Libby Munro

Growing up on a cattle station in outback Queensland, Libby Munro has always known the importance of hard work, taking risks, and self motivation. After finishing her Bachelor of Business at QUT, Libby was then immediately accepted into NIDA and graduated in 2008. She has gone on to star in mainstage productions for Queensland Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company, while also touring nationally in commercial theatre.

 

In 2014 Libby won the Matilda Award for Best Actress in a Leading role for her portrayal of Vanda in the Australian premiere of Venus in Fur as well as winning the John Dommett Medal for Outstanding Industry Achievement. In 2015 she finished a sell-out extended season of the one-woman show Grounded at Queensland Theatre to rave reviews and another Matilda win for Best Actor in a Leading Role, 2016. Other theatre credits include Noises Off and Disgraced for MTC and Queensland Theatre, Dream Home at The Ensemble Theatre, A Murder is Announced for Louise Withers and Associates (LWAA), The Collection for the Nida Graduating Directors, and Gallipoli at STC.

 

Libby has been working consistently on screen - notably the lead role in one-shot feature film Eight which was recently selected ‘In Competition’ at the Atlanta Film Festival in the U.S., won ‘Best Feature’ at the Snowdance film festival in Germany, won the jury prize for ‘Best Feature’ at L.A. Cinefest, won 'Best Feature' at the One-Shot festival in Croatia, won 'Best Screenplay' at The Independent Spirit Film Festival and opened the Queensland Film Festival, and can now be streamed on Amazon Prime.

Libby has also played the lead in Mommy Would Never Hurt You that was picked up by the Lifetime Channel in the U.S. and airs nationally from March 2019. Munro has recently finished filming a lead supporting role in horror film The Unsettling in Los Angeles, and can be seen in the lead role as Claire Cane in American Action Adventure feature film Wild Woman being released late 2022. In 2016 the UK/AU co-production of the zombie western feature film Bullets For the Dead was released featuring Libby in a lead supporting role. Her other roles include the lead in Azure Productions award winning short film The Bind, Violet in multiple award winning short The Hunted (which Munro also wrote), the haunting short film 'Broken Dolls', and TV shows ranging from Joe Vs Carol on Stan, Troppo on ABC, Hiding on ABC, All Saints: MRU, award winning comedy Review with Miles Barlow, and Fox TV series SLiDE.

 

Libby has been a film reviewer for Salt Magazine and their online counterpart Pepper for almost a decade. As a new member of the FCCA and AWG she continues to write and create her own work and has recently graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Screenwriting for feature film at AFTRS. In 2018 Libby had her first film script The Hunted developed with Guilty films, shot in NZ, which is now playing to critical acclaim in film festivals around the world.

 

Whenever home, Libby also helps run a cattle company with her 3 sisters in Queensland where they proudly breed ‘Brangus’ beef cattle on their home property near Millmerran.