Julie Eckersley

Career

Screen

Eckersley has appeared in comedy televisions shows including Let Loose Live, The Wedge, Newstopia and Rebel Wilson's comedy series, Bogan Pride, the drama City Homicide and Blue Heelers, children's series Dead Gorgeous, crime series Carla Cametti PD and TV movie Little Oberon.

Stage

Eckersley performed in Harvest Rain Theatre's production of Much Ado About Nothing in 1999.

Alongside Trevor Stuart, she appeared on stage in the Secret Death of Salvador Dali. In March 2004, their performance at Griffin Theatre and Strut & Fret Production House, SBW Stables was reviewed by Bryce Hallett for the Sydney Morning Herald.

In 2008 Eckersley performed in the one woman show Bombshells for the Melbourne Theatre Company.

She has performed nationally and internationally for companies including Bell Shakespeare, Riverside London, QTC, MTC, La Boite, Grin and Tonic, B Sharp and Griffin Theatre Company.

Producer

In addition to acting, Eckersley has written for episodes of The Wedge and Let Loose Live.

Eckersley is a producer at Matchbox Pictures where she has produced a range of shows in different genres including documentary, comedy, animation and drama. She was the producer for the award-winning series Nowhere Boys, Zuzu & the Supernuffs and The Real Housewives of Melbourne. In 2021 Eckersley was named as the Head of Scripted content at SBS (Australian TV channel). In 2024, Eckersley departed from her role at SBS.

On 21 October 2025, Screen Queensland announced Eckersley was appointed to the role of Executive Director of Screen Content.

Awards and nominations

Eckersley produced Nowhere Boys, which won the 2015 Kidscreen Award for Best New Tweens/Teens Series.

Eckersley is a three-time nominee by the AACTA Award for Best Film (The Turning), Best Television Comedy Series (The Family Law), and Best Television Drama Series (Glitch) in 2014, 2016, 2017.

She has been awarded a 4MBS award and a Matilda Award in 2000 for her performance as Rosalind in Shakespeare's As You Like It and for her performance in The Secret Death of Salvador Dali.

Filmography

As actor

As crew

Theatre

References

References

1. "Session Announcement: Benjamin Law, Julie Eckersley and the SBS team".
2. Knox, David. (2025-10-21). "Screen Qld appoints Julie Eckersley as Exec Director, Screen Content. {{!}} TV Tonight".
3. ''Theatre Record'', Volume 22, Issues 10-18 [https://books.google.com/books?id=kowrAQAAIAAJ&q=Julie+Eckersley Page 928]
4. ''Theatre Record'', Volume 22, Issues 10-18 [https://books.google.com/books?id=kowrAQAAIAAJ&q=Julie+Eckersley Page Page 1118]
5. ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' March 26, 2004 [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/25/1079939777661.html The Secret Death of Salvador Dali, Griffin Theatre By Bryce Hallett]
6. "Julie Eckersley". Screen Forever.
7. "More awards for Nowhere Boys, Dance Academy".
8. Slatter, Sean. (2021-06-24). "Julie Eckersley named head of scripted at SBS".
9. Knox, David. (2024-04-30). "Julie Eckersley departing as SBS Head of Scripted {{!}} TV Tonight".
10. "Matilda Awards - Archives of Winners & Nominees".
11. "Filming begins for new SBS Comedy Series The Family Law".
12. "AusStage".