Marny Kennedy

Marny Kennedy
Marny Kennedy at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival promoting Last Days
Born
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
OccupationsActress, singer
Years active2001-present
Known for
SpouseRulla Kelly-Mansell (m. 2024)
Children1

Marny Elizabeth Isabella Kennedy (born January 21, 1994 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian actress, singer and model best known for her roles as Taylor Fry in the television series Mortified (receiving the Australian Film Institute's Young Actor Award in the process),[1] Veronica di Angelo in The Saddle Club, Ally Henson in A gURLs wURLd,[2] Winter Frey in the TV adaptation of Conspiracy 365, Lucy Baldwin in Janet King, Amber Wells in Bite Club, Senior Constable Melanie Jassic in Underbelly Files: Chopper, Taylah Bullock in Wentworth, Young Noelene Hoges in Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story, Martina Budd in Between Two Worlds and Rachel Young in Home and Away, among others. In 2009, shortly after The Saddle Club ended, Marny made her film debut in Ink as May. In 2011, shortly after A gURLs wURLd ended, Marny appeared in Golden Girl as Cilla, a teenage girl whose life is drastically changed after becoming scarred by a fire. In 2022, Marny was announced for the role of Simone Callaghan in two episodes of the controversial miniseries Warnie. The decision to produce the miniseries about cricketer Shane Warne after his March 2022 death was criticized by both Shane's ex-wife, Simone Callahan (the character Marny portrayed in the miniseries) and daughter, Brooke, who described it as "unkind" and "mean-spirited" and "beyond disrespectful," respectively.[3][4] Unfortunately, Brooke and Simone weren't the only ones to criticize the miniseries, as the trailer itself attracted negative commentary on social media when it was first shown on May 31, 2023, with critics arguing that the series placed too much emphasis on the more sensational aspects of Warne's life.[5] In 2025, Marny played her most recent film role, that of Melanie in Last Days.

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Ink Young May Short film
2011 Golden Girl Cilla Short film
2020 Bossy Lucy Short film
2025 Last Days Melanie

TV

TV shows and appearances
Year Title Role Notes
2006-2007 Mortified Taylor Fry Lead role
2008-2009 The Saddle Club Veronica di Angelo Main role
2009 Rush Amanda Moss "2.21" (Season 2, Episode 21)
2010-2011 a gURLs wURLd Ally Henson Main role
2012 Conspiracy 365 Winter Frey Main role
2016 Comedy Showroom Sales Assistant "The Future is Expensive" (Season 1, Episode 4)
2017 Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story Young Noelene Hoges "1.1" (Season 1, Episode 1)
2017 Janet King Lucy Baldwin Recurring role
2017 Top of the Lake German Girl "The Loved One" (Season 2, Episode 2)
2018 Wanted Elsa "Drive" (Season 3, Episode 2) (miniseries)
2018 Bite Club Amber Wells Main role
2018 Underbelly Files: Chopper Senior Constable Melanie Jassic "1.1" (Season 1, Episode 1)
2018 Wentworth Taylah Bullock 3 episodes
2020 Between Two Worlds Martina Budd Main role
2021 Home and Away Rachel Young Recurring role
2023 Warnie Simone Callahan 2 episodes (miniseries)[6][7]

Discography

Soundtrack albums

List of albums
Title Album details
a gURLs wURLd[8]
  • Released: 15 March 2010
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Endemol

Other appearances

Title Year Album
"Together We Can Win" featuring Aisha Dee 2009 The Saddle Club Best Friends
Grand Galop – Meilleures Amies
"It's My Life"
"A Question of Style" featuring Aisha Dee "The Saddle Club - Pedigree" (Season 3 episode only)

References

  1. ↑ "AFI Awards 2006 – Winners". Urban Cinefile. 8 December 2006.
  2. ↑ "Singapore partners Australia and Germany to co-produce US$9 million live action series". SMF. 9 October 2009. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Shane Warne TV miniseries 'beyond disrespectful', daughter says". The Guardian. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Warnie TV series: Simone Callahan slams Channel 9's new show, Shane Warne". News.com.au. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Buckmaster, Luke (22 June 2023). "Warnie review – Nine's Shane Warne biopic is a huge swing and a miss". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Filming begins on Nine's biggest drama of 2023, Warnie". 9 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "'It was certainly a challenge': Alex Williams on hitting the right areas in 'Warnie'". 5 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "a gURLs wURLd - The Soundtrack". iTunes. 30 May 2011. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
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