Zara Paternoster

Actor / Commercial / Presenter
Age Range

26—36

Height

173cm

Eye Colour

Green

Hair Colour

Brown

Based In

International

Zara Paternoster 

She is very serious about her craft, but Zara also has a definite soft spot for comedy, physical and cerebral.

A Sydney Theatre School graduate in 2018, British/Australian actor Zara has studied and trained widely to develop as a performer, deviser and writer.

Her most recent credits include The Factory Space Theatre Co.’s A Peculiar River, Crashing Water Theatre Co’s Baby X, which Zara also produced; Chippen St Theatre Co’s The Silence of the Lambs: Redux; Ninefold: A Theatre Ensemble’s The Gaslight Project where Zara was a deviser and performer; short films include Creatures by Little Fox productions, In Pursuit of Nothing by Ghostflyer Productions and Warm Discomfort by Fighting Fish Films. In 2022, Zara starred in Tania Vukcevic’s short film Ours for BMTV Productions.

Not the first young dancer to be denied a ballet career because of her height, Zara’s dance skills, physicality and commitment to fitness continue to stand her in good stead, as does her singing voice.

Words are another passion. Zara is very committed to her future as a writer for both stage and screen, with plans to produce a new work later in the year.

Zara Paternoster

Artist Resume

Television

Year
Role
Production

2022

Chatty Passenger

The Messenger

Messenger Productions Pty Ltd

Dir. Daniel Nettheim

Web Series

Year
Role
Production

2016

Sally

Clutch (Pilot Episode)

Forever Network

Dir. Kasper Kane

Short Film

Year
Role
Production

2022

Dakota

Ours

BMTV Productions

Dir. Tania Vukcevic

2021

Fuzz (Performer/Producer)

In Pursuit of Nothing

Ghostflyer Productions

Dir. Dingo Jones

2016

Sarah

Creatures

Little Fox Films

Dir. Paul James Bird

2016

Malina

Warm Discomfort

Independent

Dir. Sebastian Hill-Esbrand

2016

Cassandra

Clowsultation

Sydney Film School

Dir. Elise Overton

Theatre

Year
Role
Production

2023

Multiple

Love and Information

T. Schreiber Studio (NY)

Dir. Mary Workman

2019

Marianna

A Peculiar River

Factory Space Theatre Co.

Dir. Roz Riley

2019

Georgie (Performer/Producer)

Baby X

Crashing Water Theatre Co.

Dir. Malcolm Frawley

2019

Sandalwood

My Mother and Other Catastrophes

Patina Productions @ Limelight on Oxford

Dir. Julie Baz

2019

Nancy (Performer/Deviser)

The Gaslight Project

Ninefold: A Theatre Ensemble

Dir. Shy Magsalin

2018

Dottie

A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur

Sydney Theatre School

Dir. Deborah Jones

2018

Harper

Angels in America: Millenium Approaches

Sydney Theatre School

Dir. Robert Carne

2018

Don Pedro

Much Ado About Nothing

Chippen St Theatre

2018

Nina

The Seagull

Sydney Theatre School

Dir. Danielle Maas

2018

Clarice Starling

The Silence of the Lambs: Redux

Chippen St Theatre

Dir. Danielle Maas

2018

Hecuba

The Trojan Women

Sydney Theatre School

Dir. Danielle Maas

Commercial

Year
Role
Production

2021

Daughter

Opera Australia

The Image Bureau

Dir. James Tolich

Training

Year
Role
Production

2022

Scholarship

Conservatory Course

T. Schreiber Studio

2022

Contemporary Drama Summer School (London)

RADA

2022

Film & TV Masterclass, Les Chantery (Sydney, Aus)

The Actors Station

2022

Little Eggs Collective "Moon Rabbit Rising" Development #2 (Sydney, Aus)

25A Belvior

2022

MicoMasters, Writing for Performance (Online)

University of Cambridge

2021

Suzuki/Devising Training (Sydney, Aus)

National: A Theatre Ensemble

2020

Audition Mastery: Fundamentals, Ben Matthews (Sydney, Aus)

Acting Mastery

2019

'The Gaslight Project' Development #1 (Sydney, Aus)

Ninefold: A Theatre Ensemble

2018

Diploma of Arts in Acting (Sydney, Aus)

Sydney Theatre School

2017

Screenwriting for Film - 12 Week Course (Sydney, Aus)

AFTRS

2016

Screen Acting Techniques - 8 Week Course (Sydney, Aus)

NIDA

2015

Bachelor of Arts - Major: Public Communication; Submajor: Film Studies (Sydney, Aus)

University of Technology