Paula Nazarski

Paula Nazarski is a Ngugi woman from Quandamooka country (North Stradbroke Island).

Malthouse Theatre: BLACK LIGHT

Other Theatre:  UP THE ROAD (Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts); CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (Black Swan State Theatre Company/Queensland Theatre); QUEENS CITY and ARE WE THERE YET? (Brisbane Festival); ANGEL’S PALACE (Brisbane Writers Festival); A LETTER FOR MOLLY (Ensemble Theatre); THIS WOMAN’S JOURNEY, KOOEMBA JDARRA: THE MACK, BITIN’ BACK, TRUE and CANTO CHOIR: 1975 (NAIDOC Week); MY STORY, YOUR STORY, TALES MY MOTHER TOLD ME and BLOW ‘EM (Queensland Arts Council/Artlink); HEAD FULL OF LOVE, AN OAK TREE and THE CRUCIBLE (Queensland Theatre); MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN and THE SCHOOL OF ARTS (Queensland Theatre/QPAC); BOX THE PONY (QUT) and A NIGHT WITH PAULA NAZARSKI, YARNIN TIME and YULETIDE CELEBRATIONS (State Library of Queensland).

Film: AUDREY (dir. Natalie Bailey); THE SECOND SENSE & CENTSABILITY (dir. Mairi Cameron); AUSTRALIA DAY (dir. Kriv Stenders); AFTER THE APOLOGY (dir. Larissa Behrendt) and THE BUTTERFLY TREE (dir. Priscilla Cameron).

Television: THE ARTFUL DODGER (Disney+); RFDS and HOGES (Seven Network); THE NEWSREADER, IN OUR BLOOD and DARBY AND JOAN (ABC); BOYS SWALLOW UNIVERSE and TIDELANDS (Netflix); BLACK SNOW (Stan);  LORD OF  THE RINGS – THE RINGS OF POWER (Amazon Prime); UPRIGHT (FOXTEL); THE BUREAU OF MAGICAL THINGS and WAKE IN FRIGHT (Network 10).

Training: Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts (ACPA).

Current as of February 2026.