Marcella Russo (born 4 May 1969) is an Australian actress who is best known for her playing role as Liljana Bishop in the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 2003 until 2005.

Early life

Marcella Russo was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 4 May 1969.

Career

Russo began her career in Adelaide, working as an actress in theatre, film and radio. She was also a member of several bands. She left Adelaide for Melbourne in 1995, with the aim of furthering her success in the music industry. She wrote and performed in the bands, She Is Me and Swallow.

Russo joined the cast of long-running soap opera Neighbours in 2003, as Harold Bishop’s Serbian daughter-in-law, Liljana Bishop, having auditioned for the role. Her character (along with her husband and daughter) was killed off in a plane crash. She also became a member of the band Lucy De Ville, alongside friend Shaun Gardener (whom she had performed with in her previous band, Swallow) and later, former Neighbours co-star Marisa Warrington.

Additionally, Russo is a voiceover artist, having lent her voice to campaigns for AAMI, Toblerone, Yellow Pages, Soul Pattinson and Monash IVF.

Russo is also a qualified naturopath with a Bachelor of Health Science to her name.

Filmography

Film

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|1988

|The Dreaming

|Young Nurse

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|1990

|Struck by Lightning

|Connie

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|1999

|Redball

|Newsreader

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|2004

|Josh Jarman

|Service Station Attendant

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|2015

|Crime & Punishment

|Fletcher

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Television

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|1998

|SeaChange

|Sister Rossi

|Episode: "Sex, Death and Bridges"

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|1999, 2002

|Stingers

|Dr. Glenda Wales / Marita da Costa

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|2000, 2002

|Blue Heelers

|Tonya Berenski / Rosa Crivelli

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|2003

|The Secret Life of Us

|Maria

|Episode: "Nature or Nurture?"

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|2003–2005

|Neighbours

|Liljana Bishop

|59 episodes

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|2004

|Noah and Saskia

|Ms Cascarino

|2 episodes

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|2010

|Rush

|Bianca

|Episode: "Run"

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Theatre

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| 1992 || Conversations with George Sandburgh After a Solo Flight Across the Atlantic || || Theatre 62, Adelaide with Next Stage Theatre Company ||

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| 2006 || Hotel Sorrento || || Devonport Entertainment and Convention Centre, Theatre Royal, Hobart with HIT Productions ||

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References

  • Lucy De Ville Official Website
  • Marcella Russo as Liljana Bishop