New Zealand actress nominated for an AACTA Award.

MEDIA RELEASE: December 4, 2014

New Zealand actress nominated for an AACTA Award.

Chelsie Preston Crayford will be sharing the nominee honours with the likes of Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson and fellow New Zealander Danielle Cormack in the forthcoming AACTA awards (previously the AFI Awards.) for her portrayal of Sophie Walsh, Australian Government Head of Communications in an ABC1's hit Series 'The Code', yet to screen in New Zealand.

Nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Drama, Preston Crayford joins 9 other nominees for THE CODE, which leads the Television nominations this year, including Best Television Drama Series, Best Direction in a Television Drama, Best Screenplay in Television and two nominations for the series leads, Dan Speilman and Ashley Zuckerman

The AACTA Awards will be presented on January 29.

THE CODE is a 6 part political thriller written by Shelley Birse and Directed by Shawn Seet. Other cast members include David Wenham, Lucy Lawless, Aden Young and Adam Garcia.

Preston Crayford received news of the nomination today and says she is "Absolutely blown away. It's an honour to be nominated in such good company."

Preston Crayford is well known to Australian audiences having won the Graham Kennedy Logie Award for most Outstanding new talent in 2012 for her portrayal of notorious Kings Cross madam Tilly Devine in UNDERBELLY RAZOR.

She has also been busy on the other side of the camera. Her directorial debut, the short film HERE NOW, premiered in competition at the New Zealand International Film Festival, and was a finalist in the best actress category of the Academy Award accredited Show Me Shorts Festival in 2013

Her theatre work includes CARNIVAL OF SOULS for the Sydney Arts Festival, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, and her own play BROKEN CHINA for the Basement Theatre. She most recently played Harper Pitt in Silo Theatre's production of ANGELS IN AMERICA, directed by Shane Bosher.

She recently completed working with Indian Director Pan Nalin (Samsara) in BEYOND THE KNOWN WORLD playing alongside David Wenham and French icon Emmanuel Beart.

THE CODE screened on BBC Four in the UK in April. The series will also be shown on DirecTV's Audience Network in the US, SundanceTV in Latin America, Denmark's DR, Arte in both France and Germany, RUV in Iceland and ARTV in Canada.

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