Susan Prior

Acting

Susan Prior

Susan Prior is an Australian actress. She won the 2014 AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in The Rover and was nominated for the 2012 AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama for Puberty Blues. She was twice nominated for the Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play, in 2008 for Riflemind and in 2014 for Small and Tired.

Acting credits

The Rover poster
6.3

Ten years after a severe economic collapse in the western world, lawlessness reigns and life is cheap. Eric is a lone drifter, and his car is his only possession. When a gang steals it, Eric comes across the injured Rey, left behind by the car thieves. The pair form an unlikely and uneasy alliance.

The Rover

2014

Animal Kingdom poster
6.8

Joshua “J” is taken in by his extended family after his mother dies of an overdose. The clan, ruled by J’s scheming grandmother, is heavily involved in criminal activities, and J is soon indoctrinated into their way of life. But J is given a chance to take another path when a cop seeks to help him.

Animal Kingdom

2010

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

Heaven's Burning poster
5.7

In Sydney, the newly married Midori is honeymooning with her husband, Yukio. She does not love him and fakes her own kidnapping to escape the marriage. Her lover is supposed to meet her, but fails to appear. She goes to a bank to get some cash, only to become a hostage in an unfolding robbery, until the getaway driver, Colin, saves her from his fellow robbers. They hit the road together, with the cops, her husband and the robbers in pursuit.

Heaven's Burning

1997

Jasper Jones poster
6.4

Fourteen-year-old Charlie's life changes when Jasper takes his help to dispose of the body of his girlfriend, Laura. He decides to look for the murderer and falls in love with Laura's younger sister.

Jasper Jones

2017

The Second poster
5.2

The persona of a celebrated author is threatened when her best friend and muse reveals the dark secret behind her first novel's provenance, igniting an incendiary tale of sex, lies and betrayal.

The Second

2018

The Deb poster
4.0

An original musical comedy about two teenage cousins who dig deep to find self acceptance and a date to the Debutante Ball in a small country town in Australia. Rebel Wilson's hotly anticipated directorial debut.

The Deb

2026

Suburban Mayhem poster
5.6

Can you really get away with murder? Welcome to the world of Katrina, a 19-year-old single mum who's planning to do just that. Katrina lives in a world of petty crime, fast cars, manicures and blow-jobs. A master manipulator of men living at home with her father in suburban Golden Grove, Katrina will stop at nothing to get what she wants - even murder.

Suburban Mayhem

2006

Not Suitable For Children poster
5.3

A young playboy who learns he has one month until he becomes infertile sets out to procreate as much as possible.

Not Suitable For Children

2012

Groundhog Night poster
1.0

For carer Gary, moving on and keeping his family together isn’t always easy. Tensions run high when his late wife’s parents arrive unannounced after he brings home a date.

Groundhog Night

2020

Snowblind poster
NR

Jack is utterly fed up with living at home. He longs for love, freedom and the music by KISS.

Snowblind

2014

Idiot Box poster
5.6

Mick and Kev – bored, unemployed and aimless in the western suburbs of Sydney – decide to rob a bank, more or less for the fun of it.

Idiot Box

1997

Riot poster
6.4

A look at the 1970s Gay Rights Movement in Australia through the eyes of dedicated activist Lance Gowland. As Lance deals with his sexuality, he must also juggle work, family and relationships.

Riot

2018

Monster poster
6.7

A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.

Monster

2005

Book Week poster
6.0

Nicholas Cutler is a smart yet self-destructive, once famous novelist who is stuck teaching English to iPhone-addicted teenagers at a working class high school. After writing a trashy zombie story he recaptures the interest of publishers who are willing to give him a second chance as long as he can prove he has cleaned up his act. However, what could have been the best week of his life spirals into chaos and he's forced to finally put others ahead of his selfish dreams.

Book Week

2019

Ascendant poster
4.7

A young environmentalist wakes, trapped, kidnapped in the elevator of a super high rise building at the mercy of her tormentors.

Ascendant

2021

Mukbang poster
NR

When a young girl falls deep into the internet phenomenon that is Mukbang, she comes face-to-face with an unfamiliar feeling.

Mukbang

2020

No artwork available
2.0

A blind woman has a seizure in her own house one evening. Her doctor, a neighbor called John arrives soon. She is unconscious. What happens next?

Doctor by Day

1998

Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover' poster
5.0

Behind the scenes look at David Michôd's 2014 film 'The Rover'.

Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'

2014

The View from Greenhaven poster
4.2

A grumpy old man living in an idyllic coastal town who can't see he has the perfect life.

The View from Greenhaven

2008

Just a Farmer poster
8.0

Alison, left to manage an ailing farm and an alcoholic father-in-law after her husband’s sudden death, navigates the challenges of rural life. The film explores generational trauma, love, loss, and the undeniable resilience of a farming community in the face of tragedy.

Just a Farmer

2024

The Saviour poster
5.1

A young Church elder struggles with his faith when the married woman he has been seeing breaks off their relationship.

The Saviour

2005

Revealed: Otto By Otto poster
7.0

Inspired to make an original, intimate family portrait, Gracie Otto directs a feature length documentary on her father, Barry Otto, whose career in Australian theatre, film and television has spanned more than 50 years. Baz as he is affectionately known is one of a kind - a truly creative, endearing and extremely eccentric personality who embraces the serious and the silly. This story is about Gracie's relationship with her father, in the twilight of his career and his life, as she tries to capture his memories, before his memory disappears. This is not a traditional biopic, but a deeply personal, artistic and cinematic reflection. Sometimes poignant in its exploration of deteriorating health, the film looks at the world through Baz's eyes, an ode to living a passionate life, that both honours him and preserves his memory.

Revealed: Otto By Otto

2024

Praise poster
4.8

Gordon, a 25-year-old chain-smoking asthmatic who unhappily works at a Brisbane bottle shop, moves into a run-down residential hotel. He becomes embroiled in a romance with Cynthia, a former co-worker who suffers from eczema and low self-esteem. Gordon and Cynthia occupy themselves with drink, drugs, sex, and Scrabble. A love triangle arises when Gordon's former love, Rachel, comes back into his life.

Praise

1999

Behind the camera