Victoria Eagger

Eagger studied at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating with a Diploma of Dramatic Art in Acting in 1986. She also trained at Rusden College in Melbourne.

After small early roles in Man of Flowers (1983), A Woman's Tale (1991), and Golden Braid (1991), Eagger had major supporting roles in 1996 comedy-drama Lust and Revenge (playing Lili Carmichael alongside Claudia Karvan) and 2000 romantic comedy Diana & Me (as Carol, opposite Toni Collette and Dominic West). She subsequently appeared in 2003 western drama Ned Kelly with Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom, 2009 horror film The Loved Ones alongside Xavier Samuel and 2010 drama Matching Jack with Jacinda Barrett and James Nesbitt.

On television, Eagger had a supporting role in legal drama Janus as Rhonda Hennessey, from 1994 to 1995. She had an ongoing role in Something in the Air in 2001, playing Lorraine McGregor. She also was part of the main cast of comedy series The Librarians, for its third season, as Frances O'Brien's mother Pearl, for which she won (along with her fellow cast members), Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the first Equity Ensemble Awards.

On stage, Eagger has featured in numerous productions, including Drums of Thunder (1988, Belvoir), The Road to Mecca (1989, Russell Street Theatre), Call of the Wild (1990, Belvoir), Baby, Honey. Thirteen Studies in Exile (1995, La Mama), Sweet Road (2000, Merlyn Theatre and Space Theatre), Salt (2001, Playbox), and Only the End (2005, La Mama)

Eagger undertook a two year term as Artistic Coordinator at Melbourne Theatre Company in the early 1990s, and worked for overseas theatre companies including International Theatre Laboratory and Georgian Actors' Studio.

Film

Television

As actor

As devisor / director