Geneviève Picot

Acting

Geneviève Picot

Born 1956-01-01 · Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Geneviève Picot is an Australian stage, film and television actress. In 1983 Picot was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Undercover and in 1991 was nominated for the same award for Proof. She is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).

Acting credits

The Dressmaker poster
7.0

In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.

The Dressmaker

2015

Muriel's Wedding poster
6.8

Socially awkward Muriel Heslop wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due to her oppressive politician father, Muriel has never even been on a date. Ostracized by her more socially adept friends, Muriel runs into fellow outcast Rhonda Epinstalk, and the two move from their small Australian town to the big city of Sydney, where Muriel changes her name and begins the arduous task of redesigning her life to match her fantasies.

Muriel's Wedding

1994

Irresistible poster
5.5

A wife and mother is consumed by the thought that her husband's co-worker is trying to win him away from her and their family.

Irresistible

2006

Proof poster
6.7

Martin, a young blind photographer, is divided between his friendship with restaurant worker Andy and the exclusive love that Celia—who is terribly jealous of this new friendship—has for him.

Proof

1991

The Book of Revelation poster
5.2

An erotic mystery about power and sex, the entanglement of victim and perpetrator, and a man's struggle to regain his lost self.

The Book of Revelation

2006

Undercover poster
4.5

The uniquely Australian underwear invention of the Berlei Bra and under corsetry of the time is lovingly and lavishly depicted in David Elfick's lush and amusing production.

Undercover

1984

The Four Minute Mile poster
7.5

For two brilliant young athletes - Roger Bannister of England and John Landy of Australia - the 1952 Helsinki Olympics present an exciting challenge. But events help set them on the path to something even more memorable than an Olympic gold medal - the race to break the four-minute mile....

The Four Minute Mile

1988

True Love and Chaos poster
3.6

A man accompanies his lover on a journey, neglecting to mention that an angry drug dealer is in hot pursuit.

True Love and Chaos

1997

Force of Destiny poster
NR

A journey of love and hope, of courage and sacrifice, and one man's miraculous salvation through a life-saving liver transplant. FORCE OF DESTINY is a story of survival inspired by Paul Cox's personal experiences and his recent book Tales From the Cancer Ward.

Force of Destiny

2015

Bread & Roses poster
8.5

Based upon the life of activist and trade unionist (and later MP) Sonja Davies. The film covers her life up to 1956, when, at age 33, she was elected to the Nelson Hospital Board. During this period she develops strong socialist beliefs, marries and divorces, at age 17 trains as a nurse, has a romance (and a child) with an American marine who is killed in WWII action. She battles tuberculosis and marries a former boyfriend when he returns from the war. She becomes part of a women's ill-fated campaign to save the Nelson railway line from closure and begins to be elected to political bodies.

Bread & Roses

1993

No artwork available
9.0

A man from an upper class family is manipulated into laundering drug money by his brother.

To Market to Market

1987

No artwork available
10.0

A hospitalized amnesiac boy, victim of an abduction gone wrong, brings police detective Mark Bryce (Friels) and nurse Rose (Picot) together. Both have 'baggage' -- she a recently widowed and somewhat demented father, George (Myles), living at home; Mark a divorce with only part-time access to his two children, plus a demanding and increasingly frustrating job. Over the next 24 hours the lives of this pair intersect as they each try to coax some memories from the boy (named 'Max' by Mark), while George struggles with his failing mental capacity and visions of his late wife and her dead first husband.

Max's Dreaming

2003

Abortion, Corruption and Cops: The Bertram Wainer Story poster
10.0

In his fight to make abortion accessible, affordable and safe, Dr Bertram Wainer risked his life to uncover a web of corruption involving abortionists, politicians and police.

Abortion, Corruption and Cops: The Bertram Wainer Story

2006