers Program for 'Kirk’s Backyard (My First Caucasian Play)'.
2023 winner Patrick White Playwrights' Award for 'REALish' (awarded in 2024).
2023 winner Griffin Award for New Australian Playwriting for 'I Am Kegu'.
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Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon Bad Ancestors ( dir. Vanilla Tupu ) Australia : Purple Carrot Entertainment , 2024 29315687 2024 series - publisher film/TV

'Best friends Nora and Charli must spend their afterlife providing ancestral guidance to young black people.'

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2025 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Online Drama or Comedy
form y separately published work icon Hanging Tough ( dir. Helena Brooks ) Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2023 29435954 2023 single work film/TV
2025 shortlisted AWGIE Awards — Comedy Award — Situation or Narrative
form y separately published work icon Gold Diggers ( dir. Helena Brooks ) Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2023 25940233 2023 series - publisher film/TV Two sisters, party animal Gert and naive Marigold, try to make their fortune in the 1850s gold-rush town of Dead Horse Gap.
2024 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Narrative Comedy Series
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