Felicity Jurd has been an actor and voice artist since 1984 and a coach since 1991.
COACHING
As a coach, she was Dialect Coach to Taron Egerton in APEX (Netflix), Dialect Coach to Tom Burke & Voice Coach to Charlee Fraser in FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA (Warner Bros); Voice Coach to Martyn Ford on MORTAL KOMBAT II (Warner Bros), and Russian Dialect Coach to Ines English on TV Series THE LAST ANNIVERSARY (Blossom Films/Madeup Stories) and LAST DAYS OF THE SPACE AGE (Disney+).
She has also worked extensively as a dialect & voice coach in theatre including; A Mirror (Belvoir St/dir: Margaret Thanos), A Very Expensive Poison (New Theatre/dir: Margaret Thanos), POSH (Old Fitz/dir: Margaret Thanos).
As an Acting Coach/Dramaturg her work includes SCALES (Stan/Werner Productions), PLUM (ABC TV), THE PM’S DAUGHTER (Fremantle/ABC TV), TOTAL CONTROL (S3) (Blackfella Films/ABC TV) & Dramaturg for Lila McGuire on GOOLAGONG (Werner/ABC) directed by Wayne Blair. Goolagong was nominated for four Logies in 2026, winning the Logie for Best Mini Series & Lila McGuire won the 2026 Logie for Best Newcomer for her acclaimed portrayal of Evonne Goolagong Cawley.
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ACTING & VO
As an actor, Felicity has appeared in the TV Series THE F-WARD, BUMP, DOCTOR DOCTOR, HOME & AWAY, LAND of HOPE and A COUNTRY PRACTICE; feature film credits include Sydney Film Festival Audience Winner (2022) EVICTED! A MODERN ROMANCE and THE LEGEND OF MOLLY JOHNSON.
Most recently, Felicity starred in the acclaimed comedy series NOT RUSSIAN ANYWHERE. It was nominated for an AACTA Award
& won Best Comedy at the Australian Women’s Film Festival in 2025.
Felicity’s solo show I MAY FLY was reviewed by Time Out London and The Stage UK where they noted her skills of physical and vocal transformation. Additional theatre credits include MISERY LOVES COMPANY (OnStage: York Theatre, Seymour Centre), ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (Sport for Jove), I.E.D (Theatre 503/ Iris Theatre London), PLAYING WITH FIRE (Serendipity Productions, London), ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (Theatre Collection, London), THE LADY’S TRAGEDY (Macowen Theatre, London), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (LAMDA Studios, London), THE VEGEMITE TALES (Leicester Square, West End, London) and FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS (Darlinghurst Theatre Company).
An experienced narrator of both fiction and non-fiction audiobooks, Felicity has covered many genres and accents. Highlights include three books for Sarah Bailey; Click, Body of Lies & The Housemate, three books for Kathleen Jennings; Honeyeater, Flyaway, Kindling and The Bookshop Detectives series; You Need to Know by Nicola Moriarty and many more. Other projects include; Naya the Dream Fairy in over 60 meditations for the free app for children, Surfing on a Cloud and voicing nine different characters in the Audible Original Full Throttle, and ten different characters in Audible Original Blood Red Sister Rose.
Felicity is represented by Sophie Jermyn Management.
On Screen, Felicity is best known for;
Not Russian Anywhere
(Winner Best Comedy at Australian Women’s Film Festival 2025)
as Lara, a fiercely overprotective matriarch
The Pool
as Older Ari, recovering from a stroke
after years of unresolved grief
Evicted: A Modern Romance
(Winner Best Narrative Feature at Sydney Film Fest 2022)
as Janice, a colourful & permissive mother
Doctor Doctor
as Harriet, a farmgirl birthing triplets by surprise
BUMP
as Jaime, a nasty chemotherapy nurse with compassion fatigue
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